After the Spoiled Princess Ran Away from Her Wedding

[Cheating on himself | Forced pursuit | A touch of groveling]

Chu Zhaoning was to marry the regent of Great Zhou.

He wielded absolute power and was cruel and violent. He'd turned down countless noble ladies and specifically demanded that this spoiled princess marry him instead.

Rumor had it that he was always seen wearing a terrifying mask, and was probably an old man who'd been disfigured.

Chu Zhaoning grew more and more heartsick at the thought, then turned to look at the handsome, refined bodyguard standing beside her.

A slender figure, a face like fine jade, innocent and obedient.

Chu Zhaoning had coveted him for ages. At last, she lured him into bed with a cup of wine, then had her way with him.

On the eve of the wedding, Shen Du was especially passionate. He leaned close to her ear and asked, "Master, if you and A-Du are this reckless, won't the regent get angry?"

Chu Zhaoning bit his Adam's apple. "Let him be angry."

He was just a disfigured old man. Better if he got angry enough to drop dead.

Then the red curtain of the wedding carriage was lifted, and beneath the Great Zhou regent's mask was a face she knew all too well.

Good news: The regent she's marrying isn't an old man. He's cheating on himself.

Bad news: He heard every nasty thing she said about him.

Remembering what she'd done to Shen Du, Chu Zhaoning decisively grabbed her dowry and fled to a border town a thousand miles away.

But one rainy night, the man appeared before her, his fingertips stained with blood.

With nowhere left to run, she was captured and taken back to the prince's residence, bound in golden chains.

The refined black eyes of Shen Du were stained with lust, deep and clinging, fixed on her flushed chest as he murmured:

"Master, Your Highness... Princess Consort, how much farther do you think you can run?"

Chu Zhaoning stifled a sob, but was trapped against his scorching chest, made to arch and bend as he pleased.

She'd thought she had the upper hand between them. She never realized that from the very beginning, she'd been the prey he'd been watching hungrily.

She called hoarsely, "A-Du..."

Shen Du gripped the golden chain and leaned over her. "Call me husband."

#Beauty-loving airhead x a clingy, damp little dog who pretends to be good

* Both are virgins, happy ending

Trope conceived on 2024/12/22, blurb written on 2025/3/23. Screenshot saved

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