[Restrained, unhinged, lustful CEO × prickly, fragile, mercurial heiress + One-on-one romance + Both leads are devoted only to each other]
After escaping the basement alive, Li Yunzhi was left with deep, lasting scars, both physical and emotional. Her body had become extraordinarily sensitive. To heal and recover, she returned to Yuncheng and her parents, determined to be a good daughter, take over her father’s business, and swear off romance for the rest of her life.
But Lu Jinchen, her longtime rival who had always hated being at a disadvantage, had vanished from her life for six years. Now that she was back in the country, he barged into it with overwhelming force.
As teenagers, they competed for first place in exams. As adults, they traded barbs in the business world. Everyone else thought they were sworn enemies.
They sparred and struggled, caught in a constant tug-of-war between hope and disappointment.
She had once vowed to her friends that she would never have anything to do with him again, but when he came to her for help, she gave in.
She thought he should be a free and untamed eagle. Little did she know that Lu, now commanding a vast business empire, was intensely lustful and obsessive at heart. His aloofness was only a mask for the outside world.
He schemed at every turn, forcefully drawing her into his domain:
“You’re my woman. If I don’t take care of you, should I leave it to someone else?”
“You can only be intimate with me. No one else gets to touch you.”
“I can give you anything you want, but you can’t leave me!”
She thought her world was no longer a place where anyone could enter. But when he appeared, she couldn’t tell whether he was her salvation or another disaster.
But the heart never lies.
This time, she chose to stop running.
They would start over and rekindle the love they’d lost as teenagers.
