“Your love must be in my arms. Your world must fit inside my wallet.”
Gu Huaichen, the emperor of the business world, imprisoned me in the most exquisite cage.
He collected my past, controlled my present, and designed my future.
He said it was love, a guarantee that he would never lose me.
I played the part of his perfect canary, yet every night I listened to the nightmare-like tapping sounds he made in his sleep,
searching for the scars behind that old fountain pen and copper key.
Until I sent his business empire into turmoil,
until I stood on the threshold of freedom and looked back.
The man who once said, “You must be in my arms,”
kneeled before the shattered cage, eyes red, trembling as he offered me all his keys.
“Xinxin, look...”
“My pathetic possessiveness has finally learned... to beg you to stay.”
The possessive CEO thought love meant absolute ownership, but he was tamed in turn, learning that the essence of love is to place all your freedom in someone else’s hands.
This story, originally titled That Pathetic Possessiveness: President Gu Begs Me Not to Leave, is one to look forward to.
