Sinking into Sensual Bliss

Xie Dongli was raised from childhood to be the heir. Cold and proud, she kept everyone at a distance, except for Zhou Xuzhi, whom she loved to have close. She first met Zhou Xuzhi when she was seven. One look at his delicately handsome face, and she adored him. When his big brother bullied him, she shielded him, laying claim with all the imperiousness of someone protecting her own: “He's mine. Don't you dare bully him.” For eleven years, she devoted herself to him, convinced that fate had woven a fairy tale into her life, gilding the lily. But when she was eighteen, her father fell gravely ill. Her elder brother seized power, and Zhou Xuzhi chose his side, betraying her. She went from the heir everyone fawned over to a hunted stray. She glared at Zhou Xuzhi's impassive face and finally understood: what had made him bow to her was never her, but power. * For eight years, everyone knew Xie Dongli and Zhou Xuzhi were at odds, constantly at each other's throats. She was a rising director, scrambling for investors and surrounded by rumors; he was unattached. But with a marriage contract, Zhou Xuzhi forcibly claimed her and bound them together once more. After Xie Dongli's film became a huge hit, a rich second-generation heir confessed to her at a fan meeting. She shrugged, looking utterly unconcerned. “I don't mind. Whether my husband does is another question.” The young heir wouldn't give up. He threw money and resources at her, then escorted her home. There he saw Zhou Xuzhi standing in the garden, graceful and handsome in the moonlight. The next second, Zhou pulled Xie Dongli into his arms and kissed her fiercely. The young heir froze. Zhou Xuzhi glanced at him from the corner of his eye, and he turned and fled. Xie Dongli angrily shoved Zhou Xuzhi away, only for him to pull her back into his arms. His thumb brushed the corner of her eye as he gazed down at her, his eyes blazing. “Darling, bringing someone home like this... are you hinting that I haven't pleased you enough?”