Yu Shuang has lived freely and on her own terms for more than twenty years. She never thought she'd be forced into marriage.
Her family issued an ultimatum: either find a suitable marriage partner herself or accept an arranged marriage. Otherwise, they'd cancel all her credit cards.
She was beside herself with worry and invited Duan Qinghuai for a drink to complain.
"It's not that easy to find someone to marry. I can't just grab a random person off the street."
The man remained calm as he fixed her slipping shoulder strap, his fingertips brushing her soft shoulder. "If we're going to have an arranged marriage anyway, why not consider someone you know?"
"Someone I know? Who?"
His large hand pinched her tipsy cheek. Looking into her defenseless eyes, he murmured, "Me."
Yu Shuang blinked. Maybe that wouldn't be so bad.
Duan Qinghuai came from a prominent family and was refined and respectable. He was popular in high society, so her parents would definitely approve.
Besides, they'd grown up together. She thought of Duan Qinghuai as her real brother, and he thought of her as his real little sister. No one could be better suited to a marriage in name only.
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After the wedding, their relationship didn't change much. Yu Shuang could even spend money from both her parents and her husband, so her life was more comfortable than before.
Except for him suddenly kissing her in front of the guests at the wedding, openly putting on a show of affection in front of both sets of parents, and disciplining her as her "big brother and husband" when she came home late, leaving her bottom sore from being spanked for days...
Duan Qinghuai seemed to take his role as her husband very seriously.
Yu Shuang just thought he was devoted to the act and occasionally got too carried away.
After all, she had asked him for a favor. She couldn't be too picky.
Until one night, after drinking, things went too far and they almost made their fake marriage real.
Yu Shuang came to her senses midway, grabbed her clothes, and fled his room.
She realized they couldn't go on like this. She asked Duan Qinghuai for a divorce, so they could both be free and he could get out of character. Afterward, they could go back to being brother and sister.
The night she handed over the divorce papers, the door clicked shut. Their fingers interlaced before the mirror, and a huge diamond ring glinted in the light.
Yu Shuang's eyes glistened with tears. When she looked up, she met his deep gaze. His burning chest pressed against her back, his hot breath wantonly teasing her inch by inch.
"Wife, did you really think I was drunk that night?"
"The brother-and-sister game is over. From now on, you can only call me your husband."
"If you won't say it, I won't stop."
Yu Shuang: Help, QAQ!
◆ Both inexperienced in love. One-on-one romance.
◆ Spoiled heiress x scheming childhood friend
#I thought you were my real brother, but you...#
Theme: Love others and love yourself.
