A Love Destined to Be

-Please add my author page's upcoming novel, Dazzling Wedding Night, to your favorites. -Mature man and woman / secret affair / rekindled love Xie Yao thought that even if she and Gu Chen lived under the same roof, they wouldn't become particularly close. Until one stormy night, drunk, she cornered him in the bathroom and gazed up at him with hazy eyes. "Young Master Gu, want to explore the mysteries of the human body together?" Gu Chen: "?" After that night, they became entangled. Later, Xie Yao received an offer to study abroad. That day, she stayed up partying with Gu Chen until the middle of the night. When she woke at dawn, Xie Yao moved the arm draped across her waist and calmly announced, "Let's break up. I'm getting a little bored." The sleepy man opened his eyes and watched her back for a while before turning over with a cold expression. "Were we even dating? How can you break up with me?" Xie Yao: "..." They reunited years later at a work dinner. In the cramped restroom, Xie Yao leaned close to the man's rosy, thin lips. But he grabbed her chin to stop her, sneering, "Am I your man? What gives you the right to kiss me?" Fueled by alcohol, Xie Yao reached through his shirt and gave his abs a long-missed feel. She was shamelessly confident. "You used to be." Gu Chen's expression froze, then darkened. He pinned her hand down hard, grinding his teeth in anger. "...Xie Yao, what do you take me for? Someone you can play with when you feel like it and toss aside when you don't?" Xie Yao said nothing, just looked at him quietly. One second, two seconds... She watched the coldness in the man's eyes gradually melt away. Unable to resist, he lowered his head and kissed her. Still sounding furious enough to grind his teeth, he said, "You damn well know I like you!" Not long after, they got married. Though it was a marriage of convenience, Xie Yao still grew spoiled by the man's constant, day-and-night affection. It wasn't until the snowy night when she made Gu Chen so angry that he left home that she suddenly remembered that their marriage was only an agreement, each of them getting what they wanted. So Xie Yao sensibly prepared divorce papers and waited for him to come home. Half an hour later, the man came back covered in snow, carrying her favorite Black Forest cake. He saw the divorce agreement on the coffee table, and his eyes darkened. "Can you afford the penalty for breaking the agreement, and still want a divorce?" Xie Yao froze, having completely forgotten about that clause. By the time she came to her senses, Gu Chen had sat down beside her. Frowning, he opened the cake box and softened his voice. "After you finish your cake, remember to come and make it up to me." Xie Yao: "..." 1. Awkward coward x obsessive romantic, mature man and woman / difference in status / hero pursues heroine 2. A powerful young master from Beijing's elite circle and a struggling medical student. Both are sexually inexperienced, though the heroine once had an insignificant unrequited love. 4. Neither lead is perfect. This is a melodramatic, old-school romance, so read with caution if that's not your thing. The plot is entirely made up by the author. Please don't draw parallels to real life, and no trolling. -Plot and blurb written on April 26, 2024, revised on June 28, 2025, and saved as screenshots. Please add my upcoming novel, Dazzling Wedding Night, to your favorites! Conventional x rebellious Xuan Yang first met Zhou Dang at the opening ceremony of their first year of high school. The boy wore his blue-and-white uniform carelessly, with a dazzling blue diamond earring in his left ear. His silver hair was breathtaking, and he looked impossibly handsome, as if he'd stepped out of another dimension. As Xuan Yang left after giving a speech as the freshman representative, her gaze met his cool, deep eyes. The boy seemed to think her beneath his notice. After just a second, he looked away. Later, they got married. On their honeymoon in Melbourne, Xuan Yang ran into the gifted young man she'd had a crush on in school. She instinctively glanced at him a few times. When she came to, she realized Zhou Dang, who had been walking beside her, had disappeared. When Xuan Yang found him, the man was standing by the street smoking. He drew in and blew out clouds of smoke, obscuring his lean, handsome face. When he saw Xuan Yang, he stubbed out his cigarette and walked over, watching her coldly. "Done looking at your first love?" Xuan Yang froze and stared into his deep eyes, astonished. Zhou Dang raised an eyebrow. "Last chance. Are you sure you don't want another look?" Xuan Yang was confused. "Last chance?" The man gave a low hum, then bent his head and kissed her right there on the street. "From now on, you can only look at me. I'm your legal husband." Years later, Xuan Yang learned that when she was twenty, on the day the Xuan family's heiress returned, her adoptive family had planned to send her abroad and leave her to fend for herself. It was only because Zhou Dang wanted to marry her that they changed their minds. Xuan Yang didn't understand. Late at night, in the throes of passion, she gazed down into the man's deep eyes. "Why?" Zhou Dang pressed her head down, making her take the initiative and kiss him. "They didn't want you. I did." When you turn around, you'll realize I've been watching you all along., Zhou Dang -Science genius x literature-loving girl. The hero had a crush on her when they were young and pursues her after marriage. -Both are each other's first. The main storyline follows his pursuit of her after marriage, interwoven with flashbacks to their secret school-days crush. -Neither lead is perfect, so read with caution if that's not your thing. -The plot is entirely made up by the author. Please don't draw parallels to real life, and no trolling. -Plot and blurb written on November 15, 2024, and saved as screenshots. For anyone in a reading slump, here are some of my completed novels: A Beautiful Marriage Moonlight at Zero Degrees Burning Hot on a Snowy Night Slowly Winning Her Over A Deep Love for You Thinking of You, Day and Night Gentle and Unmatched If the Moon Hasn't Risen Yet And more. Visit my author page to see the rest. Kisses! Theme: Love forged through countless trials