Cool, resilient heroine x aloof, cold-hearted heir
Xu Jiaxi and Bo Shiyu met under the most commonplace of circumstances.
When he came out of a bar, it had started to drizzle. He drove up beside her and asked, "Want me to give you a ride home?"
She looked at him. He had an elegant, cool demeanor, and his looks and physique were flawless.
They took an instant liking to each other, and she got into his car without a second thought.
"Where to?"
His low, magnetic voice sounded in the dim car. His gaze roamed freely over her chest, his Adam's apple bobbing slightly. He made no effort to hide the desire in his eyes.
Overcome by desire, Xu Jiaxi asked bluntly, "How about a hotel?"
From then on, they met often, keeping things flirtatious and making no promises.
Until one day, Bo Shiyu told her, "I'm getting married."
She merely replied, "I know where I stand."
She had long expected this day. It was simply time to stop letting things go too far.
The next time Xu Jiaxi saw Bo Shiyu was at her cousin's engagement party.
Everyone said her cousin had made a good match. Her fiance came from a prestigious family, was handsome, and had a successful career.
When Xu Jiaxi saw who the man was, memories of their reckless affair flooded back.
All she could think about was escaping, but he acted as if nothing had happened and greeted her with perfect composure.
She could only stammer, "Hello, brother-in-law."
Xu Jiaxi knew how cold-hearted he was. To him, she was just someone he'd had a fling with.
But when the engaged couple exchanged rings, everyone saw that the groom was wearing another ring on his middle finger.
The whole room fell into awkward silence. What they didn't know was that she had given him that ring.
Bo Shiyu thought he could forget Xu Jiaxi. Even if he had to be her "brother-in-law," he could pretend they barely knew each other.
He was a born actor, playing the part of a model citizen under the rules imposed by his family and society.
But he couldn't understand why seeing her always brought him close to losing control.
He couldn't stop using his new identity to provoke her again and again.
Until she became his younger brother's girlfriend.
Bo Shiyu could hold back no longer. The emotions he'd suppressed for so long erupted in an instant, and he realized that his shameless desire had long since turned into genuine love.
Inside the dim car, he held her tightly by the waist and kissed her again and again, demanding, "How am I supposed to accept this ending for us?"
A wondrous flower comes through the mirror.
A cherished moon reflected in the water, paired with its shadow.
2025/01/05
Reader's Guide:
1. She's his cousin, not his biological sister, so her family background differs from his sister's.
2. Desire first, love later.
3. It's only an engagement. He doesn't end up becoming her actual brother-in-law.
Theme: Break things down before building them up.
