She Won’t Be The Alpha In A Redemption Novel - Chapter 4

There had originally been a small bouquet of white flowers in the kitchen, but because the water had not been changed in time, they had now withered limply.

The second hand of the clock ticked on and on, the sound making people irritable in the overly quiet room.

The living room lights were off. The faint light of early morning seeped in through the floor-to-ceiling windows. The clothes on Bo Yi’an were still wrinkled, clearly unchanged.

It had already been a full day since Su Xiqiao left this place. It was not that Bo Yi’an had not had time.

Rather, she did not want to.

Beep, beep, beep.

Only when the smart lock was opened did the corner of Bo Yi’an’s mouth lift into a disdainful smile.

She knew Su Xiqiao would come back in the end to listen to her explanation.

Aside from this home, Su Xiqiao had nowhere else to go.

Besides, Su Xiqiao loved her.

That fact was an eternal truth no one in the world could refute.

All her confidence and certainty of victory vanished the instant Bo Yi’an saw the person at the door.

The person in front of her was very tall, even slightly taller than her. At a glance, with shoes on, she was probably around one meter eighty.

Clearly, this person was not Su Xiqiao, but an Alpha. Not only that, the person before her was the head of Shen Group: Shen Banyan.

She wore a long black coat, its cut fitting her figure perfectly, the hem nearly covering the tops of Shen Banyan’s feet.

The black Chinese-style suit beneath it had several golden bamboo leaves embroidered over the chest. Paired with the cold indifference on Shen Banyan’s face, it gave her a blatant sense of pressure.

She did not come with good intentions.

That was the first thought that appeared in Bo Yi’an’s mind.

Bo Yi’an’s face darkened in an instant. She frowned fiercely, unable to understand why Shen Banyan would come here in the early hours of the morning to provoke her.

“What brings Boss Shen to my humble home?”

Bo Yi’an’s irritated mood once again overwhelmed the good mood she had just had.

Shen Banyan looked at this Alpha whom she had met once before. She did not have a good impression of this person either.

Of course, not for the same reason as Bo Yi’an. It was because Bo Yi’an made absolutely no effort to restrain her pheromones.

She hated people who released their pheromones everywhere without regard for the situation. It was not because the other woman was currently Su Xiqiao’s wife in name.

Shen Banyan half-glanced at her, her eyes full of disgust.

Seeing that look, Bo Yi’an instead calmed down.

She and Shen Banyan were business competitors.

She could not give the other party any leverage, and she still had to probe Shen Banyan’s true purpose in coming here. In that brief instant of shifting thoughts, Bo Yi’an had already arranged her expression.

After all, she was one of the female leads. Bo Yi’an was still capable of swallowing the anger currently lodged in her chest.

“It was me…”

“I begged Miss Shen to bring me back…”

A soft voice came from behind Shen Banyan.

It was Su Xiqiao’s voice.

Kind, harmless, carrying Su Xiqiao’s unique innocence.

But when Bo Yi’an saw Su Xiqiao walk out from behind Shen Banyan, her heartbeat stopped for an instant.

What Su Xiqiao was wearing was not anything from her own closet, but a slightly ill-fitting white qipao.

At a single glance, the material of the white qipao was clearly silk. It was also embroidered with golden bamboo leaves.

“Yi’an, I only just learned that you love my younger sister so much…”

She had only spoken this far when Su Xiqiao’s voice already choked up. Two streams of tears fell from the corners of her eyes, and her words were filled with unspeakable sorrow.

Even before coming here, Shen Banyan had already known that Su Xiqiao would do certain things that were not quite right because of the plot’s manipulation.

But now, seeing Su Xiqiao truly shed tears, her heart stopped for a second because of it as well.

Immediately afterward, Shen Banyan realized that this was the plot manipulating her heart.

It seemed that if she came before Bo Yi’an, she would automatically slip into the so-called role of the devoted second female lead.

“You two are not suited for each other. Miss Su and I, on the other hand, are far more compatible.” Shen Banyan was extremely displeased with the fact that she was being manipulated by the plot, so her tone was not very good when she spoke.

But when those words landed in Bo Yi’an’s ears, they were not merely unpleasant. They were a blatant provocation.

“Su Xiqiao, I admit I was wrong.”

“But you can’t bring an Alpha here and do something like this in front of me!”

Bo Yi’an’s train of thought, which had still possessed two parts rationality earlier, was now completely like dry grass burned clean by fire.

She strode straight up to Su Xiqiao and grabbed her right wrist.

“Is this fair to me? You still haven’t heard my explanation!”

“Su Xiqiao! You are still my wife!”

Of course Bo Yi’an could not endure it. After shouting in anger, she suddenly realized one thing: she and Su Xiqiao had never registered their marriage.

Back then, Su Qiang said she was jealous, and Bo Yi’an had not even held the wedding or gotten the marriage certificate.

As a result, if one truly spoke of it, the two of them were now nothing more than lovers.

The moment Su Xiqiao heard the word “wife,” her entire body trembled.

Seven tears fell from her face at the same time.

Su Xiqiao, shedding tears like this, resembled a weeping Madonna painting.

“Take me away…”

Su Xiqiao buried herself in Shen Banyan’s arms, as if she could not bear this kind of hurt coming from Bo Yi’an’s mouth.

Shen Banyan held the trembling person in her arms and revealed a mocking smile at Bo Yi’an.

