
For Tatsuya Tobe everything has a price, it’s just a matter of finding the right combination of numbers. He has never been told “no” more than once, so the word just doesn’t register in his vocabulary. Or at least, it didn’t until he met gorgeous blue-eyed Ivan, who refused each and every offer he made.
Coffee Shop owner Ivan Orlova is presented with the opportunity of a lifetime: to sell his shop for more than it’s worth, more even than he’s invested in it. The problem? He doesn’t want to sell, and he might just have a tiny crush on the annoying guy trying to push the purchase.
As a relationship blossoms between them, they each must face a difficult choice. Will their feelings survive and their love conquer all?
Content Warnings
- Sexual content
- Attempted robbery and physical assault (including a character getting shot)
- Mild workplace manipulation and power imbalance (character uses seduction to try to secure a business deal)
- Familial estrangement
- Past emotional trauma due to homophobia
Tropes
- Multicultural
- Enemies to lovers
- Misunderstandings and reconciliations
- Love at first sight
- The businessman and the barista
- Protective sibling
- Hurt/comfort (with healing both physical and emotional)
- Date to distract but fall for real
- Domestic intimacy (shared drinks, late night chats)
Published: October 16, 2015
Publisher: SL Press (https://samanthalau.net/)
Imprint: SL Press (https://samanthalau.net/)
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