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Main story complete Hong Kong tycoon * auctioneer Long-planned love and stealing her away | Age gap | A little groveling Blurb: One day, at a Christie's auction in Hong Kong, a mysterious buyer paid a staggering price for a blood diamond ring. Auctioneer Rao Nian became famous overnight. The next day, the expensive ring was delivered to her. Rao Nian assumed it was a gift from her fiance, but the real buyer was someone else. She finally found the ring's true buyer amid the glittering world of the rich and famous: Huo Yushen, a man shrouded in mystery in Hong Kong's elite circles. Outside the banquet hall, a fine drizzle fell in a soft patter from the ribs of an umbrella. The man was speaking quietly on the phone. His voice was rich and mellow, like fine wine, and Cantonese flowed slowly from his thin lips, sensual and captivating. He was also impossibly out of reach. Holding his phone, he let his deep-set gaze drift casually over her slender, pale fingers, then met her eyes. Their gazes met. Rao Nian's heartstrings quivered, and she immediately tried to take off the ring. Then she heard the man's unhurried voice. "Don't take it off. It suits you." * After their brief encounter, Rao Nian assumed they would never cross paths again. Her father's stock investments failed, forcing Rao Nian into the world of the rich and famous. She had hoped to ask her fiance for help, but he coldly turned her away. With nowhere else to turn, she noticed the luxury car parked outside the hotel. A vanity license plate, a black body, lavish and dangerous. Ignoring how wretched she looked, she gathered her courage and knocked on the window. The car was warm inside. The humid haze after the rain mingled with the scent of incense, and the faint trace of tobacco alone was enough to drown her. Rao Nian's damp skirt stained the expensive seat. Her hair tips brushed her shoulders, and she looked utterly docile. As she lowered her head, the slender, pale, fragile stretch of her neck was exposed, as if it could snap with the slightest touch. The man fixed his dark, unfathomable eyes on her, luring her gently while closing in on her at every turn. "Miss Rao, I'm no philanthropist." Rao Nian's lashes trembled. She understood his hint. She took the blood diamond ring from her purse, put it back on her finger, and looked up at him. "Is this enough?" - Later, rumors often circulated in Hong Kong's elite circles that the man, who usually avoided publicity, had been making frequent visits to auctions and spending lavishly just to make a beauty smile. She said she wanted to see roses on a snowy mountaintop, so he really did climb that mountain himself and plant one for her. The day the truth came out, Rao Nian thought he would let her leave with dignity. Then she saw him lose control for the first time in his life. The man pulled her forcefully into his arms, holding her with an almost imprisoning strength, as if he meant to bind them together until death. His hoarse voice fell by her ear. "Hate me." It didn't matter if she hated him, as long as she didn't leave. - Falling in love with her was the only miscalculation of his life. * HE, both each other's first * The male lead is mature and dependable, with a fatherly air. - Coming soon: Melt Into My Heart, available to save in my collection Blurb: Next book Icy man * sweet, clingy girl Childhood friends / married first, fell in love later / mutual secret crush Blurb: Fu Sili is the Fu family's little princess. Spoiled from childhood, she's proud and charming, and everyone loves her. Except Pei Shiyin, who never gives her an inch. So she becomes Pei Shiyin's little tagalong, trotting after him all day and calling him Brother Shiyin. On the day of her coming-of-age ceremony, Fu Sili decides to confess her feelings, only to overhear a conversation around a corner. Someone asks teasingly, "Little Sili's an adult now. When are you going to get engaged?" Fu Sili holds her breath, then hears Pei Shiyin's cold, heartless voice. "Don't be ridiculous. She's just my younger sister." A bucket of cold water douses the girl's feelings, leaving nothing behind. Red-eyed, Fu Sili blocks Pei Shiyin's phone number and WeChat, then leaves the country. * But Fu Sili never imagined that one day, by a twist of fate, she would marry Pei Shiyin. Because of their studies, they live apart after the wedding. Fu Sili wants to end their marriage-in-name-only and finally works up the courage to ask for a divorce. When the man presents her with an eight-carat pink diamond ring first, Fu Sili's thoughts short-circuit for a moment under the dazzling beauty of the diamond. It takes all she has to stay firm. She forces herself to look away, trying to resist the temptation in front of her. "Let's get divorced." The man considers this for a moment and, unusually, frowns. After a long silence, he seems to reach a conclusion, and his brow smooths. "Is the diamond too small?" "..." - One day, a series of photos from a business forum spreads all over the internet. In them, the man looks sharp in his suit, cool and dignified, with one detail that seems out of place. Netizens go wild. Some curious people even dig up a close-up and discover that beneath the tycoon's watch is a fluttering butterfly tattoo. Black lines intertwine and curl over his pale, strong wrist, faintly visible and at odds with his detached, austere aura. It happens to cover his pulse, making it strangely seductive and inviting all sorts of speculation. Some people become convinced by rumors that the wealthy couple are headed for divorce. Online gossip claims the actress who is the CEO's one true love happens to have a stage name containing the character for butterfly. The rumors grow more and more outrageous, until, during a break in an interview, the host asks about the topic everyone is most curious about. The man's answer leaves the entire internet in an uproar. "It has nothing to do with her." Under the spotlights, the wedding ring still gleams on his long, well-defined finger. He says calmly, "My wife likes it." - Fu Sili always believed that the night they got married was a drunken mistake on Pei Shiyin's part. She never knew that, since coming of age, he had been able to hold his liquor against anyone. Pei Shiyin, meanwhile, once thought she was nothing more than a childhood playmate. Only when he resorted to underhanded means to make her marry him did he finally understand. He had loved her ever since childhood, before he even knew what love was. - "You're the butterfly resting on my pulse." Theme: Love is always pure