Lin Ji and An Xia’s marriage began as a deal that suited them both.
They were childhood sweethearts, yet also the strangers who knew each other best. To him, she was a “little sister” he needed to keep at arm’s length. To her, he was someone far beyond her reach. Their marriage certificate was merely a way to give their families an explanation.
After the wedding, they honored their “no interference” agreement, lived in separate rooms, and treated each other with polite respect. An Xia thought they would pass their lives together in quiet routine, until one night Lin Ji tore every disguise away with his own hands.
He gripped her waist and pinned her against the cold door, his voice husky and dangerous. “An Xia, you know I’m a germaphobe. I don’t like being intimate. But with you, it doesn’t seem so hard to bear.”
It turned out all his aloof restraint was a trap he had laid for her alone. In this marriage that began with a lie, who fell first, and who got in too deep?
