She Says I'm an Inferior Omega

/ Crematorium Romance / Alpha Female with No Accessories / 1v1 / Pregnant and on the Run

"An ambitious, selfish, greedy defective omega" × "A gloomy, sharp-tongued old fossil of a top-grade alpha with negative emotional intelligence"

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Lin Jiao is a defective omega living on Red Lantern Street in the Lower District. She can't smell alpha pheromones or soothe alphas.

Her wish is to marry a noble alpha from the Upper District one day and escape her lowly status.

She never expected her wish to come true so quickly. A stunningly beautiful top-grade alpha came into her life with a marriage contract.

"For one year, be my lover's substitute."

To Lin Jiao, this was a chance to climb the social ladder, and she did everything she could to seize it.

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Bai Mingxi had never met an omega like Lin Jiao, who was selfish and greedy to an extreme.

On her first day at the Bai residence, she couldn't wait to strip and seduce her.

She really did come from Red Lantern Street. What a shameless woman.

Perhaps she'd hated this inferior specimen from the moment she first saw her.

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They had sex many times, but never kissed.

Once, Lin Jiao draped her arms around Bai Mingxi's neck and asked with a sultry gaze, "Why won't you kiss me?"

Disgust showed on Bai Mingxi's flushed face. "Because you're defective."

Lin Jiao smiled. "That's true."

Later, Lin Jiao unexpectedly became pregnant. She asked Bai Mingxi, "Can I have the baby?"

Bai Mingxi frowned. "Get rid of it. A defective like you isn't allowed to bear my child."

Lin Jiao still smiled. "That's true."

The baby was aborted, and the contract expired.

On the day they ended the contract, Lin Jiao asked Bai Mingxi earnestly, "Bai Mingxi, why can't you love me?"

Bai Mingxi curled her lips in a mocking smile. "Because you're... defective."

This time, Lin Jiao didn't smile. She only said softly, "Right. I'm defective."

From then on, Lin Jiao disappeared from Bai Mingxi's world.

Only later, waking with a start in the middle of the night, did Bai Mingxi realize that her heart had fallen for Lin Jiao from the very first moment she saw her.

She couldn't quit her, couldn't forget her. Even the slightest thought of her pierced her heart.

"In the throes of their most intense passion, perhaps there was a moment when they loved each other."

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P.S. Some melodramatic tropes, a love-hate romance, and a "win her back at the crematorium" story. Both leads are each other's only partner. The characters are all flawed, happy ending, no partner swapping, and includes a reversal where the one who was pursued becomes the pursuer. I'm bad at writing romance, so I decided to try. Please go easy on me.

Spoiler: The baby wasn't aborted.

Theme: Cherish the person in front of you.