[Possessive pursuit / mature leads / intense push and pull / two powerful minds spiraling together / six-year age gap, with him older / business warfare / both leads are sexually inexperienced]
Clear-eyed, ruthless esports CEO × controlling tycoon with a compulsive need for control
Eight years ago, Su Fenghuai poured her heart into a confession, only to be met with Shi Ran's cold, haughty rejection.
“The person I marry must be my equal in status. You don't qualify.”
Her pride shattered. She swore their paths would never cross again.
But this emotionally detached, bone-chillingly cold man turned around and cut off every path before her, keeping her trapped at his side.
His contradictions bordered on pathological: he rigidly guarded his boundaries and pushed her away, yet could not bear to let her leave.
He relished the process of taming her. He never said he loved her, only tightening his restraints step by step until she submitted.
Eight years later, he used her Liberty Club as leverage, forcing her to become Mrs. Shi.
Su Fenghuai had never been one to let others control her.
She had no interest in being Mrs. Shi. She would protect her club and take on the business battle, too.
Love? Nothing but a bargaining chip in her game.
Everyone said they were oil and water, and that Su Fenghuai would soon be devoured without a trace.
Until, at their engagement banquet, Shi Ran burst in and snatched her away in front of the entire financial world...
Feng Garden, five years in the making, was supposed to be the cage that imprisoned her.
In the end, he was the one who trapped himself beyond escape.
“Su Fenghuai, I'm a madman, and so are you. We were made for each other, perfectly matched in every way.”
“Shi Ran, tell me you love me. Eight years, two thousand nine hundred and twenty times. Say it enough, and I'll consider whether I want you.”
