Little Favors by Adik Graves

He would have no embarrassing secrets. He would be perfect. Liu Xiaokai does everything he is told. He listens to his parents. He's a clever businessman. He's the city's most eligible bachelor. All he has left to do is prove that he's the perfect son--that he's worth becoming his father's heir. That he's nothing like his older brother, who abandoned the family. And then that older brother comes home. He will make his father pay for what he did to him. Liu Xingyu knows two things: firstly, that he loves his little brother. Secondly, that he hates his father. That's all that matters. When he first left all those years ago, he was determined to never come back, but after he met a man named Zhang Weiran, he knew there was only one thing he could do: go back home, and tear down everything his father loved. He won't let them get away with it. Zhang Weiran has had only one thing on his mind since he was a child: fulfill his parents' dying wish and get revenge on the organization that killed them. And it just so happens that his friend and unrequited love Liu Xingyu is not only deeply connected to this shadow organization--he also wants them gone just as badly as Weiran does. Now the only thing they disagree on is Liu Xingyu's suspicious little brother.

Adult • Diversity Representation/Neurodiversity/Own Voices • Mystery, Thriller, and Suspense/Psychological Thrillers • Romance/Contemporary • Romance/Erotica • Diversity Representation/LGBTQ+/Own Voices

Content Warning: This book contains sex work, dub-con (inflicted on a main character, but not by his love interest), self-harm, mentions of a suicide attempt, kidnapping, torture, murder, graphic depictions of bodily harm, and mentions of childhood sexual abuse, and may contain other potentially triggering ideas, concepts, and scenes. Please read with caution.