Excuse

[Complete] [Reunion After a Long Separation | Mending a Broken Relationship]

Xu Ning's most dramatic feat in college was winning over Huo Cunyu, the most dazzling and untouchable heartthrob on campus, in just one month. But before graduation, she was even more decisive when she broke up with him.

When they met again, Xu Ning could tell at a glance how deeply Huo Cunyu resented what had happened. Understandable. When had a heaven-blessed favorite ever suffered such a blow? She smiled knowingly and went along with his delusion that she still loved him, getting back together with him in the process... But this time, Xu Ning no longer pretended to be the ideal girlfriend he imagined.

Their perfect compatibility back then had been nothing but her deliberate effort to please him. Without that, they clashed constantly, just as Xu Ning had expected.

When she brought up breaking up again, the moonlight was as gentle as it had been before. Xu Ning gazed into his deep, dark eyes, a faint smile playing in her doe eyes. "Young Master, surely you can see what kind of person I am now?"

The man's expression was cool and distant. "Mm."

"Good."

Xu Ning tried to sound casual. "Then this time, let's really call it quits."

The instant she turned around, he grabbed her wrist and yanked her back. The next moment, he had her backed into a corner, leaving her nowhere to retreat.

"Call it quits?"

Huo Cunyu's voice was hoarse, his chest heaving with anger. His cool lips brushed her ear as he enunciated every word. "You don't think you were the only one pretending, do you?"

How many excuses must I make, how many chance encounters must I plan, before I can return to your side?

*Dazzling and radiant x avoidant attachment

Please note:

1. The leads are not perfect people.

2. Both leads are virgins, one-on-one romance, with a healing theme.

Upcoming Novel: Selling Heartbeats

[Bad Boy and Bad Girl | Mutual Secret Crush]

No one knew that Jian Yi had been secretly in love with Fu Tingxian for three whole years in school.

At their graduation reunion, Jian Yi, usually so carefree and proud, nervously clutched the love letter in her bag, her palm damp with sweat. She never got to see Fu Tingxian, but instead overheard her classmates gossiping:

Fu Tingxian had already confessed to their classmate Wen Yi.

"Well, he certainly has terrible taste."

She scoffed, dropped the remark, and fled.

And so, her three-year crush came to nothing.

*

She saw Fu Tingxian again after returning from studying abroad.

The once rebellious young man now seemed more reserved. In a cool, even tone, he explained how much their marriage alliance could benefit both families.

Rational and cold, he embodied the qualities of a capitalist.

Jian Yi readily agreed.

Her youthful feelings had long since been sealed away. Their marriage of convenience was driven by mutual interests, nothing more.

After their wedding, they played the loving couple in public while making waves in their respective family businesses. In private, however, they treated each other with icy courtesy beneath the same roof, as though separated by an uncrossable border.

Until Jian Yi's birthday, when she came home late at night and found the handsome man leaning languidly against the sofa, holding an old diary.

Jian Yi's expression stiffened. Her eyes fell on the open page, and her thoughts descended into chaos.

"Acquire the Fu Group and make Fu Tingxian beg to pursue me."

That was the wish she'd written in her diary in a fit of pique the year she graduated.

Mortified beyond belief, Jian Yi turned to flee, but the man swept an arm around her from behind, pulling her close. The sudden intimacy left Jian Yi's mind blank, frozen in place. Seeing her reaction, he pushed his luck further and leaned down to her ear.

"Mrs. Fu,"

His cool voice turned hoarse, imbued with a tenderness he had never shown anyone. He asked, word by word, "How would you like me to beg?"

Theme: Love and healing.