[Sharp-tongued, calculating and carefree Bai Rui] x [Cold, stunning and dangerously unhinged Lu Tinglan]
One-line summary:
When my rival in love locks me in her arms and whispers, "You thought I was competing with you for a woman? No. I've been competing for you all along," only then do I realize... In that citywide love triangle, there were only ever two players.
Full blurb:
Everyone in their circle knows Bai Rui has been pursuing Gu Ling for three years.
The heiress of the Gu Group is cool, elegant, and keeps strangers at a distance.
Bai Rui pursues her with such fanfare that the whole city knows about it.
Until that woman appears.
Lu Tinglan, Gu Ling's childhood friend and the capital strategist of the Lu City Group, wears a sharply tailored suit and walks on ten-centimeter heels. Like a poison-tipped blade, she slips effortlessly into Bai Rui's territory.
She's more beautiful than Bai Rui, smarter than Bai Rui, and more adept at getting what she wants.
Most devastating of all, Gu Ling looks at Lu Tinglan with a tenderness Bai Rui has never seen before.
So Bai Rui goes crazy.
She has people follow Lu Tinglan, investigates her schedule, and tries to find something she can use against her.
She even sneaks into the private club Lu Tinglan frequents, hacks into her schedule, and, one late night, secretly stakes out the area outside Lu Tinglan's apartment.
She thinks she's defending her love.
Until one day, her best friend hands her a stack of photos as evidence.
Only then does Bai Rui realize that Gu Ling was never Lu Tinglan's prey. Lu Tinglan's prey was her, and had always been her.
[Extra scene]
Rain falls all around them beneath the deep night sky.
Lu Tinglan reeks of strong liquor. She bends down, her thumb brushing the corner of Bai Rui's eye. In her gaze is a bottomless possessiveness Bai Rui has never seen before.
"Three years. I spent three years laying the groundwork, waiting for you to walk in on your own."
"I wasn't disappointed."
[Reading guide] Both leads are inexperienced. One-on-one romance, no secondary couples.
Revenge x coercion x rivals in love x power couple x dangerously unhinged
#Are the Thorns or Roses Entwined Around the Heart?#
Theme: Purposeful patience is the most captivating kind.
