Ten-year age gap | Coercive romance | Stealing someone's partner | Longtime desire
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Jiang Linwu had always thought she was a lucky, ordinary Alpha.
She came from an average background, had a gentle disposition, a happy family, and a childhood sweetheart she'd been dating for three years. They were already discussing marriage.
The first time she met Meng Yu was just before she was about to take a job in the capital.
Her mother asked a former student of hers in the capital to look after Jiang Linwu.
Her student was surnamed Meng, and was the heir to the Meng family of the capital.
Pushed to her feet by her mother, Jiang Linwu awkwardly raised her glass to Meng Yu. She saw the woman seated at the head of the table in a close-fitting, cool-purple qipao and watched her accept the toast from across the room.
"Teacher, don't worry. Once she's in the capital, I'll take good care of A-Wu."
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When Jiang Linwu first arrived in the capital, Meng Yu really did take good care of her.
A luxury apartment, introductions that gave her respectability, and even an exceptional promotion to become Meng Yu's personal secretary. Meng Yu taught her step by step and stood up for her.
Meng Yu always maintained the dignity of an elder. Her gaze behind her gold-rimmed glasses was restrained and aristocratic. Only when Jiang Linwu mentioned her fiancee would those long, slender fingers tighten around her glass, spilling the wine.
"A-Wu, you shouldn't set your sights too low."
Meng Yu ran a finger around the rim of her glass, her voice so gentle it sent a chill down the spine.
"When you choose a girlfriend, you should find someone who can stand by your side as an equal."
Jiang Linwu took it as advice from an elder and didn't take it seriously.
Then came the moment when Meng Yu, drunk, asked Jiang Linwu to mark her, followed by the revelation that Jiang Linwu's childhood sweetheart of three years had cheated on her.
Only then did Jiang Linwu understand. Her childhood sweetheart's betrayal and the strange chain of events that had led her to join this company were all the work of Meng Yu's powerful, scheming hands.
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That night, an extraordinarily heavy rain fell over the capital.
Driven by alcohol and anger, Jiang Linwu broke into Meng Yu's private residence.
She pinned the powerful Omega against the entryway door and called her by name directly for the first time. "Meng Yu, what do you want?"
Meng Yu didn't try to get away. Instead, she greedily inhaled the out-of-control Alpha pheromones coming from Jiang Linwu.
She tilted up her chaste yet alluring face and wound her arms around Jiang Linwu's neck, pushing things even further.
"Your girlfriend is too weak to protect you."
"For the rest of your life, I want you to look only at me, A-Wu."
[Love is not a comfort, but a nail in the skull. - William Carlos]
Theme: Love can overcome every obstacle.