The Idle Husband's Code

She was a woman he had bought with money. He pampered her as if she were everything, giving her the warm hope of sunshine, only to break her wings with his own hands and keep her from flying free.

Liang Yimo grabbed at his finely tailored collar. "What gives you the right to cancel my spot? This opportunity means so much to me. What gives you the right to decide for me?"

His gaze was languid and deep. With a powerful arm, he pulled her close, their eyes meeting as he spoke in a low, hoarse voice. "And then what, after you get your spot?"

"Heh." Ye Chen smiled, gripping her hair in his large hand and drawing her closer. "Run away and never look back? I can't let that happen. We're destined to be entangled with each other for all eternity. Liang Yimo, you can't escape me."

Call it imprisonment, call it deception. She was the one who fell first, the one who boldly declared her love and took the first step toward him. Then he pulled her straight into that half-true, half-false tenderness.

If she couldn't escape, then she might as well stay entangled with him…