Just do what your sugar daddy says

After they finished eating, Wu Jiangyuan got into the car first. He only spoke once Pei Jinghe had gotten in.

"Go on, then. What's this contract about?"

Pei Jinghe didn't answer immediately. Instead, he took a document envelope from the back seat and handed it to him.

Wu Jiangyuan opened it. There was only one sheet of paper inside.

"A postnuptial agreement?"

He scoffed and teased Pei Jinghe, "Anyone who didn't know better would think we were acting out some domineering CEO drama."

Pei Jinghe: "."

He didn't rush to respond, instead watching Wu Jiangyuan's expression shift from amusement to confusion.

Then from confusion to irritation.

"Want to explain this to me first?"

Wu Jiangyuan flung the agreement at Pei Jinghe, his tone unfriendly.

"What does this mean, both parties are obligated to help during ruts?"

Pei Jinghe replied without a change in expression, "Exactly what it says."

Wu Jiangyuan sneered. "So marrying you means I have to take care of your physical needs too?"

Pei Jinghe corrected him. "Not mine. Ours."

Wu Jiangyuan said, "I don't need that."

Pei Jinghe tilted his head and asked, "Are you still planning to rely on suppressants for your ruts after we're married?"

"What's wrong with suppressants?" Wu Jiangyuan's brows knitted tightly. "Haven't I been getting through them with suppressants all these years?"

He had always felt that indiscriminately seeking out someone to mark during a rut was the behavior of an ugly beast that had lost control.

He would rather endure his ruts with a few suppressant injections than find some random person to mark.

"You could have said that before." Pei Jinghe's gaze fell on his neck. "But I've already temporarily marked you. Your body remembers my pheromones now."

"It's just a temporary mark, not a permanent one. Do you seriously think I can't live without you now?" Wu Jiangyuan sounded as if he'd heard a joke. "Get over yourself."

Something flickered in Pei Jinghe's dark eyes. "Looks like you've completely forgotten what happened at my place last time."

At that, Wu Jiangyuan's brows drew together even more tightly. "Explain yourself. What have I completely forgotten?"

Pei Jinghe's lips tugged slightly, his expression cold. "So you don't just use people and throw them away. You do the same with your memories."

Wu Jiangyuan: "..."

Why did that sound so strange? Why did it feel like he was the one in the wrong?

"Wu Jiangyuan, there's something I need to make clear to you."

Pei Jinghe continued, his voice devoid of warmth. "I'm your sugar daddy now. By the rules of your entertainment industry, you just do what your sugar daddy says."

Wu Jiangyuan: "..."

Well done. This guy certainly had the sugar daddy role figured out.

He still wanted to confirm one thing. "When you say rut, you don't mean what happened that night, do you?"

Pei Jinghe's eyes were dark. His silence was answer enough.

"Then absolutely not!"

"Just grab someone off the street to sleep with you."

The mere thought of that night made Wu Jiangyuan's scalp prickle.

He never wanted to encounter an Enigma who had lost all reason a second time.

The atmosphere inside the car instantly darkened.

Pei Jinghe narrowed his eyes dangerously. "What did you say?"

Wu Jiangyuan was determined to protect his ass. "I said find someone else to help you through your rut."

Pei Jinghe's expression grew increasingly stormy. That one remark from the Alpha had brought the Enigma's aura to the brink of erupting.

Wu Jiangyuan sensed that oppressive danger too, feeling frustrated and wronged.

"Pei Jinghe, even if you can't stand me, do you really have to do it this way?"

"This way?" Pei Jinghe's lips twisted mockingly. "Does being intimate with me repel you that much?"

"Just how much do you hate me, Wu Jiangyuan?"

That last question was filled with both anger and helplessness.

Wu Jiangyuan's face flushed with pent-up frustration. "Easy for you to say."

You weren't the one getting fucked.

The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. He grabbed Pei Jinghe by the collar and yanked him closer, throwing caution to the wind as he spoke.

"How dare you get angry with me?! Who loses control during their rut and pins someone to the bed until they can't even get out of it?!"

"Are you even human?! Do you know my fucking ass was swollen for days afterward?!"

"You rabid dog, you weren't gentle at all! No wonder you're still single!"

"With the way you behave in bed, you deserve to stay single for the rest of your life!"

Pei Jinghe: "..."

Wu Jiangyuan took several deep breaths, feeling much better after that tirade.

"Anyway, I'm telling you right now, it's not happening."

He released his collar and reached for the car door, expressionless.

A hand caught his arm first. Pei Jinghe spoke, his expression hard to describe.

"...Let me explain."

Wu Jiangyuan turned to glare at him. "What's there to explain? Let go."

Pei Jinghe didn't let go. Instead, he turned him to face him.

He looked somewhat chagrined. "I wasn't trying to get angry with you. I thought you..."

Hated me.

Forget it. There's no point asking. The answer would definitely be yes.

Pei Jinghe sighed silently. "I lost control during my rut that night because I'd been drugged. It was also the only time I've ever lost control."

"I'm sorry, Wu Jiangyuan."

That sincere apology softened Wu Jiangyuan's expression a little.

He pulled free of Pei Jinghe's hand, but made no further attempt to leave the car.

"What's the use of apologizing now? You've already fucked me."

Then he muttered, "It's not like you'd let me fuck you back..."

"I would."

Pei Jinghe answered immediately.

Wu Jiangyuan stared at him blankly. "..."

Wait, I'd just said that offhand.

What was Pei Jinghe trying to do, looking so serious?

Did he actually want to bottom?

I'd only been joking when I called myself a short top back then too.

But... put another way... was it really out of the question?

Wu Jiangyuan's gaze swept over the muscles beneath Pei Jinghe's suit.

Aside from being a little bigger than him, Wu Jiangyuan couldn't find fault with him in any other respect.

Back before Pei Jinghe had differentiated, Wu Jiangyuan had actually entertained a thought.

If such a beautiful boy differentiated into an Omega, he could reluctantly accept him.

His personality was a little lousy, but for the sake of that face, Wu Jiangyuan thought he could be accommodating as an Alpha.

Who would have thought the guy would differentiate into an Alpha?

That had put an end to the thought entirely.

While Wu Jiangyuan was lost in thought, Pei Jinghe turned his face back toward him.

"If it'll make you feel better, I have no problem with it."

He hadn't expected this to be Wu Jiangyuan's reason.

He had lost control that night, and when he woke up the next day, Wu Jiangyuan had been all claws and teeth again.

So he hadn't realized at all how far he'd gone.

It was his fault.

Pei Jinghe's gaze was serious, and he didn't sound as though he was joking. Wu Jiangyuan looked away, suddenly unsure how to look at him.

"Hm?" Pei Jinghe pinched his cheek in confusion. "Why aren't you saying anything?"

Wu Jiangyuan was silent for a while before finally taking a deep breath.

"Fine!"