A Passionate Romance After Marrying the Cool CEO

Gentle, absent-minded indie musician * aloof, scheming CEO / everyday life as wives / a little groveling after the chase

For twenty years, Xia Muxue had been the invisible one in the Xia family. Then one day, she was taken to a bridal shop, showered with attention by everyone around her.

As soon as she stepped inside, she spotted an eye-catching, cool beauty sitting on the sofa.

Xia Muxue recognized her from the financial magazines: Shen Jibai, a rising star in tech and the head of a wealthy family.

She was also her younger sister's arranged-marriage match.

Xia Muxue held her breath, not daring to look too closely, and slipped into the fitting room.

But Shen Jibai followed her in.

Amid layers of white tulle, Shen Jibai stood tall and composed behind Xia Muxue. She gripped Xia Muxue's chin, forcing her head up, and met her eyes in the full-length mirror.

"From now on, you'll have to learn... how to please me."

*

Xia Muxue married into the Shen family in her younger sister's place.

She had expected Shen Jibai to be as cold, arrogant, and distant as the rumors claimed, and assumed they would have little to do with each other after the wedding.

She never expected Shen Jibai to come home every night, always demanding that she fulfill her "wifely duties"...

In their luxurious, sprawling apartment, every corner, from the living room and bathtub to the kitchen and dining area, held intimate memories of the two of them entwined together.

*

The Xia family became a laughingstock among the wealthy when they switched brides at the last minute on the eve of the arranged marriage. Everyone gleefully bet that the cold and heartless President Shen would kick the Xia family's fake bride out within three months.

But they waited and waited. Even after the Xia family went bankrupt, Shen Jibai still didn't divorce her. Instead, reports of their loving relationship kept surfacing.

One day, she took Mrs. Shen to an auction. The next, she whisked her away to a private island for a vacation. She even turned her into a highly sought-after musician.

At a banquet, Xia Muxue's younger sister made a scene, splashing a glass of red wine over Xia Muxue before security dragged her out, screaming.

With everyone watching, Shen Jibai, usually so cool and unfeeling, lowered her eyes and slowly wiped Xia Muxue's chest with an expensive handkerchief. A playful smile touched her lips.

"Darling, red wine really brings out your complexion..."

Xia Muxue's waist tightened, and her cheeks flushed red.

Looks like she'll have her hands full again once they get home.

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Gentle, resilient office worker * brooding, obsessive CEO / sweet romance and face-slapping / strangers in public, passionate in private / a little groveling later on

After her family went bankrupt and her engagement was called off, Wen Shuyao met Gu Xingyan at the bottom of an endless abyss.

The legendary head of a prestigious family conglomerate was cool and refined, always surrounded by the crisp chill of a snowy night. She never spared anyone a glance.

Except that she reached out to Wen Shuyao, who was huddled in a corner.

When they met again, Gu Xingyan handed her a marriage contract.

Her icy black hair wound around Wen Shuyao's wrist, pinning her against the table in her rented apartment.

Her melodious voice sounded like an enchanting spell:

"You have no other choice but me, do you?"

Wen Shuyao signed the marriage contract and married into a wealthy family.

A villa, luxury cars, jewelry, designer goods... Gu Xingyan gave her everything she needed and everything she didn't.

Gu Xingyan looked after her family at any cost and took meticulous care of Wen Shuyao, too, fulfilling her every preference to a tee.

She even had Wen Shuyao's back at work and quietly trimmed her social circle, while respecting her wishes and keeping their relationship "under wraps" for the time being.

Under wraps in public, but in private... Wen Shuyao always got even.

In the spacious bedroom of their villa, they spent night after night wrapped up in each other.

Gu Xingyan liked to hold her wrists tight and gaze at her, leaving mark after mark on her body. She looked utterly serious and lovesick.

Unable to hold back her growing feelings, Wen Shuyao couldn't help wishing that, if only this could last forever...

Until she found the letters Gu Xingyan had kept about her secret crush in a hidden room at home.

On the day their marriage contract expired, Wen Shuyao left the country with her suitcase.

Later, in the dead of night, Gu Xingyan broke into her little apartment.

The usually regal CEO had come running through the rain in the middle of the night, now as brooding as a ghost. Her eyes were rimmed with dark red as she pressed a cold, trembling kiss to Wen Shuyao's forehead.

Gu Xingyan's voice was hoarse as she pleaded bitterly:

"You promised me. I haven't told you to stop, so you can't leave."

*

It was only later that Wen Shuyao learned the truth.

Gu Xingyan's secret crush had always been Wen Shuyao herself.

And her lover had been plotting to win her over for far too long.

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