My Ex-Husband's Forceful Love (Reborn)

My other novel, After Repaying His Kindness, She Ran Away, is now available! Please add it to your collection!

Blurb:

Meng Xunling is just a humble concubine-born daughter.

Gentle and mild-mannered, she always follows the rules. After the fates aligned and she married Pei Liang, Marquis of Dingyuan, she became even more cautious, afraid to make a single misstep. Yet she still failed to win Pei Liang's affection.

Half a year after their wedding, Pei Liang died in battle against the Tatars in the north. Meng Xunling was left a widow, disliked by her husband's grandmother and schemed against by the second branch of the family. In the end, she died alone and helpless, gravely ill and without medicine.

Reborn, Meng Xunling is still gentle and mild, but her eyes are brighter and her nature a little more carefree.

The heir to the Marquis of Jinxiang, who came to propose before Pei Liang, may be sickly, but she has heard that the woman who married him in her previous life grew plump and content, living a comfortable, easygoing life with a kind mother-in-law and a husband whose health improved day by day.

Meng Xunling's eyes lit up, like a little cat that had gotten away with stealing a snack.

After much effort, she finally climbed into the Jinxiang heir's bridal sedan. But when it came to a stop, she walked straight into Pei Liang's bridal chamber instead.

Pei Liang wore a bright red wedding robe. He gave her a sidelong look through his narrow eyes, watching her with leisurely amusement, the corners of his lips curling in a half-smile.

Meng Xunling jolted and had no choice but to rethink the rest of her life.

By nature, Meng Xunling is laid-back and fun-loving. Since the decorum and propriety she maintained in her previous life brought her no good, she resolves to be herself this time.

But later on

Meng Xunling hides in the study every night to write stories. Pei Liang brings her a light blanket. "It's fine to have a hobby."

Meng Xunling secretly sniffs the smell of barbecue from beyond the courtyard wall. Pei Liang brings her skewers. "It's fine to enjoy good food."

Meng Xunling can't understand it. Why is Pei Liang so easygoing this time around?

So Meng Xunling brings out some rice wine.

Pei Liang says, "It's fine to have a little drink."

Meng Xunling then secretly takes out a divorce agreement. In his drunken haze, Pei Liang writes his name on it.

Later, when news arrives that Pei Liang has died in battle against the Tatars in the north, Meng Xunling is already on a carriage heading south.

As her carriage reaches the gates of Nanyang Prefecture, it is stopped. Pei Liang, clad in his battle robes, fixes her with a blazing gaze. "My lady, shouldn't you give me back that divorce agreement?"

Reading guide:

1. One-on-one romance / happy ending / both leads have no prior romantic or sexual experience

2. A sweet little romance

3. Fictional setting, no historical research needed

Blurb for After Repaying His Kindness, She Ran Away:

An Qi was being bullied by a local thug in Qinghe Town when Lu Xuchen happened to save her.

At the time, Lu Xuchen was just a humble traveling merchant who had come to Jiangnan to do business, but he was gentle, refined, quiet, and reserved. As they spent time together, An Qi gradually fell for him. Shyly, she told him she was willing to follow him and look after his daily needs to repay him for saving her life.

An Qi was a woman, so she couldn't be too direct. But she thought that after saying all that, Lu Xuchen would surely understand that she wanted to marry him.

Lu Xuchen listened and did not refuse, so An Qi followed him back to the capital and moved into a modest little house.

Though the house was small, it gave her a stable, secure life.

But half a year passed, and An Qi still hadn't heard Lu Xuchen say he intended to marry her.

Then one day, An Qi saw Lu Xuchen take a beautiful, aristocratic young lady to the finest jewelry shop in the capital to select lavish jewelry. Only then did she discover that Lu Xuchen was actually the famous heir to the Marquis of Nangong, and that he was already betrothed in a formal marriage arrangement.

That night, An Qi sat in the little courtyard where she lived and fell silent for a long time.

So Lu Xuchen had never intended to marry her at all. Had he brought her to the capital and settled her in this little house because he meant to keep her as an unwed concubine? Or was she merely his mistress?

An Qi would never be a concubine, nor would she be anyone's mistress, even if that person was the man who had saved her life.

So An Qi left him a letter and set off, but before she could get through the city gates, Lu Xuchen caught her and dragged her back.

Lu Xuchen was no longer the gentle, refined man he had been. He pinned An Qi against a wall, his phoenix-shaped eyes bloodshot and filled with a viciousness she had never seen before. "Didn't you say you wanted to repay me? What is it? You want to run away before you've repaid me?"

An Qi had never seen Lu Xuchen like this. Trembling, she asked, "How do you want me to repay you?"

"However I want, until I'm satisfied!"

From then on, An Qi became a caged songbird, living only to please Lu Xuchen.

Later, An Qi escaped. Two years passed before she saw Lu Xuchen again. His hair was disheveled, his face haggard.

He approached her cautiously, asking only that she look at him, even if just once.

Theme: Have the courage to be yourself!