Bite the Cherry

*A self-disciplined, courteous professor or a captivating, enchanting little minx

*The heroine has master-level seduction skills and brings the untouchable man down from his pedestal

*Plenty of romantic tension, sweet and steamy moments, and doting, fatherly affection

*A slow burn that's impossible to put down!!

Blurb:

During summer vacation, Sui Ying injured her foot, and her uncle entrusted her to a friend to look after.

The man's brow ridge was pronounced, his nose straight. Patients and their families passed through the corridor behind him, while he alone, with just his profile, made everything around him seem like a backdrop.

That day, Sui Ying learned his name and noticed a faint grapefruit scent on his shoulder.

*

Lu Jichen was the youngest professor in the philosophy department. His looks, his presence, and the gentlemanly manners ingrained in his bones all made him irresistible. Yet no woman had ever managed to breach the distance he kept between himself and others or get close to him.

Then Sui Ying, the young woman who had secretly fallen for him at first sight, planted a seed in his heart, tempting him to fall.

She became his one and only exception.

One midnight, Sui Ying sat in his lap, teasing the bump in his throat with her fingertips and kissing him every now and then.

His long, elegant hand stopped her. He tried to hold back, but his voice turned husky. "Be good."

To everyone who knew him, Lu Jichen was the most self-disciplined and proper man around.

But no one knew how many outrageous things he had done for Sui Ying.

That night, he waited downstairs from her home until late, finally catching sight of the man in the rumors.

All the propriety and restraint he'd upheld for so many years seemed to have been thrown into a furnace, burning away to reveal the rebellion and desire in his bones.

No one had ever seen him like this.

Now he stood there, plainly laying bare the fervent love he felt for her.

When he spoke, his low voice was full of bitter frustration.

"What does he have that I don't?"

//

Love at first sight based on someone's looks is the most fragile kind of affection. But with his unabashed devotion and gentle, attentive care, he forged her feelings for him into an unbreakable fortress.

In April, the cherry blossoms filled the courtyard. It was just like her name: every year, every cherry tree blooms with spring.

Reader's Guide:

* One-on-one romance / both leads are each other's only partners, seven-year age gap (21 x 28)

* Plenty of romantic tension, sweet and steamy moments, and doting, fatherly affection

* A slow burn that's impossible to put down!!

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