"Through wind and snow, my shadow follows you."
★ Wild young master VS rebellious cool girl
Contract marriage | Healing through a secret crush | Using good looks to get away with murder
-- Blurb --
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Lin Xiyu is greedy for money. Unfortunately, her career is going well, but her love life isn't.
She gets dumped by her boyfriend of two years.
Lin Xiyu doesn't feel too strongly about it. She's always thought money matters more than men. So she replies without hesitation:
[Perfect. I don't like men who smoke and drink anyway.]
Not long after, Lin Xiyu secretly gets married without telling anyone.
It's a marriage of convenience, all for show. She hasn't even met her fiance.
All she knows is that his name is Lu Hengyan.
And... he's her ex-boyfriend's boss.
He's low-maintenance and loaded, a celebrated white-collar professional.
He has none of the bad habits she hates.
Three months pass, and Lin Xiyu, who is used to lying flat, starts thinking she might want to renew the contract.
But on the night she plans to go see her sugar daddy,
she slips up and falls for a man at a bar at first sight.
Lin Xiyu suddenly realizes how much of a hypocrite she'd been.
*
The atmosphere is just right, and their eyes meet briefly.
After a three-second pause, the man looks away and calmly exhales a cloud of smoke.
In the dim light, a cool glow falls across his sexy collarbone and trails down through his open collar.
Lin Xiyu swallows unconsciously and, unusually nervous, says, "I've got money. How about... you name your price?"
At that, the man presses his cigarette out with a fingertip and leans back lazily.
He looks at her for a moment, then suddenly laughs. "Any amount?"
Lin Xiyu nods earnestly.
"All right. Return the money you transferred over the first three months, plus a penalty of ten times that amount."
Lin Xiyu is confused. "?"
The man seems to lower his head and mull it over, then says leisurely, "Or maybe just hand over all your money and don't get divorced. I hate the hassle. And..."
"Your husband is taking a client for the first time, so remember to take it easy on me later."
Lin Xiyu is completely stunned.
Unfortunately, before she can react, he suddenly pulls her into his lap.
The next second, soft meets hard, and sparks seem to fly through the air.
As the heat rises, he brushes a smoke-scented fingertip over her lips. His gaze is openly wicked. "Didn't you tell him you liked well-behaved men?"
"I should've stopped pretending ages ago."
#Bonus Scene#
A mutual friend asks, "You two... know each other?"
Lin Xiyu: "Not well."
Lu Hengyan: "We've slept together."
(Screenshot dated October 20, 2024)
Theme: Don't say you like someone. Say you love them.
