Crossing the Line

Everyone at the company knows that Lin Shen and Shen Yan are bitter rivals who can't stand each other. They go head-to-head in meetings and sabotage each other at company dinners. No one believes there could be anything between them besides hatred.

But no one knows that every Friday night, they "happen" to run into each other at the same izakaya.

Shen Yan was the first to break the unspoken tension. There is no innate compatibility between two Alphas, no pull from pheromones. There are only two evenly matched people who both choose to surrender in this tug-of-war.

From furtive kisses in the fire escape to ambiguous touches under the office desk, they keep testing the limits of the "no office romances" rule. Then their secret starts to crack when Jiang Lin, their direct superior, catches them late at night.

After Shen Yan is promoted to CEO, Lin Shen applies to become the CEO's executive assistant, turning himself from a "bitter rival" into "the one by his side." Rumors spread, the boardroom grows tense, and Shen Yan's father, Shen Heting, joins forces with Zhao Shirong, the second-largest shareholder, to try to strip him of his power.

Shen Yan takes twenty days to bring the board to heel with an iron fist. He forces his father to resign, exposes Zhao Shirong's illegal investments, revises the office romance policy, and finally makes his relationship with Lin Shen public at an all-staff meeting.

The story ends with the two of them standing side by side in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows on the thirty-second floor. The succulent Lin Shen has failed to keep alive for three years finally sprouts a new leaf.

Highlights:

· A battle of wills between two S-rank Alphas, neither willing to back down first

· The forbidden thrill and tension of a secret office romance

· Workplace power struggles and battles between family factions

· A complete love story that goes from "bitter rivals" to "my man"

· In an ABO setting where "Alphas can't mark each other," that very regret makes their love all the purer

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