A Fatal Attraction from Lawyer A - Chapter 8

“…Please, give it to me.” Gu Yuxi felt that his rationality was already lost to the high fever. He didn’t even care what he was doing.

Driven purely by instinct, he just wanted to get the pheromone scent he craved from Luo Panzhi.

He was completely oblivious to how dangerous this position was.

Luo Panzhi lowered his gaze indifferently. He saw the man clutching the cold metal buckle at his waist, his fingertips turning scarlet from the force. He was looking at Luo Panzhi with pleading, watery eyes, tempting him, bewitching him, wanting to make him lose his composure.

He was indeed interested in this Alpha, Gu Yuxi.

But unfortunately, he was Luo Panzhi, and he had very high standards for his partner.

He remembered everything from the bar on Friday night; he had a very clear look at Gu Yuxi’s Alpha boyfriend.

“Gu Yuxi, do you know what you’re doing?”

Gu Yuxi’s chin was forcefully grabbed by a well-defined hand and was made to look up. His eyes followed the hand and met Luo Panzhi’s extremely cold expression. The tall, handsome Alpha, in his silver-gray suit, seemed to take on a coercive meaning with this gesture.

“…I know. I want you.”

Luo Panzhi felt the man’s warm breath on his fingertips. Although it was just the temperature of his fingertips, it seemed to burn the air, and even the tone was a perfectly measured temptation.

He bent down slightly, looking at the embarrassed and feverish Gu Yuxi. He shook the hand gripping his chin and sneered dismissively, “I can’t believe Lawyer Gu is so thirsty. The first thing you do when you feel uncomfortable isn’t to find your own man, but to find your boss. You’re constantly shattering my perception of you. People truly are not what they seem.”

After saying that, he let go of Gu Yuxi and hid the strange emotions in his eyes, turning to leave the office.

Just as his hand touched the doorknob, a warm, feverish body pressed against his back, tightly wrapping around his waist. A cool hand from behind tugged at his collar and moved up to his neck.

“Luo Panzhi, give it to me.”

His fingertips were cool, but the cheek pressed against his neck was scorching hot. Gu Yuxi’s hoarse voice carried an irresistible force. “…Call me thirsty, call me whatever you want, I just want you.”

“I want you to kiss me, to touch me, to do anything to me.”

The concentrated Alpha pheromones from his near-susceptible period overwhelmed the Alpha in front of him, enticing him with everything he had.

And that cool, unruly hand became even more audacious.

His words were even more direct and bold.

This was no longer the cold, reserved Lawyer Gu he was used to seeing on a normal day; he was a thirsty, greedy fiend.

Gu Yuxi also hadn’t expected the Alpha he was holding to be so cold and unmoved.

“Lawyer Gu, do you think I’m like you?” Luo Panzhi raised his hand and pressed down on Gu Yuxi’s disruptive one. He turned slightly to the side, his sidelong glance indifferent, his eyes without a ripple. “I like Omegas. I don’t like Alphas.”

Gu Yuxi’s body suddenly froze. The absurd rationality from the fever was momentarily doused with a bucket of cold water, but in the next instant, he did something even he couldn’t have expected.

He kissed Luo Panzhi.

The moment his trembling, feverish lips touched Luo Panzhi’s, Luo Panzhi reflexively turned his face away, then forcefully grabbed Gu Yuxi’s lapels and shoved him against the door.

Gu Yuxi’s back hit the door with a thud. He let out a pained groan but before he could react, Luo Panzhi grabbed his collar and forced him to lift his head. He was met with Luo Panzhi’s cold and mocking eyes.

The Alpha in front of him was as dominant and emotionless as a god, looking down on him as he was about to fall into a pathetic heap, as if to mock his shamelessness.

Pathetic…

So pathetic.

He couldn’t believe he had become so pathetic in front of Luo Panzhi, and then Luo Panzhi said—

“I like Omegas. I don’t like Alphas.”

