Scheming

*This novel is expected to launch around October. I'm quickly building up a stockpile of chapters. It will start once it reaches 300 bookmarks, so please add it to your library.

1.

The first time Fang Xun meets Song Jueming, she is being criticized and picked on by the parents of the man she's meant to marry. As they brush past each other, she hears a barely audible remark.

The second time they meet, Fang Xun sees her prospective fiancé passionately kissing someone else. She turns away in embarrassment, then looks back and meets the eyes of the man behind her.

He stares at her moist, reddened eyes for a long time.

The third time they meet, Fang Xun is flushed with heat and staggers out of a banquet, stumbling into his arms in a hotel corridor.

The man forces himself on her all night.

He pressures her to agree to break off her engagement.

2.

The first time Song Jueming meets Fang Xun, he watches her pretend to be happy even though she's clearly upset. He rises and brushes past her, leaving a faint, captivating fragrance in his wake.

The second time they meet, Song Jueming watches her flee, fighting back tears. Her light-footed silhouette carries an allure she doesn't even realize.

The third time they meet, Song Jueming finally has a soft, fragrant beauty in his arms.

A man who has lived more than twenty years with a cool heart, restrained desires, and impeccable self-control looks into her limpid eyes, which are growing moist and red, and suddenly makes up his mind.

He wants her.

But after forcing himself on her all night, all he gets is her refusal to give in.

He wonders, does she love that man that much?

*

Later, amid rumors circulating outside, a reporter interviews the heir of the Song Group. He raises the diamond ring on his hand, sharing a loving moment with his wife in his arms, and says just one thing.

"I love my wife very much. She is the only one for me in this life."

The rest stays in his heart: Until death, and beyond.

He knows all too well the road he took to get here. He schemed to hide her away, leaving no one else a chance to take advantage.

Reading and content warnings:

1. Quiet, reserved, resilient heroine x obsessive, dark male lead

2. The male lead loves only the heroine from beginning to end and is absolutely faithful to her

3. The male lead competes and fights to win her, and becomes extremely controlling after he gets her

4. Lots of male rivalry and a chaotic love triangle, and the male lead is still very unhinged

5. The heroine has intimate moments with a supporting male character, more than once

6. Both leads are sexually inexperienced

7. Happy ending

[Blurb written on 2026.02.11, screenshot saved]

Theme: Passionate love and emotional stability cannot coexist.