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Shen Yanzhou is the most notorious “mad beauty” in Hong Kong, yet he is trapped by a singular biological failure: he was born an Omega with odorless pheromones. To inherit the leadership of the Shen family, he is bound by a strict ancestral rule he must produce a “perfect heir” before the age of thirty.
Driven by desperation, he uses his wealth, power, and ruthless tactics to forcibly purchase a top-tier Alpha at an anonymous auction. In the high-security files, the man is known only as “X-9.” His pheromones are pure and frigid, and his compatibility with Shen is a staggering 99.9%. When X-9 is delivered to the Shen estate, he appears docile, his gaze calm and submissive a perfectly broken “stallion” awaiting his master’s use.
Shen Yanzhou enters the chamber carrying only a blade, a contract, and a bottle of mint-scented sedatives. He sits on the edge of the bed, peeling back the suppressant patch on the Alpha’s nape with a lingering finger, and smiles languidly.
“Don’t misunderstand. I don’t love you,” he whispers. “I simply need a child.”
He establishes a rigorous marking schedule, precisely controlling the frequency of pheromone release and permitting intimacy only during the peak of the Alpha’s cycle. After three months of clinical, cold interaction, the doctor confirms a successful pregnancy. Shen Yanzhou casts the man out immediately.
However, after X-9’s departure, Shen’s body begins to change. His once-silent pheromones begin to bloom, radiating a scent so intoxicating it drives other Alphas mad. He finds himself haunted by midnight fever-dreams, the back of his neck burning with a searing, addictive ache that seeps from his very bones.
Six months later. A high-society gala in Hong Kong, private lounge.
While unbuttoning his sweat-soaked dress shirt, Shen Yanzhou hears the door click. Suddenly, a pair of scalding hands wrap around his waist, pinning him ruthlessly against the cold floor-to-ceiling window.
The man holding him is Fu Sizhou, the newly returned head of the powerful Fu family, known for his savage methods. At this moment, Fu is buried in Shen’s neck, greedily inhaling the sweet, panicked pheromones he has missed for so long.
Outside the window are the shimmering lights of Victoria Harbour. Downstairs are the gathered elite. And in the hallway stands the man Shen Yanzhou is supposed to marry: Fu Sihan.
Fu Sizhou brushes a rough thumb against Shen’s trembling, sensitive scent gland, laughing with a manic, obsessive edge.
“My dear future sister-in-law, it’s been a long time.”
“You kept me locked away for three months, used me, and threw me away like trash,” Fu whispers. “How exactly should we settle that debt now?”
