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Chapter 41 - Life-Changing Decision

<A YEAR LATER>

"Are you really gonna accept that job?" Andrew asks him the moment their orders arrived.

"I dunno." New sighs, staring at the noddles in front of him. After a year of trying to find a job, he was finally offered one, but he doesn't feel the least bit happy about it.

He should be. In fact, rejection isn't even supposed to be an option for him. While other people found theirs around June, the latest September, New had no luck despite having the best resume in comparison to his classmates.

He even got excellent letters of recommendation from his professors, plural, and from Gawin who offered to write him one at the beginning of his job hunt. But no matter how impressive he was, most of the time, he was rejected due to the omega status written on the piece of paper. Now, with only two months left before graduation, he was desperate.

He didn't want to believe it at first. He thought there was something lacking in his resume, because the firm he interned at was very welcoming to him. But the discrimination became really clear to him when he sent his resume to a company, together with his classmates who were barely able to pass every semester, only to find out most of them were called in, yet he wasn't.

In fact, not to make comparison but among the companies who finally called him for interviews, they ended up hiring one of his classmates.

They did the interview together. The man was really nervous he stuttered terribly, unable to answer most of the questions unlike New. And yet, he got the job and again, New didn't.

Even then, New refused to give up. Though he wanted to stay in Bangkok, he tried applying to companies all over Thailand, big and small. If not for his alpha paying all his travel expenses, he would've been broke just going across the country for interviews. In small companies own privately, he was welcomed so his therapist wasn't lying. Omegas can be architects; only in small villages, taking small housing projects with no career growth. The only place he was welcomed are where ambitions die.

So, how he managed to get this one job at a good company in Bangkok? He hid his scent. There were no box for second gender in the application form, and he was desperate so he did it as his last resort. Lo and behold, he was treated really differently compared to when he came in as an omega. They loved him. Which made it even harder for him to stop doing so. Until the final interview, he kept pretending to be a beta.

He thought about revealing his real self so he tried asking about omega architects. But he was laughed at. Though not straight to his face, they looked bemused. And he knew right then that he would have to live his life in fear of being found out if he accepts the job.

But this is his only choice.

He couldn't find it in himself to apply to the firm where he interned where chances of him getting hired as an omega is comparatively higher. Because he heard from someone there that the whole company is aware about the incident between him and Fort. Someone spread the rumour. And he can only guess who.

His two choices are either pretending to be a beta, or mentally and emotionally torture himself everyday. The latter cannot even be considered a possible choice.

So yes, pretending to be a beta his whole life is his only choice.

"Newwiee, I know how you feel but what if you have an emergency? What bout heat? Pregnancy? You can't lie to them forever. It'll be stressful for you."

"Can't I just take the job for experience? 4 years at least?"

"You know hiding your identity is a crime…" New puts his chopstick down and rests his face in his palms. Sighing, rubbing his face roughly to relief his stress, he is about to pour the soda into his cup but changes his mind. He needs alcohol. He wants to forget his problems. "Hosh, Imma chug this straight." He shows the soju bottle to his friend who is still stuffing his face with ramen. "Off's gonna send me back right?"