{"product_id":"2940152095586","title":"Pity the Living Chapter 05: The Office Scandal","description":"\u003cp\u003ePity the Living Chapter 5: The Office Scandal\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter the brutal events in Aokigahara, Masami returns to his workplace questioning the reality of everything in his life. He clings to normality, in a desperate effort to convince himself that he isn't a murderer and finds comfort in the words — then ultimately the arms — of Toshita.Will the heating up of his relationship with the man of his dreams lead to a lasting affair? Or is it simply no more than an office romance...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Pity the Living Yaoi Series\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the drudgery of office life becomes too much for IT expert, Masami Shirosaki, he decides to commit suicide. But a timely opportunity to aid the career of the man he has stalked for years, ex-schoolmate Toshita Ayano, stops him in his tracks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the beautiful Toshita a temporary yet wonderful distraction in the workplace, life finally seems to be worth living.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnly one thing stands in the way of an idyllic future for Masami.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToshita's rich and married boyfriend.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMasami, a virgin who's never even kissed a man, has one night of passion with Toshita… only to be callously rejected the following morning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd so begins a spiral of self-pity and destruction, which ultimately ends in murder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCan Masami and Toshita find love amidst the clutches of a controlling relationship? Or will one of them become the next target of a killer’s insuppressible hate.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Seishin Ink","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47075944628464,"sku":"2940152095586","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940152095586_p0.jpg?v=1764018815","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940152095586","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}