Last Love chapter 84

Wen Ke stared blankly at Han Jiangque. This was the first time, after getting back together, that he touched the suppressed pessimism and melancholy in Han Jiangque’s heart.

He was completely dumbfounded, both surprised and perplexed.

It turned out that Han Jiangque wasn’t as happy with him as he had imagined.

This realization made him feel like the whole world was spinning.

“Do you think… I don’t love you enough now?”

Wen Ke looked at Han Jiangque and asked, “Why? Just because of marking? Is the only place I can prove my feelings to you just through being marked?”

His words were truly sad.

Han Jiangque couldn’t help but lower his head, looking at Wen Ke—

Perhaps because the hallway was a bit cold, the Omega’s rosy lips were trembling slightly, and the usually gentle eyes seemed to have a layer of dewy mist on the eyelashes.

Han Jiangque clenched his teeth and remained silent.

Despite his sharp exterior, he was quite timid in front of Wen Ke. He couldn’t find sharper words to say, so he stood there stubbornly like a stubborn little wolf, protesting passively and pitifully.

However, these signals were not received by the heartbroken Omega.

“Han Jiangque…”

Wen Ke’s voice was almost choked, and he struggled to support his swollen abdomen. Trembling, he said, “When I gathered the courage to confess to you in the dance hall, I had already decided to be with you for a lifetime. The last love app was originally my obsession. Before this, I even thought that the most important thing in my life was to develop the app to perfection. Getting pregnant at this crucial time initially made me very conflicted and tangled… Han Jiangque, I’m not the kind of Omega who really wants to give birth. I have more things I want to do in my life than giving birth. But because of you, pregnancy has taken on new meaning for me—because the babies in my belly are ours, even if it’s tough, I still feel immensely happy;

“In the future, I want to make our app work, make a lot of money, buy a car for you, and accompany you in doing everything you want to do. In all this time… every imagined future had you. Han Jiangque, aren’t these considered love? Are all these things, all added together, still not enough compared to a mark for you?”

Han Jiangque indeed couldn’t answer Wen Ke’s well-founded questions. Perhaps in the eyes of a mature Omega, his actions seemed childish and laughable again. Compared to Wen Ke, he was clumsy with words, unable to logically argue for his own demands.

But he still… really wanted to fight for himself again.

Han Jiangque cleared his throat and said softly, “Xiao Ke, but what if I really, really want to mark you?”

The tone was more like a request than a demand.

The alpha’s dark eyes looked at Wen Ke earnestly, the same look that once made him invincible.

In their teenage years, he was so confident countless times, believing that as long as he looked at Wen Ke like this, the tall giraffe would bring the stars and the moon for him.

But this time, Wen Ke remained silent.

In the long silence, Han Jiangque thought he probably already guessed the answer, but as long as Wen Ke didn’t speak, he was still willing to patiently wait.

“I’m sorry.”

As a chilly wind swept through the hallway, Wen Ke finally whispered, “Han Xiaoque, I’m sorry. I can’t promise you.”

Wen Ke refused him.

Han Jiangque took a deep breath. He no longer looked at Wen Ke, but suddenly turned around and walked away, as if fleeing, back into the elevator, and then pressed the button to go down.

In the cold winter, he didn’t actually know where he was going. He just suddenly felt afraid to face Wen Ke again.

…

Wen Ke didn’t stop him from leaving.

Although this was the first serious argument after they got back together, and it was severe enough for Han Jiangque to leave him, the impact on a pregnant Omega was undeniably significant.

Despite trying to tell himself to face it calmly and coldly, considering it as Han Jiangque needing some time to calm down, his body couldn’t deceive him.

Wen Ke felt unusually uncomfortable, his stomach hurting terribly, and his lower back aching. After soaking in a hot bath for a while, he almost drank only two sips of soup for dinner because of his poor appetite. Afterward, he slumped into bed.

He couldn’t sleep at all, tossing and turning. At one moment, he set his phone to vibrate mode, and at another, he set it to ring mode, but he never received any messages from Han Jiangque.

Late into the night, there was still no sound from Han Jiangque. Wen Ke couldn’t bear it anymore and opened WeChat to send a tentative message: “Han Xiaoque, are you coming home tonight?”

After sending the message, he anxiously held onto his phone, but there was still no reply. Helplessly, he clicked on Han Jiangque’s profile, only to discover that Han Jiangque had changed his WeChat profile picture—

It was changed to a photo of a lone red boxing glove thrown on the boxing ring.

Wen Ke couldn’t help but be stunned.

They hadn’t used any couple profile pictures after getting together. Wen Ke was reserved, and he felt a bit cheesy for two men of their age to do such a thing. Han Jiangque didn’t ask for anything either, quickly changing his WeChat profile picture to a photo of himself accidentally pressing his nose against the nose of a giraffe when he fed it in Florida.

In that photo, the giraffe’s head occupied the absolute center, while the tall Han Jiangque only awkwardly occupied a small corner of the picture because he leaned over sideways.