“As expected of the Third Miss of Bo Group. When you can no longer win someone back, you resort to such lowly words.”

This time, Bo Yi’an was truly enraged. She glared viciously at Shen Banyan.

“Since when does Miss Shen enjoy meddling in other people’s family affairs so much?”

“Those who stick their noses where they don’t belong don’t come to a good end.”

“The eastern pharmaceutical factory has already been lost because of your meddling. What else does Miss Shen want to lose?”

Some time ago, Bo Yi’an had set a trap for the Shen family and easily taken the Shen family’s pharmaceutical factory into her own hands.

She did not deny that she had used Shen Banyan’s feelings for Su Xiqiao. She was very satisfied that she could use those feelings to stab at the other woman.

The moment she finished speaking, Su Xiqiao lifted her head and looked at Bo Yi’an in disbelief.

For the first time, she saw clearly that Bo Yi’an could so directly use someone else’s feelings.

“Are you sure it belongs to someone else? I don’t think that’s necessarily true.”

The smile on Shen Banyan’s face deepened. She reached out and tidied Su Xiqiao’s long hair for her.

“Bo Yi’an, you and I are not the same kind of person.”

“I would never use someone I like for the sake of some small pharmaceutical factory.”

“Someone who does that is, in my eyes, far too despicable.”

It had to be said that if Shen Banyan wanted to play the role of someone who could infuriate Bo Yi’an to death, then she would definitely be able to achieve perfect KPIs.

“Su Xiqiao, are you really unwilling to listen to my explanation?”

Bo Yi’an’s voice turned fragile.

She knew very well that if she wanted to win this round against Shen Banyan, the key lay with Su Xiqiao.

Almost the very first second Su Xiqiao heard her, she heard a voice in her heart saying: Forgive this person.

And just as that voice appeared, Su Xiqiao smelled Shen Banyan’s pheromones.

The scent of whiskey carried an innate, intoxicating feeling.

Amid the haze, it also kept Su Xiqiao clear-headed.

Right now, she could not break character in front of Bo Yi’an. Su Xiqiao tugged at Shen Banyan’s clothes.

“I wish you happiness…”

The moment she finished speaking, Shen Banyan received the signal and wrapped an arm around her, leading her toward the elevator.

Being rejected again and again made Bo Yi’an’s expression turn extremely ugly.

“Su Xiqiao, if you dare leave this place, don’t even think about me apologizing to you again!”

When Su Xiqiao heard this, her steps halted. Her body almost went against the thoughts in her heart.

Shen Banyan lowered her head and saw Su Xiqiao’s flushed face.

She tightened her grip on Su Xiqiao’s hand and led her outside.

Shen Banyan’s hand kept moving, and the images in her mind refused to stop either.

What she thought of was Su Xiqiao before they came here.

Su Xiqiao had never imagined that Shen Banyan was a forceful person.

Shen Banyan also did not think Su Xiqiao was a forceful person.

But when it came to marking, Shen Banyan was completely the kind of person who only knew how to coax and did not know how to stop at all.

Su Xiqiao had also had a great deal of criticism for her coaxing skills.

All she knew how to say was, “I’ll be gentler.”

False promises!

“Shen Banyan, you bastard!”

Su Xiqiao viciously left a vivid bite mark on Shen Banyan’s shoulder.

She bit without the slightest mercy. The teeth marks on that pale shoulder even seeped faintly with blood.

Shen Banyan hissed in pain.

Yet the person who was always a master negotiator, the one who could command awe before her subordinates without even getting angry, now could not utter a single word in rebuttal.

The scent of tuberose in the air mixed with the scent of whiskey, rich in a way completely different from last night.

Last night, the tuberose scent had still taken up the majority.

Now, it had been completely and tightly covered by whiskey.

Just like last night, when Shen Banyan had covered Su Xiqiao completely and tightly…

“I’m sorry. Next time, I’ll be gentler.”

Su Xiqiao sat up. The white blanket slipped from her body, revealing the back of her neck, already bruised from being bitten.

Hearing Shen Banyan’s words, Su Xiqiao glared at her and then directly refused to give any response.

“No need. What you owe me, I’ll collect myself.” Su Xiqiao’s words were stiff and blunt, and she did not give Shen Banyan the slightest pleasant expression just because of last night’s pleasure.

The pleasure she had enjoyed had already been repaid with her own voice.

The clothes from yesterday had all become a complete mess. The chaotic wrinkles and lipstick marks made Su Xiqiao frown.

She wrapped a thin blanket around herself and went straight into Shen Banyan’s walk-in closet.

Shen Banyan picked up her shirt from beside the bed, casually put it on, and followed Su Xiqiao over.

“Monotonous!”

“Dull!”

“Boring!”

Shen Banyan’s walk-in closet was large and spacious, but everything inside was suits carefully made by various brands.

Yes, all kinds of suits, with no other categories at all.

It was to the point that with one glance around, Su Xiqiao could only see three colors: black, white, and blue.

Just from hearing that evaluation, Shen Banyan decided that Su Xiqiao was still angry.

“I’m sorry.”

Shen Banyan knew she was in the wrong, and her voice was not loud.

Su Xiqiao heard the apology, but she did not forgive her. Instead, she made a demand.

“If I end up by Bo Yi’an’s side, I’ll become as if I’m a different person.”

“Shen Banyan! You have to bring me back!”