My Wife Wantang

He had a gentle, well-behaved wife whom he cherished above his own life and doted on in every way.

But one day, he returned from court to find his beloved wife... gone.

A subordinate reported fearfully, “Madam ran away with her childhood sweetheart.”

“Oh?” The man raised an eyebrow. His handsome face betrayed nothing as he ran his fingers over a deeply grooved ruler. “She’s being naughty again.”

That night, Wan Tang was tormented with that very ruler until she could neither live nor die.

A brooding, manipulative powerful official and a delicate heiress

Forced possession / ruthless schemes / age gap / possessiveness / happy ending

(A teaser is up for now. I’ll finish the blurb later.)

Theme: When one door closes, another opens