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Shen Rui stared.

The man standing in front of him was tall, shoulders broad, with the calm confidence of someone who could crush him with one hand and still look elegant doing it. The faint woodsy scent drifting from his body instantly made Shen Rui’s instincts bristle—crisp, undeniably an alpha

Shen Rui’s throat went dry.

No. Absolutely not.

“This has to be a mistake,” Shen Rui muttered under his breath. “There’s no way my first mission is to… to seduce a walking hormone bomb.”

“Correction,” the system chimed cheerfully in his head. “Your mission is to seduce that walking hormone bomb.”

Shen Rui’s eyes widened. “You—shut up!”

The Alpha raised an eyebrow. “Excuse me, CEO Shen?”

Shen Rui coughed violently, slamming a fist against his chest. “Ah—nothing. I was just… thinking about quarterly reports.”

Smooth. Totally smooth.

The Alpha walked closer, setting a neat folder on the desk. “I’m Gu Yan. From today, I’ll be assisting you.”

The name felt heavy, familiar he shurged it off He didn’t need confirmation from the system—this was the male lead.

“Oho~ he’s perfect, isn’t he?” the system teased. “Tall, handsome, smells delicious. Imagine him pushing you against the desk—”

“Shut up!!” Shen Rui shrieked internally.

Gu Yan tilted his head. “CEO Shen?”

“...Cough. Quarterly reports,” Shen Rui repeated stiffly, looking anywhere but at the man.

The system hummed. “Host, reminder: as an Omega villain, your fate is sealed unless you complete the mission. That means—”

“I KNOW WHAT IT MEANS!” Shen Rui hissed under his breath.

Gu Yan blinked. “Pardon?”

Shen Rui scrambled for an excuse. “I—I said… your résumé is impressive. Yes. Very… ಠ⁠,⁠_⁠｣⁠ಠ

Gu Yan’s lips quirked, just barely. “Thank you?”

As the day dragged on, Shen Rui tried everything to keep his distance. He buried himself in files, barked orders, and avoided inhaling too deeply whenever Gu Yan was near. But no matter how hard he tried, the Alpha’s pheromones teased the air—subtle, not overwhelming, but enough to remind Shen Rui exactly what world he was trapped in.

Every time Gu Yan leaned over his shoulder to point at a document, Shen Rui’s ears burned. Every time their fingers brushed passing a file, his stomach twisted.

“Not happening,” Shen Rui muttered as he shoved a contract at Gu Yan.

“Sir?”

“I said this contract is… not happening. Redo it.”

Gu Yan accepted the papers calmly, eyes glinting with amusement. “As you wish."

By evening, Shen Rui collapsed in his leather chair, groaning aloud.

“System,” he muttered, “why couldn’t I transmigrate into an Alpha instead? At least then I’d have the upper hand.”

"Boring. An Alpha villain gets killed instantly. But an Omega villain? Oh, the drama. Betrayed by society, underestimated, yet irresistible. You’ll thank me later.”

“Thank you?!” Shen Rui slapped his forehead. “I’m sitting here, fighting the urge to bury myself in a corner every time that guy walks in! You expect me to seduce him?!”

“Yes.”

“I’m straight!”

Not anymore.”

Shen Rui wanted to cry.

The sound of the door opening snapped him out of his misery. Gu Yan stepped in, holding a cup of coffee. The bitter scent mixed with his natural scent curling around the office like a trap ,but the this body seemed to be warly of alpha's and it felt like he hated everything about this alpha guy.

“I thought you might need this,” Gu Yan said, placing the cup down. “You’ve been working hard all day.”

Shen Rui stared at the coffee like it was poison.

Gu Yan raised an eyebrow. “You don’t drink coffee?”

“I—I do!” Shen Rui snatched the cup. “I love coffee! Coffee Hahaha…”

Silence.

Shen Rui wished the ground would swallow him.

Gu Yan’s lips curved ever so slightly, and his eyes lingered on Shen Rui longer than necessary. “Interesting. I’ll remember that.”

His voice was low, almost intimate, and for a second Shen Rui’s chest tightened.

No. Nope. Absolutely not.

And Shen Rui was doomed.

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