At nineteen, Cara married Lorenzo De Micheli for money.
He was a wealthy Italian businessman: cold, distant, and arrogant. She thought it was nothing more than a transaction that suited them both. He would get her, and she would get his money.
For two years after their wedding, he barely acknowledged her. They were like parallel lines, intersecting only in the bedroom at night.
Then, on the day she was about to ask for a divorce, she accidentally witnessed something she never should have seen. Only then did she realize that the man she'd married was far more than merely "cold."
Terrified, she abandoned everything and ran away.
After two years living under an assumed name, she had a new identity, a new boyfriend, and a new future.
Happiness was within her reach. She could almost taste it.
Almost.
"It's been a long time, Mrs. De Micheli."
When her husband's private bodyguard appeared in the apartment she shared with her boyfriend, Cara knew her beautiful dream was finally over.
On the other end of the screen, the most breathtaking face she'd ever seen remained flawless, but his voice was as cold as ice:
"Cara, you've been wandering long enough. It's time to come home."
"I've already left," she said. "Our marriage..."
"Is still legal," he interrupted.
*
Cara thought that when she returned, she would face anger, revenge, perhaps even ruin.
But he wasn't angry, and he didn't punish her.
He simply slipped their wedding ring back onto her finger, as if she'd never taken it off; quietly carried her back to the master bedroom again and again in the dead of night, as if they had never been apart; and, when he thought she was already asleep, kissed her forehead and whispered to her in Italian, calling her "Cara mia"... "My darling."
He wouldn't divorce her, wouldn't let her go, and wouldn't even bring himself to hate her.
*
Cara Doherty x Lorenzo De Micheli
A prickly former stripper who wants it all x an awkward, controlling CEO who can't say what's in his heart
She believes excessive protection is control.
He believes letting her do as she pleases is a dereliction of duty.
Two adults who never learned how to love properly, each carrying the wrong answers left by their childhoods, collide in the same marriage.
Eight-year age gap, female lead F, male lead C.
Please treat the setting as fictional, as much as possible. It's an alternate early 2010s, orz.
Theme: Marriage should not be about possession through money and power, but about two hearts choosing each other with solemn devotion.
Hahahaha, I actually read a book with a similar title a long time ago
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I'm at it. I saw it was at the bottom of a pit. I'm just waiting here for the teacher to come back.
Ah?! Oh, okay, I wish you to come out soon, hold on 🤗🤗 Waiting for you to come back [touch head] [touch head]
Emmmm... It's a typical mentality of blaming the person who helped you after making a mistake.
Is the heroine unclean and the hero clean?
Is there really any solution for them to be like this? Will the heroine feel better after working?
The heroine's upbringing environment makes her character so prickly
On the one hand, I feel that this child is very pitiful. My aunt brought her to a safe and prosperous living environment and then suddenly left her. As a child, she was homeless. On the other hand, she feels that she is the responsibility of her parents, and her aunt does not have this obligation. The heroine is only responsible for her own children.
This book gave me the feeling of watching Gone Girl. Emotions are consumables in marriage, but the relationship between Carla and Lorenzo surpassed the relationship between the male and female protagonists in that movie.
Will the author write articles in Jinjiang from now on?