[Older man/younger woman, marriage before love, four-year age gap, both romantically inexperienced, sweet, doting, steamy, flirtatious, possessive]
On the first day Jiang Qiao returned to the country, she slept with a man.
The next day, at a matchmaking dinner, that same man had her hair tie wrapped around his wrist.
“Let’s get the marriage license first,” he said.
Before she could say no, he leaned close to her ear.
“One month. I’m not asking you to think it over. I’m giving you time to get used to me.”
Only later did she learn that he had severe germophobia and never let anyone get close to him.
Until that night, when she stumbled drunkenly into his arms.
He didn’t pull away.
And then it dawned on her: He wasn’t giving her time to get used to him. He was making her grow accustomed to having him around.
