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Elian Volkov, a world-renowned model and actor with striking emerald-green eyes, has everything-fame, fortune, and admirers across the globe. But beneath the glitz and glamour, he longs for the one person who once made his world feel real: Taro Fujimura, his childhood best friend from Japan. Years have passed without contact, but Elian never forgot their bond. Determined to reunite, he travels to Japan unannounced, showing up at Taro's doorstep with nothing but memories and a hopeful heart.

Taro, now a hardworking manager at a small branch of an international company, has built a modest but stable life with his mother and sister. The sudden reappearance of Elian-a man who now belongs to an entirely different world-shakes him to his core. As he struggles to process their reunion, lingering emotions and unspoken words from the past resurface, challenging everything he thought he had moved on from.

However, Elian's return does not go unnoticed. A powerful billionaire with haunting ruby-red eyes, obsessed with claiming Elian as his own, watches from the shadows. With wealth, influence, and a dangerous level of obsession, he is willing to do whatever it takes to keep Elian by his side-even if it means tearing him away from Taro once again.

As love, desire, and obsession intertwine, Elian finds himself caught between two forces: the warmth of a long-lost friendship that could bloom into something more and the intoxicating pull of a man who refuses to let him go. In a world where love can be both a treasure and a curse, will Elian follow his heart, or will the past and present collide, leading to a fate neither of them expected?

Toxic Gems is a story of rekindled bonds, dangerous attraction, and the fine line between love and possession.

TOXIC GEMS (BL)

Elian sat by the large window of his uncle's house, absently scrolling through his phone. The city stretched before him in glittering lights, a stark contrast to the unease settling in his chest.

Taro had been enthusiastic over the phone, practically begging him to attend Rylan's exhibition.

"Come on, Elian! You love exhibitions. This is a huge opportunity!"

Elian had only hummed in response, noncommittal. He hadn't given Taro an answer, yet somehow, he already knew—he had no real choice.

And then, as if to seal his fate, a knock echoed through the entrance.

His uncle's assistant answered the door, revealing a well-dressed man holding an envelope. Without a word, the man handed it over and left.

Elian's fingers tightened around the heavy black envelope as he flipped it open. The thick, luxurious paper inside bore a single name written in bold, elegant script:

Elian Volkov

And beneath it, in smaller but no less imposing letters:

Personal Invitation – Private Access to Rylan Daemon Asano's Exclusive Collection.

His breath hitched. Private access?

Not just a regular guest. Not just any invitation.

Elian placed the envelope on the coffee table and leaned back against the couch, exhaling sharply. His thoughts ran in circles, but in the end, one thing was clear—

Chapter 29 – The Invitation That Can’t Be Ignored