Chapter 47: Disgusting

Chapter 47: Chapter 47: Disgusting

Exposed on the spot, the Omega said with brimming eyes: "You, you said the clothes here were ugly. I felt hurt on behalf of the people who made them."

"You really are the sentimental sort." Daniel couldn’t hold back a cold laugh: "Anyone who didn’t know would think those clothes were your parents. Crying like you’d lost your mother and father, it’s a genuine shame you aren’t an actor replacing an AI."

The Omega looked up at Jacob with wounded eyes, the Alpha softening again at this frail, delicate appearance of hers. He lifted his head and frowned at Daniel:

"That’s enough, Daniel. The clothes in this store are Eugene family property, and as the future young madam of the Eugene house, criticizing clothes your own family makes, where does that leave the Eugene family’s face?"

Hearing that, Liam couldn’t hold back any longer, his face cooling, his voice losing its usual gentle courtesy:

"Mr. Eugene. First, Daniel and you are only betrothed in name, he has no duty to preserve the face of your Eugene family.

Second, the clothes in this store don’t suit my friend, so it’s perfectly normal that he doesn’t want to buy them. Since when has not buying a garment you don’t like become an unforgivable crime?

You stand as his fiancé, and never mind holding another Omega in your arms in front of a crowd, you then insult your own betrothed in front of all these people. Tell me, has your Alpha dignity been eaten by an insectoid queen?"

He turned to address the customers present, taking the knitted hat off his head, holding it out for everyone to see: "We have every ground for calling the clothes here ugly. Look at this, we own a piece as beautiful as this, so how could anything here still look acceptable to us? Are we not allowed a few words of complaint?"

Liam handed the hat to the most stylish-looking Omega near him, then walked over to the shop staff huddled together over there:

"The customer is God, and even if a customer genuinely does curse at you, you grit your teeth and bear it! Loudly scolding a customer without asking what happened, where is your professional ethics? And wanting to take us to the Omega Protection Court? Take us to court and there’s no telling who would be the one going to prison. Standing up for a friend is good, but standing up for one without working out right from wrong, that is stupidity!"

"Apologize to my friend this instant!"

The staff rushed over in front of Daniel at once, bowing their heads and apologizing over and over, short only of kneeling down.

Seeing Liam stand up for him like that, Daniel’s anger deflated as well. He waved a hand: "Forget it, I can’t be bothered arguing with you. Learn from it next time."

"Thank you, young master Mason." The staff all let out a breath together, grateful that Daniel wasn’t pursuing it to the end while hating Cindy enough to grind their teeth.

The knitted hat went round in a circle then came back to Liam’s hand, the customers in the store immediately pressing him with questions:

"Excuse me, which store did you buy this from? Could you tell us?"

"That’s right. Its shape is very distinctive, and the material is both soft and light. Nothing like the high-grade materials on the market." 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

Liam waved a hand, saying with a smile: "This is for internal use, it isn’t sold outside. But if you all like it, I’ll go home and ask my family. I can’t promise it will work, though."

The crowd immediately grew eager: "An opportunity is enough. Thank you."

Liam nodded with a smile, then took Daniel’s hand: "It’s almost time for my appointment, let’s go back."

"Mm." Daniel nodded. The two of them had gone only a few steps when an arm blocked their way.

Jacob Eugene arranged himself into what he considered his most handsome and debonair pose, asking after Liam with a courteous smile:

"Hello there, beautiful Omega, allow me to introduce myself, my name is Jacob, eldest young master of the Eugene family. Might you tell me your name? My family is in the fashion business as well, so perhaps our two houses could cooperate and grow together..."

He edged closer as he spoke, Liam’s face turning whiter by the moment. Daniel hurriedly pulled Liam back a distance away from Jacob. He said in cold warning:

"Jacob, this is my friend, not somebody you can put your hands on as you please. Take your filthy thoughts elsewhere!"

Jacob shrugged with a smile: "Daniel, what are you talking about? I only saw the very distinctive fashion piece he’s wearing and expressed an interest in cooperating. Why are you so tense."

Like hell I believe you!

Daniel rolled his eyes at him, then looked down at Liam. Liam’s face was in a terrible state, so Daniel asked in alarm:

"Liam, are you all right? Where do you feel unwell?"

Liam covered his nose, struggling to hold down the nausea rising in his throat. But the heavy scent of red roses kept drifting into his nose, his stomach churning without pause. Liam was forced to shout:

"Alpha, stop releasing your pheromones! I’m pregnant, I can’t stand the smell of your pheromones!"

Having shouted it, Liam truly could hold it no longer. He staggered to the bin out in the corridor not far off, burying his head in it to be violently sick. Daniel ran over in alarm, patting his back for him.

The smile froze on Jacob’s face. The people inside the store began murmuring too, and they left the place quickly besides. Most of those in the store at that moment were Omegas, and for the Eugene young master to release pheromones so carelessly was genuinely rude.

They whispered to one another that they would never buy from the Eugene supply chain again. Jacob had no idea that his habitual way of flirting with Omegas had just cut Eugene sales in half. His face at that moment was thoroughly ugly, so he turned on his heel and left.

His little mistress Cindy ran after him, only to be shoved off. Cindy’s face went white. The loathing on Jacob’s face for her proved that her road of climbing by way of her body was over from now on. Cindy turned back into the store in despair, the colleagues who had always been close to her automatically keeping their distance.

Twenty minutes later, Cindy received a dismissal order for serious breach of professional ethics, damaging the store’s reputation. That reason cut off her retreat outright, and from now on she could only work at low-grade establishments.

...

Daniel got Liam into the car, set it to autopilot, then turned to look at him with a face full of worry. Once he had been sick Liam no longer felt so wretched. He rinsed his mouth thoroughly, drank a tube of high-grade nutrient fluid to settle his stomach, his face no longer the terrifying white it had been.

Only after Liam had confirmed several times that he really was all right did Daniel let out a breath of relief.

"It’s good that you’re all right, you frightened me half to death." Getting that far, Daniel burst out laughing: "Ha, Liam, the reason you made up was absolutely brilliant. Jacob’s face went green, exactly as though he’d swallowed star-beast dung."

Liam blinked at Daniel, Daniel smiling back at him. The two of them looked at each other, the smile on Daniel’s face slowly stiffening. He swallowed:

"It... it isn’t, is it, Liam? That... that wasn’t real, was it?"

Liam smiled, lowering his lashes without saying a word, only laying a hand gently on his stomach.

A few seconds later, a scream fit to shake heaven and earth came from inside the flying car.