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At this university, reputation is everything.
New has built a career out of understanding that better than anyone. For the right price, he becomes exactly what people need him to be: the attentive boyfriend at family dinners, the perfect date for formal galas, the convincing rebound in carefully curated photographs. He sells presence, charm, and intimacy polished to perfection. There are rules:
- No sex.
- No real relationships.
- No feelings.
- Everything is negotiated and controlled.
He has never broken a rule.
Tay Tawan was never supposed to need someone like New. As the heir to a powerful family and one of the university's most admired students, Tay is used to managing his image with effortless precision. But when a public breakup turns him into the villain of his own story, he needs more than silence to restore his reputation. He needs someone believable. Someone untouchable. Someone who knows how to perform.
Hiring New is supposed to be strategic.
What begins as a transaction quickly turns into something far more complicated. The staged smiles start to feel natural. The paid touches linger longer than they should. The line between performance and truth begins to blur, and neither of them is prepared for what happens when the act no longer feels like an act.
Because New has spent years selling the illusion of love without ever letting himself experience it.
And Tay is about to offer him the one thing that was never part of the deal.
In a world where image is power and vulnerability is dangerous, they will have to decide whether what they built was only ever pretend, or if it was real all along.
**He sells love for money, until someone offers it to him for free.**