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THE GAME OF LOVE ~ Before You Love Me

Lin Yue doesn't believe in love. Raised in a world unified under an imperialist ideology, technologically advanced and ruled by a single emperor, she was trained from a young age to become a high-level concubine – someone who understands human desire as a tool, affection as a resource, and the male heart as conquerable territory. When a system for settling regrets chooses her for a mission in another world, Lin Yue accepts without hesitation. Her goal is simple: to win the love of a man who never loved his wife, to end the regret of a soul that died wishing to be loved by him. In return, the system promises any wealth she desires. The man in question is Shen Yichen – heir to a financial empire, rational to the point of coldness, marked by a first love that ended without explanation. For him, marriage is a contract, not a promise. Love is a risk, not a necessity. United by an arranged marriage between powerful families, Lin Yue and Shen Yichen begin a life together without romantic expectations. But while he closes himself off to protect his own pride, she advances with a silent strategy: not to compete with the past, not to demand equality, not to ask for love—just to remain. The system observes. His heart begins to react. But there's one rule Lin Yue can't break: she can't fall in love before he falls completely in love with her. And when the line between control and comfort begins to disappear, the real question ceases to be whether she will win the mission—and becomes whether she is willing to pay the price of winning. Because sometimes, winning a heart is easier to discover or do with your own.
NoelleEgypto · 1k Views

The Billionaire’s Paper Wife: His Obsession Has No Cure

One night of betrayal. One night of revenge. One secret that changes everything. Seraphina Lin was always the "timid mouse"—the ignored, soft-spoken daughter used as a pawn by her family. When she discovers her fiancé in the arms of her stepsister on the eve of their wedding, something inside her snaps. In a rare moment of rebellion, she flees into the night and falls into the arms of the one man she should fear most: Alexander Thorne. Alexander is the "Tyrant of North City," a man carved from ice who views love as a lethal weakness. Haunted by his mother’s cold abandonment, he lives by a single rule: No romance. No emotions. Only transactions. When scandal threatens his empire, Alexander offers Seraphina a deal that will save her dying grandmother: A one-year marriage contract. To the world, she is his doting bride. In private, she is a "Paper Wife"—a ghost in his mansion, meant to be seen and not heard. But as the lines between their contract and their physical craving begin to blur, a night at a high-stakes Gala offers Seraphina a glimmer of hope. She thinks she sees a crack in his icy heart. She thinks she is finally being loved. The illusion shatters when she discovers the dark secret hidden in his drawer. Faced with the evidence of his traumatic past, Seraphina realizes she isn't his wife—she’s his prisoner. And when the doctor delivers the shock of a lifetime—that she is carrying the Thorne heir—Alexander’s reaction is more chilling than any shout. "I don't care about the pregnancy. You are a Thorne by name only." Now, trapped in a golden cage with a man who wants her body but rejects her soul, the "timid mouse" must find a way to protect her heart and her unborn child. Alexander thinks he can own her without loving her, but he’s about to learn that some obsessions have no cure—and some "paper" hearts are the hardest to break.
JustynaRay · 3.3k Views