[Two male leads + both virgins + rekindled love + competing suitors + unconventional stand-in romance]
Also known as: “The Pricey Stand-In”
Shen Ye is a Beta, yet he keeps an Alpha on the side.
An Alpha who looks a lot like his fiancé.
At first, he only spent one night with the Alpha.
But the Alpha was better-looking and had a better body than his fiancé.
Shen Ye couldn’t stop himself, so one night became two, then many more.
He fooled around with the Alpha for months.
One day, the other man said solemnly, “Let’s be together.”
Shen Ye tried to play it cool. “Aren’t we already together?”
The Alpha made himself clear. “I mean, break off your engagement and be with me.”
Shen Ye backed down. “If I break off the engagement, I won’t have the money to keep seeing you.”
“I’ll be with you for free. I’ll love you, spoil you, and treat you well…”
The Alpha’s offer was very tempting.
But Shen Ye still refused outright. “I’m sorry. I think I’m still deeply in love with my fiancé.”
Later…
Shen Ye, soon to become a lieutenant general’s wife, ran into the Empire’s brightest star at a banquet.
Only then did he understand.
The substitute he had found was extraordinarily expensive.
Shen Ye’s perspective: I found a stand-in. I’m guilty.
The Alpha’s perspective: I got my treasure back, but I became the other man, twice over.
The fiancé’s perspective: There’s a lunatic trying to steal my person!
