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Physical therapist Kim Dan has been down on his luck for as long as he can remember. Between an ailing grandmother, menacing loansharks, and an old boss making it almost impossible for him to find work, Dan is truly running out of options. Naturally, it feels like a dream come true when he’s finally hired to treat top-paid MMA fighter Joo Jaekyung, especially when the man then calls him out for a treatment the night before a match with an oh-so-tantalizing offer of five thousand dollars. He claims to have a “jinx” in need of a particular type of “treatment, but its one that Dan isn quite prepared to offer… You see, Jaekyung may be a beast in the ring, but he’s even rougher in the bedroom, and Dan’s not sure he can survive Jaekyung at his most primal. Nevertheless, the promise of much-needed cash has Dan agreeing to this ill-fated deal... Could a night together be the thing to help Jaekyung break this jinx once and for all?

Jo Yeon-oan ultra-dominant Alpha, heir to the Haeseong Foundation, and CEO of Naban Galleryand So Gi-hyeon, a Beta who has been his childhood friend, have spent years side by side. All the while, Gi-hyeon has nurtured his love alone.What once seemed like an unshakable relationship begins to fracture the moment Gi-hyeon confesses.When he finally reveals the long-held devotion in his heart, Yeon-o responds with a humiliating, retching gag."Did you forget you're a Beta?"An Alpha who is physiologically repulsed by the idea of dating a Beta. Under that cruel, bone-deep rebuke, Gi-hyeon quietly tries to bury his feelingsbut Yeon-o refuses even that.Driven by a selfish obsession with what he considers his, and an unrestrained need to control, Jo Yeon-o will not allow Gi-hyeon to drift away from his side."Fine. Let's date, you fuc**** selfish bas****."Instead of cutting ties, they choose the beginning of a deceitful relationship. And because it is Yeon-o's choice, Gi-hyeon accepts it and goes along."If you really can't stand it, I said I'd help you find someone. Stick to omegas, if possible."Even while they're dating, Yeon-o's cruel version of consideration urges Gi-hyeon to sleep with others. As Gi-hyeon's heart is sliced apart with casual indifference, he finally reaches his limit.And then, at the end of a devastating one-sided love, Gi-hyeon is confronted with a physical change he believed could never happen to him.Jo Yeon-o, armored in twisted possessiveness and denial of his own feelings, and So Gi-hyeon, who swallows his wounds in silence until he finally chooses to run. Where will the misaligned trajectories of these two ultimately lead?+

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