Xu Jiale had once said casually at that time: “It’s quite rare. Even for showing off affection, few people use a profile picture with such an imbalanced composition.”

At that time, Wen Ke didn’t pay much attention to that comment, but for some reason, he had always remembered it.

Thinking about it now, he suddenly felt like his heart had fallen from a high place.

Unable to restrain himself, he continuously called Han Jiangque several times, but the other end remained in a shutdown state.

He sat on the bed in a daze, his mind filled with panicked thoughts—

Does Han Jiangque… not want him anymore?

He knew it was impossible.

It was just because of his own emotional instability during pregnancy. He knew, but he was still frightened by that thought.

Supporting his lower back, he walked to the living room. Just as he was about to put on his coat and leave, he heard the sound of the front door unlocking—

In the darkness, he could vaguely see Han Jiangque’s tall figure, swaying unsteadily, entering with a strong scent of alcohol.

“Han Xiaoque!”

Wen Ke hurriedly went to meet him.

However, Han Jiangque didn’t immediately acknowledge him. Instead, he turned around and took large strides into the bathroom in the living room. Wen Ke followed, turning on the bathroom light. It was then that he saw Han Jiangque, intoxicated and red-faced, crouching in front of the toilet, clinging to the edge, painfully retching.

“How much… how much did you drink? And why didn’t you answer my calls?”

Wen Ke, worried, rushed to Han Jiangque’s side, squatting down. He knew Han Jiangque’s alcohol tolerance, so he became even more anxious. With one hand patting Han Jiangque’s back, the other couldn’t help but touch his hand and face with concern.

“I just happened to run out of battery when you called.”

Han Jiangque grumbled, “I was afraid you might not feel well, so I came back.”

Wen Ke embraced him tightly. He was trembling all over, almost pressing the entire Alpha into his arms. “I’m not feeling unwell. I just… I just missed you. Han Xiaoque, I’ve been missing you.”

“Don’t be mad at me—I haven’t finished what I was saying. Han Xiaoque, I’ve been marked by Zhuo Yuan for six years, but in these six years, I’ve never had such intense attachment to him. I hate marking, that connection is not love to me. But I truly love you—whether it’s the me from high school or the me now, my feelings for you haven’t changed.”

Wen Ke urgently spoke, his voice almost trembling, “I grew up in a single-parent family, and later, my mom got sick and passed away. Since then, I have no relatives, no family in this world. I only have you, Han Jiangque. All my emotions and love are destined for you. Han Xiaoque, please believe me, don’t leave me, okay?”

Han Jiangque lowered his head, looking at Wen Ke.

The Omega had a slender neck, exuding a stronger fragrance of grass. In Han Jiangque’s eyes, the still petite figure, except for the protruding belly, gazed at him with tears rolling in the eyes.

Wen Ke, a pregnant Omega, was more fragile than ever—

Unable to control himself, Han Jiangque hugged him.

Soft and beautiful Wen Ke.

During pregnancy, an Omega naturally restrained Alpha.

It was not just about pheromones; it was an instinct of genetics.

Just like in the animal kingdom, females become clumsy and weak during reproduction. In the harsh natural environment, they rely on the protection of males to survive and give birth to offspring.

In the competition for survival, the more outstanding the male of a species, the stronger the instinct to protect the pregnant female—

Humans, being at the top of the biological hierarchy, had this protective instinct transcend the physiological realm. Even causing sadness to an Omega, it was unbearable agony.

He shouldn’t let Wen Ke be sad, couldn’t let Wen Ke be sad.

In Han Jiangque’s drunken and confused mind, only this thought remained.

“I missed you too.”

He burped with a hint of alcohol, his voice hoarse. “No more marking, I won’t mark you.”

He reached out, somewhat clumsily but still gently, touching Wen Ke’s cheek. He repeatedly said, “I won’t leave you, silly little giraffe. I can’t bear to leave you even for one night—no matter what happens, I will never leave you.”

Once he used the pattern of “no matter what… I will never,” it completely disregarded his principles.

He wouldn’t leave.

A person with no bargaining chips lost the right to negotiate.

Tonight, he drank a lot, stumbling alone in the snow for a long time. Feeling drunk and having thought about many things, but it seemed like he thought about nothing.

Sometimes, thinking was too tiring for him, and resisting the person he loved was a kind of torture.

So when he heard Wen Ke say, “I only have you, Han Jiangque. All my emotions and love are destined for you,” he suddenly wanted to gamble—

Let it be like this.

He wanted nothing, just this promise from that sentence.

…

This confrontation between the two about marking undoubtedly ended with Wen Ke unquestionably winning.

In a sense, whether he realized it or not, he officially and absolutely suppressed Han Jiangque in this intimate relationship.

However, Wen Ke didn’t understand at that time—

In a love between two people, once one becomes the absolute winner, they have quietly lost in the realm of love.