A tangled-up person needs a lover who won't be driven away.
On that rainy night, Huo Shuning stumbled into the road and stopped a car. She'd been drugged, and stopped the car because she needed an antidote urgently.
She never expected that when she looked into it afterward, she'd discover the man in the car that night was Pei Ji, the ruler with the power of life and death over the Eurasian continent.
They meet again at a banquet in the capital.
Pei Ji doesn't like this kind of event. His main reason for coming to the capital is to see Huo Shuning; business comes second.
On the banquet terrace, the first person Pei Ji sees is Huo Shuning, cool and captivating in a moon-white evening gown. A cigarette rests between her fingers, and every movement draws him closer.
Sensing someone approaching, Huo Shuning looks up. The moment their eyes meet, she recognizes Pei Ji behind his mask, but he has no idea who she is.
Only when she teases him does he realize it: "The ruler of the Eurasian royal family, the dream man of countless young women across Eurasia, claims he's ugly by nature?"
At first, Pei Ji can't understand his own feelings. He only knows Huo Shuning is the only woman who can approach him without making him feel physically sick.
It takes time for him to understand. He wants to be near Huo Shuning, to be with her, and more than anything, he wants her to become his wife and lover.
Their business partnership brings them together again. Huo Shuning knows the difference between them all too well, and understands that she and Pei Ji can only be business partners.
Yet when Pei Ji keeps moving closer, she finds herself allowing it.
The more she retreats, the more he pursues her.
As their bond deepens, the scars from Pei Ji's youth and the grudges between their fathers gradually come to light.
Please note! This is the second book in the Secret Identity series!
