Reborn in Marriage: A Wife Gentle as Water

(A reborn marriage-and-romance story, with family life and career, power, and money. The heroine is clever and devious, the hero is domineering but reserved, and he’s determined to dote on her every step of the way. Let the disposable characters be disposable.)

This woman is his!

From the first moment he saw her, he arranged everything, just waiting for her to become his bride.

This man is hers?

She didn’t find out until the wedding was all prepared that her childhood sweetheart and fiancé had been replaced by a stranger.

She hated him, resented him, and eventually wasted away in sorrow.

Only as she lay dying did she learn the truth: the person who had made her lose everything had always been the childhood sweetheart she loved most!

The man who protected, cherished, and loved her with all his heart was the man who had forced her to marry him, pursued her relentlessly, and barely ever spoke.

The Married Couple:

One day, she finally asked the question buried deep in her heart. “Why did you marry me?”

He raised his left eyebrow and answered casually, “I was old enough to get married, and my family was pressuring me. Your wedding was already arranged, so I didn’t have to worry about the preparations. You seemed pretty good to me, too. It was easy and convenient, so I married you.”

She couldn’t help rolling her eyes. She knew she shouldn’t have asked.

Old enough to get married? Family pressuring him? He was only twenty-six when he married her! Who would believe that a powerful, influential family like his would pressure him into marriage?

The Childhood Sweetheart:

“Don’t go. Please don’t leave me, okay?” Her childhood sweetheart grabbed her arm, his eyes full of emotion and his voice pleading.

“Darling, I hurt myself.” The man appeared at just the right moment, wrapping an arm around her and pulling her into his embrace, all while looking straight at his rival.

“What?!” She was startled and hurriedly checked him over. “Where are you hurt? How could you be so careless?”

“I scraped myself just now. Let’s go buy some medicine.”

“Okay! There’s a pharmacy nearby. Where are you hurt? How could you be so careless?”

Her childhood sweetheart stood rooted to the spot, face livid as he glared at the man’s ramrod-straight back, grinding his teeth in anger!