Chapter 7

His name is Mateo. He was my first love and also my first boyfriend. He came from the Elnathan family, who were already famous as big businessmen, and dating him became my father's milestone at that time. The Rudapriya family is also one of the elite families, but when compared to the Elnathan family, my family is nothing. I've known Mateo since we were kids; we used to meet at every noble's party. When the results of our secondary gender test came out, we became even closer. Dad was so happy when he found out that I was the Dominant Omega. Once again, the world is filled with Betas. They do not have pheromones and cannot smell pheromones. While Omega and Alpha have their hormones. Dominant OOmegaswho are usually born among the elite, never have serious problems, while ordinary Omegas born to common people difficult to blend in society. The number of discrimination and bullying against Omega is increasing every year. Many people think Omega exists only to be a slave for Alpha and only bring offspring to the Family. Sometimes when they enter the HEAT, Omega is harassed because of spreading a pheromone scent that makes Alpha commit acts of harassment. The law against ordinary Omega in the world is so weak, so many Omega that can not work just because the HEAT time is relatively long, and also suppressant — Drugs for HEAT— sometimes do not help at all. But that does not apply to the Dominant Omega; they are much honored because of their higher rank. At that time, I didn't care about it; I just thought about my relationship with Mateo. He's a Dominant Alpha, and I'm a Dominant Omega. We complement each other and will be together forever. Everything was upside down when my mother passed away. Father became unstable, and the company was affected. When I was seventeen, I had my first HEAT on the day my mother passed. Since I didn't have a suppressant at that moment, I could only lock myself in the room for a week. It turns into chaos, feels like a fever dream. A month later, Father's company went into bankruptcy. Our house was impounded, and we were forced to move to a shabby apartment. At the end of my high school, Mateo ended our relationship. "I can't be with you anymore, Shiloh. This is not what I want. My dad wants us to end our relationship. I can't be with you, goodbye." The pain of losing my first love makes me weak. One day, I coughed and bright red petals fell out of my mouth. My body trembled, my chest ached. I'm in pain. My father forced me to go to the hospital. "Shiloh has Hanahaki Disease. I have never seen this disease firsthand because only a few people in the world have it." Dad was so angry to hear that. "You holding your love for the person who had betrayed you, until you experienced this disease?! Stupid!" Dad squealed angrily and hit me. That's the first time he hit me, and I can still remember the pain. Hanahaki is incurable. This disease arises because of unrequited love. When I wake up and cough with flower petals scattered, I know that Mateo has stopped loving me. The seed of unrequited love grew a blood-red rose in my lungs that made me spit out petals when I coughed. It was so painful and stuffy. If left untreated, the flower will grow bigger and lead to my death. Then, dad locked me in a room; he wouldn't let me out because I was constantly coughing and spitting out petals. Dad, who hated to hear me cough, started mixing my food and drink with drugs, so I often fell asleep without realizing it. I was twenty-one when my father took me to Madam's and sold me. Madam is so excited to get a dominant Omega to become a hooker. Just like with Dad, she didn't let me out. For a month, I was in a room without sun and air, I coughed more and more, my appetite decreased so that I rarely touched the food they gave to me. When I thought about ending my life, I woke up in Gruvv's House. "Shiloh, let's spit it out again, you have to spit it all out before taking the medicine." Gruvv's voice brought me back from painful memories, both hands picking up all the petals that came out of my mouth. I wiped my mouth, my drool mixed with the petals, but he didn't look disgusted or annoyed. With one of the maids, he cleaned my bed of the flower petals and wiped around my mouth. "Does your chest hurt?" He asked. I looked at his face. I could feel the worry from his pheromones. "Mr. Shiloh, please have a drink first.. The maid handed me a glass of water and a pill that the doctor had prescribed. It wasn't the sleeping pills that my father used to give me carelessly; it was the special medicine for the anahaki patient. To hold the cough and also prevent he growth of fungi. I drink it slowly, and my chest hurts more and more. Gruvv laid me on the bed, my eyes closed tightly, and I could feel the tears flowing. I can't see Gruvv, but I can smell his pheromones. His pheromone smell was full of worry, anxiety, but somehow calmed me down. Of the many people, Gruvv was the only one who genuinely cared about me. But what does he want from me? This attention is unlikely to be free. Does he want my body because I'm a Dominant Omega?