Chapter 3 – Please, Mark Me

“Fucking hell, she’s just a has-been actress! How the hell did you useless pieces of shit lose her?!”

“Sorry, Boss Wang. We’ve been checking every private room one by one. We’ll find that woman soon. Please calm down.”

The pot-bellied man on the sofa finally took a sip of wine after hearing that, grunted, and continued speaking to the man bowing and scraping beside him.

“I’m telling you, Director Sun, I only agreed to invest in your drama because you promised me a top-tier Omega to try out. Is a worn-out shoe like that considered good goods?”

Her looks were decent, but hearing she was divorced and had her mark washed off made her feel like damaged goods… Plus her temper was huge — she just up and ran…

“Boss Wang, don’t be angry. Qin Wan just got divorced. You have to understand, she used to be the dream Omega of countless Alphas. As for the marking thing, that’s even more interesting. Let me tell you…”

“You’re serious? It’s really that magical?”

“Of course. I worked with her before, so I know her secret. It was hard to make a move back then because someone was protecting her. Now she’s just a broke, powerless has-been actress.”

After some back and forth, the man was coaxed into a good mood again. They kept drinking and toasting.

Obnoxious male laughter filled the room as the men in the private booth continued discussing just how much of a stunner Qin Wan was.

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Qin Wan never expected that her former friend in the industry had now become one of those sniveling stolen contentopportunists, even treating her like merchandise to be sold to an investor.

She had barely managed to escape from that disgusting, nauseating private room full of cigarette smoke and foul pheromones.

But she knew it was only a matter of time before they found her. Moreover, she was still an Omega — a divorced one at that. A trace of sadness flashed through her watery eyes. Why did she always misjudge people?

Only then did she notice something wrong with her body. The pheromones at the back of her neck seemed to be leaking out. She had clearly taken an inhibitor before coming.

Why was it so hot? The scene in front of her became blurry. Could it be that glass of warm water they specially prepared for her…

She could only blame herself for not seeing people clearly. No Alpha was any good. Looking at the sudden bright light in the room, she collapsed as if giving up.

Whatever. It was all just for her body anyway… She closed her eyes and let her pheromones spread throughout the entire room.

“Mom’s pheromones smell even sweeter than her daughter’s…”

In her daze, she heard an unfamiliar woman’s voice. Qin Wan thought she must be hallucinating, then passed out.

Xu Ran held the woman in her arms, called the doctor, then endured the itching at the back of her neck and carried the woman out of the private room.

“President Xu, this isn’t according to the rules. This person belongs to us.”

“Fuck off…”

Xu Ran swept an ice-cold glance at the two burly men blocking the door, [read the original at bailiantales.com]then signaled the bodyguards behind her with her eyes.

Sun Ming could only watch as the investment that was almost in his hands flew away. What could he do? That was the Xu Ran of H City, the one who made people tremble with fear. Compared to the useless drunkard in the private room, he didn’t dare offend this departing woman even more.

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Hot… Mark me… Please…

The woman on the bed twisted restlessly like a seductive snake. The moment Xu Ran sent the doctor away, she was greeted by this scene.

Was marking useless…?

How did that child come about? Was it a side effect of having her previous mark washed off, or had she always been like this?

Xu Ran sat on the bed, brushed aside the hair covering the woman’s forehead, and stroked her slightly feverish face as she fell into thought.

The doctor said that with her constitution, medicine was useless. She could only endure it herself. Of course, if an Alpha helped, it would ease the woman’s suffering.

“Mmm… Asheng… Help me…”

Great. Calling someone else’s name on her bed. Xu Ran’s cold eyes darkened. She wanted to pull her hand away from the woman’s face, but her finger was suddenly caught in the woman’s mouth.

Xu Ran stared as the woman’s crimson tongue slid over her fingertip. Her eyes darkened further.

“Do you mother and daughter both like seducing people like this?”

The air was filled with the woman’s floral, clove-scented pheromones. It smelled sweet and extremely tempting. As an S-rank Alpha, Xu Ran knew this meant the woman was actively begging to be fucked.

Thankfully she had gone without meat for many years and her own rank was very high, so she could still maintain her reason under the woman’s seduction.

Xu Ran had been seduced before, but this was the first time she had her own plans thrown into chaos because of it.

She examined the woman’s figure. The hip-wrapping skirt had wrinkled from her movements. Xu Ran reached out and touched it, wanting to smooth out those creases.

“Mmm… Ah…”

Just a single touch and Qin Wan moaned like she was already being fucked. Xu Ran remembered how the woman had mistaken her for someone else and a surge of inexplicable anger rose in her heart. She opened the bedside cabinet, remembering that the jade bamboo fan Zhou Yi’an had given her was in there.

It was perfect for punishing this woman who went into heat outside and got married early…