Seduction and Conquest

[Gorgeous heiress x obsessive, love-addled madman]

[Rekindled romance / intense push and pull]

Ji Youran was unemployed and at home when her father told her to go work for their competitor.

The company was terrifyingly powerful. In just a few years, it had become an industry leader, almost squeezing her family's market share out of existence. Rumor had it that the founder had powerful connections and a ruthless way of doing things, with a cold, heartless personality.

Ji Youran was fairly optimistic about it. She was just a nobody, so she could slack off and coast until they fired her. There was no way she'd ever have to deal with someone that important.

As luck would have it, she'd applied to the public relations department but was assigned to the CEO's secretary's office.

On her first day at work, she saw the big boss from the rumors: tall, long-legged, aristocratic, and coolly handsome to a breathtaking degree.

And he looked... a lot like one of her exes.

Once she confirmed the big boss was her ex, Zhou Youli, Ji Youran kept her head down and tread carefully.

After a while, his strictly professional, cold demeanor convinced her that he'd forgotten her.

Their relationship had been so brief, and in the grand scheme of his rich life, it was nothing worth mentioning. It was only natural that he'd forgotten.

Until one day, Ji Youran was caught red-handed searching for something in the big boss's room.

Nervous, she blurted out, "I like you! I know we can't be together. I just want to keep one of your personal belongings as a memento..."

Zhou Youli stared at her. His long fingers loosened his shirt collar as he let out a low, amused laugh.

After that, the two began a strange relationship.

They were passionate in bed, but remained boss and subordinate outside it.

Finally, Ji Youran's father told her she could leave.

The two companies had reached an agreement, so she could quit and go home to get married.

On the day her arranged-marriage match came to visit with his family, bearing lavish gifts, Zhou Youli was there too.

In Ji Youran's room, he pinned her against the door and slowly undid the buttons of her silk blouse, one by one.

Bending down, the man whispered with a tremor in his voice by her ear, "Baby, this time, you aren't getting away."

Theme: Hope and love