You Said You Hated Alphas, So Why Do You Want Me to Mark You?

The moment Shen Zhao opened her eyes, the rich, sweet scent of chestnuts nearly choked her.

The System's icy voice exploded in her mind: [Host has been bound to the tragic romance world of Thorny Rose. You are the villainous scumbag Alpha hated by the entire internet. Mission: Stop the Omega heroine, Lu Li, from falling into darkness and killing herself. Current progress: 0%.]

She looked down at the girl pinned beneath her on the sofa.

Lu Li's eyes were rimmed red. Her fingertips dug hard into the leather armrest, her chestnut curls lay in disarray, and her sweet, cloying pheromones came crashing over with her sobs. "Get away... Don't mark me with those filthy hands you've touched other people with!"

*

In the original story, Lu Li was a heaven-blessed prodigy, but a family conspiracy turned her into a pawn for a political marriage. Every Alpha coveted her pheromones and her shares, and in the end, she set off an explosion that destroyed the entire building during her engagement banquet.

Shen Zhao rubbed her knee, bruised from being thrown out the door, and smiled bitterly.

For three days straight, this proud young heiress had smashed suppressants in her face. "You think if you pretend to be an ascetic, frigid A, I'll throw myself at you like those stupid Omegas?"

But a hidden camera caught a very different truth:

Late at night on the set, Lu Li, in heat, tumbled into Shen Zhao's arms. Though she clutched the other's collar and begged for a kiss, she still bit her ear viciously. "Tell anyone and I'll kill you..."

*

The entertainment industry was suddenly rocked by news that top-tier star Shen Zhao was allergic to cedar pheromones.

"I heard you break out in hives if you get close to an Omega?" A reporter shoved a microphone in front of Shen Zhao.

A crisp shattering sound came from backstage.

Everyone turned to see Lu Li walk barefoot over a floor strewn with roses, the sweet scent of chestnut cake surging through the venue.

She grabbed Shen Zhao by the collar and forced her to look down. A fresh bite mark stood out on the snow-white nape of her neck. "Allergic? Then did a ghost give me this temporary mark?"

*

When Lu Li's chestnut scent had thoroughly mingled with Shen Zhao's cedar pheromones, the gossip weeklies' headlines exploded:

#So Much for Her Hating Alphas?

#Allergic to Marking, Except When It's Her Wife

#Don't Miss These HD Shots: A Close-Up of Lu Li's Bite Mark vs. the Chestnut Sticker on Shen Zhao's Wrist. So Sweet!!!

Bonus scene:

At eighteen, Lu Li wrote in her diary: [Alphas are the filthiest creatures in the world.]

At twenty-three, Lu Li pinned Shen Zhao to the examination bed in the marking clinic, a damp flush spreading across the corners of her eyes. "Why does your office smell like Omega perfume? Cover it up with your pheromones right now. All of it."

#TheVillainWhoSworeToDestroyTheWorldSuddenlyGetsJealous#

· Still banging my face on the keyboard. This one is even more brainless, indulgent, and sweet.

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