An Unorthodox Guide to Falling for Your Rival

[New Novel Coming Soon]: Traveling with the Victor Family

[Elegant, lazy, picky elite bottom x younger daddy top who notices everything]

Raven once helped Hollis by chance, and somehow wound up becoming bed partners with a man from the opposing side. To put it plainly, they were "friends with benefits."

This bed partner took care of everything from his meals and clothes to his daily needs, and even made sure their intimate activities were safe and harmonious. The only problem was that he was far too controlling. He even strictly forbade Raven from using a hair dryer in the bathroom.

Most of the time, though, they got along just fine. That is, until someone caught the two rising stars from opposing sides arguing in a secluded public restroom during a negotiation meeting.

Once the story got out, it grew more and more outrageous with every retelling.

"Raven and Hollis got into an argument in the restroom!"

"Raven and Hollis got into a fight in the restroom!"

"Raven and Hollis in the restroom..."

There were all kinds of versions and rumors.

But they all agreed that the two were at odds and couldn't see eye to eye.

"When two people get together, people start gossiping. Just as spiders spin webs wherever two branches draw close."

So whenever the pair were seen near each other, the looks people gave them grew increasingly strange.

As time passed, it was inevitable that the truth would come out.

When Raven issued a stern warning, the other person at the center of the rumors raised his left eyebrow, which had a split in it, and looked utterly disdainful.

He declared, "What a bunch of tasteless fools. A delicious ship is right in front of them, and they don't even know how to enjoy it."

Raven knew a little about shipping, but had no idea why Hollis used the word "ship" to describe them.

He took it as a joke and let it go. But secrets never stay buried forever. When their relationship was exposed in a way no one could have expected, Raven realized with a start: Hollis actually thought they were dating?!

But they were on opposite sides. How could they possibly date?!

[Reader's Guide]:

1. Inspired by a news story from years ago: two men from opposing sides were filmed getting up to no good in a public restroom during a conference. (A friendly reminder to browse responsibly: the leads in this story are not getting up to no good in a public restroom.)

2. The evolution from colleagues on opposing sides, to bed partners (as the bottom sees it; the top has always thought they were dating), to lovers.

3. Bottom's perspective, one-on-one, age gap with the top younger, the bottom is not a virgin, the top is.

4. Differences in body type and skin tone.

5. An adult fairy tale.

[New Novel Coming Soon] Traveling with the Victor Family:

Cheating, keeping mistresses, illegitimate children.

Any one of these would cause chaos in an ordinary family, but in the Victor family, they're nothing out of the ordinary.

A. Victor is the least noticeable member of the entire family. For over twenty years, he's lived like a background character.

At long last, he's almost finished college and can see the good life ahead. Then, for no apparent reason, he becomes the center of attention for the whole family.

His father, who has spent his entire life either cheating or on his way to cheating, issues an urgent order to bring him home.

His second brother, who is never seen alive or dead and whose divorce battle with his ex-wife is famous to everyone, suddenly rises from the grave.

His third sister, who has spent her whole life devoted to work and vowed never to marry, remains aloof as ever, surveying everyone as if they were trash.

And then there are all the half-siblings whose names no one can keep straight, dragged into the open one after another and gathered around a strange woman.

Seeing the woman's pregnant belly, A takes it in stride.

He silently counts on his fingers to figure out which number mother she is, while his half-brother, who calls himself a woman but refuses surgery and spends every day strutting around in heavy makeup, congratulates him on becoming a father.

A is left dumbfounded and protests with all his might:

How is he, a perfectly healthy virgin, about to become a father?!

The woman has clearly come prepared, and immediately produces evidence.

A gives up and blurts out, "I'm impotent, gay, and the one on the bottom."

His father's expression darkens. Each of his siblings wears a different look of shock.

Only Andre, ordered to bring A in, watches him with a knowing look. Andre is the unwanted baggage his father's latest lover brought with her.

In the end, A gains a new identity in life. He takes it in stride: why should it matter whose father he is, or whose father he becomes?

But some people can't stand to see him become one kind of father, and insist on making him another.

Andre Clement, whose father is unknown, spent his childhood following his mother, who loved him more than anything, from one man's home to another. He finally found stability when he joined the Victor family.

A. Victor, the youngest legitimate child in the family.

When they first meet, A hides on the second floor, peeking over the railing to secretly watch the people downstairs. No one notices him, except Andre.

Theme: Don't let what might have been slip away