Divorcee O Finds Me Irresistible - Chapter 19

Xu Qing tossed out a casual remark, then finished washing her face and quickly tidied up to leave.

The two acted like indifferent roommates, each preparing for their busy mornings.

Fu Shuang had intended to explain her absence the previous night, but Xu Qing’s cold and distant demeanor abruptly extinguished her enthusiasm.

Xu Qing didn’t care where Fu Shuang had been or who she’d been with. Her only concern was that Fu Shuang had left the cat for her to clean up, causing her inconvenience.

At least, that’s how Fu Shuang saw it.

Maybe I was just deluding myself, Fu Shuang thought, her heart suddenly filled with unease. My dear Alpha Sister isn’t even affected by my pheromones. How could she possibly be someone who lets lust cloud her judgment?

According to Fu Shuang’s original plan, this valiant Alpha Sister would be utterly infatuated with her, obeying her every command like a loyal puppy, acting as her faithful protector, only to be discarded the moment Fu Shuang no longer needed her.

But had Fu Shuang overestimated her own allure?

The bar brawl was purely out of pity and a sense of justice for her plight. Giving her a place to stay was simply out of compassion for the vulnerable. There was no question of romantic feelings involved. That kind of thing was even less reliable than pheromone matching.

Feeling somewhat defeated, Fu Shuang tidied up the apartment, applied a more elaborate makeup than usual, emphasizing her orange blush, adding a few cute freckles under her eyes, carefully lining her lips before applying lipstick in layers, and styling her long brown hair into a voluminous bun. She radiated youthful vitality.

Too bad she won’t see me like this, Fu Shuang thought.

She blew a kiss at her reflection, selected a matching shirt and skirt, and headed out to squeeze onto the subway for work.

Her current job was as an HR assistant intern. Arriving at the office at 8:30 AM, her first task was to screen resumes for the manager. She tossed the obviously unqualified ones into the trash, leaving the rest for the manager to review.

Given the company’s prestigious reputation and numerous job openings, she sometimes had to process over a hundred resumes after just one weekend.

After processing the resumes, Fu Shuang needed to contact the candidates on the recruitment list to inquire about their availability for interviews. She also had to remove the names of those who had already accepted offers and wouldn’t be attending.

The afternoons were filled with endless interviews, posting new job announcements, and coordinating with various departments on behalf of the manager.

In addition to these tedious tasks, Fu Shuang was frequently ordered by the manager and her superiors to run errands—buying coffee, retrieving packages, shredding documents, taking out the trash, and so on.

Strictly speaking, the manager didn’t order her around excessively; it was usually the manager’s superior, the HR Supervisor, who dispatched Fu Shuang.

The Supervisor was a balding Beta man in his forties, short and stout, and taciturn. He spent his days hunched over his computer, scheming about how to assign tasks to his subordinates.

One morning, while Fu Shuang was buried in resumes, she suddenly heard the Supervisor call her name. When she stopped working and hurried over, the man coldly handed her a piece of paper. “Shred this.”

It was just a discarded resume, yet he had specifically summoned Fu Shuang to dispose of it for him.

It was one thing to ask her to fetch coffee, but making her run all the way over just to shred a piece of paper? Wasn’t this just deliberate harassment?

Fu Shuang didn’t immediately take the paper. She forced a smile and asked, “Supervisor, is there anything else I can do for you?”

The man’s gaze swept upward from Fu Shuang’s chest. Her neatly buttoned shirt, though perfectly appropriate, seemed a little tight due to her figure, as if the buttons might pop open at any moment.

“The company has clear dress code regulations—no excessive exposure or casual attire. While we embrace diversity, the recent solar storm has been affecting people’s moods. You should be more mindful.”

The supervisor rambled incoherently, then glanced at his colleagues, who were all wearing bewildered expressions and trying not to laugh. The bald man coughed awkwardly. As the HR supervisor, he shouldn’t be getting flustered around attractive women—it was unprofessional. He needed to make this intern’s life more difficult.

Fu Shuang’s innocent face was a mask of confusion. For a moment, she thought the supervisor was speaking an alien language.

“What exactly should I be mindful of?” she asked sincerely.

“Have you read the employee handbook?” the supervisor asked.

