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Unlike before, the kiss was rough and hurried, leaving Bliss breathless once again. His heart pounded wildly, and his entire body felt as if it were on fire. He felt as though his feet were floating in mid-air. Am I flying?

“Ah…!”

Of course, he wasn’t. Letting out an involuntary cry, Bliss realized he was suddenly cradled in Cassian’s arms. As his whole body, not just his feet, left the ground, he instinctively wrapped his arms around Cassian’s neck.

Cassian let out a short laugh at the urgent reaction. Bliss tried to glare at him out of spite, but he froze the moment their eyes met. Cassian was smiling, his eyes curving softly. Strangely, seeing that smile caused Bliss’s mood to soften as well. His mind grew hazy, making it difficult to think clearly. The only thought filling his head was a desperate desire to kiss him again.

“Cassiaaan….”

Bliss murmured like someone talking in their sleep, searching for Cassian’s lips. As if knowing exactly what he wanted, Cassian leaned in to kiss him. Just as Bliss wished the kiss were deeper, their lips parted. Before he had time to feel the lingering regret, Cassian set him down.

Ah, I see.

Feeling the plush sensation against his back, Bliss finally realized he had been laid down on the bed. Then, as if guaranteeing what would happen next, Cassian climbed on top of him.

The firm collarbones leading down from his thick, long neck and his broad chest muscles were magnificent. Seeing the skin teasingly revealed through the wide opening of the bathrobe, Bliss unconsciously swallowed hard. To think he had kept such a luscious body hidden inside those stuffy three-piece suits. The cheeky brat! As Bliss panted, unable to regain his composure, Cassian laughed silently.

“Do you like it that much?”

There was a pleasant sense of vanity mixed into his somewhat arrogant voice. It seemed Cassian was quite pleased with the way Bliss was frantically scanning his body, so Bliss replied with a feigned indifference.

“No, not really.”

However, his wide-open mouth and the way he couldn’t tear his eyes away told a completely different story. Seeing Cassian chuckle as if this were absurd, Bliss quickly became honest.

“Actually, I love it.”

Bliss added with a giggle, “And one more thing—I like people with sexy backs.”

“Backs?”

Cassian frowned and tilted his head. Then, he shrugged off the bathrobe, draped it over his arm, and turned around to show his back. Immediately, a gasp that was nearly a scream escaped Bliss’s lips.

It was at that exact moment. A thick scent exploded, flooding the entire room.

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For a moment, Cassian’s mind went blank. A bright light seemed to burst before his eyes, momentarily blinding him, before the world gradually visit our siteregained [stolen content]its color. As his consciousness slowly returned, he shook his head sharply, trying to regain his reason.

…What is this?

He managed to hold onto his senses, but a part of his consciousness remained hazy. The cause was clear. It was this scent. A smell that felt unfamiliar yet somehow nostalgic. Something buried deep within his memories.

It was the exact same scent he had smelled when Bliss first manifested.

“Bliss.”

Cassian called his name urgently. But Bliss did not respond. Seeing Bliss trembling violently, gasping for air with a flushed red face, Cassian instantly turned pale.

“Bliss!”

Quickly catching the collapsing body, Cassian pulled Bliss into his arms and shouted again.

“Bliss! Wake up, Bliss!”

After calling his name several times, the panting Bliss struggled to open his eyes. His eyelids were half-closed, but Cassian could clearly see his glazed, unfocused pupils.

“Bliss, look at me. Don’t close your eyes, Bliss!”

The fact that Bliss’s health had been poor for several days flashed back into his mind. Penelope thought he was just sick, but that wasn’t it. The strange sensation he had felt for a few days wasn’t just his imagination either. Cassian had known it unconsciously—that faint scent wafting from Bliss. The identity of a scent so intense that even a Beta could instinctively recognize it.

It was a heat cycle.

Haa, haa, haa, haa.

Bliss breathed heavily, rubbing his face against Cassian’s shoulder. An unnaturally high body temperature, flushed skin, and labored breathing. With symptoms that clearly pointed to something else, Cassian called his name once more.

“Bliss, wake up. Bliss.”

