The Canary Takes by Force

*Powerful coercion / reunion after heartbreak / a groveling chase for his wife / love and hatred entwined

*Arrogant, willful, blunt, innocent heiress VS calculating, gentle, sickly black-moonlight love interest. Both are strong, they switch roles, melodramatic and taboo, faux step-siblings.

The second time Wen Yining saw Qiao An, they were in a private room filled with music and sensuality.

The poor, innocent girl wore a uniform that didn't fit, a handprint on her face, and a frightened look like a fawn.

The innocent Qiao An quickly climbed into bed with her, biting her lip and murmuring in the dark as she kissed her all over with unpracticed sweetness.

Wen Yining once thought it would be the most wonderful summer of her life.

Until she saw Qiao An accept a card from her father.

At last, Wen Yining learned where Qiao An was and raced all the way to the airport.

At the boarding gate, she asked Qiao An, eyes red, "You went to all that trouble to get close to me just so you could ask my dad for money?"

Qiao An chuckled. "Miss Wen, that's my dad."

Those words shattered whatever warmth the two of them had once shared. The sweet, innocent girl she'd imagined was actually a scheming, patient hunter who had come specifically to manipulate her.

They met again after a long separation, at the funeral of that man, after the Wen family went bankrupt.

Dressed in mourning clothes, Qiao An cornered Wen Yining in the washroom and asked, "Miss, are you short on money these days?"

After that came endless entanglement and surrender. Her body and heart pulled in opposite directions. Luxury cars, company shares, and rooms full of flowers couldn't move her, but Qiao An's shameless indulgence and seduction drew her deeper with every step.

Wen Yining thought, a person shouldn't fall into the same hole twice. But one day, she saw the photos of herself growing up through Qiao An's eyes.

Perhaps Qiao An had hated her once, but she had loved her for many more years.

*Special note: Wen Yining has another biological father, so the two are not blood relatives or related by marriage. They both know this from the beginning. Both leads have flaws early on, but they will grow. Happy ending.

Coming soon: "After I Misidentified the Empire's Princess Omega"

1.

"Hide me for a few days, and I'll give you a lifetime of wealth and luxury."

In the biting rain of late autumn, the mysterious heiress pointed a gun at Lu Xiao and made it clear she would get her way, using threats and promises.

On a whim, Lu Xiao took her home.

The heiress was impossible to please and drained Lu Xiao's money in just three days.

So broke she could barely afford food, Lu Xiao pried the heiress's fingers open, snatched her coat, and stormed off to trade it for supplies on the black market.

When the heiress went into heat, she threw away the suppressants Lu Xiao had painstakingly bought. "I can't use this cheap stuff!"

As her pheromones grew stronger, Lu Xiao watched coldly, until the heiress grabbed the hem of her clothes. "A temporary mark... If you dare try anything, I'll kill you."

Lu Xiao didn't indulge her for a second. "I'll kill you right now."

The next morning, Lu Xiao discovered she had permanently marked the princess from the Northern Empire, who had come to marry into the family.

2.

The political marriage had brought home a disabled officer, and Shen Mingzhu had become a laughingstock across the nation.

Even worse, an inspection of the officer's prosthetic interface revealed a nonstandard module, suggesting she might be a spy.

Shen Mingzhu took charge of the interrogation herself.

After a full dose of truth serum, Lu Xiao's honest answers were downright shocking.

"I want to sleep with you. Your skin is so soft and delicate, you'll look even better when I've made you all red."

Furious, Shen Mingzhu pinned her against the wall. "You've got quite the imagination. Let's try it out on you first. Stand still, and don't shake."

3.

Lu Xiao had helped someone and ended up in prison, and she was furious about it.

She'd barely gotten a taste of wealth and luxury, and apart from being beautiful and comfortable to hold, her spouse had no redeeming qualities.

The Northern Empire's winters were bitterly cold, and after being sent to the frontier, Lu Xiao had to live on scraps every day. Her gentle, thoughtful subordinate urged her to run, and she listened.

When she woke, Shen Mingzhu was pointing a gun at her head, her pitch-black eyes more oppressive than the muzzle.

"Where do you think you're going, my Alpha... and who are you loyal to?"

Lu Xiao laughed in fury.

She only wanted to live a comfortable life. What had she done to deserve this?

*Wasteland two-woman show / both leads are strong and switch roles / marriage first, hatred afterward / slow-burn romance

*Disabled, poor, and rebellious Alpha VS soft-hearted in appearance but hard-hearted princess Omega

*All-female, no male side characters, switch-role ABO worldbuilding, with a mountain of original settings

Theme: Keep striving upward, even when you're stuck in the mud.