A Confession as Summer Draws Near

**"To you, it was a passing glance. To me, it was an entire summer." A secret crush comes true

--- When the summer countdown reaches zero, I'm going to confess to him.

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At seventeen, Yun Xia first met Dong Chi in an old alleyway.

The boy in a white school uniform was surrounded in a corner, battered and disheveled.

She hurriedly pulled out her phone to call the police, but a few minutes later, when the boy emerged, his pristine white uniform didn't have a speck of dirt on it.

Yun Xia hurried away from the scene, never imagining the boy would become her classmate.

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Later, wanting to save the boy from going astray, she began helping him out of kindness.

She kept him awake in class, tutored him, and even secretly stuffed motivational books into his desk.

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It wasn't until the monthly exam results came out and Yun Xia saw the name beside the number one spot that it dawned on her.

But he had already found the motivational books in his desk. Yun Xia stammered, "Let me explain."

The boy only looked down at her, speaking with casual mischief. "You're so worried about me. Do you like me?"

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At that moment, Yun Xia panicked.

Maybe she really did like him, just a little.

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In the summer when she was seventeen, Yun Xia fell for a boy named Dong Chi.

The young girl's secret crush was careful and hidden deep in her heart.

She decided to confess to him on the Start of Summer, when she turned eighteen.

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But she never expected that, one second after midnight on the Start of Summer, she would get a call from Dong Chi: "Happy birthday, Yun Xia."

And then he said one more thing.

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The boy's confession was awkward and passionate.

--- "I like you. Will you go out with me?"

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**From Iwai Shunji's April Story

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-Here is the blurb for my upcoming novel, A Relationship Within Reach. Visit my author page to bookmark it (=^O^=)-

When Qi Nian first met Nuo Sen, he was working as a bartender. Gloom clung to his eyes and brows, like a beautiful god who had fallen into hell.

The next time she saw Nuo Sen was at an art museum in Paris. The man wore a dark blue suit and stood in front of a painting depicting a glass of wine.

Qi Nian recognized at once that it was the drink he'd made for her the first time they'd met.

Then the refined, elegant man walked up to her. "What would you like to drink, miss?"

Qi Nian was so captivated by his looks that after one night together, she moved into his villa and became his personal therapist.

She thought his illness was bipolar disorder. He was withdrawn and sensitive, like ice submerged in deep water.

She never expected him to be a fire churning in the dark.

At first, she thought their relationship was purely professional.

But his demands grew more and more brazen.

"Qi Nian, you have to take responsibility for me."

In the misty bathroom, the man pried her lips apart and fed her wine.

As the liquor went down her throat, the pain in her body seemed to ease. She thought he was comforting her, but it turned out to be yet another one of his traps.

It took two times for her to truly understand the emotions he had been suppressing.

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Everyone thought Nuo Sen was a refined, celibate artist. Only Qi Nian had seen what a "scoundrel" he could be.

From the moment they met again, Nuo Sen had no intention of giving himself another option.

He liked Qi Nian, and he would win her over.

From a distance of inches between their bodies to a relationship that brought their hearts within reach, one step at a time.

Rational, composed beauty of a therapist x melancholic, refined mixed-race artist with a sensual streak

Theme: Sweet dreams always come true