I'm Not an Alpha

Lin Meng put on her best anxious face. This was a small hotel, after all; at three in the morning, the chances of police showing up to check rooms were slim. The lie about forgetting her ID was really because she didn't want to leave any record of her identity behind.

After all, what she was doing right now wasn't something she wanted the novel's top and bottom to find out about. Her job was to clear up the misunderstanding between those two.

Lin Meng tried to pry Yun Huaizhu's arms loose from around her as she explained to the front desk, “But I'm really in a hurry. How about I show you the temporary ID on my phone, and you use my girlfriend's ID to book the room?”

The moment the words left her mouth, the hotel clerk handed over the ID and a key card. “Hello, your room is 419. Here's the key card.”

Lin Meng froze for two seconds. She didn't ask anything else—she just took the key card and dragged Yun Huaizhu, who was practically hanging off her, into the elevator.

The clerk watched the two of them disappear and heaved a sigh. “Please, whatever you do, don't do that kind of thing in the hotel lobby...”

...

Yun Huaizhu wasn't heavy at all. The problem was that Lin Meng either went to work or, on her days off, stayed holed up at home and never went out, which meant she got no exercise whatsoever. By the time she dragged Yun Huaizhu into the room, she was nearly out of strength, and she collapsed onto the big bed with Yun Huaizhu.

Yun Huaizhu didn't know why the air was so thick with pheromones. She had a vague sense of what was happening to her body, but she refused to believe it.

For all twenty years of her life, she had been grateful to be a beta. It meant she would never be driven by filthy desires, never crave a complete stranger just because of pheromone matching during a heat cycle.

But now everything happening in her body was telling her that she had become an omega—that she was about to be forever enslaved at an alpha's feet, dominated by pheromones!

No. Why should she?

Yun Huaizhu's cheeks were flushed a drunken red. Large tears fell from her eyes onto Lin Meng's neck. “No... I won't accept this!”

At that moment, Yun Huaizhu was pressing down on Lin Meng. Lin Meng tried to push her off, but Yun Huaizhu was like a boulder—completely immovable.

This couldn't be that bad, could it? Yun Huaizhu was an omega in the middle of differentiation! Was she really this weak?

Just as Lin Meng thought that, she suddenly felt a chill at her collarbone. Yun Huaizhu was actually using force to tear off her clothes!

Startled, Lin Meng tried to sit up at once, but the moment she rose, Yun Huaizhu straddled her and shoved her back onto the bed. Lin Meng tried again, but this time she only made it halfway before Yun Huaizhu pushed her down once more. The back of her head slammed hard against the bed, leaving her dazed.

The hotel bed was soft, so the impact didn't hurt, but it left her dizzy and disoriented.

After three attempts, she realized her stamina couldn't keep up with that kind of sit-up exercise. She could only try to reason with Yun Huaizhu. “Um... Yun Huaizhu, I know you're feeling awful right now, but I'm a beta. I don't have pheromones. I can't help you. Let me get up first, and I'll go buy you suppressants, okay?”

Yun Huaizhu didn't seem to register her words. Her beautiful pale eyes shifted slightly, then she leaned down and bit the side of Lin Meng's neck. “I hate alphas. I want you... to help me.”

Lin Meng didn't even know how to talk to Yun Huaizhu anymore. She felt that no matter what she said now, Yun Huaizhu wouldn't listen. She could only push at Yun Huaizhu with all her strength.

At that moment, she was face to face with the pure, radiant beauty described in the novel, their noses almost touching.

Yun Huaizhu's devastating beauty was displayed right before Lin Meng's eyes. Lin Meng's breath caught for an instant. In those few seconds she was stunned, Yun Huaizhu's soft lips brushed against a spot in the hollow of her neck, and she instantly wanted to dodge to the side.

Yun Huaizhu pulled her back, pinned her hands high above her head, and demanded, looking aggrieved. “Didn't you say you'd help me? Why are you dodging? You're lying to me, aren't you?”

Lin Meng wanted to cry but had no tears. She had agreed to help Yun Huaizhu, but not this kind of help!

She really did want to get close to Yun Huaizhu, but only just close. She knew very well that Yun Huaizhu had a canon love interest. If she touched Yun Huaizhu, the main character alpha would definitely chop her into minced meat!

No—probably not even pieces that big.

Lin Meng grabbed Yun Huaizhu's shoulders with all her strength. She didn't know exactly how unbearable it was for an omega to go without relief during a heat cycle, but the novel had described the two days and two nights Yun Huaizhu endured as worse than death.

She could only force a smile and coax her like a child, step by step. “Listen to me. I'll help you, but you have to let me go first. If you don't let me go, how can I help you?”

Yun Huaizhu narrowed her eyes, as if doubting whether she could believe her. Lin Meng propped herself up slightly and clung to her shoulder. “See... you're pinning me down, so I can't do anything. Aren't you hot? Let me help you take off your clothes first, okay?”

When Yun Huaizhu heard the words “take off your clothes,” she nodded slightly and released her grip. She wobbled as she got up from Lin Meng's body. As she moved away, Lin Meng slowly rose to follow her movements. Ignoring Lin Meng's desire to escape, it really looked like the two of them were accommodating each other.

The moment Lin Meng saw Yun Huaizhu kneel at the edge of the bed, she grabbed her bag from the nightstand and ran. But the very next second, Yun Huaizhu slammed her down hard.

This time, Lin Meng was really pressed hard against the table. Her waist nearly snapped from the force.

No way... Was this really the omega the novel described as delicate and weak, the kind who turned into a puddle of water the moment her heat hit?

The omega—beautiful in face and sweet in voice—now spoke in a tone several degrees lower, chillingly cold. “Didn't you say you'd help me take off my clothes? Where are you going? I hate it most when people lie to me...”

Lin Meng didn't know why, but the moment she heard that strange tone in Yun Huaizhu's voice, goosebumps rose all over her body. The bag in her hand slipped to the floor.

Cold sweat broke out on Lin Meng's forehead. She forced herself to stay calm and gave Yun Huaizhu a smile that looked extremely strained. “H-how could I? I wanted to go out and buy you suppressants. I'm a beta—I can't release pheromones to soothe you like an alpha can. Wait for me, I'll come back.”

Lin Meng thought that once she explained, Yun Huaizhu would let her go. But in the next moment, Yun Huaizhu's expression turned extremely grim and terrifying. “Why?! Why does being an omega mean my fate is decided by those alphas from birth?! Who made that rule?! I'm the same as those alphas. I won't be controlled by pheromones. I won't be at an alpha's mercy. I'm going to mark you, I'll prove...”

Seeing her grow more and more deranged, Lin Meng was nearly scared to tears. The more she struggled to break free, the harder the omega—dominated by anger and desire—pinned her down.