Bowing to Temptation

[Clear-eyed, stunning mural artist heroine vs. self-deluding, stingy CEO hero]

Xu Youtao is nothing like her name suggests: she’s beautiful and bold, earning the nickname “Miss Rose” from her best friend. She thinks she first met Lu Chenyan at a coffee shop downstairs from a class reunion. Taken with his looks, she mistakes him for a male escort hired to pretend to be her boyfriend and put on a show, then happily lets herself get fleeced, spending money on him again and again.

Lu Chenyan is every bit as hard-nosed as his name implies. He worked his way up from the bottom of society to become a powerful figure in the business world. He’s meticulous about every penny and is known as a modern-day “miser.” He knows that he first met Xu Youtao much earlier, when she was carrying scaffolding under the blazing sun to paint a charity mural for an orphanage. For once, he let his mind wander and felt sorry that her pretty face wasn’t being put to “proper” use. Later, he ate his words and was glad she hadn’t gone down the “wrong path.”

--

When Lu Chenyan pursued Xu Youtao, he tried to win her over with money.

Xu Youtao couldn’t care less.

In the end, he offered her his heart.

Xu Youtao gladly accepted.

Their friends all shook their heads in dismay. “Ayan, are you bewitched or possessed?”

Lu Chenyan scoffed, his gaze burning. “What the hell would you know? She’s a treasure worth more than gold and silver.”

…

The moment Lu Chenyan fell in love with Xu Youtao, he bowed his head for the first time in his life, and all his arrogance melted into tenderness.

--

In one sentence: A miserly CEO bows to love. The old house catches fire, and he eats his words!

A cozy, sweet little romance about two people saving each other~