“I’m bored. Let’s break up.”
Wen Zhao, heir to one of the most powerful families in Jing City, calls time on her spur-of-the-moment “true love experiment.” Two years were enough for her to see through the arrogance and conceit of Gu Qichi, the impoverished young intellectual. She walks away without a backward glance, returning in the blink of an eye to the heights of power and once again becoming the untouchable beauty no one dares approach.
An inevitable arranged marriage binds her to another man. Yan Cheng is the most formidable figure in the elite family circles: mature, deep, and an even more calculating player in the world of capital than Wen Zhao herself.
When they first meet, he slides an agreement across the table, calm and composed. “Miss Wen, I look forward to working with you.” She smiles and accepts, thinking this is nothing more than a game of power and desire in which both sides get what they want.
But when someone with ulterior motives throws her “past” at her feet, hoping to humiliate her, Yan Cheng casually steps forward and crushes the unsavory photos underfoot. Bending close, he whispers so only she can hear: “When you’re done playing, come back. I’ve been waiting for you... for a long time.”
Only later does Wen Zhao realize that this seemingly accidental marriage was a carefully laid trap by Yan Cheng from the very beginning. He patiently waited for her to grow tired, waited for her to turn back, and then drew her safely beneath his wing.
He won’t be a temporary stop she chooses on a whim. He’ll be the destination she finally returns to.
