[Your ex's older brother wins her over / possessive pursuit / marriage before love / size difference / a sweet-on-the-surface, calculating seductress heroine]
Overnight, wealthy heiress Xu Nuo became a laughingstock.
Her father brought home an illegitimate daughter, and her fiancé brazenly slept with her younger sister.
The night she broke off the engagement, rain poured down.
Xu Nuo refused to accept defeat. If that scumbag was blind, then she'd become the person he feared most.
She turned and walked straight beneath the umbrella of the scumbag's older brother, Gu Chengyan.
Everyone in Sucheng knew that Gu Chengyan, the real head of the Gu family, was ruthless, cold, chaste, and unattainable.
Only Xu Nuo knew that beneath his custom-tailored suit were marks she'd left behind.
The man smelled of rain and sandalwood, exactly like the scent that had lingered beside her pillow the night she'd gotten drunk and lost control.
Gu Chengyan's long, elegant fingers brushed the damp corner of her eye. He said tenderly,
"You've been avoiding me for three days. Are you afraid of me, or afraid of remembering what happened that night?"
Xu Nuo fought back a shiver and boldly tugged his tie. "Mr. Gu, are you looking for a Mrs. Gu?"
Gu Chengyan turned the tables, his large hand gripping her soft waist.
"Marry me, and I'll help you take back everything. The price is... staying by my side every night."
Later, her regretful ex came on New Year's Eve with a diamond ring, eyes red as he begged Xu Nuo to take him back.
Gu Chengyan leaned lazily against the doorframe, his robe half open, a fresh bite mark on his collarbone.
He glanced down at the tacky jewelry in the other man's hand.
"Don't let that trash offend my wife's eyes."
After two years, their contract expired and her revenge was complete.
Xu Nuo pushed the divorce papers in front of him. "Mr. Gu, it's been a pleasure working with you. Let's part on good terms."
She'd thought their mutually beneficial arrangement could end at any time, but Gu Chengyan pinned her to the sofa instead.
His burning kiss landed on her collarbone, his voice almost pleading.
"Nuo Nuo, who taught you to use someone and then throw him away?"
"Either keep me by your side for the rest of your life, or watch me go mad."
Theme: Happiness will come at last
