Wealthy CEO, contemporary romance, age gap, marriage
[Love after marriage + slow-burn, sweet romance]
To escape her family's pressure to marry, twenty-two-year-old Shi Yun signs a marriage-of-convenience agreement with thirty-year-old Zhou Yu, a cool and aloof professor.
In class, he's the strict Professor Zhou, and she's an ordinary student.
At home, he's her distant contract husband, and she's his roommate.
Until she falls ill with a high fever, and he rushes home late at night and pulls her into his arms:
“Next time you feel unwell, tell me. I'll comfort you.”
Then she discovers
In his study, he keeps a photo of her profile as she drew in a bookstore five years ago. On the back, it says, “Future Mrs. Zhou.” That's when she realizes this has all been planned for a long time!
Zhou Yu drops the act. His gaze behind his gold-rimmed glasses is intense. “Clause three of the agreement says both parties must cooperate with necessary displays of intimacy.”
She trembles. “...What do you mean by necessary?”
He lowers his head and kisses her. “For example, rehearsing married life in advance.”
“Zhou Yu, you promised this was just a marriage of convenience, ”
He locks their marriage certificate in a drawer and presses her close, his breath scorching:
“I've changed the terms. Now I want to exercise all the rights of a husband.”
It turns out all that restraint was an act. The refined professor is the most devoted hunter of all.
