Severing Love

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1.

The day Jiang Jing finished arranging her husband's funeral, a light rain began to fall. The rain struck her face, cold as soaked silk. Jiang Jing walked back with a calm expression, but an umbrella suddenly appeared over her head.

She looked up and met a pair of dark eyes.

His figure blocked out the wind and rain, and his gaze filled her entire view.

"Miss Jiang, long time no see."

The man's voice was low, his gaze shifting between light and shadow.

Looking at his face, Jiang Jing felt an indescribable sensation rise in her heart.

Fierce as a wolf or tiger, cold and ruthless: that was the impression of him etched into her bones.

The man whose affection she had once carelessly squandered was standing before her again.

2.

Jiang Jing knew what Luo Yi was capable of, so she planned to leave the city that very night.

When she boarded the plane, she breathed a sigh of relief. Who could have guessed the plane would be grounded the very next moment?

She saw him again in the waiting lounge. The crowd was noisy, but all she could hear was her own heartbeat. He smiled at her, cool and detached. His gaze drifted over her through the crowd. "Jiang Jing, do you really think you're clever?"

That night, he kept her prisoner in his private residence. Her crescent-moon skirt spread across the floor, stained with red wine and imbued with deep, sensuous allure.

Jiang Jing looked toward the man seated before her, a man in a position of power. Her voice was forlorn. "What will it take for you to let me go?"

Luo Yi lowered his eyes and leaned forward. The temperature between them rose rapidly. He reached out, hooked a finger through her necklace, and lazily drew her toward him. His intentions were unmistakable.

"When you abandoned me, you should have considered that a day like this might come."

At last, Jiang Jing understood she would never escape his grasp.

If she could turn back time, she would never have provoked him.

People flocked to him in droves, while she was the one who wanted most to get away.

* An unconventional second-chance romance

* Beautiful woman × dangerous man

Please add my upcoming book Into the Bone to your reading list

1.

Everyone knows Song Fuyi is the illegitimate daughter of the Shi family.

When she was brought back one day, she became a pawn of the Shi family.

The Shi family wanted Song Fuyi to marry for an alliance.

Unable to accept this fate, she went to the current head of the Shi family:

Shi Jingkuo.

Shi Jingkuo was cold and aloof, as lofty as a mountain peak. In business, he was ruthless and decisive, his cool eyes like water never lingering on anyone.

That night, Song Fuyi ran to Shi Jingkuo's study and pleaded humbly, "Brother, as long as you don't make me marry into the Zhong family, I'll do anything..."

The study was dark as midnight, with only one lamp lit. The quiet room was filled with the sound of pages turning. Only after Song Fuyi's legs had grown sore from crouching did he finally look over.

He looked at her red lips, pearly teeth, and eyes brimming with tears.

Shi Jingkuo lifted her chin with the sharpest corner of a document and spoke coldly. "Take a good look. Do you know who you're begging?"

"I can't help you. You should know your place, little sister."

2.

Song Fuyi spent a long time going back and forth, maneuvering at Shi Jingkuo's side.

Shi Jingkuo remained unmoved. His ruthless ambition was entirely devoted to power, as if everything were under his control.

Finding no way forward, Song Fuyi turned to the Zhou family for protection.

She fell in love at first sight with the young master of the Zhou family, and they chatted happily at a party.

Shi Jingkuo was upstairs discussing business with a friend. The friend spotted Song Fuyi and asked, "Why isn't your little sister clinging to you anymore?"

Shi Jingkuo swirled his glass, taking in everything below. He said carelessly, "Young girls are always fascinated by kittens and puppies for a while."

3.

Only when Song Fuyi asked Shi Jingkuo to approve her marriage to the young master of the Zhou family did he realize things had slipped out of his control.

That night, he gripped Song Fuyi's chin, harder and more cruelly than the first time. "You know you're not really part of the Shi family, so that's why you're making demands of me without a care?"

Song Fuyi furrowed her brows and protested. "No, we truly love each other..."

"Truly love each other? Have you forgotten what you said back then?"

Shi Jingkuo drew out the last syllable, his eyes darker than the night itself:

"You said I could do anything I wanted to you."

For the first time, his composure cracked.

Shi Jingkuo thought he was untouched by worldly passions and looked down on everything, but Song Fuyi made him break his vow and fall under her spell. In the end, his desire could not be quelled, and he could not escape his obsession.

* They are not biological siblings, and there are no intimate scenes while they are living as siblings

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