Joy from Dawn to Dusk

Flirtatious and carefree, falls for looks at first sight x refined scoundrel, long plotted his pursuit

Freelance photographer x partner at a prestigious law firm, one-on-one! Both virgins!

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[Good news: I slept with a brilliant man]

[Bad news: He's a sharp, capable lawyer]

Xu Jinhuan has been having a run of bad luck lately.

First, she dumped her scumbag boyfriend. Then her studio ran into trouble. Her photography files were stolen and spread all over the internet.

At a cocktail party, she was looking around for a lawyer to help her sue.

She scanned the room, and all she could see was that tall, broad-shouldered brute in a suit!

The next morning, the smooth, springy feel of his muscles was under her hand, and her bite marks were clearly visible.

If he hadn't been awake, Xu Jinhuan might have bitten him again.

They were both adults, so she was perfectly casual about it. After sleeping with him, she even gave him a red envelope.

Shen Yanzhou leaned against the headboard, glanced at it, and said, "Taking money is against the law. I won't accept it."

She promptly took the money back and asked him for a health checkup report.

The man's voice was low. "Leave me your email. I'll send it within three working days. What about yours?"

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By day, Shen Yanzhou is the trusted Lawyer Shen. At the negotiating table, he smiles and chats pleasantly, but behind his gold-rimmed glasses, his gaze never gives an inch.

By night, Shen Yanzhou is a brute who has shed all shame and restraint. Not even a custom-tailored suit can hide the wildness beneath.

After they moved in together, Xu Jinhuan loved narrowing her eyes, stripping away his mature, abstinent disguise, and tracing the strong lines of his body.

But some relationships are fragile by nature, just as some people only embrace beneath the cover of night. When dawn breaks, the ambiguity fades, and they become strangers.

"Let's end this here. I'll be moving out soon," she said.

Shen Yanzhou put on his suit, calm and elegant. "Fine. Do as you like."

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Moving back to the old family home was just as miserable as she'd expected.

After yelling at people, slapping them down, and overturning the table, Xu Jinhuan walked out into the rain. Wandering through the streets of Shanghai, she saw someone who shouldn't have been there.

The man was tall and slender. Even in the pouring rain, his custom-tailored suit stayed perfectly neat, and he looked every bit the refined gentleman.

Xu Jinhuan raised an eyebrow, met the interest in his eyes, and said politely, "What a coincidence, Lawyer Shen."

Under the umbrella, Shen Yanzhou replied meaningfully, "Not a coincidence. I've come to collect my runaway kitten."

Xu Jinhuan stood there, soaked through, feeling a little embarrassed.

Shen Yanzhou came closer under his umbrella, took off his suit jacket, and wrapped it tightly around her. He chuckled under his breath. "My cat has been two-timing me lately, and now she's learned to run away from home."

◆ Angsty romantic tug-of-war / Friends with benefits to lovers / □□ / Mutual healing

A real adult push-and-pull! These two have eight hundred tricks up their sleeves!

Both virgins! They're both inexperienced, but put on a confident act and refuse to lose.

---------------- Next book: The Elopement Paradox

Rekindled love / A love born of hatred / Powerful man bows his head / Unconventional coercion

A master liar who's great at soothing people x a powerful young heir from the capital's elite

Ye Tong knows all too well that her privileged life comes with a price, quietly marked out in advance. Her future marriage is a bargaining chip.

If an arranged marriage is inevitable, she might as well pick the best candidate.

Among the rich playboys, she set her sights on Liang Siyuan. The Liang family was illustrious, and its only son was as bright and refined as the moon after rain.

So she cornered him and rose on her toes to kiss him by force.

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At a gathering of their circle, glasses clinked and conversation flowed.

Liang Siyuan sat at the head of the table, his expression calm. He held her close while peeling shrimp, the movements elegant and practiced, and let Ye Tong toy with his tie between her fingers.

She curled up in his arms like a lazy cat, eyes half-closed as she waited to be fed.

When someone asked when they would marry, Ye Tong said nothing. She only licked Liang Siyuan's fingers as he fed her shrimp and listened to him reply, "After she graduates from senior year. Not long now."

But no one expected the wedding to become the perfect smokescreen for Miss Ye's escape from her family's control.

When she ran away, she left without a backward glance. She personally extinguished all of Liang Siyuan's passion, killing it in the damp, rainy season of the capital.

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Years later, they met again at a drinking party. Liang Siyuan wore a crisp suit. He was still seated at the head of the table, composed and distinguished, the center of everyone's attention.

In a corner, Ye Tong endured a client's attempts to make her drink while sizing up her old flame again. She thought, He's gotten even fitter over the past few years. I wonder if he's still as good in bed as he used to be.

As usual, she thought that meeting an old enemy would make them see red.

She hadn't expected to wake up the next morning with aching hips and weak legs.

The morning light gilded the sharp features of the man beside her, both familiar and strange.

Liang Siyuan closed his file and leaned over unhurriedly, pinching her chin.

As she struggled, Ye Tong caught sight of the documents scattered across the bed. A marriage agreement, in black and white, glaringly clear. It was the one she had signed before.

She pretended not to see it. "Sorry. I got carried away after drinking, so..."

"So what?" His thumb brushed her slightly swollen lips, his voice hoarse. "You were clinging to me and begging for more last night. Why are you hiding now?"

One-on-one, both faithful, please add it to your collection and help the author launch the book soon

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