A Newlywed's Secret Crush

[Love after marriage + secret crush becomes requited + he’s four years older + guiding lover]

In the Lin family, Lin Mian felt like an outsider who didn’t belong.

On her 24th birthday, hoping to end that sense of alienation, she chose to find herself a home by signing a marriage contract.

Before the wedding, he made it clear: he had no feelings for her and could only give her the status of his wife.

Lin Mian kept to her place and took him at his word.

From the moment they got their marriage certificates, Zhou Yanchen was prepared to spend their lives treating each other with respect and keeping their distance.

He thought he would stick to that plan, until the girl asked him, eyes red and voice choked with tears, “Honey, can you give me a hug?”

Her soft hands curled around his neck, and the single tear completely unsettled the heart he had always kept so calm and restrained.

Later, he pressed her against the door. His warm kisses fell on the brows and eyes she had once touched so cautiously. His voice was husky, mingling with his burning, ragged breaths.

“Wife, all you wanted back then was a hug, but now I...”

“I want all of you.”

Zhou Yanchen always thought his marriage had gone from marriage to love. He never realized that from beginning to end, he was the only one who’d fallen in love after they married.