Elaine Is Back

The servants' uniforms had high collars that covered the spot completely.

Yumian couldn't smell Noah's pheromones, but with technology so advanced now, suppressing pheromones was no difficult matter.

Even if what Shi Sheng said was true, Yumian refused to believe he would lose to someone like that.

He was Yumian Carlos, the only S-rank Omega in the family. Who had the ability to make him marry some disgusting old man?

Yumian sneered and said to Noah, "Come with me."

By the time he arrived at the dining room, he found Lindsay there as well, looking like he had not fully woken up.

Lindsay slowly glanced at him. The moment their gazes met, Yumian knew that Lindsay had also heard Shi Sheng's thoughts that morning.

Meanwhile, the culprit, though expressionless, was somehow spreading jam over his toast at a suspiciously rapid pace.

Yumian tried opening his mouth. Sure enough, as long as the question concerned those thoughts, he could not speak in front of Shi Sheng.

He could only deliberately raise his voice. "Noah, get me a glass of milk."

At the mention of Noah's name, Shi Sheng indeed looked up.

Yumian had intended to hear more of Shi Sheng's inner grumbling and see whether there was any useful information.

Who would have thought that Shi Sheng merely glanced at Noah before swiftly lowering his head again? There was still little expression on his porcelain-white face.

Yet his thoughts began ringing out with the addictive force of dance music in Saint Square.

[Has Elaine returned?]

[Where is Elaine now?]

[How long until Elaine gets home?]

[Elaine Elaine Elaine Elaine Elaine Elaine...]

Speechless, Yumian looked at Lindsay, who had already covered his ears in utter despair.

Suddenly, a voice brought Shi Sheng's looping thoughts to an abrupt stop.

"The head of the family is back!"

The aircraft slowly descended before the gates of the Carlos family estate.

Standing at the entrance, Yumian watched Shi Sheng from the corner of his eye.

Shi Sheng wore a pale blue outfit today. He looked about the same age as Yumian, but unlike Yumian's refined and flamboyant appearance, Shi Sheng was far too thin. The droop at the corners of his eyes made him seem listless even with his back straight.

He seemed very nervous, constantly adjusting his breathing.

Yumian could no longer hear his thoughts either.

For one second, he even felt a little sorry for Shi Sheng—clearly, he was a fervent admirer of Elaine Carlos.

But he was also an impostor.

No one could win Elaine's sympathy, and no one had ever escaped Elaine's punishment.

The head of the Carlos family and the Galactic Legion's First Commander was someone even his own younger brothers feared.

As he was thinking this, a pair of military boots stepped out of the aircraft.

Shi Sheng raised his head. Looking at the figure beneath the sunlight, he felt his heart begin to pound violently.

The Alpha was still wearing a long leather military coat, not the attire one should wear to meet His Majesty at the palace.

Unlike his two younger brothers' golden hair, Thanatos of the Empire had long pale gray hair. It was currently untied, which should have made him appear gentler.

But on one hand, Elaine's tall, lean build and imposing height were intensely oppressive. On the other, he wore a bite guard year-round—a black beast-bone jawpiece and metal chains gleaming with a cold light—which made people afraid to meet his golden eyes.

A cold, dangerous Alpha.

"Big Brother."

Yumian was the first to step forward, with Lindsay behind him. Shi Sheng, however, remained where he was.

Yumian asked, "Why did you come straight home? Didn't you go see His Majesty?"

Elaine did not answer. His gaze fell on Shi Sheng.