A Temporary Pact with a Beta

An AB story.

Lin Ye is a beta. While studying abroad, his mother falls seriously ill, and he can no longer afford tuition. He has to work several jobs a day. One night, while singing at a bar, he meets a rich alpha who offers to keep him as a sugar baby in exchange for helping with his unstable heats.

The offer is one million yuan, for one year.

Lin Ye: "Every second I spend hesitating is an insult to a million-yuan salary ∩_∩"

He doesn't believe in marriage anyway, and betas can't be marked. He has no problem being an alpha's medicine for a while.

The alpha is taciturn, and his heats come at unpredictable times. The beta is always ready to come when called, and very cooperative.

A friend asks the alpha, "You keep calling him over to keep you company. Don't tell me you like him?"

The alpha replies without changing expression, "How could I possibly like a beta? It's just a temporary arrangement. He's helping me manage my heats."

When their year-long contract ends, Lin Ye decides to return home. He leaves a note: "Boss, the contract is up, so I'm leaving. I won't be able to treat you anymore. Thank you so much for taking care of me this past year. I wish you good health and a speedy recovery ∩_∩"

The alpha returns home and sees the note on the table. His eyes darken as he crushes the birthday present he'd bought in his hand.

Leaving the moment the time was up, and even changing his contact information. Fine.

Whatever. It's not like he likes that beta anyway.

Then his heat arrives. The alpha frantically searches his home, and finally finds a few of Lin Ye's clothes forgotten in a corner of the closet.

He piles the clothes Lin Ye has worn on the bed to make a nest. Curled up in it like an abandoned animal, he repeats the beta's name again and again, his eyes red.

Later, Lin Ye becomes a chart-topping singer in the entertainment industry.

At every concert, an alpha sits in the front-row VIP section.

Even Lin Ye's fans recognize him and whisper among themselves: "That's Brother Ye's number-one fan. He hasn't missed a single stop on the national tour!" "The watch he's wearing is really expensive. He must be loaded!"

Lin Ye: "??"

Why is President Qin following him around? He must like listening to him sing, right?

Thanks for your support, Boss.

The gong seems aloof on the outside but is completely smitten inside. During his heat, he secretly makes a nest with the shou's clothes. A gloomy, ghostlike man, in the classic cold-faced underwear-washing genre.

Gong fans, enter at your own risk! The gong in this book is hopelessly lovestruck~

A proud, awkward, sharp-tongued but sincere alpha gong x a sunny, carefree, oblivious beta shou.

A short story, connected to Unexpected Marking and Will You? An ABO entertainment-industry story, with some characters from other books in the series making guest appearances.

Theme: I love you, and it has nothing to do with pheromones