[Delicate Heiress × Distinguished Sect Leader] [Both Devoted to Each Other / Marriage First, Love Later]
After two years of a business marriage, Lu Shiyue and Jin Yanshen are known throughout their social circle as the “perfect couple.”
But no one knows that this pair of spouses are all for show: affectionate in public, completely uninvolved in each other's lives in private.
At a banquet a few years ago, someone tried to set them up.
Lu Shiyue was the darling of the crowd back then, but all she got from Jin Yanshen was a cool glance and a clear refusal:
“No, thanks. I can't stand spoiled heiresses who throw their weight around.”
Though Jin Yanshen claimed to dislike her, when the Lu family came asking for help, he made the most explosive offer: a marriage alliance.
Later, Jin Yanshen nailed his former self to the pillar of shame for having to eat his words.
No one knew when his greed began:
He coveted the innocence shining in her eyes, the delicate temperament money had nurtured in her, and, most of all, the thrill of making her cry with his own hands, then soothing her afterward.
When someone foolishly mocked her, Jin Yanshen was the first to crush their company. He said coldly, “Who do you think you are to criticize my heiress?”
Late that night, he cornered her against a wall, his breath hot and his eyes filled with an obsessive intensity she'd never seen before.
Lu Shiyue dodged his kiss and smiled. “Mr. Jin, I still prefer you the way you were back then: proud, aloof, and acting like I didn't exist.”
