Late Admiration

Classic melodrama | CEO chases his wife after losing her | A love full of hatred

Cool and aloof x obsessive and unhinged

1.

Wen Xia was considered the perfect model of a refined socialite.

She came from a wealthy family, graduated from a prestigious university, was both beautiful and talented, and had countless admirers.

Gu Yannan was the eldest son of a powerful, distinguished family. Young and noble, with a perfect face, he was the very definition of a favored child of heaven. Countless women were in love with him.

No one knew they had once shared a brief, reckless affair.

Ten years later, she never expected their paths to cross again.

When her family's business ran into trouble and she had nowhere else to turn, Wen Xia "sold" herself to Gu Yannan, going from a fallen heiress to the envy of everyone as Mrs. Gu.

She needed Gu Yannan's money and influence to save the Wen family business. Gu Yannan needed her to help him deal with his elders.

They each got what they wanted from the marriage. It had nothing to do with love.

They were always fighting. Wen Xia knew the marriage wouldn't last, and that sooner or later Gu Yannan would divorce her. She just never expected that she would be the one to ask for a divorce.

In the dim light, the man's handsome face showed no emotion, but his fingertips trembled slightly.

After a long pause, he scoffed as if he'd just heard a joke. "Divorce?"

He gripped her chin and forced her to look up at him. "Mrs. Gu, you don't have the right to divorce me."

After tormenting each other for a long time, he kept her imprisoned in his madness, but in the end, they still divorced.

2.

Later, the media photographed Mr. Gu parking his car outside an upscale residential complex for days after the divorce.

After lying in wait for more than ten days, they finally got their shot.

On a night of heavy snow, beneath the dim yellow streetlights, the man wore a black overcoat. His long fingers gripped the woman's slender waist as he pinned her against his car and kissed her deeply. It was an intensely provocative sight that set people's blood racing.

The next moment, the woman's face appeared on camera. The usually poised and elegant Miss Wen dug her slender fingers into the back of the man's neck with enough force to draw blood.

He wasn't angry. Instead, he curled his lips into a smile and kissed her even more deeply, lacing his fingers through hers.

That night, news that Mr. Gu was going to remarry Miss Wen spread across the internet.

Even his friends asked him, "Did Wen Xia agree to remarry you?"

Late at night, in the bedroom.

"Baby," Gu Yannan deliberately paused, watching the woman on the verge of breaking down. He held his phone up in front of her, his voice tender and lingering, yet leaving her no room to evade him. "When are we getting remarried?"

3.

Wen Xia had been indifferent by nature since childhood and rarely cared deeply about anyone.

Gu Yannan knew perfectly well that he meant little to her. Whether ten years ago or ten years later, she could abandon him without a second thought.

Until one day, he wandered into her art studio and saw countless portraits she had drawn of him, spanning ten years.

Adult fiction / CEO's relentless pursuit of his wife / groveling after the breakup / one-on-one romance / both leads' first relationship / happy ending

* Important 1: The male lead is a jerk at first, then turns into a mad dog. He's extremely possessive and controlling.

* Important 2: A classic melodramatic mess. If this isn't your thing, proceed with caution.

* Important 3: Neither lead is perfect. The heroine has an avoidant personality.

Coming next: Late Spring Tide

Blurb

When Li Yang walked into the break room, her colleagues were discussing the hickey on their cold-faced boss's neck.

"He must have gotten it last night. It wasn't there yesterday. Doing something that intense when the next day is a workday? If I didn't have a picture as proof, I'd think I was seeing things."

"I can't believe this is our cold and ruthless boss, who always acts decisively."

"Do you think he's only harsh with us, but is as gentle as can be with his little wife in private?"

Li Yang quietly put in, "No, he's not gentle at all."

She spoke so softly that her colleagues, who were deep in discussion, didn't hear her. When they turned around, they saw the boss at the center of their conversation standing right behind them, his expression cool.

Li Yang's heart gave a sudden leap. She didn't dare look him in the eye.

Ten minutes later, Li Yang was called into the CEO's office to give a work report.

As soon as the door closed, Zhou Sunan pulled her onto his lap and kissed her. Between kisses, he asked, "I'm not gentle at all?"

Li Yang's eyes were red, and her voice trembled, but she stubbornly answered, "You're not."

Zhou Sunan bit the root of her tongue and raised an eyebrow. "You told me to stop last night, and I stopped. How is that not gentle?"

Help, number one: My fake husband is back from abroad!

Help, number two: He's also my boss!

* Timid little sweetheart x cold CEO

* Marriage first, love later between two strangers / both leads' first relationship / sweet, sweet, sweet

Theme: True love above all