A Sweet Assault [Lawyer Novel]

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[Blurb]

Ye Zhaoyu first saw Shen Jiashun in a fleeting glance as the elevator doors opened.

His warm smile was like the spring sunshine in March, brightening the heart of an ordinary passerby like her.

Ye Zhaoyu saw Shen Jiashun again at a little shop.

She was having breakfast alone when he asked if he could share her table.

“I've seen you before.”

His husky voice met her astonished gaze.

Later, they became neighbors, and he became her boss.

He tried every possible way to be good to her, while she deliberately kept him at a “friend's distance.”

He thought he wasn't the source of her heartache.

He had no idea he was already slowly stirring her heart.

Then one day, he learned that she had run into the source of her heartache again.

Using work as an excuse, he hurried to the scene.

At the dinner, he took a lot of drinks on her behalf.

With the alcohol as an excuse, he stopped caring about that “friend's distance” and buried his face in the crook of her neck without restraint.

He was reluctant to pull away for a long time.

A little tipsy, he saw that she didn't push him away. So he turned his head and pressed his lips against her neck.

The moon was bright that night.

When he learned that she was dining with her “love rival” at a “celebrity couple's restaurant,” he hurried over in a panic but didn't dare go in and interrupt them.

He leaned against the wall in dejection, ignoring the passersby gossiping about him, and let the cool autumn wind blow against his heart.

At last, he saw them leave the restaurant, and her “love rival” headed off first.

His heart leapt with joy. He stopped caring about that damn “friend's distance,” went up to her, and confessed his feelings.

She nodded, smiling, tears glimmering in her eyes.

He leaned down, and his burning kiss landed squarely on her lips.

Restrained and controlled, earnest and full of love.

This time, it was real.

[Blurb for the upcoming novel]

At the high school opening ceremony, on the school field.

Ye Jiale, an outstanding student representative, stood onstage, bright and confident, delivering an impassioned speech.

The clear, pure voice of a boy drifted past her ear on the late-summer breeze.

With just a lazy glance upward, Ke Chenxi felt her heart flutter in a crowded corner.

She had seen him before.

She had thought she would never see him again.

Back in eighth grade, for an entire semester, she had used her bicycle ride home as an excuse to pass by and watch him play basketball. He was a sunny boy, full of youthful spirit.

The girl's cheeks were bright red.

She didn't know if it was the blazing sun that had reddened her face, or her racing heart.

In their first year of high school, they became classmates.

He was the gifted darling of teachers and students alike, while she was just another face in the crowd, sensitive and insecure.

He was the boy she longed to chase, but could never get close to.

If she hadn't been through one upheaval after another, if she hadn't fallen into one pit after another, if she hadn't met all those strange and terrible people, perhaps Ke Chenxi would still be the timid, gentle girl she once was.

She thought she had already changed for the better.

Until she saw him again.

Ke Chenxi saw Ye Jiale again at the labor arbitration committee in Beijiang District.

He wore a sharp suit and looked nothing like the boy she remembered in his white school uniform.

Yet she recognized him at once, just from his profile.

She had thought she would never cross paths with him again in this life.

She never imagined they would meet in court again, but she lost.

She was the lawyer representing the employee, and he was the company's lawyer.

She refused to back down during the hearing, but he caught her completely off guard.

It wasn't her face that turned red. It was her eyes that went blind.

They were two parallel lines that had gone off course. Even if they crossed briefly, they would eventually return to their normal paths.

But she didn't know that from then on, no matter how many steps she took back, he would keep drawing closer, as if he had planned it all along, with no chance encounter involved.

Ke Chenxi and Ye Jiale both moved into Chaoyang Huafu and, by a twist of fate, became roommates.

At a barbecue, when their other roommates were teasing her, he casually spoke up from the side.

“She doesn't even remember me. What makes you think she'll remember you?”

She wanted to get close, but didn't dare.

That New Year's Eve, she thought it was just a moment of impulsiveness, a rush of hormones. But the next day, emboldened by the lingering effects of the alcohol, she confessed her feelings during that old-fashioned, cheesy game of truth or dare.

“I like boys who've played basketball since they were little.”

If she hadn't been through one upheaval after another, if she hadn't left so many things unsaid, if she hadn't been who she was, that sensitive and insecure girl...

But there are no ifs.

There were still so many uncertainties between them, including that kiss that had muddled her mind.

She didn't know what that kiss had meant. Was it revenge, or was he just playing around?

But running away was what she did best.

At their class reunion, Ye Jiale learned Ke Chenxi's secret before she learned his.

On New Year's Eve, in the dim light, he trapped her in his arms again, his burning gaze fixed on her, unable to look away.

“Can we stop backing away from each other?”

“I love you, Chenxi.”

It was the first time he had called her by her given name, without her surname, just as she had long dreamed he would.

It was also the first time he had said he loved her, not just that he liked her.

This time, his eyes were red.

“The redbuds at No. 7 High School are blooming again.”

“Ke Chenxi, I've missed you too.”

It turned out her secret crush had long since blossomed into the most beautiful flower, blooming in all its glory.

Theme: We will eventually meet the person we love.