Surrender to Dark Desire

[Male Stand-In + Seven-Year Age Gap + Mutual Firsts + Sweet and Angsty + Wealthy Family Feuds + Slight Coercion Later + The Powerful One Bows His Head + HE]

At twenty-five, Su Jian is trapped in a quagmire.

Desperate for a way out, she makes a deal with the devil and becomes Ji Yuan’s kept woman.

It’s a transaction of money and sex, but she harbors other intentions.

She uses him to relive an old dream, caught between surrender and clearheadedness.

At thirty-two, Ji Yuan sets his sights on a target.

A practiced predator, he lures Su Jian into his trap to gain both wealth and beauty.

It’s a business scheme, but he gradually falls for her.

One tender, loving moment at a time, he sinks deeper and deeper, unable to pull himself free.

But she plays everyone in the palm of her hand and leaves town without looking back.

A year later, they meet again and become entangled once more.

As the past is gradually laid bare, he discovers he’s nothing but a substitute.

His love turns to hate, and he keeps her imprisoned at his side, asking her again and again, “Who am I to you, really?”

…

The greatest hunters always appear in the guise of their prey.

This story is set in a fictional capitalist country.

[The heroine is a stunning beauty, sweet on the outside and dark within. The hero is a mature, reserved, and cunning business tycoon. The second male lead is an obsessive, unhinged young aristocrat.]