Three Times, the Runaway Canary

[Possessiveness + age gap + mutual devotion + sweet romance]

Zhu Tingxia graduated with a degree in civil engineering, never imagining that she wouldn't be able to find a job at all.

She spent her days on construction sites looking for work, doing backbreaking jobs and barely scraping by.

Later, the site manager noticed her looks and promised to find her a steady job, using that as bait to introduce her to an investor.

From then on, Zhu Tingxia worked at a luxurious villa. Her main duty each day was to help her employer, who suffered from insomnia, fall asleep.

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Shen Binyin, founder of Lingyu Group, was powerful and influential, refined and gracious. Everyone in their circle called him a gentleman. But behind closed doors, he was terrifyingly ruthless with the canary in his gilded cage.

It didn't take long for Zhu Tingxia to feel overwhelmed.

To cut down on her workload, she secretly slacked off and gave her boss “sleep-aid” milk every day.

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A year later, when her contract ended, Zhu Tingxia planned to collect her pay and leave.

To her surprise, her boss suddenly changed his mind and wanted her to keep working for him.

He said, “I can't sleep without you.”

That terrified Zhu Tingxia. She knew what he was capable of. If he found out she'd been secretly drugging him with sleeping pills, wouldn't she have to pay back the generous salary she'd worked so hard to earn all year?

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So she ran.

He chased.

She ran again.

He chased again.

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Shen Binyin had made a success of his career, but he was slow to catch on when it came to love. At long last, he'd found the one he loved, only for her to refuse to stay with him no matter what.

Fine, fine. If sweet talk won't work, then he'll just have to take her by force.