Love Too Deep to Last, The Lovely Wife Surrenders

After three years of marriage, Xu Yan presented her husband with a grand birthday gift: divorce papers. She thought Zhou Jinnian would be delighted, sign them at once, and kick her out. But he refused to let go.

“Why won’t you get a divorce? Don’t you hate being married to me?” Xu Yan asked angrily, looking up at the man pinning her down.

His face expressionless, the man gripped her chin and made her look at him. “But I hate the thought of you marrying someone else even more.”