In her previous life, Shen Qingli married her cousin Jiang Zhili, bringing along the enormous dowry her father had left her.
She had thought they were family, but they were all wolves in disguise, intent on stealing her family fortune.
Not only did she help her husband raise the son he had with his mistress, but the mistress brazenly moved into the estate, slept with her man, and hit her child...
In the end, both she and her child died miserably.
In this life, Shen Qingli resolutely breaks off her engagement to Jiang Zhili and leaves with her mother. But her maternal relatives scheme against her and force her to marry a good-for-nothing thug.
Just as she is about to flee Shengjing, the Ninth Prince, Jun Mochen, a ruthless man with power over the whole court, pleads in a low voice: “If I don’t marry within ten days, my imperial brother will marry me off to that vicious, sinister, stupid-as-a-pig princess from Xijin. Ah Li, I promise this will only be a fake marriage. I’ll set you free in three years.”
The aloof, dignified man before her has tears in his eyes, and Shen Qingli can’t bring herself to refuse. She broke off her engagement with his help, and he even found someone to cure her mother’s illness.
Fine, it’s only three years...
As the last shred of their pretense is torn away, Shen Qingli trembles and says, “...We’re only pretending to be married.”
Desire fills Jun Mochen’s eyes as he moves against her with fierce force. “Are we still pretending...”
