A Gentle, Low-Key Alpha

A bittersweet second-chance romance about rekindling a broken relationship / B x A / possessive, unhinged Alpha B x gentle, well-educated Omega A / an Alpha giving birth

1.

Every company has a leader who is warm and gracious.

An Ran was just like that.

He had graduated from a prestigious university, and was excellent, modest, and courteous. Even his pheromones were perfectly restrained. In everyone's eyes, he was a top-tier Alpha.

His life was calm as still water.

Then one evening, out of the blue,

the vice president of the acquiring company came to inspect the company in person.

An Ran gazed at the man surrounded by people, and his heart suddenly gave a hard thump.

An Ran would never forget the dark, endless days in the villa five years earlier,

when the man's eyes were bloodshot and his teeth were clenched against An Ran's gland.

"An Ran, you can't go looking for an Omega just because I'm a beta."

"Please don't leave me. Have a child for me."

An Ran's eyes were vacant, his fingers gripping the bedsheets tightly.

"Li Heng, you're insane. I'm an Alpha. Stop dreaming."

Five years later,

Li Heng stood before him once again.

He had shed the awkwardness of five years ago. Wearing a sharp suit and listening calmly to the reports, he seemed to act as if everything had long since passed.

An Ran almost believed he really didn't care anymore.

But three days later, An Ran was cornered in the stairwell.

Li Heng wound his tie tightly around An Ran's wrists. His eyes were like a wolf's as he fixed his gaze on the back of An Ran's neck.

"An Ran, long time no see."

2.

Five years ago,

An Ran sat in the library and read every journal article he could find,

spending ten whole days thinking about the question: "What happens when an Alpha falls in love with a beta?"

But when he saw himself smile without thinking after receiving a call from Li Heng,

he thought that this was a romance born of nothing to do with pheromones.

Five years later,

An Ran saw Li Heng again.

He wondered: If neither of them had been at fault back then, would they have been living happily together by now?

He might even...

He might even, as an Alpha,

not have had to give birth alone in M Country.

He might not have had to sign one critical condition notice after another for their child all by himself.

But from beginning to end... he had never gotten what he wanted.

Upcoming story

Who Will Save That Beta?

Angsty, melodramatic romance / AB story / second chance after a breakup / unruly rich playboy Alpha x honest, humble beta

In the tenth year of Ning Long's love for Lu Yanzhang, Lu Yanzhang finally learned his name.

Lu Yanzhang was a brilliant, confident young man, the darling of heaven, and a wealthy scion who had made a success of his career.

He was also an outstanding alumnus, brimming with confidence, who returned to his school to give a lecture.

He smiled. "Hello, Ning Long, my junior." His bright smile threw Ning Long into a fluster.

Later,

Ning Long dropped out of school. Wearing a white shirt washed yellow with age, he clutched a flimsy train ticket and prepared to leave City A.

At the train station,

Lu Yanzhang rushed after him. Stripped of his usual swagger, he stood before Ning Long with red-rimmed eyes and viciously pulled the cheap matching ring off his finger.

He bent down and whispered something fiercely into Ning Long's right ear.

The wind scattered his harsh words, and Ning Long didn't hear a thing.

His right ear had been deaf for a long time.

The Long in Ning Long's name was originally the long in the word for deaf.

Just as other people said, a beta from the bottom of society had no business coveting an Alpha's love.

And just as Lu Yanzhang had told his friends:

"We're worlds apart. I was only playing around with a beta."

From beginning to end, he never knew if he had received even a little genuine affection in this romance.

2026.6.7

Theme: May lovers finally find their happy ending.