[The hero is in love but doesn’t realize it, hiding his feelings behind a cold expression and clumsy behavior / The heroine is treated like a princess but isn’t spoiled, soft on the outside and stubborn within.
Both are each other’s only love + mutual salvation + healing one another.
He’s known as a playboy but is actually devoted to one person; she’s surrounded by handsome men but is actually traditional and reserved.]
“Second Young Master, the maid who warms your feet is here. Still drinking?”
Pei Hanyu gave a cold snort, his face full of disdain.
“It’s just a bit of fun. Why should I care about her?”
Everyone in the room laughed carefree and loud.
“I hear you’re getting engaged to a well-matched heiress. The maid was just a bit of fun, after all.”
Xin Nong froze in the doorway. The maid who warms his feet? An engagement?
The love they’d shared was nothing but a joke.
After the last member of the Xin family died, Pei Hanyu was the only warmth Xin Nong had in the city.
That warmth turned into a blade, stabbing her in the heart. With nothing left to hold her back, she left the country.
Abroad, her career flourished. A refined old friend, a devoted younger man, and other good men surrounded her. Even her father, from whom she’d been estranged for years, came rushing to shower her with money and power.
Just as life was going wonderfully, three years later, Pei Hanyu emerged victorious from the family feud and became Xin Nong’s new client.
Cold treatment, picking fights, making things difficult.
A client is a client. Best to keep him happy.
Who would have thought that beneath CEO Pei’s polished, cold exterior lurked such shamelessness? Such clinginess?
“We never broke up. You walked out on me three years ago, but I never agreed to it. We’re supposed to be together forever.”
Now the truth behind her mother’s early death comes to light. Her father’s mistress used despicable tactics, and her two sons are vicious and cruel, attempting to murder her several times.
“My mother died miserable, while you and your sons enjoyed wealth and glory. What gives you the right?”
As her kind upbringing battles the hatred she’s buried inside, CEO Pei presses close.
“Baby, I’m here. Do whatever you want to them.”
“I can manage just fine without you.”
