He Gave Me the Rules

[Self-Destructive, Submissive Tease x Absolute-Order Control Freak]

Twenty-two-year-old Chen Mo had spent his whole life learning how not to be loved.

His mother’s cold stares, the shadow of his father’s early death, endless chores, and unrelenting back pain convinced him that his very existence was a mistake.

Then he met Lin Shen, a man who seemed to have everything but whose heart was just as desolate.

Twenty-six-year-old Lin Shen controlled everything, yet couldn’t hold on to even a shred of warmth.

He wanted to find a soul willing to be controlled, to fill the echoing void of his magnificent, empty house.

Then Chen Mo appeared, covered in scars, with eyes that longed to be kept in line.

Their relationship began with an agreement in which each got what he wanted. But as “discipline” and “defiance” collided again and again, they touched each other’s deepest wounds.

Chen Mo tested whether love was real in the most hurtful ways. Lin Shen answered with rules that allowed no argument.

This is not a story about being saved. It is about two lost souls fumbling in the dark as they learn how to embrace without hurting each other.

Mutual Healing / Healing Psychological Trauma / Dependence and Independence / An Unconventional Intimate Relationship