My Marriage Partner Has Been Plotting This for Ages, and Dotes Exclusively on the Mischievous Princess

[Spoiled heiress and blind-box designer x outwardly gentle, secretly dark and obsessive man in power]

[Marriage before love + ten-year age gap + calculated marriage trap + sweet romance, with a little chasing after the wife]

Zhu Jinxia was a little princess who had grown up cherished by everyone. Recently, a marriage prospect ten years older than her had appeared out of nowhere. She resisted the idea and rejected it outright.

The man she had secretly loved finally returned from abroad, and Zhu Jinxia prepared to confess her feelings and welcome her first love.

But her family's company ran into trouble, and she had no choice but to turn to Shang Jiming, the young heir she had insulted for robbing the cradle. The man was still as gentle as ever, but the terms he offered were merciless:

"I'll help the Zhu family, and you marry me."

It was supposed to be a marriage of convenience, but the man was remarkably insistent about fulfilling his marital duties.

She caused all sorts of trouble, and he indulged her without limits. Zhu Jinxia slowly fell into the web he had spun, sinking deep into his tenderness.

Only when she heard the name of her first love did the warmth in Shang Jiming's eyes gradually fade.

And she was bold enough to tug at his tie and ask with a smile, "Mr. Shang, jealous again?"

He bent toward her with the pull of her hand, his palm settling at her waist, his kiss stopping just short of her lips.

"Yes."

"So, Mrs. Shang, how are you going to make it up to me?"

She had only meant to tease him.

Now her husband had taken her seriously.

It wasn't until the schemes behind their whirlwind marriage came to light that Zhu Jinxia understood just how dark and obsessive the man who lay beside her night after night truly was.

She took off her ring, left a divorce agreement, and turned for home.

The man who had been so skilled at setting traps knelt outside the Zhu family home, begging her to turn back. At last, Zhu Jinxia also learned of the secret love he had kept hidden for years.