“Anyone would think that Lawyer Gu is a lustful Omega, pitifully begging to be taken by an Alpha. How shameless.”

Luo Panzhi forcefully shoved Gu Yuxi away, turned to the side, and tugged at his collar, adjusting his ragged breathing.

This is so annoying.

“…It’s not just any Alpha.” Gu Yuxi was thrown against the door, but this time, without Luo Panzhi holding him, he couldn’t stand up. He was panting in pain, sliding powerlessly down the door to the floor.

The violently rising pheromone levels in his body were slowly consuming his consciousness. The extremely high temperature made his whole body ache. His vision gradually blurred, and he couldn’t lift his head. He could only see the expensive leather shoes right in front of him, and he reached out to touch them.

Luo Panzhi felt his pant leg being tugged. He looked down and saw Gu Yuxi collapsed at his feet, reaching out to grab his ankle. He could feel the coolness of his hand through his socks. His brows instantly furrowed. This humiliatingly subservient action made him extremely disgusted.

What is wrong with this man? What new trick is he playing? Is playing hard to get not enough? Does he have to be this pathetic even when he’s sick?

“What you do is none of my business.” Luo Panzhi moved his foot to the side, not caring that his pant leg was wrinkled. He turned back nonchalantly to straighten his messy clothes. “Lawyer Gu, please have some self-respect.”

After he finished speaking, the office fell into a complete silence, the kind of silence where even ragged breathing disappeared.

Luo Panzhi’s hand was still on his collar. When he heard no movement, he turned around hesitantly and saw Gu Yuxi on the floor with his eyes closed. His face was no longer flushed but was as pale as the white wall beside him. Even his lips had lost their color.

“Gu Yuxi? Don’t play any tricks on me. I’m not going to feel sorry for you.”

The only response was the silence after his last word.

He suddenly realized the man had fainted.

What on earth is going on?

Luo Panzhi quickly walked over to Gu Yuxi and knelt down. He reached out and touched his cheek, only to find that it was shockingly cold, completely different from the high fever he had moments ago. His eyes instantly darkened. He put one arm under Gu Yuxi’s upper body and the other under his knees, lifting him in a bridal carry.

He put Gu Yuxi back on the sofa and checked his pulse at the wrist, his brows tightly furrowed in confusion.

Knock, knock, knock.

“CEO Luo, Dr. Su is here.”

Luo Panzhi heard the noise outside the door and immediately pulled his hand back. He stood up, his expression returning to normal. “Come in.”

The moment Dr. Su stepped into the office, the overwhelming and powerful Alpha pheromones made his head spin. He stood there dumbfounded with his medical bag, looking at the situation in the office, at the impeccably dressed CEO Luo, and then at the disheveled… Alpha on the sofa?!

Huh???

“He fainted. I don’t know if it’s because of the fever. Take a look.” Luo Panzhi pretended not to care and stood to the side, but his peripheral vision was fixed on him.

Dr. Su hesitantly walked to the sofa. He knelt in front of the unconscious Alpha and first checked his eyes for consciousness. He then felt his body temperature, which was lower than a normal person’s. His expression was a little strange.

“What’s wrong with him? He didn’t faint from a fever?” Luo Panzhi asked nervously when he saw Dr. Su’s expression.

“His symptoms are a bit like pheromone dysregulation, which usually appears in people with secondary differentiation. In Alphas, this usually happens just before the susceptible period. Right now, his Alpha pheromones are strong but weak. His temperature is high and then low. When it’s high, it’s like a fever, but it drops quickly and is lower than a normal person’s. Did he take a neutralizer?”

Luo Panzhi: “Yes.” I know this one because Gu Yuxi told me.

“Does he have an Omega?” Dr. Su asked again. “I don’t know what his first gender was before his secondary differentiation, so I can’t just give him a neutralizer. If he has an Omega, then the Omega’s comfort can temporarily soothe his discomfort, but the effect might not be very strong, but it’s better than nothing.”

