Ji Nuan is a soft-spoken but steel-hearted young doctor. She's practical, loyal, and doesn’t believe in romance—especially not the kind found in books or whispered in smoky rooms.
Mo Jincheng is a cold, calculating CEO known for running a billion-dollar empire and ruining reputations with a single glance. He doesn’t care for people, let alone marriage.
But when Ji Nuan’s family faces financial ruin and Mo Jincheng’s powerful family demands he clean up his image, a marriage contract is drawn. One year. No love. No real strings. Just signatures and silence.
Or so they thought.
What begins as a cold agreement slowly spirals into something much darker… and sweeter. Ji Nuan wants peace. Mo Jincheng wants control.
But day by day, meal by meal, glance by stolen glance—he begins to unravel.
He’s not supposed to care.
But suddenly, everything about her drives him mad: her calm voice, her late-night tea habits, her scent lingering on the couch.
And Ji Nuan?
She’s starting to wonder......
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