After Twenty Years, I Finally Earn the Right to Love You

【Ace Designer vs. Aloof CEO: A workplace showdown exposes her first love of six years cheating on her!】 When Lin Qian walked into the conference room at Gu Group, she never imagined she would get involved with Gu Chengzhou, the Fourth Young Master of the Gu family, who had just returned from abroad, according to the rumors. He was the client, and she was the star designer on the agency side. They should have been locked in a battle of wits, but as he pressed her about one design flaw after another, she glimpsed the admiration he could barely hide in his eyes. Only when she happily tried on her wedding dress did she discover that her boyfriend of six years had been entangled with the supplier’s heiress all along. The unfamiliar perfume on his shirt was the first knife to pierce her heart. When a steel beam fell at the project site, Gu Chengzhou threw himself in front of her and shielded her in his arms. The sight of his bloodstained suit sent her heart racing out of control. When she got drunk at a bar and was harassed, he kicked the thug away, pulled her into his arms, and soothed her in a low voice. “Mr. Gu, we’re just business partners.” She deliberately kept her distance, yet crumbled when he loosened his tie and came closer. Only as the truth came to light, layer by layer, did she understand that this protection spanning twenty years had never been an accident. “Gu Chengzhou, you planned this from the very beginning?” He held her close and kissed her fiercely, urgently. “From the day we reunited, you were always going to be mine.”