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“Let’s end the engagement.” Shen Wenlang stated somberly. His fingertips ran along the stem of the wine glass. He hadn’t touched his food nor drank the wine. There was no way he could take one bite and not want to vomit from how his heart ached to have this conversation.
“Um…we are going to…not be at the table.” Gao Tu got up quickly, jerking his head to the side to make sure that Chang Yu understood he was absolutely not going to bear witness to his best friend’s break up. He inwardly winced at how stunned Hua Yong seemed as well as the worry seeping into his scent. But that was for another time. Right now, Shen Wenlang was cutting the ties with the alpha that he’d created a contract with.
Hua Yong had been about to take a bite of his steak, lowered his fork to stare at the omega in front of him. “Why?”
“There’s no need. Your father has named you heir and your elder fourth brother has been dealt with.” Shen Wenlang explained as he looked away from the alpha that’d stolen his heart. The wind blew, making his longer black locks shift in the breeze. It was a beautiful night, yet it was bittersweet as this conversation needed to happen. He was deluding himself into thinking that Hua Yong actually wanted him. He was a replacement for what Hua Yong couldn’t have back then but now there was nothing preventing the alpha from seeking out his true love. That was his part of this story to be left behind.
Hua Yong could smell the sadness seeping into his omega’s scent. What the hell was going on? Why was Shen Wenlang trying to end their engagement? He went to reach for Shen Wenlang’s hand resting on the table only to have the omega slide his hand away into his lap.
“Wenlang, what are you trying to do?” Hua Yong asked him plainly. His mind replayed every moment since he’d arrived home from the hospital. They’d gotten so close that he’d come to his senses and saw that Sheng Shaoyou was never going to look at him the way Shen Wenlang did. He truly cared about him and wanted him to remain at his side. They just hadn’t had a proper conversation yet.
“I’m giving you the out you desire.” Shen Wenlang gracefully sat up straight. Though there was strength in the way he held his body but his eyes “I won’t make a scene. Just please keep your word and pay for WenWen’s medical bills. You don’t have to have to send the last payment. Thank you for everything Mr. Hua.” Instead of waiting for Hua Yong to respond, he stood up then swiftly left the table.
Oh hell no. This wasn’t how the story wasn’t going to end for them. He wasn’t going to let the man of his dreams get away. Shen Wenlang didn’t want to tame him. He loved him for the man he was and who could ask for more. There was no hesitation as he used his alpha stealth to catch up with him.
“You ask me to dinner only to abandon me?” Hua Yong grabbed him by the arm, pulling him back towards him. To his joy Shen Wenlang spun around to face him so he was able to bring the omega flush against him. Hua Yong moved his hands to wrap his arms around the other’s waist while the other cupped Shen Wenlang’s jaw. “I don’t think so, Shen Wenlang.” His thumb pressing down on the omega’s bottom lip.
“Stop, just stop Mr.Hu-” Shen Wenlang tried to pull away even as he felt like his heart was going to beat right out of his chest. In the smallest deepest parts of himself he had hoped that Hua Yong might stop him.
“Yong. Yong or shiwode.” Hua Yong quickly corrected him, tightening his hold around the omega’s waist. He kept his touch gentle as he cupped Shen Wenlang’s face.
“But you’re not mine and you don't want me.” Shen Wenlang gave back, clearly upset that he wasn’t able to flee.
“That’s where you’re wrong. I don’t want Mr. Sheng. I want you, Shen Wenlang. My sassy, beautiful omega that despite his best intentions has fallen in love with me just as I have fallen for him.” Hua Yong didn’t let the misunderstanding between them remain. “I love and want you, Shen Wenlang. Only you.”
“I don’t believe you.” Shen Wenlang sputtered as he tried to absorb what had been said by the alpha he’d found himself hopelessly in love with despite knowing he’d been after another omega. He was clearly stupid and this had to be a trap to keep him from just abandoning the contract. “Please just-”
“Then I will make you believe, Wenlang. You know me. I never back down from what I want and what I want is you. Mr. Sheng was a delusion. You and Xiao Wen are real and perfect.” Hua Yong wouldn’t hear any of that just as he gave his vow. “And I’ll spend the rest of my life proving to you that I only want you.”