Three years ago, he was the Lu family's CEO, a man who could make the business world bend to his will. She was the once-wealthy heiress of the Su family, fallen into ruin. A carefully orchestrated misunderstanding led him to push her into the abyss with his own hands, using the cruelest methods to force her out of his world.
Three years later, she returns under the name “Lin Wan,” a rising star in architectural design. But when she competes for a landmark project, she unexpectedly runs into him again.
With bloodshot eyes, Lu Tingyuan pins her in his arms, his voice as possessive as ever. “Su Wan, you think changing your name means you can get away from me?”
Su Wan coldly pushes him away, her eyes filled with nothing but frozen hatred. “Mr. Lu, you've mistaken me for someone else. Whatever there was between us ended three years ago.”
But how could he let her go? When the truth comes together piece by piece, he learns that she once took a lethal attack meant for him, and that he never knew who she was when he went after the Su family. Misunderstood devotion and deliberate cruelty weave together into a net, dragging him into a purgatory called regret.
He begins to pursue her clumsily; she avoids him coldly. At work, they clash at every turn; in private, they can't stop gravitating toward each other. An old flame offers her tender protection, a new enemy closes in, and family grudges follow them like shadows.
Atop the landmark tower, he sheds all his pride. What he offers isn't a diamond ring, but an equal partnership agreement. “Su Wan, I owe you for everything that happened. I'll spend the rest of my life making it right with respect and companionship.”
She looks down at the lights of countless homes, then turns to the man before her, the one she once loved with all her heart and hated just as fiercely. Her frozen heart seems to thaw, if only a little...
This is a long-overdue story of redemption, and of two broken souls finding their way back to each other through love and hate. When the embers flare up again, will they set the world ablaze, or warm the rest of their lives?
