Yearning Across the Long Distance

[Complete] [Childhood Friends / Mutual Pining / Reunited After a Breakup / Age Gap] Mu Ci and Ke Jixing grew up together. Ke Jixing always gave her whatever she asked for and treated her even better than a biological little sister, but Mu Ci didn't want to be his sister. She wanted to be his woman. At a party, slightly drunk, she deliberately kissed him. Ke Jixing's expression darkened, and he pulled her straight off his lap. Somehow, the story got out, and everyone in their circle said childhood friends weren't all that special after all. But no one knew how Ke Jixing dragged Mu Ci out of the private room that night, pinned her in a corner, and kissed her with fiery, reckless passion. * When Ke Jixing and Mu Ci were together, their love was intense and passionate. At the height of their madness, he abandoned all his projects and flew overnight to Hong Kong City, booking an entire fireworks show over Victoria Harbour to propose to her. But he never imagined that all he would get in the end was a single "I'm sorry." Not long afterward, they went their separate ways. * When they met again, their families were discussing a business marriage. And the woman chosen to marry him was her cousin. Mu Ci couldn't help looking up at the man across from her. There was little emotion in Ke Jixing's eyes. The man who once had eyes only for her now looked at her as if she were a stranger. Cold and piercing. Mu Ci didn't sleep at all that night. At dawn the next morning, she knocked on her father's door. After they married, they treated each other with polite respect. Ke Jixing kept things strictly professional, and no one ever mentioned their past again. Only in the man's tight grip at night could she glimpse a trace of the fiery passion they had once shared. But no one knew this business marriage had been arranged from the start to keep her by his side. Reader's notes: 1. There are some angsty moments, but at heart this is still a sweet little romance. 2. The male lead is head over heels for her. 3. Seven-year age gap, happy ending. ------------ Upcoming Novel ------------ Summer Night, Humid Yu Nan spots a man at a bar. She hooks a finger in his loose tie, and the two of them spend the night together at a hotel. Yu Nan can tell at a glance that they come from different worlds, but so what? In the adult world, they each get what they want. Afterward, neither of them is quite satisfied. Before long, they've slept together in every hotel in the capital. Yu Nan is busy with work, but one night, while she's writing a proposal, the man tosses it aside. "I'll help you write it later. Right now, get up here and sit down." After he derails her work yet again, Yu Nan decides the man has too much of an appetite. She deletes his contact information and never gets in touch again. * She hears that a new top boss has been parachuted in, and everyone at the office is on edge. Yu Nan carries the financing proposal she's worked so hard to finish and knocks on the new boss's office door. The new boss's voice is deep and pleasant, but somehow familiar... Yu Nan looks up. The man she'd slept with is sitting at the head of the table, staring at her with a cold expression. Theme: Love life, love yourself.