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The two years we were together were like this, and the same goes for after we separated.

I still remember those two years together, during which Lu Ci would brag about my excellence to others and happily tell his friends that meeting me was the luckiest thing in his life. He never mentioned our terrible beginning.

It seemed that if you loved someone, you had to learn to stay loyal for a lifetime.

Thinking this way, I lowered my head and slightly curled my lips.

The leader, unaware of Lu Ci’s deeper meaning, thought he was genuinely trying to make amends with me.

He smiled and said, “Who would want him? He has worked under me for three years, and every day is just work.”

“Who knows who likes him and who doesn’t?”

Clearly, he got the result he wanted, but Lu Ci’s face turned cold.

He snorted and said, “No vision.”

This insult came out of nowhere, and only Lu Ci and I understood its meaning.

The leader laughed awkwardly and wildly gestured to me with his eyes.

I sighed inwardly and took the initiative to talk to Lu Ci: “Mr. Lu, let me take you to the meeting room to discuss the cooperation.”

“What do you think?”

With a cold face, Lu Ci was particularly intimidating, especially as his aura shifted.

He looked just like the heartless new money of the business circle, as rumored.

Lu Ci nodded deeply: “Thank you for your hard work, Editor Qiu Shui.”

I shook my head and walked in front of him, leading him to the meeting room.

Who would have thought that Lu Ci’s romantic side and possessiveness would suddenly explode?

He frowned, sniffing the air: “I’m not going in.”

“Why not?”

Lu Ci lowered his eyes, looking a bit pitiful: “There are other alpha pheromones in there; I don’t like them.”

If the cleaning lady who cleans the office next door heard this, she would definitely grab a broom and give Lu Ci a whack.

After all, everyone knows that alpha is the king of cleanliness.

No alpha pheromones would remain in the office.

I wanted to reason with Lu Ci, but he looked up at me.

His eyes were filled with an indescribable jealousy: “You’re a beta; can your nose be more sensitive than mine as an alpha?”

“Or can you smell alpha pheromones?”

Lu Ci moved a bit closer: “In that case, can Editor Qiu Shui tell me what my pheromones smell like?”

I couldn’t smell anything, nor could I say anything, so I had to follow Lu Ci’s wishes and leave the meeting room with him.

“Where do you want to go?”

I looked at Lu Ci.

He led me to the door of an office: “Let’s discuss it here; I like the smell inside.”

I looked up.

On the sign at the office door were the five big characters: “Qiu Shui Office.”

But as a beta, how could I smell what he was talking about?

It seemed Lu Ci noticed my confusion and raised an eyebrow: “You’re my beta; of course, I can smell your scent.”

“Like the fresh grass that grows after the rain, damp and bright.”

My face instantly turned red.

Lu Ci was not describing a scent; he was openly being flirtatious!

And I could only admit defeat!

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When we first got together, Lu Ci always liked to hold me in his arms.

His nearly 1.9-meter height made my roughly 1.7-meter beta figure look exceptionally small.

Especially since Lu Ci liked to bury his head in my neck, his nose always pressed against my nape.

Betas don’t have scent glands.

But during that time, to maintain my relationship with Lu Ci, I painstakingly found a perfume that could pretend to be pheromones.

Every time after a shower, I would spray the perfume on my nape.

The fragrance was a subtle rose scent, very light; if you didn’t sniff closely, it was hard to detect.

But Lu Ci couldn’t smell the floral scent.

Every time he pushed me to the limit, he would gently lick my nape and, in a low and hoarse voice, say things that would make my face blush.

The most frequent thing he said was, “The scent on you, baby, is like the fresh grass that grows after the rain.”

In a daze, I would often be led astray.

It felt as if I truly had the scent of fresh grass after the rain, just as Lu Ci said I did.

But unfortunately, I didn’t.

When Lu Ci completely held me in his arms, I finally pulled back my scattered thoughts.

Lu Ci held me tightly.

His lips brushed lightly against my ear.

It was as if he was crying, begging: “Love me, Qiu Shui.”

“I really like you.”

Little puppy Lu Ci calculated the distance, humbly pleading for the love of a cold-hearted person.

I sighed.

Lu Ci hurriedly released me, anxiously checking my body but didn’t dare to touch me.

This should have been my punishment for him.

But now, I gently lifted Lu Ci’s chin.

He squatted on the ground, looking at me with eyes full of unwavering and undisguised love.

I bent down.

I softly kissed the little puppy’s lips, my teeth occasionally grazing against Lu Ci’s lips.

He didn’t get angry.

Instead, he suddenly stood up and turned the tables.

We hid in an unnoticed corner, indulging in our love for each other.

Only after confirming each other’s feelings did we finally let go of our constraints and snuggle close.

Lu Ci cried.

He murmured, “I almost thought I was going to lose you.”

“Luckily, I listened and kept my longing in my heart so you wouldn’t discover it.”

“Just a little more, and I would have made a mistake.”

I laughed at him for being a fool.

He was even thinking of playing the captivity game if he couldn’t win my love.

Lu Ci’s face turned red, and he didn’t deny my statement.

Our relationship was thus confirmed once again.

Lu Ci had only just arrived in B City not long ago, and he hadn’t chosen a proper place to stay, so he could only live at my home.

But how could Mr. Lu, who had assets exceeding hundreds of millions, not have a place to live?

I saw through my boyfriend’s lies but pretended not to know anything as I watched him move his things to my house within a day.

However, for some reason, I didn’t agree to Lu Ci’s request to go to work together.

Therefore, every morning, Lu Ci would coldly send me to the company, then drive in a big circle, arriving half an hour after I did.

In front of others, we maintained a simple cooperative relationship.

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