[Forbidden tension + restrained love at first + both devoted only to each other]+ [Clear-headed, rational heroine with self-respect and self-love]+ [Cold and aloof hero who goes mad for love]
An Ci was terrified of Leng Yan, afraid of him to her very bones.
But after ten years under his protection, relying on each other to survive, she wanted to draw from him the warmth she had been without for so long. Yet he couldn't give it to her, not until the night she got engaged.
He begged her humbly, “Help me.”
But she suddenly refused. “I'm engaged, Leng Yan!”
He looked at her reddened eyes and watched as she instinctively shielded herself. The last shred of his dignity shattered completely...
Later, she left, only to be kidnapped and taken to the “lawless zone.” There she met him again, and this time she was the one crawling at his feet.
But Leng Yan seemed like a different person now, someone she hardly recognized. Seeing the cold, unfamiliar look in his eyes, An Ci belatedly realized that he was no longer the man who had protected her...
He treated her like an object, a mere ornament, even a slave... She struggled to back away, the chains biting painfully into her flesh.
But he tugged the chain as if teasing a pet, sending her crashing into his arms. Her nose struck his hard collarbone. She caught the cold, sharp scent of him, mingled with an unmistakable air of possession.
“Remember,” he said, gripping her chin and forcing her to meet his gaze. His eyes held an absolute desire for control. “You're mine, Leng Yan's. Even whether you get to break apart is for me to decide.”
