Stupid Alpha

He Juan had been holding his breath so long that his throat began to constrict. "No idea… what?"

"How attractive you are," he said with a tiniest tilt on the corner of his lips. It was not quite a smile, more like he was baring his teeth into the beginning of a snarl. Subconsciously, He Juan responded with his own growl that resonated deep from his chest into Mu Yuze's palm. It seemed impossible for Mu Yuze's hooded eyes to darken even more, yet they did.

"Even when you're just standing there doing nothing, you pull me in. When you smile at me, I want to hog it all to myself. Juan gege, I…" the muscles on his jaws twitched and he closed his eyes for two full seconds, seemingly struggling with his own emotions. "I have never felt like this toward anyone before. It's you, it has always been you. You have no idea how long I have been…" Once again, he trailed off, lips pressing so tight that the colors drained from them.

He Juan had no idea what was distressing him so, but merely seeing Mu Yuze stumble on his words was enough to get him to move. He slowly cupped Mu Yuze's cheek and coaxed his beautiful eyes to open. "Xiao Ze… I'm sorry, I have no idea that my words will upset you so much," he said in full remorse.

Mu Yuze made a sound of protest in response, prompting He Juan to smile. He tucked Mu Yuze's hair behind his ear and couldn't help but rub the shell of his ear that was flushed in the beautiful shade of coral. "I just don't want you to regret…"

"Regret?" Mu Yuze's lips curled into a sneer as he muttered under his breath, voice so low that He Juan could barely hear it. "I've had a lifetime of regret…"

He Juan blinked. "...Pardon?"

But Mu Yuze merely shook his head. "Is that your only concern? Our age?"

He talked about it as if it was not even a problem to begin with, He Juan mused. Goodness, he was so certain of what he wanted and so… so persistent that it was getting harder and harder for He Juan to keep his wall up. There was nothing sexier than a man who knew exactly what his goal was and worked hard to achieve it. He Juan did not know that it would turn him so damn hard. However, there was not only a nine years bridge between them, there was also He Juan's medical condition. If Mu Yuze was serious… if Mu Yuze really wanted him as a mate and Alpha, then he should know what kind of person He Juan was, inside and out. He deserved that at the least.

He Juan opened his mouth to elaborate. "Not only that, but I also—"

"Is this because of your physical condition?"

He Juan sucked in a surprised air. He stared at Mu Yuze for a full two seconds, dumbfounded. "You know…?"

"Before I came back to get you. I was in Yuyang Hospital Center to ask around about Miss Zhao and to get your medical records at the same time." Mu Yuze shrugged with a nonchalant look like he had not just yanked the skeleton out of He Juan's closet and scooped it up into his arms.

"So…" He Juan's throat felt so dry all of a sudden. His grip tightened subconsciously around Mu Yuze's waist, but if it hurt, then the omega's eyelids did not even twitch. "What do you have to say about that?"

Mu Yuze furrowed his brows in exasperation. "What did you want me to say?"

He Juan did not know whether to laugh or cry. "Do you not mind if—"

He took the words out of He Juan's mouth, again. "If you have not gone through a rut for the past seven years?"

He Juan inhaled deeply. That was one major thing. Perhaps it was the medication or perhaps He Juan had suppressed his Alpha side for too long, he had not had a rut — not even a false one — for the past seven years. Or in other words, he was infertile. He would not be able to knot an omega, nor could he impregnate them.

Yes, he might have been an Alpha but at this rate, he was just a Beta who could exude an Alpha's pheromones. He had so little sexual appetite that even an omega's mid-heat pheromones would not be able to faze him except for making him sneeze nonstop.

Until he met this bold, gusty omega named Mu Yuze who was intent on testing his bottom limit again and again despite the consequences.

"It is not a matter to be trifled with, Xiao Ze." He Juan showed a helpless smile. "You are an Omega. Someday, you will want to build a family and have your own children. I will not be able to give you that."

He Juan had expected Mu Yuze to back away, or ponder on his decisions, or at least pretend to think about it. He certainly did not expect the omega to give him a stinky eye. "Who says?"

He Juan was once again taken off guard by the omega's unexpected retort. "What…?"

Instead of words, Mu Yuze chose to act. One of his hands, that had been on He Juan's shoulder slid behind He Juan's neck, brushing against his mating gland. In an instant, He Juan's breath ceased to a halt. How….How could he?! How could he do something like that so casually?!

He Juan was already struggling to hold himself in check when Mu Yuze tucked his nose right on his gland but this… to blatantly touch it while he was straddling the aforementioned Alpha's lap was…

"See?" Mu Yuze pulled away before He Juan could launch another speech of awareness and self-preservation an omega should have. Confused and mildly disoriented due to the overwhelming emotions, He Juan glanced down toward Mu Yuze's open palm to find it damp with He Juan's sweat.

He Juan tilted his head in confusion. He did not know what Mu Yuze meant by this. Did his sweat smell bad? Was Mu Yuze disgusted by how much he sweated? In his defense, the room was a little bit too warm, plus having such a gorgeous omega in his lap was not a challenge that was easy to resist! No wonder that He Juan was sweating profusely!

Clearly sensing the puzzlement in his face, Mu Yuze heaved out a big sigh. "You are really a stupid Alpha…" he said once again, sending ripples of shock across He Juan's heart to his entire body. Without waiting for He Juan to recover, he dropped another bomb yet again. "You're in pre-rut, don't you know that?"