Married to a Brooding CEO

Gentle, resilient white-collar worker x gloomy, possessive CEO / sweet indulgence and face-slapping / strangers in public, passionately intimate in private / a little groveling later on

After her family goes bankrupt and her engagement is called off, Wen Shuyao meets Gu Xingyan at the bottom of a seemingly endless abyss.

The legendary head of a wealthy conglomerate is cool and elegant, forever surrounded by the biting chill of a snowy night. He never gives anyone a second thought.

Yet he alone reaches out to Wen Shuyao, huddled in a corner.

When they meet again, Gu Xingyan hands her a marriage contract.

His icy black hair tangles around her wrist as he pins Wen Shuyao against the table in her rented apartment.

His gorgeous voice is like an enchanting spell:

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

Wen Shuyao signs the contract and marries into wealth.

A mansion, luxury cars, jewelry, designer goods... Gu Xingyan showers her with a staggering amount of affection, stunning the entire elite circle.

He also respects her wishes, keeping their relationship "quiet" for the time being.

Quiet in public, though. In private... she always makes him pay for it.

They spend every night entangled in the bedroom of their vast mansion.

Gu Xingyan likes to try all sorts of things. She gazes at Wen Shuyao as she leaves one red mark after another on her body.

Unable to restrain the feelings growing wildly inside her, Wen Shuyao can't help wishing that it could be true love...

Until she finds the letters Gu Xingyan has treasured, written to his secret love, in a hidden room at home.

On the day their contract expires, Wen Shuyao leaves the country with her suitcase.

Later, in the dead of night, Gu Xingyan forces her way into Wen Shuyao's little home.

The elegant CEO rushes over in the pouring rain, soaked through and looking like a ghost. Her eyes are bloodshot, and she presses a cold, trembling kiss to Wen Shuyao's forehead.

Gu Xingyan begs in a hoarse, sorrowful voice:

"You promised me. I haven't said stop, so you aren't allowed to leave."

*

Only later does Wen Shuyao find out the truth.

That letter had been written to her all along.

And her lover had been plotting to win her heart for a very long time.

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Cool, gentle older sister x proud, clingy heiress, ages 28 and 24

Younger woman fights to win her / sweet married life / a little groveling later on / lots of food descriptions

Song Yinong, a private chef and restaurant owner, never imagined she'd catch her girlfriend kissing someone else by the back door of her own restaurant.

She broke up with her on the spot.

Back inside, a beautiful heiress dried her tears, ordered the most expensive wine on the menu, and drank with her until midnight.

That night, Song Yinong and the heiress lost themselves in each other, without even exchanging names.

Song Yinong thought it was just a chance encounter, but then she received a special delivery.

Inside was a marriage contract from Chen Qingxu, the heiress she'd met that night. It was for two years, and signing it would make her financially free.

"It's only to deal with my family. I won't bother you."

Song Yinong signed and moved into a luxurious estate.

The world of the wealthy opened up to her: lavish banquets, designer gatherings, wineries, farms, and private planes. She had endless new sights to see and precious ingredients to study.

Every night, the proud heiress would tremble and lift her arms to wrap them around Song Yinong's shoulders, breathing honey-sweet words against her: "Sis, those hands you use to chop vegetables shouldn't move so slowly..."

Song Yinong picked up the pace, kissed her ear, and gentle waves of pleasure spilled over them again and again.

But every morning, Chen Qingxu would put on her nightgown and rise with cold indifference. "We each got what we wanted. Don't read too much into it."

*

As their marriage contract neared its end, Song Yinong heard that the Chen family had arranged a suitable new match for Chen Qingxu.

She sensibly packed her belongings, took the black card specified in the contract, left two refrigerators full of Chen Qingxu's favorite handmade desserts, and moved out of the estate.

Song Yinong went abroad and started over.

One day, just after she opened her little shop, the first customer through the door was Chen Qingxu.

Song Yinong lowered her lashes. "What would you like to eat, ma'am?"

The heiress grabbed her wrist across the table and pulled her into her arms, kissing her deeply.

Her bloodshot eyes fixed on Song Yinong. "The same thing as before. I want to eat you."

*

One day later, an old photograph fell out of Chen Qingxu's coat. It was a candid side-profile shot of Song Yinong from her high school days.

Song Yinong stared at it, then smiled helplessly.

It turned out that for Chen Qingxu, it had been an accident, but also a plan long in the making.

Theme: A beautiful love can redeem them both