[Both virgins + happy ending + sweet romance and healing + satisfying wish fulfillment + reunion after years apart]
[Avoidant-attached, strikingly beautiful artist × a young master who storms in and steals the bride]
Eight years later, Xu He returns to her home country at her best friend’s request, to be there for her after her miscarriage, only to discover that the father of her friend’s unborn child is her own fiancé! Childhood trauma piled on top of betrayal by her closest friend sends Xu He spiraling back into self-doubt.
Her reunion with Lin Yanzhou is like a downpour, washing away the carefree mask Xu He has spent years painting for herself.
Xu He: Brother Yanzhou, where are we supposed to go from here?
Lin Yanzhou: If you want to dodge the drinks, just say so.
Xu He: I’ve long since let go of the past and all its grudges.
Lin Yanzhou: Was the person who got drunk and wanted to go loosen the soil on your stepfather’s grave in the middle of the night your past life?
Xu He: I’ve always been a loner.
Lin Yanzhou: At one in the morning, a woman with her hair all over the place dragged me over to kneel in front of Hello Kitty and bang her head on the floor.
The older boy who once took her out to clear her head now has a sharp tongue and a rotten attitude, but he stays up with her until dawn when she has nightmares, buys her paintings at a high price and frames them in his family home when others mock their dark style, and risks his life to protect her whenever danger strikes.
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Xu He knows she owes Lin Yanzhou more and more, but has no way to repay him. So, on the night her family pressures her into marriage, she drags her suitcase along, planning to flee back to Europe.
But the moment she reaches the bottom of the stairs, Lin Yanzhou bundles her and her luggage into his car and takes her to his villa. That quiet night, he pins her against the sofa to collect what she owes…
