[Pregnant First, Love Later] [Long-Standing Scheme] [Six-Year Age Gap]
Blurb One
Qiao Wenying was the only daughter of the Qiao family, pampered for twenty-four years. But on her birthday, her boyfriend cheated on her, and someone drugged her at a bar.
After one reckless night with a stranger, she left a note and a check, then fled in disgrace.
Two months later, holding her test results and staring at the man standing outside the hospital, she fell into a long silence.
Liang Yuming was one of Shanghai's most powerful men, an elite in venture capital, and the older brother of her best friend, Liang Suining. Liang Suining had told her that her brother was proper and rigid, cold and serious, and incredibly petty. She had even claimed that he secretly had a crush on his male assistant.
And now, the man she had never dared to be alone with, and had gossiped about behind his back for years, was holding her household registration booklet.
Liang Yuming: "Let's go to the civil affairs bureau first."
Qiao Wenying: "Big Brother Liang, I know you're a good person, and these are special circumstances, but you really don't have to force yourself. I only want to keep the baby and raise it on my own."
Liang Yuming: "?"
Blurb Two
Her parents' constant urging left Qiao Wenying no choice but to begin a loveless marriage. After they married, Liang Yuming gave her everything she asked for. Apart from shying away when she got close to him, he was practically a perfect husband.
Believing her husband wasn't attracted to her, and unable to find any proof of the identity of the man from that night, Qiao Wenying assumed they had an unspoken open marriage.
She arranged a date with her crush, dressed up, and secretly changed into the high heels Liang Yuming had forbidden her to wear.
Just as she reached home, she unexpectedly ran into her husband, who was supposed to be at an evening event. He was even carrying the out-of-season cherries she'd insisted on having.
"Where are you going?"
Feeling Liang Yuming's gaze on her heels, Qiao Wenying guiltily drew her legs in and quickly changed the subject. "I met this really nice younger guy. Could you help me figure out what he's like?"
She heard a very low chuckle between breaths.
"Figure out what?"
Their eyes met by chance. In that instant, the man's usually gentle expression took on a chilling, dangerous edge.
That night, her husband, who always gave her whatever she wanted, was fiercely fastidious, and disliked physical contact, pinned her hands and kissed her tear-damp lashes again and again.
"Qiao Qiao, have I spoiled you too much?"
A pampered, silly little beauty and a stern, aloof old-fashioned man
Qiao Wenying and Liang Yuming
*By the time I realized it, I was already in love.*
P.S.:
1. The heroine really is incredibly oblivious, and sweet and soft.
2. She genuinely misunderstands the hero and treats him like one of her girlfriends.
3. The crush is just one part of the game.
4. The first baby will take the heroine's surname.
Theme: Love yourself before you love someone else.
