My Husband in This Arranged Marriage Acts Cold, but He’s Actually Crazy About Me

Marriage Before Love + both leads are inexperienced + the male lead suffers from skin hunger Xin Rong and Xiao Yubai are tied together in a business marriage. On their wedding night, they lay their cards on the table: they’ll act like a loving couple in public, but keep out of each other’s private lives. But a year into the marriage, she realizes what a wonderful husband he is. He comes home on time every day, always tells her about his business engagements, prepares gifts for the holidays, and keeps every other woman at arm’s length. How could she not fall for him? Since wishing won’t make it happen, she decides to make their marriage real! But her plans fail time and again. They haven’t consummated their marriage, and she hasn’t even held his hand! She’s utterly dejected, wondering if he’s saving himself for some first love or old flame, when she accidentally discovers a shocking secret! In the dim room, every inch of the walls is covered with her photographs. The man who is gentle, refined, and attentive by day sits on the sofa, holding a piece of clothing she lost some time ago and breathing it in deeply. As his Adam’s apple bobs, soft moans escape his lips. Startled, she turns to run, but the man pins her against the cold wall. His scorching chest presses against her back, and his voice is thick with temptation. “Don’t run. Look at me. Give me a kiss, okay?”