Pride and Obsession

The print edition has been retitled A Heart Slowly Warmed. It's now available on Taobao, JD.com, and Dangdang~

What's it like to date Chi Chenfu, the dream guy in every woman's heart and a diamond-tier bachelor?

As Chi Chenfu's girlfriend, Ye Xinyao says: As you can see, the dream guy is tall, the dream guy is cold, and the dream guy isn't exactly all there. His personality is pretty fractured... See for yourselves.

Their relationship was a sham from the start. She knew he had someone in his heart, and he knew she had a dog in hers.

She couldn't tell when her heart had stopped being able to accept anyone else. From the moment she realized something was wrong with her, she began to age at a startling, visible rate. Her inability to love became a chronic condition, and her desperation to get married became instinct. Then she met him again.

A man who would tell her she didn't have to pretend to be strong.

A man who would tell her she could be willful.

And the very same man who turned his back on her just as she finally opened her heart...

My new book, The Substitute Strikes Back, launches in January. Please add it to your favorites~ Here's the blurb:

1

After a carefully orchestrated honey trap comes to an end, Lu Nanxi becomes the future young madam of the prestigious Guan family and Guan Rui's fiancee.

The man she had set up holds no grudge. He stands up for her in public and puts her enemies in their place, giving her face, while at home he is considerate and indulgent.

Happiness comes so suddenly that Lu Nanxi falls for him as a matter of course.

Until the day of their engagement, when the venue is packed with guests and the groom-to-be fails to show because he's gone to see another woman. The designer gown she's wearing suddenly feels like a clown's costume.

That's when she realizes that, in his eyes, she's nothing but a high-quality counterfeit.

2

Lu Nanxi ends their relationship swiftly and decisively. Guan Rui doesn't find her again until months later.

She arrives at a banquet on another man's arm, smiling brightly as she greets him like a stranger.

In a long, quiet corridor, he blocks her path, struggling to contain the tumult of his emotions. "Come back. I can keep helping you."

She gives him a radiant smile. "Too bad. You're no longer useful to me."

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