Who Says a Top Alpha Can't Mark His Alpha Nemesis?

Next up: the historical romance sweet treat The Young Master Fruit Farmer and His Soft Little Husband, or the double-Alpha battle of wits A Pretending-to-be-Omega Alpha Goes After His Love Rival. Also coming up, a shou-centric broken-up-and-reunited romance, The Proud Cat-Type and His Dog-Type Ex-Boyfriend. Please add them to your reading list!

[Arrogant, Scheming, Flirtatious Alpha Top Shen Yu X Cool-Headed, Rational but Secretly Unhinged Alpha Bottom Jiang Heng]

The headquarters of the Supreme Space-Time Defense Bureau was suddenly rocked by an explosion. Shen Yu had been ordered to hunt down a fugitive, but accidentally strayed into an ABO timeline and differentiated into an Alpha.

Not only that, but his nemesis Jiang Heng, with whom he clashed in every way, became his partner once again.

This nemesis was known for his stubborn personality.

Though he was an Alpha around Shen Yu's age, he followed the rules to the letter and used regulations at every turn to restrict Shen Yu's actions.

Shen Yu didn't give a second thought to working with Jiang Heng, until Jiang Heng once again interfered with his mission in the name of procedure. Shen Yu snatched back the blade Jiang Heng had taken from him and held it against the other man's carotid artery, warning in a low voice, "Chief Inspector Jiang, I've had enough of your hypocrisy."

Jiang Heng ordered his subordinates to lock up the fugitive without changing his expression, then sneered disdainfully. "If we're talking about hypocrisy, Minister Shen is even better at it."

The rich pheromones in the interrogation room gave shape to the anger of the two Alpha men, who could barely stand the sight of each other. Even a single glance between them made the atmosphere feel ready to ignite. Everyone thought they would keep butting heads like this forever.

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Shen Yu knew Jiang Heng's habits, and Jiang Heng understood Shen Yu's style, but that did nothing to stop them from disliking each other and clashing at every turn.

Jiang Heng interrogated him over an assassination.

Jiang Heng set a fire, and he investigated.

Jiang Heng went into rut...

Before Shen Yu could come up with a teasing response to seeing his nemesis in such a sorry state, Jiang Heng, already out of his senses, caught the scent of Shen Yu's pheromones. His emotions became even harder to control, and instinctively he pounced. Shen Yu seized both his hands, raised them above his head, and pinned him against the wall.

Jiang Heng felt the impact against his back and only then realized Shen Yu had him pressed beneath him. Gritting his teeth, he warned, "Let... go...!"

"You threw yourself at me so enthusiastically, and now you're telling me to let go? That really hurts." Shen Yu released his pheromones with practiced ease and spoke softly beside Jiang Heng's ear.

The impact of their pheromones nearly buried their reason in the depths of the night. Jiang Heng tried to turn the tables but struggled in vain. A trace of cunning flashed in his eyes. Just as warmth touched his lips, he bit down hard, and amid the taste of blood, the two of them sank into a battle of lips and tongues.

After that day, everyone saw the two nemeses fighting in the street once again, and sighed that the improvement in their relationship a few days earlier had indeed been an illusion.

But when they saw the bite mark on Shen Yu's neck and the mark on Jiang Heng's gland, everyone fell silent. They noticed that Jiang Heng was covered in Shen Yu's scent, so strong that it nearly masked his own, and that both their lips had conspicuous cuts. They began to wonder if something was wrong with their minds.

Wait, why was this nemesis pairing starting to look more and more shippable?!

Reader's Guide:

1. Alpha-top, strong x strong, both Alpha, no reversal, no childbirth, 1v1. The whole story is simply about nemeses working together and turning into lovers.

2. Nothing in the story has a bad influence. Both the top and bottom are special-operations officers with supernatural abilities, and there are case-solving scenes.

3. The romance and plot develop side by side. Neither the top nor the bottom flirts with anyone but each other. [No putting either half of the couple down. The lovebirds are locked together forever!]

