For an Omega, the gland was more than just a sex organ.
The condition of the gland affected not only fertility, scent, and attraction to the opposite sex, but even an Omega's physical health.
Omegas already had somewhat weaker constitutions than the other two sexes, and Omegas with damaged glands had even poorer constitutions.
Nan Zhou had come down with a fever right after getting caught in the rain that day. Huo Xingye had originally thought it was because of his Omega constitution.
Thinking back now, it probably had a great deal to do with Nan Zhou's damaged gland.
Huo Xingye was about to say something when faint footsteps came from upstairs again.
Someone was coming down the emergency stairwell, and there was more than one of them.
"Let's go." Closing his hand around Nan Zhou's, Huo Xingye pulled him downstairs.
Only footsteps and breathing could be heard in the quiet stairwell.
Looking at the tall figure ahead of him, Nan Zhou felt his heartbeat gradually quicken. It felt as though something was passing through their clasped hands, dry and warm, into his body and blood.
...A delayed reaction to pheromones?
The two went all the way down to the underground parking garage and climbed into Huo Xingye's van under his assistant's astonished gaze.
After sitting down in the back seat, Nan Zhou put down the gift bag and spiked club he was holding and asked Huo Xingye, "How come you're here?"
"I was passing by."
"Really just passing by?"
Huo Xingye chuckled softly. Looking into his eyes, he said calmly, "I was taking care of something nearby. I heard an Omega's heat pheromones had caused chaos at M Group, then noticed you happened to be there, so I stopped by to take a look."
Nan Zhou smiled.
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