[Both Leads Are Chaste] [Sweet Romance] [Love Grows Over Time]
After catching her boyfriend and best friend in the act, Li Yue was about to turn and leave when she noticed her best friend's fiance watching from around the corner.
"You've been cheated on," Li Yue told him.
The man brushed his fingertips over the corners of her reddened eyes, his voice low and seductive. "Want a chance to get even?"
Li Yue froze for a moment, then grabbed his lapel without hesitation. "There's a little hotel five hundred meters south..."
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It was supposed to be nothing more than a brief fling to get revenge. Who could have guessed he'd get a taste for her and press closer at every turn, keeping her in his arms, undisguised possessiveness in his eyes?
Li Yue panicked. "We've had our revenge. We're even now."
He rested his forehead against hers, his breath scorching. "But I'm addicted."
Li Yue: What do you do when you've caught the attention of a powerful man and can't get away? Asking online. It's urgent.
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Much later, Li Yue finally understood that love never happens by chance. It has simply been there for a long time. The first to fall in love either hides their feelings deep inside or plots to claim the other for themselves.
The protagonist is very engaging, and all the supporting characters, except for the old man, are very distinctive.