Chapter 2 Forced Mating

• No sooner had mei closed the front door behind her than a voice was booming, “where the hell have you been?”
• It was always an unwelcome surprise when her dad sought her out. Usually Zhao Qing was indifferent to mei and could even go a whole day without talking to her. What was more surprising was that he seemed to believe she should be hanging around just in case he wanted to see or bestow some attention on her. She was pretty sure it astounded him that she didn’t respond to his indifference by constantly trying to gain his attention and approval. But mei Qing wasn’t going to beg for the scraps from anyone’s table.
• “What is it?” She new no one needed treating as she would have received a text message if that was the problem.
• “It’s almost time for the evening meal”
• Since when did he care if she missed a meal?
• “ fu xi ling is going to be here soon. You have about two minutes to change”
• Ah.“why would I change? and why wasn’t I told he was coming?”
• Zhao Qing snickered. “Because you would have done a disappearing act just to be awkward. You know I still don’t know why you’re so set against him. I never would have thought that you would have attracted an alpha in a million years. Hell, an Alpha in his prime shouldn’t want to be bound to a barren beta. You should be grateful.”
• “Grateful to be mated to a wolf I despise. That even a whiff of his scent makes me want to throw up”
• “You will just have to grow to like his scent and care for him. Won’t you?” He snapped.
• “I want this alliance and you’re not going to mess it up for me. Now go upsta and change into something…o don’t know…”
• “Slutty” she offered. “You want me to look slutty” it would have been a shock if he hadn’t been doing this anytime an unmated alpha came near since she was fifteen and fu had definitely came near…she shivered at the loathsome thought. Her father’s words still managed to hurt every time he did this which was a lot.
• “He already marked me and you have already exchanged contracts so we can skip the seduction stage”
• “While you’re denying him there’s still a chance he’ll back out ”
• She searched his expression. “Doesn’t it matter to you that this just makes me miserable. I know you must have had the rumors of how he treats women. Does none of that matter to you?” Mei furiously glared at her father.she knew she was lacking as she was barren having already been married twice before but fu beats his women dammit!
• “It would be good for you to hate with an alpha with a firm hand. It would teach you discipline. Maybe he can be the one who finally teaches you respect”
• Mei couldn’t stop her mouth from falling open, an audible gasp escaping from them. She had thought her father was just ignoring the rumors, blinding himself to them to appease his guilt. I’m actual fact, the beta wolf felt none. His obsession with power was just too great. He was perfectly content with fu xi ling beating her and would even encourage him to.
• She stepped to him until she was invading his personal space. He glared at her audacity but she was past caring. “You’re a sorry excuse of a father,a wolf or even a beta and I hope you get the karma that’s coming for you”
• “You disrespectful little bitch!” He gritted out as he raised his hand to slap her.
• “Go on. Do it.”
• “I’d rather you didn’t, Zhao Qing” said a voice from the doorway.
• They both turned to see fu removing his suit jacket, flanked by two of his enforcers. As usual he looked as if he just walked out of a vogue shoot. A blond god,some of the females called him. Mei thought of him more like the antichrist. “When you signed that contract, you signed her over to me”
• In other words, the only person who had the right to slap her was him.
• “Until the mating ceremony, I’m still her alpha. You would do well to remember that”
• “And as her mate, I feel I have to protect her from even you if you lay a hand on her again” he turned to Mei and smiled.“nice to see you again, beautiful ”
• Mei shuddered internally. He had that same look in his eye when he had marked her. The sound of her pain only excited him and made him clench harder.
• He leaned down to kiss her and she turned away. He still managed to catch her ear though.
• Zhao Qing released a tired sigh.” Let’s just go. They will be waiting for us.”
• As they made their way to the dining hall, fu attempted to hold her hand . She shot him a look that promised violence and curled her upper lip. He only smiled at that. She kinda got a feeling that he enjoyed seeing her riled. Damn if she could figure out why.he should find her defiance exasperating and insulting but the stupid male didn’t. She huffed silently and crossed her arms.
• “ you will be sitting at the head of the table today, Mei”
• Her father kisses her aloof mother on the cheek as the latter shoots her a confuse smile. As if, she didn’t understand why Mei wasn’t smiling from ear to ear like her. Her mother’s appalling behavior never surprised her anymore. Jia was a beta female who was as distant as she was icily beautiful. With her pale blue eyes and long black hair, she always turned heads wherever she went. Mei only similarity to her mother was on their almost identical looks.
• Her brother, lung sat near their mother. An ever present shifty expression on his cold face as he glanced at her and nodded as a sign of greeting. She returned his nod.
• The men , lung not included talked over her and her mother as they ate their dinner. All In all, it was a normal day in the Qing family till ling spoke up.
• “Father, don’t you think it’s high time I get the majority shares in the family business? It’s not like there’s someone else fit to inherit. Hell, I’m your only chance for a grandchild so you should definitely sow your oats now.” Lung delivered his uncaring speech while polishing off the last of his kimchi and belched while ignoring the glaring eyes painted on him.
• Mei often wished she could check off like lung. Remembering what he just said, she forced herself to breathe deeply and ignore the sad thought that she would never give birth to her own child. Maybe, she should let fu f*ck her and see if he could give her an heir.
• At everyone’s silence, her unwanted suitor cleared his throat and curved his fingers around her arm almost to the point of pain. She was sure she was going to bruise tomorrow.
• “ you needn’t worry brother-in-law. I will give Mei an heir to inherit the family business and then our family wouldn’t need your jinxed spunk anymore” it was theatrical how lung’s face immediately turned red with embarrassment and he shook of his mother’s attempt at stopping him and left the table after scattering his already empty plate.thank the goddess for small mercies.
• Having recovered from the initial shock , her father shot fu a grateful smile and her a not so grateful one before excusing himself from the table. His mate following after him, head bowed as if she was at fault for her daughter being unable to procreate. The whole family dynamic was definitely the most consistent thing she could bet on.
• “So baby, when do you want our mating ceremony to be fixed?” He shot her an ominous glare.
• “You know I haven’t agreed to be your mate fu. I need time” she knew her excuse was becoming old but dammit she wanted to at least feel a tiny flare of attraction for the man before marrying him. This was the reason she had only two ex-husbands even though she really needed an heir. She couldn’t bring herself to marry a male she anchored and she absolutely abhorred this one.
• “Time is a luxury you don’t have, dear ”
• The brute! Didn’t she know that? Her needing an heir to take over the family industry from her father was always on her mind and she knew she needed to make it up. Fast.
• Mei smiled at the alpha before turning to her food and humming to herself to dissuade him from more conversations. After eating, the servants cleared the table and she promptly excused herself from fu xi ling’s presence. This she succeeded in doing after letting him kiss her and squeezing her bum.
• Goddess she needed an intervention fast.