Ning Ke's parents both died when she was in eighth grade, and the Zhang family took her in.
That was also the year she met a handsome boy. Zhang's mother said with a smile, "This is your big brother." Zhang Qinyi raised an eyebrow and looked at her wide, fawn-like eyes, then said sharply, "I don't have a little sister."
So she kept her head bowed and greeted Zhang Qinyi from afar.
She called him Young Master.
When Ning Ke was twenty-four, Zhang's mother arranged a matchmaking date without asking her. The man was a refined, elegant doctor. Ning Ke's palms were damp with sweat. Seeing how awkward she looked, Zhang Qinyi chuckled quietly. "At last, someone will marry you."
Ning Ke fell silent for a long time, then tears slipped quietly down her face. No one noticed.
At twenty-six, Ning Ke found out she was pregnant. The child was his.
She decided to marry someone else so the child could be registered. On her wedding day, Zhang Qinyi showed up dressed to the nines and swept the bride away along with him.
He was going crazy. "We were in bed together not long ago. How can you marry someone else? Do you think I'm dead?"
Ning Ke's expression was calm. There was truly nothing left in her eyes.
Wearing a pristine white wedding dress and the ring someone else had put on her finger, she smiled faintly. "Young Master, what makes you think I'd want to marry a playboy like you?"
Note:
☆ The male lead is not a virgin; the female lead is.
☆ The heroine isn't looking for someone to raise another man's child. It's a fake marriage, and the reason will be explained in the story.
☆ The child is fake too. The male lead won't get to ride on the child's coattails. He doesn't deserve it.
☆ Not your typical groveling romance. All the angst is in the blurb and flashbacks; the story itself is super sweet.
Theme: Plant flowers yourself instead of waiting for them to bloom.
