Stealing someone's partner | Closing in step by step | Tempting a married woman
Possessive and domineering × gentle and timid
Lin Tingwan was engaged.
On the third day after moving into the marital home, her neighbor knocked on the door after her fiance had gone out.
The man leaned against the doorframe, his long, narrow eyes lowering to the ring on her hand. When he spoke, he was unexpectedly polite:
"Miss, I live upstairs. My cat is missing, and it may have run onto your balcony."
"May I come in and take a look?"
"My name is Yu Sheng."
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Of course, a cat that didn't exist could never be found.
But Yu Sheng, who stepped into Lin Tingwan's marital home that morning, didn't leave her marriage behind.
Like spring rain falling on her uneventful life, forbidden intimacy began to take root in the shadows.
Everything was on the verge of collapse. Lin Tingwan had thought about walking away.
But in the end, she didn't cry for help. She let the dampness of the rainy season rise from her ankles, over her mouth and nose.
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"Lin Tingwan."
In the dim stairwell, with the power out amid a torrential downpour, the man held her captive from behind.
Her heart pounded like a drum. Lin Tingwan looked at her front door, just inches away, and struggled as she warned him, "Let go of me!"
But she heard Yu Sheng chuckle and murmur in her ear:
"Keep your voice down, unless... you want your fiance to hear us too."
He took her left hand, slipped the ring off her middle finger, and kissed the faint mark it left behind. In a low voice, he asked:
"When are you leaving him? Tomorrow? The day after?"
Lin Tingwan's lips trembled. She whispered, "I... I haven't decided yet."
Yu Sheng held her as he led her toward the front door, where a thin line of light showed beneath it.
"Then I'll decide for you. Right now."
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My desire for you is damp and cold, gnawing away at your marriage like mold.
And I'm not ashamed of it.
Band frontman × office worker
Yu Sheng × Lin Tingwan
Reader's Guide:
① One-on-one romance, both leads have had no prior sexual partners
② The male lead has no morals and is intensely possessive, closing in step by step
③ The heroine wavers. She has already broken up when she and the male lead start dating, so there is no cheating
④ Happy ending, bittersweet romance, lots of push and pull
⑤ The heroine and her ex met through a family-arranged introduction. They held hands and hugged, but had no further intimacy. Please skip if that bothers you.
Theme: I love you, but I have a self of my own.
