After a Sudden Breakup, I Was Clung to by a Possessive Big Shot

[Reunion after a long separation + pretending turns real + 1v1 + wealthy CEO + fallen heiress]

Male lead: domineering CEO in public, devoted puppy in private VS female lead: aloof in public, shy and timid in private

The two boldest things Zhao Shiyin ever did were these:

First, she ran off after only two days of dating Chen Yuli.

Second, years later, when they met again at an alumni reunion, she lost her head and slept with him.

The next day, she slipped away, lifting her skirt as she went. The man refused to let it go: "Miss Zhao, running off after sleeping with me? That's not very nice."

She thought she could settle things by paying him off.

But Chen Yuli didn't want money. He wanted her.

"Our families are forcing us into an alliance, and I need a Mrs. Chen in name only. One year, then I'll let you go when it's over."

The terms were too good to pass up, so Zhao Shiyin gritted her teeth and signed.

Over the course of that year, he was a refined gentleman in public, treating everyone with a breeze-like warmth.

When they were alone, he would corner her against the wall, brush a fingertip across the corner of her lips, and smile without warmth. "Wife, pretending you don't know me, hmm?"

Zhao Shiyin was born to work herself to the bone. She was a beast of burden by day and by night.

At last, the day their marriage contract expired arrived. She packed her things and opened the door

The area in front of the villa was filled with men in black.

She stumbled backward in alarm, only to run into the man's chest. A pair of large hands circled her slender waist as Chen Yuli murmured against her ear:

"Wife, where are you going?"

Note: Push and pull early on + marriage of convenience midway through + clingy, sugary romance later on