He called him repeatedly, but Bliss seemed half-conscious. Bliss’s ragged breath, combined with thick pheromones, filled the room. With every breath, the fresh and pleasant scent felt as if it were seeping deep into his lungs. His mind grew foggy, and his body felt languid. If Cassian had been an Alpha, he surely would have gone into rut right then and there.

But he was a Beta.

“Bliss.”

Calling his name with effort, Cassian felt his own breathing grow heavy. Of course, he accepted the fact calmly and called Bliss’s name again.

“Bliss, wake up. Are you okay?”

When he asked while lightly tapping his cheek, Bliss let out a small moan and blinked with difficulty.

“I… I don’t know, I’m di… dizzy….”

Hearing the voice breaking between gasps, Cassian hugged Bliss tighter.

“Don’t worry. You’ll be okay soon, Bliss.”

Despite the gentle comforting, Bliss soon began to sob. As Cassian softly wiped away his tears, Bliss murmured in a voice still laced with whimpers.

“My… my body, my body feels strange. My stomach keeps itching… and throbbing.”

“It doesn’t hurt, does it?”

At Cassian’s quiet question, he seemed to think for a moment before shaking his head.

“It’s different from pain… it’s… strange.”

It was certain. Cassian no longer doubted his suspicion.

“Your heat cycle has started. Right?”

“Huh…?”

At that question, Bliss blinked with a dazed expression. He looked as if he had no idea what Cassian was talking about. Cassian spoke again calmly.

“I mean your heat cycle. …You don’t know?”

As he asked in a gentle tone, he suddenly remembered their earlier conversation. Cassian then spoke as if to confirm.

“Bliss, what was that you said earlier? That you’ve never experienced a heat cycle—is that true?”

At the repeated question, Bliss shifted his gaze. Sensing something unusual, Cassian waited. However, despite his feverish, labored breathing, Bliss couldn’t bring himself to answer readily. He twisted his waist as if anxious and clenched and unclenched his fists before finally opening his mouth as if he had made up his mind.

“…I don’t know.”

His voice was so small that Cassian couldn’t understand him at first. Realizing the meaning a moment later, Cassian asked with a frown.

“What do you mean you don’t know? You don’t know about heat cycles?”

“I’m a Beta.”

At the stubborn reply, Cassian let out a sigh that sounded like a lament.

“Bliss, do you really want to lie even in a situation like this?”

It wasn’t a rebuke or an expression of anger, but a question meant to soothe. At those words, Bliss bit his lower lip hard. Then, he blurted out something Cassian had not expected.

“I don’t know, I said I don’t know! I’ve never experienced something like a heat cycle, not even once!”

Despite having heard the claim before, Cassian was left speechless by the sudden outburst. …Really?

“You’ve never had a heat cycle? Not even once all this time?”

It made no sense. It had been over ten years since Bliss manifested. To think that a heat cycle had never occurred once until now.

Yet, this thick, spreading scent couldn’t be a lie.

Cassian barely held onto his slipping consciousness, haunted by the same scent he [Read on Read BL Novels][stolen content]had smelled only once unauthorized copyin his memory. Before he could organize the confusion, Bliss shouted.

“I don’t know! I’ve never had a heat cycle! That’s why I’m a Beta! I am a Beta!”

Then, Bliss’s eyes filled with tears once again. To a momentarily stunned Cassian, he murmured in a sobbing voice.

“Even though I manifested, I can’t even function properly. I’m no different from a Beta. So….”

He took a sharp breath and looked up at Cassian.

“Now you’re going to throw me away, right? Because I’m not an Omega.”

After speaking as if in lament, Bliss burst into loud wails. He probably thought I was an Omega and even considered marriage. Now that he knows I’m this defective half-wit, it’s all over. The sorrowful tears wouldn’t stop. Watching Bliss, Cassian was simply flabbergasted. He opened and closed his mouth several times, unable to find the words.

What on earth was Bliss talking about?

No one could deny this thick scent filling the room. What was he saying while pouring out this many pheromones? Was Bliss completely unable to feel the pheromones overflowing from his own body?

In that moment, Cassian realized one thing.

The fact that an Omega who has never Read on Read BL Novelshad sexual relations [stolen content]cannot smell the [Read on Read BL Novels]scent produced by their own body.