A Secret Romance

Next up: *The Night at 22°*. Please add it to your reading lists~~ [Complete] Size Difference | American School Romance (See my profile for other completed American school romances of the same type. Please add them to your collections! Thank you, lovelies!) - At a team party, Lin Shu couldn't stop herself from throwing a drink right in the face of the team's star player. The liquid ran down the handsome man's face, and all hell broke loose. Everyone said this was going to be good. That international student was in big trouble! She had messed with none other than Landon Dalton, the school's untouchable, celebrated star quarterback! Landon was charming and talented. The players, usually so arrogant and domineering, wouldn't dare say a word when he chewed them out. They did nothing but obey him. To Lin Shu, Landon really was a huge problem, one that made her steady, peaceful heart waver. But after she nervously and hesitantly accepted the fact that she had fallen for him, she discovered that all his pursuit and affection for her seemed to have begun with a ridiculous bet? She should have known. How could he ever like her? Yet no one could have guessed that at Landon's birthday party, the host who had abandoned all his friends and disappeared was now cornering her in a bedroom. Someone knocked on the door at her back. "Is Landon in there?" The alcohol made her hesitate for two seconds, then his warm, damp lips silenced her. The two of them, so different from each other, began a secret romance hidden from everyone. His passion for her surpassed everything on the field. But an injury during a game left him with a brain injury and short-term memory loss. As their romance had been a secret, every connection between them vanished along with his memories. After he lost his memory, the romance was gone, and only the secret remained. "Landon, do you know her?" Worried about him, Lin Shu had approached him in front of other people for the first time, only to be stopped at the door. Inside, the handsome man sat sprawled in the middle of a leather sofa, clearly the center of the party. He glanced casually and coldly at the girl drenched like a drowned rat. "A fan?" He seemed fine, so she was about to leave when someone stopped her and asked why she'd come. Lin Shu stood quietly, completely out of place amid the room's debauchery. "It's nothing. You said you really liked me, so I was afraid you'd miss me too much. I came to let you have a look." He could like her? What a joke. Later, he forgot his wife, and he deserved to die! And later still, Lin Shu smiled. "Landon Dalton, you're just like my clingy, chubby cat. I only have to look at you once, and I can already hear you purring with happiness." A chubby cat? What chubby cat has an eight-pack? "If you mean a feline, I won't deny it. Because a ravenous tiger isn't about to let you go." - *My completed American school romances, *The Beast Sniffs the Rose* and *A Fierce Kiss for the Rose*, are on my profile. Check them out! (P.S. These stories aren't connected to this one~) - A few things to know: 1. Neither is the other's first love; both are virgins. 2. Content warning: This story combines [Cliche, Melodramatic Amnesia Plot] [A Little Bit of Chasing-the-Wife-to-the-Crematorium] [Mary Sue Alert]. It's not pure sweetness. If these tropes aren't for you, see you in another story~ 3. This is just a novel, and it inevitably includes plenty of fictional settings. The setting is imaginary, so please don't compare it to real life. Thank you! *Important: In this fictional setting, 18 is the legal drinking age. The descriptions of football games include many fictional details. This isn't a football sports novel, so please bear with me. Thank you. Special note: Football is actually a very safe sport thanks to protective gear! The injury and amnesia are only needed for the plot, so please don't compare them to real life. 4. Lovelies, let's respect each other~ Please don't bring up other authors' works in my comments, and don't mention my story under other authors' hard work. Thank you! - Next up: *The Night at 22°* - Blurb: On a night abroad during a study trip, Su Li decided to confess her feelings to Sheng Ze, the boy she'd secretly loved. He leaned against the windowsill, busy chatting with other girls. Why would he care about spending an ordinary night with her? On the way back, she ran into Lu Jiayan in the hallway. He was the reason this trip had happened. One word from the young master of the Lu family had prompted half the wealthy and powerful families in Yuncheng to sign their children up for the same itinerary. The Su family had heard about it late. They called in favors and spent a fortune to snatch a transferred spot from someone else. The next day, the young master announced that he wasn't going after all, and everyone was stunned. How could he toy with people like that? Yet no one dared blame the arrogant, unruly young master Lu. Fortunately, the trip went ahead in the end, and Su Li learned that Lu Jiayan had changed his mind at the last minute because he was in love with someone, and that girl wasn't on the list. After he caught her crying, Su Li felt awkward and humiliated. But then she remembered that Lu Jiayan had only gone there to escape the crowd. Besides, even though they had come together, he might not even know her name, right? That thought made her feel better. Later, when he returned from studying abroad, the Su family still wasn't invited to his welcome-back party. In the end, Su Li went with her cousin and finally saw him from afar at the party. The handsome, distinguished young man wore a pure black suit, surrounded by people at the center of the crowd. Even so, his striking features were veiled in unmistakable coldness. He was nonchalant, too lazy to entertain anyone, a stark contrast to the enthusiastic flattery of the people around him. And she couldn't even squeeze into the circle of flatterers. Who could have guessed that he would later come to her himself and ask if she wanted to make Sheng Ze regret it? Su Li was tempted. "How would I do that?" He looked at her and smiled casually. "Marry me." But he already had a woman he held dear... Su Li understood at once and agreed. In this marriage, destined to be a partnership and nothing more, Su Li was sensible enough to be ready to walk away at any moment. One night, she couldn't sleep, so Lu Jiayan drove her to Yun Mountain to look at the stars. The wind was strong at the summit. He wanted to hold her, but Su Li politely dodged him. Lu Jiayan asked in a restrained voice, "What do you think we're doing?" Su Li said nothing. Maybe it was a rehearsal for dating, or practice for a date? Once your beloved finally comes around after you make her jealous, will you do it all over again with her? But she seemed unable to keep acting with him. She couldn't help falling for him for real. Theme: Youth is the time to bravely pursue a beautiful future.