4. The setting is fictional, with a mountain of original details. Please don't compare it to reality, dear readers.

5. The cover was commissioned. Please don't steal it.

[For other notes, see the author's note in Chapter One!]

A Pretending-to-be-Omega Alpha Goes After His Love Rival

Both are Alphas; they only pretend to be rivals. The top seduces the bottom, and the bottom's initial target is the top, too.

[An Oily Noodle Who Pretends to Be Obedient Top X A Truly Innocent, Empty-Headed Oily Noodle Bottom]

The Jiang and Chi families had always been on good terms. But by the time Jiang Ling and Chi Huai came along, they had never even met, yet became enemies over a marriage match.

Jiang Ling gave a mocking laugh and decided to disguise himself as an Omega to get revenge.

On the day he returned to the country, he engineered a chance meeting and, fighting back his disgust, spoke in a high-pitched voice to ask Chi Huai for help. "Sorry, I lost my luggage. Could I stay at your place for one night?"

Chi Huai looked him over, smiled, and agreed, actually taking him straight home.

Jiang Ling sneered disdainfully: Proof that he's a scummy Alpha!

After that, Jiang Ling made no secret of seeking him out. Whether it was invitations or physical contact, Chi Huai never refused, indulging and accepting it all. This only convinced Jiang Ling even more that Chi Huai was a scummy Alpha to the core.

One time, an accident left them out of control after drinking, and their ruts overlapped.

When Jiang Ling woke up sober, he saw Chi Huai lying beside him. The mark on Chi Huai's neck was impossible to miss and sobering enough to make him realize at once: He had actually slept with his love rival?!

Since his identity as an Alpha was already exposed, he might as well come clean and tell Chi Huai that his love rival had slept with him, and make the other man lose it!

Jiang Ling had planned everything perfectly. But when he returned to the room, Chi Huai had disappeared...

Not long afterward, Jiang Ling returned home on the pretext of meeting his arranged marriage partner. He was still relieved that the young master of the Chi family hadn't snatched this one away, when he stepped inside and saw Chi Huai drinking tea in the living room.

The man looked up, his smile profound. "Long time no see."

Jiang Ling dragged him into a corner and said with a frown, "I'm an Alpha. I was playing you before."

Chi Huai raised a hand to straighten his collar. "I know."

"But I wasn't playing you. I fell in love with you at first sight."

Jiang Ling thought Chi Huai liked the way he acted obediently. He sneered, and was about to tell Chi Huai the truth when Chi Huai kissed his cheek, took his hand, and shamelessly lured him in.

The familiar pheromones made Jiang Ling's heart race. He turned his head with a smile, grabbed Chi Huai's tie with one hand, and pulled him closer. Leaning in to press him against the wall, he released his pheromones with practiced ease and admired Chi Huai's dazed, lovestruck expression. Raising an eyebrow, he smiled and said:

"Chi Huai, you've taken advantage of me so many times. It wouldn't be unreasonable for me to get twice as much back from you, would it?"

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No one knew that Chi Huai, a ruthless and charming man, had been secretly in love with Jiang Ling for more than ten years.

But with his family's power unstable, he had no choice but to use his reputation as a playboy to snatch Jiang Ling's marriage partners away from him time and time again.

With the outcome already decided, Chi Huai was worried he would have no chance to get close.

Who could have imagined that the warm, lively boy he had kept in his heart for over ten years would throw himself into his arms of his own accord?

He could no longer hold himself back. He went along with it, drawing the person he had yearned for day and night, step by step, into love.

1. Alpha-top, both Alphas, both powerful. No mutual topping, no reversal.

2. Younger top; there is a four-year age difference between the top and bottom.

3. Though both the top and bottom are Alphas, the setting gives them an exceptionally high pheromone compatibility. The idea is that their genes fell in love with each other before their hearts did.

4. The top pretends to be an Omega, but isn't a real Omega! The top and bottom are evenly matched in strength and capable in every way. No breaking up or reversing the pairing, and no behavior that would come between the couple, who are locked together forever!

Theme: Partners should work together in unity, love one another, and help one another.