Shen Lu had always been insecure. As a D-level alpha, she was so weak that she couldn’t possibly handle a business marriage. She’d only be looked down on.
She came to Haicheng and joined a top-tier investment bank, hoping to make a name for herself.
Her boss, Xie Chaoch, was an ice-cold beauty and one of the rare SSS-level omegas. Still young, she was already the family’s designated heir. She was austere and aloof, and so strict and meticulous at work that her employees often whispered about whether their CEO had any *desire at all.
Ever since joining the company, Shen Lu had been torn to shreds by this boss. Then, for some inexplicable reason, her boss transferred her from the Strategic Investment Department to the CEO’s office as a business assistant, putting her under her nose every day.
The next time her boss summoned her to the office to give her another thorough dressing-down, Shen Lu snapped too. Remembering her troublemaking friend’s advice, she looked at her with adoration and said earnestly, “Ms. Xie... I, I like you! I fell hopelessly in love with you on my very first day at the company!”
The air went still.
As soon as she finished her confession, fear brought her back to her senses.
Sweating buckets, she wanted to take back what she’d said. Her boss stared at her impassively for a long moment, then said coolly, “Leave. Don’t let it happen again.”
*
Whenever her coworkers saw Shen Lu come out of the CEO’s office, they looked at her with deep sympathy. Poor Shen had been scolded until her cheeks were flushed and her eyes were watery. She had clearly been brought to tears.
Only Shen Lu knew that a low-level, weak alpha like her could never withstand being pressed by an SSS-level omega.
Shen Lu called her mother, who was back in the capital.
Her mother was pleased that Shen Lu had finally come around and soon settled on a marriage prospect for her.
When the heiress met Shen Lu, she looked down on her for being such a weak alpha. Still, for the money, she agreed. She told Shen Lu they would marry in half a month, and that her powerful and influential aunt would officiate their wedding.
Shen Lu nodded obediently, thinking she had escaped the clutches of her boss.
Then the heiress brought her to meet her elder... and who could tell her why Xie Chaoch was that aunt?!!!
A half-genuine smile curved Xie Chaoch’s lips. “Little Shen is getting married? Why didn’t you come tell me yourself?”
Theme: Being smug feels great for a while, but chasing your wife afterward is hell
