Secret Kiss

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Wen Song grew up in the Yu family in the capital district. Gentle by nature, she studied ink painting and calligraphy, and was an exceptionally beautiful woman.

It was rumored that Wen Song's arranged marriage was to the Yu family's spoiled, free-spirited young master. With the wedding approaching, the arrogant young man declared, "Just you wait. I won't marry some unwanted orphan."

The Wen family had fallen into decline, and Wen Song only had a place in the Yu household thanks to the support Old Master Yu had given her years ago.

For a while, everyone in their circle waited to see this gentle beauty made a fool of. But on the day of the wedding, someone spotted a black Maybach S650 parked outside the private residence of the Wen family.

The car door was half open. A woman in a graceful qipao sat on the lap of a man in a black suit, her delicate body in his arms as he kissed her until she was breathless.

As if sensing someone watching, he turned to look outside. With his long, cool eyes, he was unmistakably the reclusive, powerful Seventh Master of the Yu family: Yu Chengli.

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No one knew why that reserved, noble uncle of the Yu family had taken his nephew's betrothal and married the unwanted orphan from the Wen family.

People in the capital assumed Yu Chengli had simply been blinded by her beauty for a while.

They figured Wen Song must have been the one who'd pursued this marriage.

Then, at a lavish gathering of the elite, a famous actress tried to put Wen Song in her place, sneering, "The Wen family fell ages ago. What makes you think you belong at a gathering like this?"

The man leisurely took his coat and draped it over Wen Song's shoulders. His eyes were calm, but his voice was low and weighty. "I wonder, does my status qualify?"

After that, no one ever saw the actress in high society again. It was rumored that a powerful figure in the industry had blacklisted her.

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Wen Song had always thought their marriage was simply a matter of mutual convenience. He helped her deal with the arranged marriage, and she only had to be a devoted Mrs. Yu.

One night, Wen Song wanted to clarify the true terms of their marriage. She hesitated before speaking. "Seventh Uncle..."

Before she could finish, he gently lifted her chin with his knuckles and drew her into his arms, holding her around the waist. He said softly, "Song Song, didn't I tell you to change how you address me after we got married?"

"I'm not your Seventh Uncle. I never was."

She would never know how many sleepless nights the elegant, high-minded Seventh Master of the Yu family had spent consumed by his obsessive longing for her.

It was only much later, when Wen Song saw the marriage contract between their families, drawn up long ago and bearing Yu Chengli's name, that she realized his longing for her had long since sunk into his bones.

"I just want the whole world to know that she belongs to me."

Obsessive, domineering tycoon x beautiful canary

Marriage first, love later / Calculated rise to power / Taking by force / Male lead secretly in love / Intense push and pull

Theme: Live well.