Sinking into Marriage, Falling In Willingly

✔ CEO romance + Marriage first, love later

[Unexpected archaeologist PhD × Flirtatious, secretly sulky CEO]

No angst, just a regular CEO romance with a regular heroine. The story unfolds at an unhurried pace. Warning: may make you see red!

An archaeologist with a PhD marries into a wealthy family, then heads to a bar late at night to let loose. A dreaded phone call ruins her good time.

"Where are you?"

"At home. Where else would I be?"

A cold laugh came from the other end, followed by two words: "Turn around."

The man she'd just been flirting with was actually her husband, whom she hadn't seen in two years!

Qiao Nai took off running. As the saying goes, she could run, but he would chase her, and she wouldn't get away.

Years later, Jin Jiayan asked Qiao Nai what had been going through her mind when she'd raised a glass to him at the bar that night.

Qiao Nai looked at the two children in her arms and said, "That guy must be great in bed."

[This story is fictional. All people and events mentioned, as well as all documents and sources, are fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental.]

Qiao Nai had always thought their engagement was a protective shield.

She used him to avoid trouble, and he married her to appease his family. They understood each other without needing to say it, and neither had to give their heart away.

He was always restrained, steadfast despite his physical disability, and never afraid to speak his mind.

She had two faces, one in public and another in private, and thought she was an excellent actress.

Little did she know that he had seen through her all along. He always knew what she was going to do. She couldn't resist the charm of an older man, and under his forceful conquest, she fell completely for him.