After the Pitiful One Caught the Eye of a Wealthy Big Shot

[New story: After the Dutiful Househusband Loses His Memory. Blurb at the bottom]

Fallen-family, difficult Omega recipient × Powerful heir, dominant Alpha hero

(Green apple × pinewood)

The Jiang family went bankrupt. Mr. and Mrs. Jiang fled with Jiang Ye’s half-brother, taking the family’s money with them and leaving Jiang Ye with the enormous debts.

The day their house was seized, Jiang Ye leaned against his childhood sweetheart and boyfriend, quietly sobbing.

Then his biggest creditor, a dominant Alpha, had his secretary ask Jiang Ye in front of his boyfriend if he would be willing to become the Alpha’s lover.

Jiang Ye refused outright, cowering fearfully in his boyfriend’s arms.

The Alpha was measured and didn’t make things difficult for him.

But Jiang Ye underestimated the Alpha’s interest in him. Whether by chance or design, he kept running into the lofty head of the Yan family.

Each time, it was at a particularly unusual moment.

For instance, when he suddenly went into heat, when his rut left him barely conscious, or when he was arguing with his boyfriend…

Yan Jueming always showed up at just the right time.

Jiang Ye felt as though he were betraying his boyfriend. He didn’t want to get too involved with Yan Jueming. Fang Zhiheng was the only one in his heart.

Until one day, Jiang Ye was pinned beneath the Alpha’s tall, imposing body, his hot breath falling against Jiang Ye’s ear. “You still can’t let him go?”

Jiang Ye nodded through his tears, but the Alpha said, “He gave you to me. He’s a piece of trash. What’s so great about him?”

Jiang Ye stared in shock at the Alpha’s sweat-damp face, thinking he was making up lies just to get him.

But Jiang Ye knew that, with Yan Jueming’s status and means, he wouldn’t need to make up a lie like that.

Fang Zhiheng didn’t want him anymore. The Alpha who had once promised to stay with him for the rest of his life had abandoned him.

That realization crushed the last of Jiang Ye’s hope. He gave up resisting and silently let the Alpha do as he pleased.

Yan Jueming released the pinewood-scented pheromones Jiang Ye loved most, watching as they drove him out of his senses. In a low voice, the Alpha asked, “Do you want it?”

Jiang Ye nodded. The Alpha asked, “Whose pheromones smell better, mine or your boyfriend’s?”

Jiang Ye’s gaze was unfocused. “Y-yours.”

The Alpha cupped his face, his gaze gentle. “How about you forget him?”

Jiang Ye shook his head. “I can’t.”

They had grown up together. He had always wanted to marry him. Even after being betrayed, he couldn’t forget him.

Only after the Alpha’s intense pheromones overwhelmed him and robbed him of his senses did Yan Jueming ask hoarsely, “Jiang Ye, have you forgotten him?”

Jiang Ye obediently nodded. He had forgotten.

All he could think about now was Yan Jueming’s face and his wonderful pinewood-scented pheromones.

Content Warnings*

1. Both leads are sexually inexperienced, but the recipient has a romantic history.

2. Neither lead is a perfect person.

3. Not for extreme character-control fans.

4. The blurb has been rewritten.

Upcoming Story

Title: After the Dutiful Househusband Loses His Memory

Blurb: Timid, dutiful househusband recipient × Older, controlling daddy hero

After his parents died, Meng Yuan was passed around among his relatives like a ball. Just after turning twenty, he registered his marriage to the person he was betrothed to.

But his husband didn’t like him. He despised and resented him.

Meng Yuan only wanted to survive in peace. He didn’t care when his husband treated him coldly or even when his husband’s affair partner called the house to provoke him.

He was obedient, sensible, and honest, yet three months into their marriage, his husband said he couldn’t stand Meng Yuan’s dull, clumsy nature and asked for a divorce.

After the divorce, his uncles would push him on someone else to secure resources. Not wanting to be treated like a commodity, passed around for people to choose from, Meng Yuan clumsily tried to please his husband and keep him, only to be mercilessly belittled and humiliated.

On a night of pouring rain, his husband abandoned him by the roadside, leaving him drenched and pitiful. A black car suddenly pulled up beside him. A familiar yet unfamiliar face appeared through the curtain of rain, like a beast lying in wait for its prey to take the bait.

Meng Yuan summoned his courage and declined the offer of a ride. Head down, he hurried through the rain. The black car followed at a discreet distance, escorting him all the way home before turning away.

Zong Xu had shown Meng Yuan more than once that he cared too much, but Meng Yuan never wavered and remained faithful to his marriage.

Until a sudden car accident changed everything.

When Meng Yuan woke up, he had forgotten everything and everyone. Seeing Zong Xu’s expressionless face, he broke into a delighted smile, showing two little dimples as he cried out, “Hubby!”

The hospital room descended into chaos. Everyone told him that his husband was Lu Yuan, the average-looking man with a terrible temper, awful personality, and rotten character.

Like a koala, Meng Yuan wrapped all four limbs around Zong Xu and gazed up at him with big, pitiful deer eyes. “You’re my husband, right?”

Before Zong Xu could answer, he started sobbing, begging, “Hubby, don’t leave me. I don’t want to go back with that ugly brute!”

Zong Xu coldly issued an ultimatum to the furious Lu Yuan beside them. “Divorce.”

Meng Yuan happily went home with his “husband.” He wanted his husband to feed him, change his clothes, and even stay with him while he slept.

When his memories returned, Meng Yuan was in Zong Xu’s arms, being kissed. He shoved Zong Xu away in horror, covered his swollen lips, and burst into tears, looking like a pitiful victim of assault.

The next moment, a jumble of memories flooded his mind: clinging to Zong Xu and calling him hubby, insisting on going home with him, asking him to take Meng Yuan to the marriage registration office to divorce Lu Yuan, then getting divorced one moment and registering his marriage to Zong Xu at the next window the very next…

Meng Yuan felt as if the sky had fallen. He apologized to Zong Xu with tears in his eyes.

Zong Xu gazed at him tenderly and held out a hand. “Baby, come here.”

Meng Yuan instinctively shook his head and even took a step back. Zong Xu pulled him over with a cold expression and bit the soft flesh of his cheek in warning. “I’m your husband. Just try going back to that bastard. I’ll break his legs.”

He can’t bear to scare his wife, but he’s very good at dealing with the homewrecker.

Theme: Growing through adversity