Keng, the eldest son of a powerful family, is forced into an arranged marriage with Namping, a quiet and soft-spoken boy from a lesser-known but politically significant family. The marriage is purely for business. Neither of them consented. Namping secretly harbors love for Keng, as they've known each other since childhood. But Keng, bitter and resentful about the forced marriage, treats Namping coldly, assuming Namping only agreed for status. Despite the coldness, Namping fulfills his duties as a spouse, silently enduring. Behind closed doors, he cries alone, while Keng throws himself into work and avoids home. What Keng doesn't know is that Namping is suffering not only emotionally but physically from a worsening illness - something he's kept hidden. By the time Keng realizes how much Namping truly loves him - and how much he loves Namping back - it may be too late. Namping's fading body and broken heart may not withstand it anymore.

"I do not care if you refuse to give me your heart. Your body, your mind, and your soul are mine. Every inch of you belongs to me. And I will never allow anyone to tear us apart. You are mine- now and even in death." - King Harit "Our paths crossed not because we were meant to be together, but because we were destined to stand as enemies. The memories we shared- let them be our final gift to each other, a farewell buried deep within the past, never to be uncovered. For you and I... we were never meant to remain side by side." - Prince Namping "There was never an us. From the very beginning, I only used your naivety to get what I wanted. You followed me blindly- like a lovesick dog led by foolishness. I used you... I never loved you.. And I will never love anyone from this cursed kingdom.." - Prince Kongjiro "I'll forgive you... I'll forget everything that has happened. Just tell me you felt something for me- even if it was only for a moment. Tell me that those memories we shared, when our hearts beat as one, were real. Just tell me... tell me that you loved me too.. just say it and I'll come running back to you. I'll be your faithful hound, forever bound." - Prince Thomas

Rankings 😍 # 43 in lgbt fiction # 1 in patriarchy # 2 in high society Keng and Namping never chose each other. Their marriage was nothing more than a carefully crafted business alliance-two powerful families merging empires, not hearts. Namping enters the household expecting at least a little care, a little warmth... but Keng keeps reminding him that their marriage is "just duty," nothing more. Yet as days turn into nights, Keng begins to notice the things he was never supposed to: the way Namping stands silently behind him at family dinners, the way he flinches when scolded for breaking a rule he never knew, the way he hides his loneliness behind a polite smile. Slowly-dangerously-Keng starts to question the traditions he grew up obeying. Slowly, he starts falling for the boy he was never meant to love. But in a family where loyalty is law and emotions are weakness, loving Namping might cost Keng everything... including him.

Keng Harit Buayoi is the youngest Managing Director in the company's history-cold, brilliant, and utterly untouchable. That is, until Namping Napatsakorn Pingmuang struts into his office in designer heels and a sharp tongue, hired as his new executive assistant through a connection he deeply resents. At first, they clash-professionally and personally. But under the surface of boardroom tension brews a deeper craving neither of them wants to admit. Behind closed doors, discipline gives way to desire. In a world of strict rules and spotless reputations, they find something dangerously intimate: each other. In this office, power isn't the only thing being exchanged.