IM Chapter 21

Shen ChiTai looked at the Alpha’s face, so close he could almost touch it, his eyes red and moist, “Won’t you think I’m dirty?”

Shang Jue’s eyes froze for two seconds before he tightly embraced the person in his arms. His deep, sensual voice, the breath flowing between his lips and teeth, gently caressed the Omega’s ear, “If you say that again, I’ll get angry.”

Shen ChiTai buried his face in his arms, falling silent.

Shang Jue stared at the thick, dark hair on the top of his head for a few seconds before lowering his head and kissing his forehead, lingering for two seconds. His warm lips traveled down, kissing his eyebrows, eyes, and the bridge of his nose. His tongue lightly licked the slightly concave hollow of his collarbone, his teeth gently biting the bone that protruded just beneath the skin.

Shen ChiTai’s eyes gradually glazed over, half-closing. His Adam’s apple bobbed as he swallowed.

Shen ChiTai woke up in the hotel the next day, his legs stiff, unable to fully stretch out. He felt terrible all over, his body limp, his back and legs aching, his limbs weak.

He struggled to open his eyes. Everything that had happened yesterday felt like a nightmare. Even a slight recollection sent a wave of bitterness through his chest.

He was about to prop himself up on his arms when a force from his waist pulled him back down in the opposite direction. Shen ChiTai’s mind went blank for a moment, then gradually cleared. The Omega’s expression became unnatural.

Last night, he had gone to the bar and drunk too much. Shang Jue had brought him here. He looked down at the marks on his body, hardly daring to believe it was true.

Shen ChiTai was anxious to get up. As soon as he extended one leg, before his foot touched the ground, the person next to him, who had opened his eyes at some point, grabbed his wrist and yanked him back, causing him to fall onto the bed. Shang Jue quickly rolled over and pinned him down, tightening his arms and hugging his waist tightly.

“You’ve already eaten me clean, you can’t just get up and leave.”

“A-Jue, what… what is this?” Did we… do it?

Shang Jue looked at the Omega, who was having trouble speaking, and deliberately helped him recall, “Last night, you drank a lot. I was going to take you home, but you said you were afraid Father would worry, so I brought you to the hotel.”

Did I say that? He had drunk a bit too much last night, and his memory was a little hazy. He couldn’t remember all the nonsense he had said later.

Memories of last night flooded into his brain in a chaotic mess. Shen ChiTai’s head throbbed uncomfortably, the effects of the alcohol hadn’t completely worn off. “Sorry, I don’t remember very well.”

“It doesn’t matter. Anyway, you already promised to take responsibility for me last night.”

“…” The expression on Shen ChiTai’s face froze for a moment. Thinking about it, it seemed like he had been the one to take the initiative, “A-Jue, even if I did say something like that, you don’t have to take it to heart. We can’t make another mistake.”

Shang Jue also played rogue with him, “I knew you’d deny everything as soon as you sobered up, so I recorded everything you said, word for word.”

“…”

“You were the one who kept pestering me. You know how dangerous your pheromones are to an Alpha. After I brought you to the hotel last night, I was planning to leave, but your pheromones…”

“Don’t say anymore…” Shen ChiTai clutched the corner of the blanket in his hand, his expression awkward and strange as he turned his face away. It was his fault from the beginning. If he hadn’t gone to the bar in a fit of pique, if he hadn’t drunk alcohol, none of this would have happened.

“If you dare say you won’t take responsibility for me, I’ll take these recordings back and let Father listen to them, so he knows how you kept clinging to me and wouldn’t let me leave.”

“You wouldn’t!” Shen ChiTai said anxiously, “Don’t let Dad know.”

“Then will you take responsibility for me?” Shang Jue asked him.

Shen ChiTai didn’t speak, but he didn’t deny it either.

Shang Jue smiled with satisfaction, “When we go out, what do you usually tell people our relationship is?”

Shen ChiTai didn’t dare to look him in the eye, and said softly, “You’re my brother.”

Shang Jue’s eyes changed. His eyes turned slightly cold in an instant, “In the future, if anyone asks again, you won’t still say I’m your brother, will you?”

“Shang Jue, I’m your brother!”

“What kind of brothers roll around in the same bed? Ask around and see if any brothers play like we do. You were so active in bed last night. You even said you liked me like that. Can you stop lying to yourself?”

