Collarbone Kiss Mark [Marriage Before Love]

[Complete. The next book, A New Pact for an Old Promise, is open for pre-orders. Blurb below...] [Old-fashioned, fatherly antique husband vs. elegant, stunning dancer] [Older, fatherly husband | Sweet daily life | Marriage first, love later] You used to help me with my homework. Now I'll teach you how to kiss. Li Wantang was born into a family of singers, dancers, and artists. She was carefully trained from childhood, and even her collarbones were exquisite and flawless. She was beautiful and dazzling, with countless admirers. But she had never imagined that she would marry a stiff, old-fashioned man several years her senior. Fu Yanshen always wore black: a turtleneck cashmere sweater, a polo coat that fell below his knees, and the same gold-rimmed glasses he seemed to have worn forever. He was certainly handsome, but far too serious. He didn't look like a husband, more like a school disciplinarian. Her mother said, “Yanshen comes from a good family, has a good personality, studied abroad, and has a stable job. Have you forgotten? He used to tutor you.” “...” That was exactly why she didn't want to marry him. Fu Yanshen was a top student, while she was a terrible one. Li Wantang would never forget the days when he mercilessly crushed her with his superior intellect. [Scenes from the story] 1. One day, Li Wantang was going out to a bar with her best friend. Just then, Fu Yanshen came home from work. His tall figure stood in the doorway as he calmly looked her up and down. “Going out?” “Yeah, to a bar.” After a brief silence, he said, “That skirt's too short. Change into something else.” “...” Li Wantang turned around, then heard him say, “Don't stay out too late. I'll come get you when you're done.” 2. In the study, Fu Yanshen's gold-rimmed glasses caught the glint of whiskey swirling around an ice cube. His pen skimmed the final page of a contract, then suddenly came to rest against her fingertip. “This... needs your personal seal.” At some point, he had undone the buttons of his shirt. The faint outline of his abs disappeared beneath his belt buckle. When he chuckled, his breath vibrated against her eardrum. “Why are you trembling so much? Is the air conditioning too cold?” The pen suddenly rolled off the desk with a soft thud. Li Wantang cursed under her breath, “Beast!” [Reading guide:] * Marriage first, love later | Older, fatherly husband * Both leads are pure and each other's first love | Sweet daily romance | He has a secret crush on her * The heroine's dancing career is based on research. Please kindly point out any mistakes. Some details are fictionalized, so feel free to drop the book if they're not to your taste. Thank you. Next book, A New Pact for an Old Promise Lu Huaichuan was devastatingly handsome, with an impeccable physique. He was also the third young master of the Lu Group, a true heir to a wealthy family whose businesses spanned the globe, and the favorite of the Lu elders. But he was rebellious and unconventional. On the day he returned to China for Old Master Lu's birthday, he ran off to a bar. A friend asked, “Didn't your old man arrange a marriage for you? How come you're still out partying?” Lu Huaichuan lit a cigarette. His handsome face was veiled in smoke, his manner carefree and arrogant. “What is this, the old days? Arranged marriages are so backward! Whoever wants that bookworm can marry her. I'm not interested.” The engagement had been arranged when they were children. He had only seen her once, when she was born, before going abroad. He barely remembered her. What little he had heard from friends suggested she was a dull, stuffy bookworm. The first thing Lu Huaichuan did after returning to China was try every way he could to break off the engagement. . Tang Wanyin came from a family of scholars. Her ancestors had been professors for three generations, and she grew up in a home steeped in culture. Her hobbies were reading, drinking tea, and arranging flowers. She was very unhappy with the fiance her grandfather had chosen for her. Especially after hearing that he had returned to China and gone straight to a bar instead of attending Old Master Lu's birthday celebration, Tang Wanyin looked down on that spoiled playboy even more. She, too, tried every way she could to call off the engagement. . On Lu Huaichuan's first day back in China, his friends threw him a welcome party. At the party, he spotted a girl. She was lovely as a flower rising from the water, spoke gently, carried herself with grace, and played the piano beautifully. He fell in love at first sight. Lu Huaichuan pursued her by every means he could. “Once I call off that childhood engagement, I'll marry you.” Tang Wanyin smiled. “Sure.” But on the day Lu Huaichuan went to break off the engagement, he saw Tang Wanyin sitting demurely beside the elders and was stunned. #Three-year age gap# #Life is a play, and acting is everything# #The person I like is the very person I'm trying to break off my engagement with# Theme: Have the courage to love.