Tenderness Is Hard to Tame

[Next book. Definitely coming soon! Please add it to your collections TT]

[Sunny, bold girl x cool, secretly passionate guy]

1.

Yan Kou falls in love at first sight with her new boss. Unfortunately, he's young but accomplished, and recognized by the whole company as an untouchable heartthrob.

Her coworker pats her on the shoulder. "You can dream about anything."

And that night, she really does dream about Pei Shao...

"I like you, Koukou."

"I like you too! I like you so much!"

Faced with that handsome face, Yan Kou kisses him without hesitation.

Ahhh, this is amazing!

2.

Pei Shao unexpectedly acquires a box of talisman papers. A master claims they'll let him meet the woman he loves in his dreams.

The woman he loves is someone he had a crush on in college. Years have passed since they parted, and she no longer remembers him.

Dream Yan Kou is bold and affectionate, close to him at every turn. She playfully calls him "baby," "big brother," and "hubby."

But in real life, Yan Kou keeps her distance and can't even stand to look at him.

He doesn't want to approach her and make her dislike him even more.

Until the day Pei Shao learns that the woman in his dreams is Yan Kou herself, and calls her into his office.

Pei Shao's expression darkens. "Is there something you want to tell me?"

Looking at his terrifying expression, Yan Kou wonders if he's discovered the spicy drawings of him she secretly made while slacking off at work!

After a long silence, Yan Kou can't take it anymore. On the verge of tears, she says guiltily, "I absolutely have no improper thoughts about you!"

Pei Shao's face goes completely dark.

3.

Night falls.

The woman, who has been teased until she's left desperate for more over and over again, clings to him and begs in a sweet voice, calling him "my wonderful husband" again and again.

Covered in scratch marks, Pei Shao pushes her little head away with a finger and gives a cold laugh.

"Didn't you say you had no improper thoughts about me? Hmm?"

This novel's blurb:

[One-on-one romance / Both leads are virgins / Five-year age gap / Older male lead / Love triangle drama]

In her senior year of college, Chen Yiyue moves from a forty-square-meter rental into a mansion worth six figures per square meter.

Thanks to Rong Heng.

That's her boyfriend. He's well educated, handsome, and rich, with exactly the kind of personality she loves.

He's every inch the proper gentleman in public, but at home he acts like he'd die without her, following her around like a dog wherever she goes.

But at least he's rich and a devoted caretaker, so he keeps her perfectly satisfied.

Chen Yiyue is having too much fun to mind his overwhelming possessiveness for now.

*

As time passes, his desire to control her only grows stronger.

It gets so bad that if she gives a male coworker an appreciative smile at work, he uses a work-related excuse to call her into his office.

At first, all they do is kiss. Later...

The floor-to-ceiling windows, the sofa, the desk... Chen Yiyue can't bear to look at any of them whenever she walks in.

He works during the day and keeps her busy after hours. His feelings for her can only be described as an obsession.

But what troubles her most is finding a wedding ring design in the desk drawer in Rong Heng's study.

Just then, her stepfather and her nominal fiance somehow get into serious trouble and teeter on the brink of bankruptcy.

Someone sends her a message claiming that Rong Heng is behind it all.

So she uses the opportunity to ask Rong Heng to break up. Perhaps out of guilt, he agrees all too easily.

Before she leaves, Rong Heng asks her to stay for one last meal.

Chen Yiyue gives in and agrees. At the time, she still doesn't know:

She'll be eating dinner, but he'll be eating her.

The meal lasts until noon the next day. Fortunately, Chen Yiyue still manages to board her flight to M Country.

During the flight, she soon falls into a deep sleep.

When she wakes and sees what's around her, terror strikes, and her adrenaline surges.

A familiar presence encircles her from behind, and a kiss lands on the nape of her neck.

"Baby, this is our new home. Do you like it?"

"It's five times bigger than our place back home, so there's plenty of room for my little darling to run around."

"If you won't be my girlfriend... then be my wife. How about it, wifey?"

Theme: Follow your heart