We're in a Contract Marriage, But I've Imprinted - Chapter 33
Chapter 33
Translator: Effe
Editor: Yonnee
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He didn’t want to see an omega begging for affection, so he tried hard to control his instincts, but it was never easy to go against them.
He wanted to turn his attention elsewhere, but not taking her pheromones was the limit.
He couldn’t help but laugh. He laughed at the alpha’s shallow instinct to be happy with this omega just because she had spent some rut cycles together with him.
He repeated it in his head as a warning. ‘You shouldn’t imprint on an omega’. Words that he heard and grew up with since he was a child. Not only his father, but also the elder alphas, said these words in unison.
Alphas who are called pioneers or geniuses knew their weaknesses right away. Their weakness was none other than omegas.
Omegas, the opposite of alphas, were beings that stimulated their protective instincts. They were also the only ones who could accept it. For various reasons.
They had no choice but to be happy with omegas, the only being capable of giving birth to alphas. But on the contrary, if they were to wrongly imprint on an omega, it was a shortcut to their downfall.
They have to devote everything in their heart to see the end of the alpha’s imprint.
Alphas, who had already had precedents, started with social burial in order not to imprint on omegas. A vulgar omega, a useless omega, made them possible to live only as a mistress rather than a true wife.
The bad reputation of omegas among betas may also have started with alphas in the first place. Even if that wasn’t the case, people were more interested in bad rumors.
“Hm…”
Ian, who couldn’t take his eyes off Melissa, who was closing her eyes, took a deep breath and looked away.
Then he saw Monica, barely standing with a pale face. Staring at her, Ian spoke.
“Spencer.”
Hearing the low call, the aide who had entered with him came forward.
“Yes, Young Lord.”
“Call the doctor right away.”
“Understood!”
Ian, who briefly looked at the aide that hurriedly left the dinner hall, called Henry this time.
“Find out the deeds of the handmaids and chief handmaid who are here now.”
“…Understood.”
Finishing his words, he tried to leave with Melissa in his arms. Then Monica, who was frozen solid, screamed his name.
“Ian! You can’t do this. Don’t do this.”
It was a very delicate voice. Normally, he was weak to her voice.
Why?
Why was he weak only against Monica?
Like something akin to loyalty towards the previous count, something like that?
Or was it because she was a close friend who embraced his heart when he had no place to go when he was young?
He didn’t even know how it started anymore, but he was still vulnerable to Monica’s voice.
“Monica. You should return to the County.”
So instead of reprimanding her, he willingly let her go. It was the equivalent of closing his eyes.
What happened within the family will be dealt with within the family.
So, as she was from the Rosewood family, she should go back.
But Monica’s expression was tainted with nothing but shock, as if she had been abandoned.
He couldn’t understand. Why was she making such a miserable expression?
Did it sound so strange when he told her to return to her family?
Oh, this was not the time.
He had to take care of the omega in his arms. It’s a precious omega that he barely saved.
The omega he had been keeping his eyes on for a long time.
And the omega he brought in himself.
They were bound by contract, but she’s the woman who needed to be by his side right now.
He quickly distinguished between his own and those of others.
“Go back, Monica. To your house.”
Then, without any hesitation, he turned his back.
* * *
The doctor, who hastily arrived, quickly approached the white figure lying on Ian’s bed.
The doctor was one of the people who knew the most about her body. After she’d have a heat cycle, he always examined her.
“She suddenly passed out. I hear she hasn’t eaten in days…”
The doctor, who was looking at the bloodless little face, listened to Ian’s muttering from the side.
He took out the instruments and examined her condition closely.
Even after a heat cycle, she tended not to feel very well. It was a given considering a recessive omega facing a dominant alpha.
If a dominant alpha’s pheromone was like the sea, she would like a small pond hidden deep in the mountains.
The barely found pond was transparent, but the water depth was low and the width was narrow.
That said, the quality of her pheromones itself was very clean, but the vessel itself was too small to properly contain a dominant alpha’s pheromone, let alone accept it.
However, pregnancy was not impossible at all, so there was no reason to stop Ian from doing what he wanted to do.
“Ha… Young Lord.”
“Say it.”
Ian took off his jacket and only had his vest, pressing his fingertips between the brows.
Ian’s face looked very tired, but he couldn’t help but say it. Who did this?
She didn’t have enough even if she was already preparing to have a child while eating nutritious food.
“If you are preparing for pregnancy, she should eat nutritious foods. This is common sense, the basics of the basics.”
“…Get to the point.”
Hearing his annoyance, the doctor immediately got to the point.
“It is malnutrition. Didn’t I tell you beforehand that you have to be careful because she’s already so thin?”
Ian clenched his fists at the doctor’s words. It was the same with him who neglected her, but he couldn’t hold back his anger.
No. Without him, those serving under him should have taken care of Melissa properly. Those who dared to mess with his orders will be weeded out.
“Try everything you can use, starting with nutritional supplements.”
Ian ordered while looking down at the omega, who still did not let go of his hand. The doctor nodded approvingly and examined Melissa’s body further.
The doctor left and Spencer approached.
“Leaving it to Henry alone, it will take more time, won’t it?”
Spencer, who understood the short sentence right away, lowered his head.
“I will go as well.”
“Yes. Find out everything that happened and report to me by tomorrow.”
“Understood, Young Lord.”
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