A wooden little yellow flower with the desire but not the guts x a cool, calculating man with plenty of assets and tricks
Suspects her ex of cheating, but has no proof
Three months ago, to fulfill her sister's wish for her wedding, Su Li signed up with her boyfriend for a couples' reality show called “Desert Island Honeymoon.”
By the time the production team called to confirm, the two of them had already broken up. Now they were just the bride's younger sister and the groom's younger brother.
“You used me as a stand-in before, and now you want to use me to fool people again?”
Su Li ignored Lu Ze's cold remarks and tapped the contract on the table. “You don't want my sister marrying your brother while saddled with a mountain of debt, do you?”
*
Reality shows are all about mushy romance. When they were together, the two of them had done far more exciting things than anything on TV.
After months of pretending for the cameras, Su Li thought she could just close her eyes and get through it.
But on the remote, deserted island, they had to complete all kinds of soaking-wet challenges during the day. At night, when Su Li went back, she was once again faced with that muscular, well-defined body.
One morning, she woke up to find herself pressed against his pectorals.
Firm, springy, and full. Su Li couldn't help giving them a squeeze, marveling at how much bigger his chest had gotten.
Later, during the challenge round, Su Li's influencer ex showed up with his fiancée to stir up publicity.
He looked her up and down with a sneer, mocking her for being miserable after their breakup.
Lu Ze said nothing. But in the wrestling match that followed, he pinned the man into the mud in just three seconds.
His perfect V-shaped physique bulged with strength in the sunlight, and the livestream set the internet ablaze.
Su Li swallowed and used the last of her self-control to look away.
But when she returned to the tent that night, she found Lu Ze massaging his pectorals in front of a makeup mirror.
“Y-you...” Su Li's legs went weak. Eyes closed, she asked Lu Ze, “What are you doing?”
“I think I got hurt this afternoon. I'm putting on some ointment.” He calmly handed her the tube. “Help me rub it in.”
“...”
At the end of the show, the guests talked about their experiences over the past few days.
Su Li stared at a certain someone’s sharply defined chest, soaked with sweat, and said with weak knees, “The first few days were okay, but later on... it was pretty exhausting.”
She was telling the truth.
Because later, in the sea, in the bathroom, and everywhere the cameras couldn't see... Su Li was forced to work overtime.
She'd always thought that getting back together with Lu Ze was a sign of her weak willpower.
But in fact, every unexpected encounter had been planned by someone in advance.
#Forced to play along with a romance, what do I do when my ex is too tempting?
#He tempted me into making every mistake women are supposed to make
[A short story of around 100,000 words, written to indulge my preferences. The full story won't be paywalled while it's being serialized.]
Reader's guide:
1. The male lead is a muscular, straight man who's proper on the surface but secretly a womanizer.
2. The heroine is a sucker for handsome faces and pectorals, and fiercely competitive. At first, she treats the male lead as a substitute.
3. The heroine has a scheming ex-ex-boyfriend, a small-time influencer who got famous for his physique and muscles.
4. The male lead is devoted in both body and heart. He looks cold but does the laundry. One-on-one romance, happy ending.
Theme: Be bold and give it a try! Work hard and strive forward!
