My Top Alpha Ex Keeps Wanting to Get Back Together [ABO]

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[Hard-mouthed, secretly affectionate, controlling daddy type x A male celebrity who's gentle and polished in public but actually timid, talkative, high-maintenance, and wife-like]

Qu Yue has been a nobody in the entertainment industry for years, still an obscure 18th-tier celebrity. Besides being pretty, he's utterly unremarkable.

With no fame and no connections, he's been bullied plenty. After being worn down, Qu Yue finally gives in and decides to find himself a sugar daddy.

To his surprise, the first person to show up is his ex-boyfriend, whom he broke up with because he was too controlling.

"Buddy, you're really not here to get revenge on me, are you?"

His ex is a stern, serious top Alpha. He sits there with his long legs crossed, his pheromones so overpowering that no one within ten meters dares raise their head.

Unfortunately, Qu Yue is a Beta, a bona fide Beta, so he can't smell the overwhelming pheromones that seem to envelop the man in front of him.

His ex-boyfriend raises a hand and offers him a contract worth ten million. "Marry me, and the money is yours."

It's true that the entertainment industry can pay well and bring in money fast, but not if you're an obscure 18th-tier nobody like Qu Yue, who's about to leave the business.

He doesn't even have ten million in his bank account. He'd be lucky to have ten million playing Happy Landlord. With that ten million, he could pay his penalty fee and never have to deal with the harassment and suppression from the people at his company again.

Seeing him hesitate, his ex adds, "Don't overthink it. It's a marriage of convenience. I just need you to take care of my kid."

Qu Yue gets it. This isn't about rekindling their relationship. His ex just wants a mom for his son.

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His ex-boyfriend really is a great husband: handsome, responsible, and reassuring. He treats Qu Yue, his fake wife, wonderfully, too.

Variety shows, movies, TV dramas, one amazing opportunity after another, all the roles he never dared dream of are handed to him. His ex turns him from an obscure 18th-tier celebrity into a rising star.

From work opportunities and production teams to the little things he eats and drinks, his ex takes care of everything. In winter, he even helps Qu Yue get dressed when he gets up.

Except during his rut, when he always uses the contract as an excuse to keep Qu Yue in bed for a whole week. Qu Yue often wonders if his ex has gotten so carried away with fatherly love that he treats him like a son, too. Otherwise, why does he have to control what Qu Yue wears and eats, who he befriends, and how long he stays at social gatherings?

But Qu Yue can't shake the thought of getting a divorce.

It's not because his ex is such a handful during his rut. It's just that he seems to be falling for him all over again.

After finally steeling himself to leave, Qu Yue carries his luggage downstairs, thinking he's really been spoiled rotten. Now he even thinks lifting a suitcase is too tiring. But he can't help feeling wronged, too. His ex used to take care of things like this.

The hurt only grows when he passes through the living room and sees his ex. He looks as if he's about to cry. "Just because we're divorced, you can't even carry my suitcase for me anymore?"

His ex, in the middle of his rut, starts crying before he does. "I've been chasing you for so long. Can't you get back together with me?"

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He thought he was the only one rekindling old feelings, but it turns out they both still love each other.

The very day Qu Yue confesses his feelings, his ex grabs him and pins him to the bed again.

"No, no..." Qu Yue cries pitifully, biting his finger. "Betas can't be marked. Let me go."

"Then open up and let me in." His ex, biting the back of his neck, runs a hand over the soft curve of his belly. "Be good, sweetheart. Have a child of our own with me."

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[Reader's Guide]

1. A sweet little story with two sexually inexperienced leads.

2. There will be scenes involving a child, but overall it's really just a silly, illogical love story.

3. The seme is unwell and has no plans to get treatment [highlight].

4. The uke really is timid and talkative, a pretty vase who's a bit dumb [highlight].

5. The whole story is fictional and illogical. Please don't relate it to reality.

Theme: Keep striving.