So I'm the Scummy Alpha [GB]

[Female alpha and male omega, a light, sweet-and-sour workplace romance. The heroine brings the sweetness, while the hero brings the sourness (not really).]

Lu Yu thinks her nemesis, Xie Zhen, has been acting a little strange lately.

Xie Zhen is an iron-willed, merciless, icy alpha, and her biggest rival at the company. He's usually sharp-tongued and cold, making sarcastic digs at her every day. But lately, he's changed completely. Not only has he stopped targeting her and started inexplicably treating her well, he even smiled at her once.

Until one night, Lu Yu is out enjoying a grown-up night at a bar, when Xie Zhen rushes in with red eyes and grabs the hand she's reaching toward a pretty boy. "You said that day... were you lying to me?"

Lu Yu: ...What?

After that night, Xie Zhen starts targeting her twice as much, his expression cold enough to freeze her on the spot. Everyone at the company thinks one of them is bound to leave.

But Lu Yu gradually starts remembering what happened during her rut, remembering Xie Zhen, his face flushed beneath her, asking, "Do you really like me?"

As an alpha running on passion, Lu Yu had launched into a torrent of sweet talk, then promptly forgotten the whole thing.

Lu Yu: ...Holy shit. What did I do?!

Am I supposed to take responsibility, or take responsibility, or take responsibility??!

-Dense, utterly straight alpha, cool and sexy career-minded big sister Lu Yu x aloof, sharp-tongued, omega pretending to be an alpha, beautiful but tragic Xie Zhen

-The heroine is cool, sunny, and righteous. Everyone who clicks in will fall for her! (I'm sure of it.)

-Looks like a powerful-couple workplace story, but is actually about a pure-hearted, love-brained hero winning himself over (x)

-According to reader feedback, there are quite a few scenes where the hero suffers, but the heroine doesn't. If that's not your thing, decide for yourself. (The heroine won't be a doormat, and she won't end up in a groveling arc. If that's what you're looking for, you've come to the wrong place!)

-Set in a fictional world, entirely made up.

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Here's a preview of my upcoming novel, "My Wife Lord Always Wants a Divorce," a rekindled-love story:

In everyone's eyes, Shi Yurong was undeniably lucky.

The day she passed the imperial examination, she was spotted by a marquis's household while riding through the streets in celebration. Before long, she had married the most noble and beautiful young lord in the capital, twice blessed by good fortune.

Her career flourished after marriage, too, rising smoothly and rapidly.

Only she knew the joys and sorrows of it.

Her husband was spoiled and domineering, and his family had far-reaching connections. A marriage others could only dream of felt like an obligation she could not refuse, and afterward she was unable to handle it, leading to constant cold wars.

So later, when she encountered bandits and was near death, she thought of her tangled family life and felt relieved.

Given a second life, she recognized her true feelings and resolved to divorce him at any cost.

But this time, the husband who had once been willful and unruly had become cautious, gentle, and considerate. He clumsily learned to cook for her and tried hard to treat her well.

When she asked for a divorce, he didn't use his power to pressure her. Instead, his eyes reddened as he quietly asked if she had grown tired of him, even offering to take a concubine for her.

Shi Yurong couldn't pull her hand free from his grasp, her heart full of confusion.

Can she... still get this divorce?

* My take on a matriarchal world, BG, male pregnancy (but no birth)

* A composed, gentle, high-morality, nerdy heroine x a former heaven's favorite who is now a gloomy, obsessive, widower-type hero

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Completed novel in my collection: "The Demon Venerable Flirts with the Leader of the Orthodox Path," featuring a free-spirited, gorgeous but tragic heroine x a taciturn, loyal, exceptionally obedient righteous-path hero. Come watch a great demon tease a little immortal!

Theme: Strive tirelessly