Rain in Blush

Second Chances After a Breakup | Reunion at the Start | Intense Push and Pull | Stealing Her Away Spoiled, flirtatious heiress × aloof, powerful family head, with a three-year age gap Five years after their breakup, Xia Wanyan agrees to marry the eldest grandson of the Jiang family. He warns her that his uncle is the one in charge, and everyone fears him. Xia Wanyan doesn't care in the slightest. But that very night, at a family dinner, she looks toward the man seated at the head of the table, and her heart skips wildly. The Jiang family's young uncle is actually her ex-boyfriend, Jiang Qingshi. During dinner, someone jokes that he's ascetic, calm, and self-controlled. Jiang Qingshi looks up. His icy gaze sweeps over her face, and he replies coolly, “It depends on the person.” Her memories instantly return to five years ago. In the attic on a rainy night, she clung to him and wheedled him, drawing him step by step toward losing control. No one knew that on the night she left, he had stood in the torrential rain, begging her to see him one more time. - Their breakup had been ugly, and Xia Wanyan knows that, given Jiang Qingshi's temperament, it's only natural that he doesn't want anything to do with her anymore. She keeps her distance, even occasionally calling him Uncle Jiang when they're around other people. But one night, when she doesn't come home, Jiang Qingshi comes looking for her. She doesn't want things to get messy, so she braces herself against the door and raises an eyebrow with a teasing smile. “What gives you the right to tell me what to do? Uncle? Aren't you overstepping?” Before she can finish, he grabs her by the waist and pins her against the entryway wall. Someone bumps the light switch. The room goes dark, and he kisses her with force. “Who are you calling Uncle?” In the darkness, Jiang Qingshi's eyes are red as he demands in a low voice, “When we broke up back then, did you really have no reason at all?” - Later, her arranged-marriage match chases after her down the hallway with roses in hand, but all he catches is a glimpse of Xia Wanyan disappearing around the corner. No one knows that, in the darkness just beyond the wall, Jiang Qingshi is kissing the tip of her ear. “When are we going public?” * Please add my next book, A Scarlet Infatuation, to your reading list! Reunion after years apart | Marriage before love | He secretly loved her Spoiled, flirtatious heiress × cold, ruthless family head Lin Lufei has always been willful and spoiled. She never imagined that one day a marriage contract would leave her stunned. Her match is He Jiqi, the ruthless and mysterious new head of the He family, who has just returned from abroad. No one has ever seen him. Before her engagement, unwilling to accept her fate, she resorts to a few tricks and gets the man she could never tempt back in school to come to a hotel with her. His name is Lu Jiqi. In the dim light, he's fierce and irresistible, and on a whim, she puts a collar around his neck herself. Before dawn, she flees on unsteady legs, leaving behind a bank card and a note in bold handwriting: It was fun while it lasted. Let's part ways here. - At the engagement banquet, the new head of the He family arrives late. The doors open, and a tall, lean figure strides in through the scattered light. His black silk shirt hangs open at the collar, the collar still around his neck, and the marks on his skin are scandalously vivid. Lu Jiqi? When did he change his surname to He? Lin Lufei is so startled she nearly drops her glass. The old master He is furious. “What kind of behavior is this? Where have you been?” The man takes his seat at an unhurried pace, his gaze settling on her as he answers in a husky voice, “Being someone's dog.” The entire room falls silent. Lin Lufei's heart pounds. Can I still run away from this engagement? - No one approves of this marriage alliance. They're certain that Lin Lufei, with her spoiled and reckless nature, will be mistreated by the ruthless He Jiqi. Lin Lufei is nervous too, so after the wedding she plays the good wife and lays down three rules: “We'll treat each other with respect, never cross the line, and part on good terms.” But He Jiqi looks up, his dark eyes slowly sliding from her stiffly pointed toes to her face, his expression unreadable. “I can't promise that.” Just as expected, married life turns into “hell on earth.” He's insatiable, clinging to her every night, and the scarlet marks on her body never fade. At last, unable to take it anymore, she throws the divorce papers in his face in front of everyone. “You're far too obsessed with sex. I want a divorce.” Everyone is stunned, unable to help worrying for Lin Lufei. How dare she? To their surprise, He Jiqi only smiles, pulling her into his arms and coaxing her softly. “Don't be mad, baby. Punish me by making me sleep in the study, okay?” - Lin Lufei has always believed that He Jiqi indulges her in everything and gives her whatever she wants only because their marriage is a matter of mutual advantage. Until one day, she happens upon his old teenage diary. Every page is about her. On the inside cover is a photo of her from her college days, with a firm inscription on the back: She thinks of me as a pastime, but I'm greedy. All I want in this life is to make her mine and stay by her side, year after year. * Theme: Mountains and seas may keep us apart, and time may take us far away, but love will always bring us back together.