“He only has an Alpha,” Luo Panzhi said.

Dr. Su was a little surprised but quickly figured it out. “His first gender was an Omega?”

Luo Panzhi knew this and nodded. “Yes.”

“Then only an Alpha can lower the concentration of his pheromones. In other words, the concentration of his pheromones is currently trending toward an Omega’s concentration. Contact his Alpha as soon as possible. Only an Alpha can relieve his condition.”

Luo Panzhi frowned. “Can any Alpha relieve him?”

Dr. Su shook his head. “No, only a specific Alpha’s pheromones can relieve him. In the composition of a neutralizer, let’s say a Beta needs to bond with an Omega, the Beta needs to inject a neutralizer with a pseudo-Alpha pheromone component. When they bond, the Beta will emit pseudo-Alpha pheromones, but otherwise, they are normal.”

“And the reason why neutralizers can be used to alleviate secondary differentiation is that when his pheromone concentration is too high, he will exhibit his first gender, which is a false estrus similar to an Omega’s. This symptom requires an Alpha to help him. But normally, an Alpha and an Alpha cannot bond, so the best way is to use a neutralizer.”

“As for the Alpha pheromone component in the neutralizer, it needs to be matched with a gene bank. We’d use the person’s first gender, Omega pheromones, to match with the Alpha pheromones in the gene bank. If there is a successful match, we can use that Alpha’s pheromone code to create a pseudo-Alpha pheromone.”

Dr. Su took a blocker from his medical bag. “His pheromones are unstable right now. I can only use a blocker to calm him down for now so his Alpha pheromones don’t affect others. CEO Luo, can you please open all the curtains and windows in the office? The ventilation will make him more comfortable.”

Luo Panzhi was completely bewildered, but he listened to the doctor and opened the windows for ventilation. He reached up and pulled on the blinds above the sofa. “Dr. Su, what does it mean if this Alpha, when his concentration is too high, shows a thirsty, wanting desire for another Alpha?”

The blinds were automatic and slowly rose.

“That means that Alpha’s pheromones are the specific Alpha pheromones of his first gender, which fits the AO pheromone pairing principle. It’s a one-and-only match.”

The blinds went all the way up. It wasn’t a window but a one-way mirror, revealing the CEO’s office next door. From this angle, he could see the entire CEO’s office.

Luo Panzhi looked, and after a moment, he turned his face away and let out a light laugh. It was impossible to tell what the laugh meant.

He lowered his gaze to the unconscious Gu Yuxi on the sofa. The man’s clothes were a mess, and the hair on his forehead was soaked with cold sweat. He was probably uncomfortable and his brows were tightly furrowed.

“Dr. Su, if there’s no neutralizer and only that specific Alpha, what does that Alpha need to do to relieve him?”

“Any physical contact, any fluid fusion, can work.”

Luo Panzhi nodded. “Okay, thank you for coming, Dr. Su. I understand.” He then sent the helpful Dr. Su out of the office, asking his assistant outside the door to see him out.

After giving the instructions, he returned to the office and locked the door behind him.

He tugged at his tie and walked toward the sofa, his movements nonchalant and arrogant. He stopped in front of the sofa, slowly bent down, and propped a hand on the side of Gu Yuxi’s face, a knee resting on the edge of the sofa.

His gaze traced Gu Yuxi’s helpless appearance with his eyes closed, his expression shifting from one of intrigue to one of increasing depth.

“You’ve been spying on me? Lying to me? Seducing me?” Luo Panzhi reached out and pinched Gu Yuxi’s chin. He saw his eyelashes tremble and his heart fluttered. He poked them with his fingertips, then pinched his cheek with his thumb. “For insubordination, you must be punished, Lawyer Gu.”

So what punishment should he use on the unconscious beauty, Lawyer Gu?