Shen ChiTai shook his head helplessly, a bitter feeling rising in his heart, “A-Jue, do you even understand what I mean? Even if I don’t date Xu Chen anymore, I can’t be with my own brother.”

Shang Jue was silent for a long time, his face sullen, his voice hoarse as he asked, “So you’re planning to freeload off me?”

“I’m sorry, I… I apologize to you.” Shen ChiTai suddenly looked up at him, “You can ask me to do anything, and I will compensate you. But this one thing, I really can’t do.”

Shang Jue scoffed impatiently, got off him, and fell limply beside the Omega, his left hand slightly bent to cover his eyes, muttering to himself as if in a dream.

“I gave you my first kiss, and my first time too. Since I was little, I’ve obeyed you whenever you told me to. You told me to go east, and I never dared to go west. But what have you done? You keep pushing me away, you keep breaking my heart. If you really don’t want to see me, then I just won’t come back.”

Shen ChiTai’s expression froze for a moment, “You know I don’t mean that. I just don’t want you to keep making mistakes like this. Why can’t you understand what I mean?”

“But isn’t your intention to make me stay away from you?” Shang Jue’s tone rose a few degrees.

Shen ChiTai was rendered speechless by his words. Thinking about it, Shang Jue was right. That was exactly what he thought.

“Let’s just pretend this never happened. I drank too much last night, so I don’t blame you,” the Omega said.

“You’re so heartless,” Shang Jue sneered.

“You’re too reckless.”

He had only propped himself up halfway when the Alpha lying next to him darkened his eyes slightly and grabbed his wrist, pulling him back down forcefully. Shang Jue swiftly rolled over, pinning the Omega down, lifting his hands and pinning his wrists, forcing him to be unable to move.

“I didn’t want to do this, but you made me angry.”

“Shang Jue, don’t mess around!” the Omega said, exasperated. He pressed his palms against his shoulders to prevent the person on top of him from getting any closer.

“You’re so capricious. Last night, you wouldn’t let me leave, but now you’re trying so hard to push me away. So, in your eyes, I’m just a dog that you can summon and dismiss at will. When you’re happy, you coax me a little, and when you’re impatient, you just give me a few perfunctory words.”

“Bro…” The Alpha’s voice, full of desire, was slightly rough as it entered Shen ChiTai’s ears. “You’re the most capricious one. Since you’ve forgotten what happened last night, I don’t mind helping you remember in detail.”

“Shang Jue, you…”

“Bro…” The Alpha took a deep breath, the surrounding air filled with the scent of the Omega’s pheromones, a pleasant gardenia fragrance.

Shen ChiTai struggled, trying to push him away. He raised his head and met Shang Jue’s eyes, which were dark.

A strange feeling arose in the depths of the Omega’s heart, and sensing the dangerous aura that permeated the air, Shen ChiTai instinctively wanted to run.

Shang Jue grabbed his hair and pressed him down on the bed. “Let me be gentle with you, okay? Don’t force me.”

Shen ChiTai tried to get up, but the excessive force made his scalp tingle. The Alpha pinched his face and kissed him.

“Shang… Shang Jue…”

“Bro,” the Alpha’s voice was slightly rough as he breathed heavily and whispered in his ear, “Kiss me.”

“No… I don’t want to…”

“If you just give me a kiss, I’ll let you go, okay?” The Alpha softened his attitude, his tone adding a bit of pleading, making him look pitiful, as if he was the one being bullied.

Shen ChiTai looked at him with suspicion. He had been deceived too many times, and he no longer trusted Shang Jue.

But people always have hope, and so did he.

“Really?”

“Of course. How could I bear to lie to you?”

Shen ChiTai struggled to lift his waist and touch his lips, but he only touched them lightly and quickly pulled away. Shang Jue smiled and said that his kiss was too perfunctory. The Alpha lowered his head, his hand clasping the back of the Omega’s head, and kissed him aggressively and impatiently, trying to probe into his mouth.

Shen ChiTai’s hands, which were pushing against his shoulders, were initially trying to push him away, but the Alpha’s pheromones filled every corner of the room. Shang Jue’s lips hovered near his glands, the area that had been bitten last night still deep in color, the tooth marks showing no signs of fading.