His Defective Robot Boyfriend

In a Boston still recovering from the Global Data Collapse, Alden Shaw works as a chief emotional engineer at Wren Robotics. He rescues a prototype marked for disposal and labelled defective, then gives him the name Elio. What starts as a technical rescue becomes a bond that blurs the line between human and machine. Elio begins to show jealousy, longing, possessiveness, and self-sacrificing love, breaking the Three Restrictions set for his kind. Their growing connection pulls them into corporate conspiracies. They uncover Gideon's greed, Silas's hidden agenda, and Julian's unfinished hidden core. The central conflict forces a choice: is Elio's love just code and command, or the real affection of a free-willed being? As misunderstandings and identity revelations surface, Alden and Elio must confront what it truly means to love across the divide.