Gu Zhengyuan was forced to marry his childhood sweetheart. In the first half of his life, he doted on her like a little sister; in the second, he planned to spoil her as his wife.
Who could have known his childhood sweetheart was an ungrateful woman who could never be satisfied? She left him behind and resolutely moved abroad.
While sorting through old belongings, Gu Zhengyuan discovered her secret.
She’d always had dreams, not just about design, but about love and him, too.
At last, he glimpsed the feelings she’d never put into words.
It turned out someone had been in love with him for a very, very long time.
When they meet again, Xia An is a rising jewelry designer who has made a name for herself.
On a snowy night on the streets of Paris, Gu Zhengyuan pins her beneath a hazy streetlamp.
He has come all the way from afar through wind, frost, rain, and snow. His hair, eyes, and brows are dusted with snow, but his gaze burns with heat. His warm breath brushes her ear and neck as he says with a quiet laugh:
“I love you, and I love your freedom even more.”
“But from now on, I won’t let you go again.”
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Slow burn / relationship-focused / each other’s first love, one-on-one / secret love becomes mutual / lots of flashbacks early on
Their marriage was an accident. Falling in love was inevitable.
