Before she turned twenty, Pei Xunyue was the Pei family’s cherished second daughter. After her father died, her status plummeted.
Perhaps luck was finally on her side. Just as she was about to accept her new circumstances, she got engaged to Bo Jinhuai, the man she had secretly loved for years, and once again became the envy of the capital’s society girls.
Bo Jinhuai was the current head of one of the capital’s most powerful families, an untouchable figure as lofty as a flower on a mountaintop. Every gesture radiated refinement, yet he had married a famously useless socialite, pretty but empty-headed.
Everyone thought he had descended from his lofty perch for love. He never offered an explanation, ignoring all the rumors.
Pei Xunyue also thought he must at least like her, or he wouldn’t have married her and spared her the humiliation of being mocked by others.
But three years of married life finally brought her to her senses. It also made everyone else realize that Bo Jinhuai had never truly cared about this pretty but empty-headed wife.
Mocked and ridiculed, Pei Xunyue ran off and traveled the world on Bo Jinhuai’s money.
When she made her first public appearance after returning home, she hired a male companion to try to get under Bo Jinhuai’s skin.
Bo Jinhuai caught her in the act.
Pei Xunyue simply slapped down the divorce papers, swallowing her bitterness. “You don’t love me anyway. The sooner we divorce, the sooner we can move on.”
But Bo Jinhuai refused to let her go.
“Other people can’t give you the things you want. For their sake, you should calm down and think this through.”
“I think you need to reconsider. Until you change your mind, that door isn’t going to open.”
Pei Xunyue was baffled to find herself trapped in a forced-love situation, but she remained determined and asked for a divorce again.
Later, Bo Jinhuai, who had always thought himself above everyone else, dropped to one knee and held her close.
“I’m willing to keep being the stand-in for the man in your heart, Xunyue. Please don’t leave me.”
