Growing Affection

[My other novel, A Window of Opportunity, is now available. Check my author page.] Blurb: For the sake of her company, Jian Wei married a man she'd only met once. He was handsome, but calculating and deeply scheming. Her friends urged her to think twice. She said, "It's fine. I never planned on falling in love with him." After they got their marriage license, they treated each other with respect. He was thoughtful and attentive, while she was sweet and obedient, playing the perfect wife to a T. Just as she thought she could keep living this way, the mother who had abandoned her as a child returned to the country with her half-sister. Jian Wei unexpectedly learned that her husband was the perfect match her mother had chosen for her sister. She felt a rush of satisfaction at finally having the upper hand. She hated her mother and envied her sister, who had enjoyed boundless affection. She thought that even if she gave him away, it would have to be because she didn't want him. So one night, she stopped resisting his advances, and they consummated their marriage as a matter of course. But the next day, she packed her bags and left without a word, leaving behind a message: "He's just a man, and someone else has their eye on him. I don't want him!" When she came back, she handed him divorce papers. He Jin didn't even read them. He tore them up at once. "I have no intention of getting divorced." With no hope of getting a divorce, Jian Wei stopped pretending. She changed her usual image and spent every day running up a storm on his credit cards, trying to ruin the image he had of her. Not only was he not put off, he generously gave her several more cards and asked, "Is this enough? I can give you more." "I don't have many expenses normally. Someone has to spend my money." His lips curled into a smile, but his eyes seemed to see right through her. "Want me to agree to the divorce? Then wait until I can't afford to keep you." Jian Wei calculated his current assets and fell silent. At this rate, even if she shopped nonstop, twenty-four hours a day, she could keep spending until her next life. There was probably no hope of getting divorced in this life. She gave up and said, "Then let's get divorced in our next life." He smiled. "I'll do my best to support you in our next life too." Weibo: @Qianmian GuaiG [Note] * Once-wealthy heiress vs. powerful business tycoon / both each other's first / marriage before love * The heroine isn't a gentle, virtuous wife. She's only pretending. Blurb for A Window of Opportunity: 1. The first time Yu Zhan met Han Yin, her Porsche was rear-ended. The second time they met, he stole her first kiss. She swore that if she ever ran into him again, she'd chop that bastard up and feed him to the dogs. But then they met a third time... Han Yin clutched the police uniform of the very man she'd once wanted to chop up and feed to the dogs. Eyes brimming with tears, she sobbed, "Officer, I need your protection..." 2. Everyone in the criminal investigation unit knew that a young woman had recently started hanging around Captain Yu. The old tree had finally blossomed, and his subordinates were so excited they called out to her in unison, "Hello, Sister-in-law!" Han Yin waved shyly. Before she could explain, he shot them a frosty look. "What are you calling her that for?" Later, the people in the unit got familiar with her and started calling Han Yin by her nickname, "Baby..." When Yu Zhan heard them call her that, his face darkened at once and his voice dropped to a warning growl. "What the hell are you calling her? Call her Sister-in-law!" 'Baby' isn't something you people get to call her! The team: ... 3. Once, during a night shift, someone happened to glimpse the lock screen on Captain Yu's phone. In the brief flash, they saw a beautiful woman with fair skin, red lips, a slender waist, and a pair of long, straight, shapely legs. They hadn't gotten a good look at her face, but the photo was clearly a fashion shoot, and she looked like a celebrity. So they teased him, "Captain Yu, are you a fan too?" Yu Zhan glanced at the team member and shook his head with a smile, unconcerned. "You're fans of a star. I'm different." He was pursuing his wife. Theme: In the end, we'll make it to shore beneath a boundless sunny sky.