The Agony of Restraint

The eldest daughter of the Shen family was born with a pair of striking blue eyes, destined to be the pride of the heavens. Her father disliked her and her mother showed her no love, but she still lived boldly and freely. She was the capital’s most aloof rose, beautiful yet thorny, and the most clear-eyed of them all.

The cool, mysterious beauty who stood atop the mountain came down from her lofty perch for her. A man who had never bowed to anyone surrendered to her alone, cherishing her with unparalleled devotion.

“For you, my heart has never stopped beating.”

“You don’t have to come to me. Just stay where you are, and I’ll come to love you, no matter the cost.”

“If there is anyone in this world who could make me believe in true love, it’s you. You’re the only one for me.”

This isn’t a clash of equals, but a perfect match between two equally powerful families. It’s a meeting shaped by hidden motives, and a reunion long in the making.

An aloof heiress who loses herself in love despite seeing the world clearly and never believing in true feelings x a cool, noble, devoted heir who bends for only one person.