Kong Youren thought Shen Qie was the most difficult man she'd ever encountered.
He said the same about her.
They first met on an ordinary evening at a gathering with a few friends. Kong Youren arrived early and spotted a ridiculously handsome man sitting on the sofa. She assumed her best friend had hired a model to match her tastes, so she happily sat down beside him.
After several rounds of drinks, they'd hugged and kissed. When the party ended, they followed the alcohol's lead to a hotel reception desk. As the man beside her took out his ID, Kong Youren drunkenly glanced at the name on it: Shen Qie.
She sobered up almost instantly.
The name rang a bell. During her first couple of years in the industry, someone at a rival company had repeatedly made things difficult for her, then disappeared without a trace.
While he was registering, Kong Youren quietly turned away and searched for "Shen Qie" on LinkedIn. She skimmed his profile and opened the photo.
The lighting had been dim, and the alcohol had blurred her vision. She hadn't gotten a good look at the man beside her.
Now, comparing them carefully, who else could the Shen Qie in the photo be?
And yet, the photo captured less than a tenth of his looks and charm.
Kong Youren promptly slipped away.
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One evening later, she opened a dating app and messaged someone she'd been chatting with for over two months:
"Want to meet tonight?"
Kong Youren had never seen what he looked like. Once, when she asked to see a photo, she made it clear he could cover his face and show only his body.
The meaning couldn't have been clearer.
He was generous enough to understand her lustful intentions and sent her a sexy shirtless picture.
Now she opened the photo again and gazed at that gorgeous body, letting her imagination run wild.
Two seconds later, a reply came: Sure.
In a bustling part of Xingcheng District, Jing City, on the top floor of a five-star hotel.
Kong Youren knocked on the door. A moment later, it opened, and she calmly glanced inside.
The man before her was a head taller. Water dripped from his hair, a towel wrapped around his lower half, and the mist from his wet chest seemed about to brush her face.
Her heart leapt with joy, but she kept her composure, slowly letting her gaze travel upward. Then, when she recognized his face, her expression changed abruptly.
"Why is it you?"
As soon as the words left her mouth, a forceful hand yanked her into the room.
The door slammed shut with a bang.
Kong Youren's back pressed against it. The man before her trapped her in the small space with his arm, leaving her nowhere to run.
His manner was domineering, but his voice was languid and gentle as he whispered seductively into her ear:
"Planning to run away again this time?"
1. Sweet romance, one-on-one, happy ending.
2. The male lead is sexually inexperienced; the female lead is not.
3. The workplace setting is fictional and only plays a small part, so please don't nitpick the details.
Theme: Love is an irresistible, fatal attraction.
