The Beta Only Wants to Escape

In the dead of night, on a hot, stifling evening.

The Alpha bit the back of the Beta's neck again and again, while the exhausted Beta was already fast asleep.

Unable to truly mark his partner, the Alpha wore an unmistakably restless, irritable look. But there was nothing he could do. Only when he smelled his own pheromones all over the Beta could he finally feel content, curling up in his partner's embrace and holding his Beta close.

He knew the Beta's pheromones would fade in a few days. So what? He had all the time in the world to replenish them for his partner, again and again, forever...

The exhausted Beta slept deeply, numb to everything. Even the pain at the back of his neck couldn't wake him. He only stirred when something like an ice cube slipped into his arms.

His body already had the muscle memory, and the Beta hugged the Alpha back. Not a sliver of space remained between them.

As if they'd been together for a long time, perfectly in sync...

The Beta craved the Alpha's warmth, and the Alpha craved the Beta's just as much.

Gu Qiyuan never imagined that one day an insatiable Alpha would lock him in the house.

The Alpha, after losing his memory, was nothing like he had been in high school. Most of all, those beautiful eyes, which had looked cold beneath their smile back then, were now so clear and vacant they seemed almost stupid.

He knew he shouldn't let himself soften, but when faced with an Alpha that beautiful, who depended on him completely, Gu Qiyuan simply couldn't bring himself to hit him.

Moonlight shone into the room through a gap between buildings. The night was silent.

When Gu Qiyuan woke, he rubbed his aching waist and looked at his swollen lips in the mirror. His face instantly burned. It was so embarrassing. Thankfully, his dark complexion hid his blush.

He blamed himself for being too careless. He'd forgotten that Alphas went into heat, and that was why he'd been... that night.

If he'd taken precautions, would two people who never should have crossed paths have avoided becoming what they were now?

"Please don't leave me, okay?"

Pei Qingji's hair was messy. He rested his chin lightly on Gu Qiyuan's shoulder, arms wrapped around his waist. The Alpha had woken from a nightmare and hadn't found his partner beside the bed. Although he'd found him soon enough, the fear still lingered.

Should he reassure him?

Gu Qiyuan couldn't promise him that, because they were destined to part.

But in the end, he chose to reassure him, carefully avoiding the real issue. "I won't."

From that moment on, he couldn't help feeling like a despicable person, deceiving an Alpha who had lost his memory.

At last, Gu Qiyuan's efforts paid off, and he got in touch with the Pei family.

After accepting their generous payment, he tricked the amnesiac Pei Qingji into returning to his family, then took the money and fled as quickly as he could.

Although Gu Qiyuan hesitated and felt reluctant along the way, he knew in his heart that they were two parallel lines. They were never meant to be together.

Three months later, feeling unwell, Gu Qiyuan went to the hospital for a checkup. He stared blankly at the test result confirming his pregnancy.

Content warnings: Handsome top, muscular bottom, Alpha × Beta, pregnancy, running away with the baby

Theme: No matter what, you need to love yourself.