Joshua wasn't against the arranged marriage; he and Seokmin had been friends at one point until something happened with their families. The problem- Seokmin wasn't the sunshine he used to be anymore; taking up the CEO position dissolved it out of him, and Joshua wishes for it to come back every passing day. An arranged contract marriage between a sweetheart Professor and a cold CEO.

"𝑱𝒐𝒔𝒉𝒖𝒂 𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒌, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝑺𝒆𝒐𝒌𝒎𝒊𝒏'𝒔 𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒎: 𝒂 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔." 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐁𝐈𝐃𝐃𝐄𝐍 : 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐕𝐎𝐋𝐔𝐌𝐄 𝐓𝐖𝐎 Original Production. ©Copyrighted Chérie Valencia Grâce 2025.

Some encounters don't announce themselves. They trip you on the way in, steal your balance, and then laugh while you're still on the floor. Seokmin fell in love at first sight. Not metaphorically. Not poetically. His brain shut down, his heart panicked, and his soul went, Oh no. One look was all it took-for bad decisions, unnecessary hope, and a lifetime supply of optimism he absolutely did not ask for. Joshua Hong never looked back. He lived by order-calendars color-coded, emotions neatly filed under irrelevant, and people categorized as either useful or background. When he passed Seokmin, he acknowledged the existence of a human being and continued forward. Efficient. Clean. Unbothered. Seokmin, unfortunately, took this as a challenge. He followed cheerfully. Casually. With the confidence of someone who believed love could be negotiated through persistence, jokes, and excellent timing. He chased while pretending he wasn't chasing, smiled while being ignored. There were confessions. So many dramatic moments. And one man sprinting emotionally while another walking away at a respectable, unhurried pace- completely unaware that he'd already been signed up for a problem like Seokmin.

"𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒃𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒖𝒔. 𝑨𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒅𝒓𝒂𝒎𝒂 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒂 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒍. 𝑰'𝒎 𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕." Two scarred souls, with a shared past. "𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘴 𝘪𝘧 𝘸𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘧𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳." "𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘵 𝘶𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯. 𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦." A cruel twist of fate leads the ex-lovers to reunite, throwing them into chaos. Situations worsen as the news spreads like wildfire. '𝗜𝗗𝗢𝗟 𝗟𝗘𝗘 𝗦𝗘𝗢𝗞𝗠𝗜𝗡, 𝗠𝗘𝗠𝗕𝗘𝗥 𝗢𝗙 𝗕𝗦𝗦, 𝗧𝗢 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗥𝗬 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗘𝗢 𝗢𝗙 𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗔𝗖𝗖𝗔, 𝗛𝗢𝗡𝗚 𝗝𝗢𝗦𝗛𝗨𝗔, 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗪𝗢 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞𝗦.' "𝑨 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆? 𝑩𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒕." But Seokmin's eyes were sharper than his words. He noticed, he always had, the subtle changes in Joshua. The way he smiled less often and the way his eyes lost their shine. Seokmin was determined to find out the underlying truth of what tore them apart in the past, now more than ever, as the threat shadowed, engulfing them into darkness.

The Altar's Runaway He was promised to a god. He ran into a devil instead. Hong Joshua was born to kneel--raised in the glittering chokehold of power, promised since childhood to Choi Seungcheol, heir to the empire that owns half the nation and all of its shadows. Theirs was a union written in contracts and sealed in blood, a marriage meant to merge kingdoms and bury him alive in silk. But the night before the vows, Joshua runs. Barefoot, breathless, a saint turned sinner beneath the moonlight. He trades his surname for a sin, his destiny for a dirt road, and crashes straight into the man who shouldn't exist--Lee Seokmin. A biker with a past that smells like gasoline and gunfire. A man who helps people disappear for a price and keeps his heart locked behind the roar of an engine. Joshua offers him money. Seokmin offers him a way out. But somewhere between forged passports and stolen motel rooms, the lines blur--between safety and obsession, between hunger and ruin. Because Seokmin doesn't want to save him. He wants to keep him. And maybe Joshua doesn't want to be saved at all.

Hiraeth Synopsis Hiraeth (n.) A homesickness for a home to which you cannot return Pronunciation (HEER-eyeth) {Welsh} .... Set in the 1980s. Lee Seokmin was one of the highest-paid actors in the Hollywood industry during the period of 1980s. Flashing lights, a house in the poshest neighbourhood of the City of Angels, a closet worth a king's ransom, and producers from all over the world lining up to sign movies with him. He had everything one could name about the glorified Hollywood life. But beneath the shining lights lie dark secrets, a love hidden behind closed doors, and a past waiting to unfurl into the perfect life of Lee Seokmin. Dive into the celebrity's majestic life to witness the flashing façade veiling the obscure days of his past slowly crumble as he goes from his golden days to confronting his life and its cruel realities. .....

A CEO who never wanted power and a mafia heir who walked away from it-love wasn't in their plans, but neither was fate.

Seokmin and Seungkwan started A secret blog on Pledis University to share amazing gossips.. what can go most wrong? FINDING OUT YOU ARE GAY !! 5.12.25-

Some people love loudly. Some love silently. And some let their feelings remain unspoken. A Seoksoo story about misunderstandings, quiet love, and the slow realization of what was always there.

Book #4 I have the best job in the universe-I treat omegas in heat. I've been doing it for seventeen years and can safely say that I'm immune to that inconvenient sickness called love. I'm the great Lee Seokmin, the preeminent heat teacher with an internationally famous magic body and the self-control of a martial-arts monk. I'm a sex god with a heart of stone, an invincible pleasure master, your can-go-all-night-long fantasy lover, the emperor of orgasms... He Who Would Never Fall Again. Then one day, a nerdy little single dad with trembling fingers and inconspicuous glasses smiles at me, and I'm screwed. I'm not supposed to go down like this. I've never even kissed a client, let alone fallen for one. Except Joshua Hong isn't like any other client. Teacher is an erotic romance, inspired by MM omegaverse.