By Zephyria Winston cut her off without hesitation. As if telling her not to complain any more about something that had already been decided. Mrs. Campbell wasn’t very pleased with her son’s overbearing attitude, but she decided to understand with a generous heart. After all, Winston was the one who had to carry out the will, and Winston was also the one who was making the biggest sacrifice in this situation.
But she still had lingering feelings.
“Winston,”
Mrs. Campbell called her son’s name to get his attention. When Winston looked at her again, his mother spoke in her usual affectionate voice.
“Would it be okay if I invited Evelyn to the wedding? We’ve known that family for a very long time. You’ve been friends with her since you were young too.”
There was a lot of exaggeration in his mother’s words. Winston only went to kindergarten with Evelyn, and of course, he hardly remembered that time. As they grew up, all they did was exchange simple greetings and conversations that weren’t impolite when they occasionally ran into each other. If Winston hadn’t met Yu-jin, their relationship might have changed differently. Such an assumption was meaningless, and in reality, Winston had met Yu-jin, and his relationship with Evelyn was only up to that point.
Nevertheless, he didn’t want any more unnecessary conversations with his mother.
“Do as you please, then.”
“Thank you.”
Pleased with her son’s permission, Mrs. Campbell smiled brightly. Seeing her son finally bringing the buttered bread to his mouth, Mrs. Campbell waited and then opened her mouth.
“You seem to have some free time today. Did you delay your work hours?”
“I’m planning to take a day off.”Winston swallowed the bread in his mouth before answering.
“McCoy is coming this afternoon. He’ll review the documents and proceed with the legal procedures immediately.”
Hearing that, Mrs. Campbell felt a chill run down her spine. She realized what the documents and legal procedures meant.
A sudden sense of reality washed over her. She couldn’t bear the thought of her precious son, whom she had struggled so hard to reclaim, being entangled with that again.
“Winston, I want to say one more thing.”
Winston fixed his gaze on his mother’s face, which was serious as she looked at him, without saying a word. Mrs. Campbell met her son’s gaze and opened her mouth.
“Never bite the ear.”
She warned sternly, her voice filled with force.
“If a mark is left, who knows what tricks it might pull. What if it uses that as an excuse to cling to you?”
Instead of answering, Winston narrowed his eyes. A short, mocking laugh escaped from the corner of his twisted mouth.
“Mother, I’m not a fool.”
Only then did Mrs. Campbell’s expression soften, as if relieved by her son’s answer.
“Yes, of course, you’re not. I believe in you.”
She chided him in a tone that had become gentle as usual, and shook the bell on the table. The Butler, who had been waiting in the hallway, opened the door and entered, and Mrs. Campbell ordered the black tea she always drank instead of breakfast.
“Two spoons of honey, please.”
“Understood.”
The Butler answered politely and left. Winston, averting his gaze from his mother’s face, which looked comfortable for the first time that day, wiped his mouth with a napkin.
“Where are you going?”
Mrs. Campbell asked, waiting for her tea, at the sight of her son suddenly standing up. Winston looked down at her as he stood and replied.
“I’m going for a ride for the first time in a while. Stay as long as you like.”
“Ah, no. I’ll just have tea and leave. You go take care of your business.”
She followed him, got up, gave Winston a light hug, and smiled.
“My proud son.”
Her face was filled with affection, but Winston didn’t seem to feel anything in particular. Mrs. Campbell thought it was a natural reaction, now that he had manifested as an extreme alpha. It was a well-known fact that extreme alphas had significantly reduced ability to feel emotions due to the influence of pheromones.
Winston turned away with a blank face and left the breakfast room. The Butler, who had been waiting in the hallway, stood up straight when he saw him, and Winston spat out curtly.
“Prepare the horse.”
The Butler bowed politely at the sight of his master’s back as he strode away. Winston, who had gone up the central staircase and headed to his room, swept back his hair and unbuttoned his shirt. He moved to the connected dressing room to take out clothes that were comfortable for riding, but suddenly, his own reflection in the mirror that took up one wall came into view.
‘Never bite the ear.’
As he met his familiar purple eyes, his mother’s words naturally came to mind. His expressionless face furrowed on its own, and a sneer escaped.
It doesn’t matter if an alpha marks someone anyway.
Alphas can mark countless omegas, but it doesn’t have much of an impact. Sometimes they disappear for no reason, and above all, it was impossible to completely possess the other person. Even if a mark was placed, anyone could still smell the omega’s pheromone scent, and omegas could easily switch alphas by simply overwriting the mark.
In the end, an alpha’s mark only served to make the omega feel orgasms faster and more intensely during sex, making the relationship easier. At times like this, it was as if God was telling him that alphas were just tools for reproduction.
On the other hand, omegas can only mark one person for life, but in return, the alpha who is marked is bound to that omega until he dies.
The ability to smell the alpha’s pheromone scent and to have children is also limited to that omega.
As a result, the initiative in the relationship was practically in the hands of the omega. It might seem like a tremendous power at first glance, but it was a life-threatening choice for the omega as well. It was not uncommon for alphas to kill omegas if their feelings changed or if they were forcibly marked.
Because only death could free them from that bondage.
What makes an extreme alpha so superior anyway?
Winston thought.
After all, they’re just as swayed by pheromones.
Of course, there were also cases where an omega that he wanted chose another alpha, and the male who lost the competition would not admit defeat and would kill the omega.
In that respect, alphas are worse than beasts. Beasts cleanly admit defeat.
Of course, most of the time, the alpha who lost his mate is also killed. The alpha’s obsession with the omega is enormous. An alpha who has lost his omega will definitely take revenge. Even if it means risking everything.
His mother probably knows the dictionary definition of what an alpha’s mark is. But betas don’t realize how meaningless it is. That’s why she can say such things.
Nevertheless, Winston didn’t feel the need to make her understand. He didn’t want to waste energy on unnecessary worries.
What does it matter, Winston would never mark him.
Yu-jin is just a tool for Winston to fulfill his will. He will never forget that fact. There is no confusion.
One life-threatening mistake is enough.
Winston threw off his shirt as if discarding it and took out a polo shirt. A long, large scar reflected in the mirror diagonally crossed his broad, strong back, disfiguring it.
* * *
“Really, Daddy? Can I really go outside?”
Angela raised her voice in surprise at Yu-jin’s words. Yu-jin smiled kindly and stroked her cheek at her face, which was quickly flushed.
“Of course, Angie. Let’s pack a sandwich and go out. We’ll have lunch in the garden and come back in, okay?”
“Okay, I love it!”
The child couldn’t contain her excitement and started jumping up and down in place. It was the first time Angela had looked so happy since the fire at their house, so Yu-jin felt happy on the one hand and guilty on the other.
Why hadn’t he thought of it sooner?
She had been in her room almost all day, except when she went to wash or go to the bathroom, so it was only natural that she was so happy. Still, his heart ached when he thought of the child who had never complained once. He had been so preoccupied with the thought of leaving that he hadn’t had any time to spare. But now that he had decided to take the child and run away whenever the opportunity arose, it was very important to examine the inside and outside of Delights (Delights refers to the entire property, and Delights is the name of the main building).