Thorny Moonlight: A Trap of Temptation

[Corporate Spy x Capital Mogul / Strong Equals / Hunter and Prey / Pain and Passion]

[Cold-Blooded Vixen vs. Aloof, Sickly, Proud Power Player]

I am the sharpest corporate spy around, infiltrating his world as prey so I can bring down his business empire.

Shen Zhiyan stands at the pinnacle of the financial world. Beneath his cool exterior, undercurrents roil. He looks at me as if I were a plaything, yet late at night he wipes wine from the corner of my lips, cooks me plain congee when my stomach hurts, and shields me when others give me a hard time: “She’s mine. Who dares lay a hand on her?”

I scheme at every turn: throwing myself into his arms at a banquet, leaking secrets at a board meeting, climbing up to his window on a rainy night. But he saw through my disguise long ago. When he kisses me, he exposes me: “Su Wan, you can’t hide the panic in your eyes.”

The deception begins, and the hunter willingly walks into the trap. The “secrets” he leaks conceal an even deeper conspiracy, while the employer pulling my strings is crushed with casual ease.

Falling for him was an accident; losing myself was inevitable. Where is the moonlight in a bramble patch? We only tear at each other’s wounds, greedy for the moments of tenderness. We know it’s wrong, yet neither of us can let go. Only after wagering everything do I understand that the worst pain isn’t having the deception exposed. It’s falling into the abyss with my eyes wide open.