Strangers in Public, Trying for a Baby in Private: The Cold-Hearted Family Head Is Fierce

[Marriage first, love later + contract baby + wealthy-family intrigue + pregnant escape + possessive love + trying for a baby + a long road to winning his wife back] To inherit my mother’s estate, I have to be married and have a child. I turn to Xie Lin, a family patriarch who needs an heir to secure his position. We sign a contract, each getting what we want. In public, he is the lofty head of his family, and I am the most unremarkable trophy wife at his side. We treat each other with icy courtesy. In private, we follow the plan to “try for a baby” to the letter. There is no tenderness, only a task to complete. Just as I get pregnant and prepare to take the money and leave, Xie Lin tears up our agreement in front of everyone and locks me inside his penthouse. Clutching the pregnancy test, he gazes at me with eyes dark as night. “The deal is over.” “Why?” He bends toward me, his fingertips gently brushing my belly. His voice is more possessive than ever. “I’ll help you claim your inheritance.” “The child has to call me Dad.” “And you…” His lips touch my trembling ones. “For the rest of your life, you can only be my wife, Xie Lin’s, and the only mother of my child.” Our once cold, meticulously planned baby-making arrangement spirals out of control, becoming a cage of doting affection that keeps him by my side day and night.