Addicted, Despite Myself

P.S. I've put the blurb for my upcoming novel first. If you like it, please go check it out! Thank you, love you all! "Sweet as Honey" is coming soon. After going bankrupt overnight, Xu Xingning finally agrees to marry into the Gu family to save her family and career. The eldest son of the Gu family, Gu Junnian, is handsome, refined, aloof, talented, and elegant. But he has no interest in the arranged marriage and refuses it at every turn. Xu Xingning has no choice but to pull out all the stops, being thoughtful and attentive to Gu Junnian to his face, while quietly flirting with him whenever she gets the chance. In the end, Gu Junnian agrees to marry her. Watching her family's fortunes recover and seeing that her bank balance is enough to get her career back on track, Xu Xingning resolves to stop being a lovesick pushover. So, less than three months after getting married, she sits on the edge of the bed and tosses down the divorce papers. "Let's get divorced!"

Gu Junnian puts his book back on the nightstand and gently refuses. "It's not nice to cross the river and destroy the bridge, is it?"

Xu Xingning's heart skips a beat, but she presses on in pursuit of freedom. "But you don't even like me. How can we live like this?"

"Who said I don't like you?" Gu Junnian rises and slowly closes in on her, leaning close to her eyes. "Mrs. Gu, you're already married to me! You'll be my wife for the rest of your life. There's no escape."

He put so much effort into watching the little rabbit fall into the big bad wolf's trap, one step at a time. How could he let the rabbit that was already in his mouth get away?

Reading guide: 1. Both leads are virgins, and each is the other's first love. They are four years apart. 2. The male lead is a seasoned schemer, and there is a male tea type in the story. A little white rabbit striving for her career vs. a big bad wolf waiting for the rabbit to take the bait.

*I'll be your guardian and your rock.*

*You came to me from a crowd of thousands, and I was overjoyed. I cherished every moment.*

[Blurb]

Everything is frightening once it becomes a habit, and even more so once it becomes an addiction. Song Yan has warned herself countless times that the dazzling man is only keeping her around for fun. She is a celebrity agent. He is the CEO of a top entertainment company. Two people brought together by a twist of fate keep getting entangled with each other. Song Yan can't put a name to what she feels, so she can only follow her heart.

Until one day, he sits on the bed and slowly asks, "Will you marry me?"

Song Yan is thunderstruck. What does three years mean? It could mean nothing, and yet somehow it could mean everything. She goes drinking and gets drunk. "Don't joke with me. I'll fall for you."

Liang Xicheng looks at her coldly. "Song Yan, you have no heart. I could fall for you too."

His good temper is an act, and so is his not getting jealous. Liang Xicheng is irritable, proud, and frail. He has long yearned for Song Yan, and he loves her possessively. But once some things become an addiction, no one can tear them away.

[Frailty and Obsession: CEO] x [Confused, Torn Agent]. Both leads are virgins.

[Highly recommended: This adorable story deserves your support!] "A Porcelain Love to Come" is a modern romantic comedy: a scheming rich second-generation heir pursues a pure-hearted, goofy sweetheart.

Blurb: Fang Tang, an older woman who has been drifting in Beijing, finally returns to her small hometown. At a blind date, she runs into Chen Xiannan, the campus heartthrob from back in the day. Fang Tang is just there for a free meal, but he stops her. "Do me a favor. Blind dates are such a pain."

Later, Fang Tang is learning to swim among a group of children when Chen Xiannan pulls her aside to practice on. "I've never been a coach before. I'll teach you."

Fang Tang looks at him with utter disdain. "Can you even swim?"

He calmly replies, "I was the T City elementary and middle school swimming champion, and the captain of my university swim club. I won't embarrass you."

"I paid you!"

He opens his palm. "I gave it back."

Theme: Striving to improve