After Becoming Secret Lovers with My Childhood Friend

[1]

Lin Wentao, the third young master of the Lin family, is willful and uninhibited. He changes lovers faster than he changes clothes, but never gives his heart away.

Even so, people eager to offer themselves to him are still coming in droves.

At a cocktail party, Lin Wentao swirled his champagne and raised an eyebrow at the young model who'd come over to flirt. A cold smile touched his lips. "Want to get into my bed? Ask Ji Yanqing first."

[2]

Ji Yanqing is an illegitimate son with no presence in the Ji family, but to Lin Wentao, he holds an extraordinary position:

He co-runs their joint venture with Lin Wentao and can come and go whenever he likes from the home Lin Wentao never lets anyone else enter.

He even gets to decide who receives Lin Wentao's room key.

He always stands at just the right place beside Lin Wentao,

watching him flirt, charm others, and spend countless nights with them.

No one knows they've been friends for twenty-three years, and secret lovers for five.

After every night of passion, Lin Wentao would hold Ji Yanqing by the chin and kiss him lingeringly, satisfied. "The best thing about you is that you have no heart."

[3]

Ji Yanqing has always known that having no heart is exactly what makes him right for Lin Wentao.

Otherwise, all those coldly observed encounters, all the bedmates he chose for Lin Wentao, and every moment of their deepest intimacy would rip his heart from his chest, only for Lin Wentao to toss it aside in disgust.

Yet when he once again coolly sized up the handsome young man who'd come to flirt with Lin Wentao, then nodded and said, "You're acceptable. You can have a room key," he never expected Lin Wentao to kiss him roughly in front of everyone.

[4]

Holding Ji Yanqing's face, Lin Wentao dropped every last bit of his pretense for the first time. His voice trembled, and his eyes reddened.

"How long are you going to keep holding back before you finally tell me how you really feel?"

○ Stubborn, restrained bottom x obsessive, uninhibited top. One-on-one, mutual pining, happy ending.

● Neither of them has ever actually been with anyone else.

○ Both have flaws. They do not represent the author's values.

● The plot is all from the author's imagination, and much of it doesn't reflect realistic situations. The author has limited life experience, and everything is in service of the story. Please be gentle and give me a break.

Theme: Follow your heart and keep moving forward with conviction.