A Heart-Pounding Marriage: The Abstinent Powerbroker Slowly Falls for Her

[A real marriage-before-love romance /Age gap with a paternal male lead /Powerful man learns to yield /A gentle, slow-burn sweet romance]

[Cool-headed, independent financial journalist vs. powerful man who starts out abstinent and later loses control]

By a twist of fate, Shen Yinshuang took the place of the An family’s true daughter and married the head of the prominent Zhou family, one of Jingzhou’s most powerful clans.

Rumor had it that he was rigid and dull, with eyes only for work.

“It’s just an arrangement by our families, a way to repay a debt of gratitude.”

Once she learned the truth, Shen Yinshuang happily accepted the marriage alliance.

Then she heard him say, “We’ll only be married. There won’t be any feelings involved.”

She was secretly delighted. Perfect, that was exactly what she wanted.

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After they married, he said:

“I don’t have time to develop feelings.”

So Shen Yinshuang dutifully played the role of Mrs. Zhou. Just as she was planning a bright future, she realized he had changed.

When she went on a team outing with her colleagues, he appeared at the hotel entrance.

When she went shopping with her best friend, he appeared at the mall entrance.

When she went to sleep with his younger sister, he came into the room and carried her away.

“Isn’t work keeping you busy? You haven’t been on a business trip in ages,” Shen Yinshuang couldn’t help asking.

“We still haven’t built a proper relationship as husband and wife,” the man replied with complete seriousness. “I think we haven’t been having enough marital relations.”

“How often do you want to?” Shen Yinshuang asked cautiously.

The man gave a few awkward coughs. “Every day.”

Shen Yinshuang was stunned. Hadn’t he said he wasn’t interested in that?

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When Shen Yinshuang learned the truth about his debt of gratitude, she began thinking about divorce. Everyone in their circle said she didn’t know what she had.

Then they caught sight of the unattainable, stiff CEO, eyes red and head drooping like an abandoned puppy.

“Wife, can we please not get divorced?”

“What don’t you like about me? I’ll change.”

It turned out the restrained, rigid head of the family wasn’t cold in bed at all. He was just hopelessly in love!