Loving You Costs Extra

Please add my upcoming Omegaverse novel, "A Dutiful Beta's Arranged Marriage, But He Married the Wrong Husband," to your collection 🙏

A possessive, controlling, doting tycoon × a dutiful, low-energy, pretty airhead

✨Story Blurb:

[A story about a clueless straight man and his wealthy husband's older brother pretending to date, only to be tricked into falling for him and landing a lifetime of sweet pampering!]

Miao Miao, a 21-year-old college student, is as straight as they come. When he's broke and desperate, a rich, handsome, refined man offers him a dating contract.

Miao Miao: ? (Turns and runs)

He only learns later that the man comes from a prominent family and is the CEO of Huanyu Group. He just needs Miao Miao to pretend to date him to get out of an arranged marriage. And besides... the man is offering way too much!

Miao Miao: Okay, hubby!

Zhou Jianchi (trying his best to stay composed): ...Just call me Big Brother.

Miao Miao: Then... Big Brother Hubby?

The relationship may be fake, but Zhou Jianchi is definitely a keeper.

He showers Miao Miao with money and credit cards, fiercely stands up for him whenever anything happens, and takes great care of his feelings. He asks before hugging or kissing him, before moving in together, and before anything else. They help each other out, and... well.

That opens up a whole new world for him.

Miao Miao dutifully pretends to be Zhou Jianchi's boyfriend, ignoring his inner straight-man alarm bells as he rakes in a fortune. But then he realizes their fake relationship... is starting to feel real?

Time to run!

-

There was never any arranged marriage in the first place. Zhou Jianchi just happened to spot a pretty stray cat and wanted to bring it home.

Miao Miao was too straight, so he made up a story and decided to win him over slowly.

At first, he only wanted a pet. But day by day, he realizes that Miao Miao radiates a warm, dazzling vitality that lets him breathe again amid the insincerity and scheming of high society.

So Zhou Jianchi thinks that even if he falls for this man, he'll do so willingly.

Until... Miao Miao runs away.

-

In a secluded manor nestled against the mountains...

Zhou Jianchi tosses Miao Miao onto the big bed and walks toward him at an unhurried pace. His face still wears that graceful, gentle smile.

"Didn't you say your hubby was the best, and that you'd love him for the rest of your life?"

Miao Miao: "Well, you see, a hubby is kind of like a boss..."

And then he gets exactly what he wanted: thoroughly spoiled ✨

But he never expects Zhou Jianchi to lower his head between kisses, his eyes damp like an abandoned puppy's. "Can't you just love me?"

Miao Miao hooks an arm around the man's neck, pulls him up, and kisses him hard. "Loving you costs extra!"

Zhou Jianchi: "Name your price. I'll give you anything."

Miao Miao: "Dummy... zero yuan."

Reader's Guide:

- A naturally flirtatious, clueless straight-guy bottom (Miao Miao) × a gentle, possessive, utterly devoted CEO top (Zhou Jianchi). Both are each other's first love, both sexually inexperienced, one-on-one, happy ending.

- Height and skin-tone differences. The top is a sweet-talker, while the bottom is all bluster but soft underneath.

- Includes a tiny bit of running away, chasing, and being shut in a room, all part of the couple's playful banter, with no harmful messaging.

- They love each other, but the bottom is genuinely straight at first and returns the top's affection in a straight-guy way, so he's constantly driving Big Brother Hubby up the wall. It's a comedy of people talking on different wavelengths. Once they clear things up, they click and it's sweet, sweet, sweet!

That's all. Hope you enjoy reading, and may you always have a smile on your face ✨

--Upcoming Novel: "A Dutiful Beta's Arranged Marriage, But He Married the Wrong Husband"--

A possessive, controlling, doting tycoon × a dutiful, low-energy, pretty airhead

Omegaverse, 12-year age gap, 192 cm × 172 cm

Xu Zhimian is the only Beta in a family full of strong Alphas. He's honest and low-energy, yet cursed with a uselessly pretty face that has earned him mockery all his life.

When his family falls on hard times, he's entrusted with a vital mission: marry up.

His arranged spouse comes from the Hai City elite, the He family. Though he's from a branch family, he still commands a wealth of resources. Xu Zhimian has to get his husband to step in and save his family.

Before the wedding, his family warns him, "We hear the head of the He family is a vicious tyrant who can't stand the slightest mistake. Keep your head down, and don't get yourself killed!"

Xu Zhimian: ...I'm already feeling a little dead.

*

He Wenzheng was born at the very top of the pyramid and has spent years dominating the business world. He sees right through the He family's wishful thinking, so he goes to meet Xu Zhimian in place of his nephew from the branch family.

Who could have guessed that before he even says a word, the Beta would flop down and lie flat, ready to face death. "Hubby, I'm yours!"

He Wenzheng waits for him to keep acting, but after lying there for a while... the guy starts pretending to sleep?

That's a new one.

*

Xu Zhimian falls asleep during his interview and still gets the job? Somehow, he becomes a pampered spouse in a wealthy family. He stays home, eats well, and lives in comfort. It's the perfect life for a little house mouse!

As for his mission? When his family nags him, he reluctantly tries to seduce his husband. It obviously won't work. His husband isn't an idiot.

The man really is cold. No matter how hard Xu Zhimian tries to seduce him, he remains unmoved, just tossing him a card and cutting back on how often they see each other.

Xu Zhimian takes the chance to slack off, but then the man starts coming home every day, taking him out to eat and drink tea, and even insisting that he stay by his side while he works. Xu Zhimian becomes flustered, and his battery drains fast.

"I actually had an ulterior motive," Xu Zhimian says, exhausted, finally giving up and hoping the man will divorce him.

Instead, the man pulls him into his arms, his hot breath brushing Xu Zhimian's ear.

"I'll take care of it. You won't have to worry about your family anymore."

"You should stop wasting your affection on other things."

Xu Zhimian's breath catches.

"...But I heard the head of your family is terrifying. What if he finds out you used your inheritance to help me?"

For the first time, Xu Zhimian sees the usually stern and imposing man smile.

*

Later, at a banquet, the head of the He family walks the red carpet with his spouse. Everyone is stunned: the Xu family has been driven out of Hai City, but that Beta is still at the man's side!

A reporter at the scene overhears them talking:

"I'm too lazy to walk, hubby. Carry me."

"Would you rather I carry you in my arms?"

*

Xu Zhimian isn't good at exercise, and He Wenzheng often teases him until he's in tears.

"...No more, you big liar. I married the wrong husband!"

"You married the right one." He Wenzheng corrects him, his canine teeth grazing the back of Xu Zhimian's neck.

Waaah... What's the point of biting a Beta...

Until one moment, when the Beta, who was born unable to sense anything, feels his lover's overwhelming pheromones.

----End of Upcoming Novel----

Theme: True love is priceless