Kite Burned, Weary of Devouring

[Pure-Hatred Couple + Evenly Matched, Tense Push and Pull]

"On the surface: a gentlemanly, warm, languid young master. In truth: cold and calculating.

"On the surface: a gentle, elegant, unattainable dream girl. In truth: deep-minded and skilled at disguises.

They scheme against each other, yet are drawn to one another.

Every mingled breath is a test. Every whispered sweet nothing is a lie!!!

When their masks are so perfect that even they can no longer tell whether the temperature of their desperate embrace hides even the slightest trace of sincerity, what then?!

Shen Juan: "Even the tie clip you gave me hides the sharpest blade."

Chi Yuan: "Is what you gave me a necklace, or a chain to control me?"

Shen Juan is the illegitimate son of the Shen family. To secure his position within the family, he married Chi Yuan, who had plans of her own.

Chi Yuan married Shen Juan, an illegitimate son, to keep her own illegitimate older brother from taking the Chi family from her, and to protect her interests.

He kisses the pearls at her neck, but presses his fingertip against the pulse throbbing beneath her skin;

She straightens his tie, but her fingertips brush the old, fatal scar beneath his shirt.

A top-tier hunt, with marriage as the cage and love as the disguise.

Every mingled breath is a deadly test. Every kiss and caress is a lie.

When their masks are so perfect that hunter and prey begin to lose sight of which is which,

Could that desperate, entwined warmth conceal even the slightest trace of a real heartbeat?!