“Yes, I have,” Fu Shuang replied, standing ramrod straight. “The company’s dress code requires female employees to wear light-colored blouses with black bottoms during work hours. I’m in full compliance. Moreover, this silk blouse is from the same brand and collection as the one the Director wore yesterday. Following the Director’s fashion sense shouldn’t be a mistake, right?”

The supervisor was momentarily speechless. How could he argue when she was using the Director’s authority to pressure him? He immediately forgot about the shredding task and said impatiently, “Fine, fine, fine! You know exactly what the Director wears! You’re so impressive. Just go!”

“Alrighty,” Fu Shuang said with a cheerful smile. “So, you only have this one resume to shred? Why don’t you save them up? I can help you take them to the shredder after work.”

With this, she politely refused the supervisor’s “task.” The bald man set the lone resume aside, his frustration palpable at being unable to boss around the intern. As Fu Shuang walked away, he muttered, “Interns are supposed to do the grunt work. How dare she tell me how to do my job?”

“Absolutely not! You drove away all the interns last time. If you scare off another one, I’m quitting!” Fu Shuang’s manager, having just hung up a recruitment call, declared forcefully to the supervisor. “She’s my assistant, and you’d better not boss her around!”

This show of firmness proved effective. Fu Shuang, who had feared she’d made a mistake and would face the supervisor’s wrath, was surprised to see the bald supervisor back down, ceasing his constant demands. Meanwhile, the manager’s attitude toward her grew increasingly friendly, even ordering her lunch that day.

She had been buried in the office building since 8 a.m., working tirelessly until dark.

Clutching her laptop on the subway, Fu Shuang scrolled through unread resumes while sending a voice message to her bestie, Wan Lanruo: “How are you feeling today? Any better?”

As she spoke, several pairs of eyes turned her way. Fu Shuang met their gazes with calm confidence, faintly hearing a few nervous gasps.

Using the laptop screen’s reflection, Fu Shuang checked her appearance. Her makeup looked even more stunning as the day wore on, making her practically glow in the crowd.

So, dear Alpha Sister, what reason could you possibly have not to love me?

After sifting through a few resumes, a message popped up on Fu Shuang’s phone from her bestie, Wan Lanruo. Wan Lanruo sent a weak voice message: “Feeling much better now. My brother got an Alpha to temporarily mark me this afternoon.”

A temporary mark? It’s just her heat cycle! Was such an extreme measure really necessary?

Fu Shuang shook her head and sighed, glancing around at the crowd before typing a reply: “You’re being so dramatic! I can’t believe your period cramps were so bad you had to call 120. I never knew your heat cycles were this unbearable! You scared me to death last night. If I had the ability, I would have bitten you myself.”

Wan Lanruo: “Waaah, hug me, Shuangshuang. I’m so glad you were there for me last night… Waaah, I almost died.”

Fu Shuang sent a cat sighing emoji, then asked, “Does a temporary mark hurt a lot? My heat cycle is coming up soon, and I can’t afford to take time off work for it. I finally landed this job after so much effort.”

Wan Lanruo sent a bashful emoji. “Would you want to try it? My brother hired someone with a health certificate who guarantees confidentiality and is quite skilled…”

Fu Shuang: “Male or female?”

“Male, of course! It’s hard enough to find a female Alpha for hire, even with money!”

The subway car was packed shoulder-to-shoulder. As Fu Shuang chatted with her bestie about such a private topic, a blush crept across her face. Feeling guilty, she closed her laptop and converted her bestie’s voice message to text. She replied, “You’re right. Women are more self-respecting. Who would do this kind of work just for money?”

Wan Lanruo sent a long voice message: “Actually, I’ve always wanted to find a Female Alpha. This time, I had no choice. I never imagined my heat cycle would be so unbearable. Usually, I can manage with inhibitors, but this time was different. I heard it’s related to the solar storm. Darling, be careful out there! Take taxis whenever possible and avoid public transport. If you can’t, ask your roommate for protection. Isn’t she a Female Alpha? Talk to her properly and ask for a temporary mark when your heat cycle comes. You’re so beautiful, she’d definitely be willing, right?”

Fu Shuang: “It’s hard to say.”

