I'm Straight, but My Mixed-Race Boss Is Tricking Me Into Marriage

【A scheming, lighthearted comedy + the pursued partner falls in love after marriage + the pursuer has been plotting for years】 【A slow-witted, gentle, honest, earnest straight man pursued by a steady, restrained, devious and scheming man】 - Zhu Chen thought his life was going perfectly. Less than two years after graduating, he had already become the design director of his team. Everyone said he was handsome and had a future so bright it was dazzling. Then an accident happened. Thinking he’d gotten the better end of the deal, he ended up in bed with a stranger. A week later, at the new CEO’s inauguration. He looked up and saw the man onstage. The mixed-race CEO, rumored throughout the industry to be ruthless and violent, was the very person he’d spent one night with. Zhu Chen: ^^; It’s fine. We’re adults. We understand each other without saying a word. Let’s pretend it never happened. But after the banquet, Zhu Chen was cornered in a stairwell. The man’s fingertips grazed his soft, slightly trembling lips. “You got what you wanted and now you’re trying to run? That’s not right, is it?” Zhu Chen: (;_;) Th-then is it too late for me to resign now? - He didn’t manage to get away by resigning, but he did get married first. Before they registered their marriage, the other man laid down three rules: They would satisfy their families’ marriage alliance, take what they each needed from the arrangement, and owe each other nothing once the contract expired. At first, they treated each other with polite respect and rarely spoke about anything besides work. But just a few days later, Silvan suddenly wanted them to share a bedroom. Sil: My family had someone install surveillance cameras. We’ll just sleep together. Nothing will happen. Feeling sorry for him because of his unhappy family background, Zhu Chen softened and agreed. A few days after that, Silvan pulled him into the living room and pressed close to his waist, saying they needed to be more intimate. Sil: My family’s watching us closely. If we act like strangers, they’ll see through us sooner or later. You don’t want them to discover the contract, do you? Zhu Chen obediently nodded. It wasn’t until he was pinned hard against the wall and kissed until he couldn’t breathe, his whole body gone soft, that he belatedly realized something was wrong: ...What? Is this how you repay a debt of passion? - Later on, news broke that the two were getting divorced, and everyone waited for the drama. Instead, they saw the mixed-race CEO, cold and domineering in public, carefully holding the person in his arms beneath the spotlights, his eyes full of yearning and restraint. At dusk, the smile slowly faded from the man’s face. He trapped Zhu Chen in the corner of the sofa and swallowed every murmur and whimper from his lips. “Divorce?” “Zhu Chen, you broke your promise ten years ago. This time, I will never let you go again.” - One-on-one, both are each other’s first and only. Zhu Chen is confidently mistaken about being the top ^^; Synopsis saved January 29, 2026. This story is not based on real people. The company is fictional and does not allude to any real-world entity! The workplace plot is exaggerated, so please read with caution if that bothers you! The locations in the story are a mix of real and fictional ones. Please treat it as a parallel world ⊹꙳ ˶˙ᵕ˙˶ ⊹꙳ - My next book will be After He Pretended to Have Amnesia, His Ex-Husband Saw Through It. Please add it to your favorites 🥺 【This book is undergoing major revisions, so I’m posting the blurb for The Tide That Never Recedes, which I plan to write alongside it】 【Pseudo father and son + paper-wall trope + mutual salvation amid a blood feud】 【An honest, exhausted office worker pursued by an amnesiac, patient, and obsessive man】 - On Hai Yang’s twenty-seventh birthday, a twist of fate made him the guardian of a fool. The fool didn’t like to talk and stubbornly clung to him, following wherever he went. Hai Yang was all alone, and gradually grew used to the fool’s constant chatter. They lived together like that for three years. Until the fool exposed the secret Hai Yang had buried in front of everyone, turning him into a target overnight. After a moment of dazed confusion, Hai Yang finally understood: the fool had recovered his memories long ago. He had only stayed by Hai Yang’s side all these years because he hated him so much that he was willing to bide his time. - When they met again, he watched the person he had cared for over three years look at him with utter indifference. All their former affection and gratitude were gone. Only a heavy hatred, steeped in poison, remained. And a desire he could not understand, surging without end. Theme: Love isn’t possession. It means facing your true self.