“What do you mean ‘hard to say’? When did you lose confidence in your charm? Girls help girls! Asking her for a mark is the obvious thing to do!”

Fu Shuang pondered Wan Lanruo’s words, and her mind involuntarily drifted back to the first time she rode on Alpha Sister’s motorcycle.

The lingering pheromone scent inside her helmet was thick like pine nuts, mixed with the sweet freshness of mountain spring water and a faint, grassy fragrance. In an instant, it transported her to another world she longed for. Afterward, Fu Shuang inexplicably recalled a line of poetry she’d once read somewhere: “Brew wine with pine blossoms, steep tea with spring water.”

Girls help girls—that seemed to be Alpha Sister’s attitude toward her.

She was like a worldly sage, always wearing a captivatingly gentle smile, carefree and unburdened, as if her spiritual realm existed on a completely different plane from Fu Shuang’s.

If that’s true, maybe I should get serious and win her over.

As Fu Shuang plotted various strategies to pursue the girl, she forgot to reply to her bestie’s messages. After a while, Wan Lanruo sent a series of rambling texts:

“Shuangshuang, you’re not actually completely uninterested in her, are you?”

“I know you have individualistic views on romance, but sometimes you have to consider the circumstances. Physical needs and emotional needs are two completely different things. You could just use her as a release, without any emotional attachment. After all, happiness is what matters most in life, haha.”

“If you really don’t like her, why not introduce her to me? I want to try being marked by a woman, hiss.”

Voice-to-text conversion took time. When Fu Shuang finally saw the last message, she immediately replied: “Get lost! None of your business!”

As the subway train pulled into the station, an abrupt Alpha pheromone suddenly flooded the car, causing the crowd to stir. As the train departed, the commotion gradually escalated into chaos.

“Does anyone have Omega inhibitors?!”

“Is there a doctor? Someone’s fainted!”

“Stop the train immediately!”

The chaotic car instantly transformed into a living hell. Fu Shuang clutched the inhibitor in her bag, covering her mouth and nose, and burying her face in her shoulder. She endured the overwhelming discomfort, trying to make herself as inconspicuous as possible.

But such self-deceiving efforts were futile in the face of her striking beauty. Simply sitting in the car made Fu Shuang impossible to ignore.

Someone reached out and brushed against her skirt, leering at her with a lewd grin despite the public setting.

The chaotic crowd was too preoccupied to notice. Fu Shuang’s bl00d ran cold as she recalled her bestie’s warning:

Never take public transportation.

Her stop was still several stations away, but the situation in the car left her no time to hesitate.

She inhaled the inhibitor and brandished her pepper spray as a warning.

Minutes later, the train screeched to a halt. Fu Shuang surged out of the car with the crowd, only to trip over someone’s foot and twist her ankle as she reached the platform.

A tall, young man reached out to help her up, but Fu Shuang sprayed him with pepper spray and scrambled to her feet, fleeing with the crowd.

It’s said that solar storms disrupt Earth’s magnetic field, affecting Omegas’ physical condition. Fu Shuang had received a call from her bestie yesterday after work. Despite injecting a high-concentration inhibitor, her friend was still suffering terribly during her heat cycle. With Fu Shuang’s own heat cycle approaching, she couldn’t afford any complications under these circumstances.

I envy Betas, she thought. They don’t have to endure the torment of being controlled by pheromones. They live carefree lives without glands.

Once I save enough money, I’m definitely getting sterilized!

It was rush hour, and the platform and station entrance were packed. Fu Shuang saw a male Omega, unable to bear the pain, jump onto the tracks. Others were desperately begging strangers for a mark, but the only ones offering help were Alphas with drooling grins and lecherous expressions, flaunting their “willingness to assist” as they groped around, guided by pheromones.

Fu Shuang hid in a corner behind the elevator, clutching her half-empty bottle of inhibitor and praying she wouldn’t lose her mind.

Amid the chaos, Fu Shuang received a call.

“I saw the subway news. Where are you? Are you home yet?” Xu Qing’s voice was soft and gentle, instantly reminding Fu Shuang of her pheromone scent.

This is life-saving sugar, but also the poison that makes me fall.

“Help me, Older Sister,” Fu Shuang pleaded, her voice barely a whisper.