Romance

There is no RAPE or MAJOR MISUNDERSTANDINGS. WARNING: FL is scheming and evil.
    Like  almost every dramatic romance novel, Lily Qin’s story began with an  evil stepmother, a scheming stepsister, and a dumb ex-fiance. At twenty,  she fell prey to their grand scheme and became the laughingstock of the  country. In despair, she left.
    Seven years later, Lily Qin rose from the ashes.
    She was labeled as an empress, an iron lady, a genius, and a prodigy. She was Miss Tycoon.
    Now,  at twenty-seven, Lily Qin was an established businesswoman who was  single-handedly controlling her multinational company abroad. She was  beautiful, smart, and successful. Women envied her while men couldn’t  help but worship her ethereal beauty.
    With her devastating  past, everyone had assumed that Lily would exact revenge on the people  who had wronged her. Who would have guessed that behind that beaming  smile of hers was a numb heart that aimed only to make more profit?
    "You  got it wrong." Lily elegantly propped her chin on the back of her hand.  "I am seeing you today because we have something in common. We're both  villains in somebody else's eyes. And I think it's time for us villains  to get our own happy ending. Don't you think so?"
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    Zhuo  Jingren’s love for Lily Qin was something that only he knew. Ever since  they were children, he had his eyes on her. Yet, every time he had  tried to confess, he would end up fainting from nervousness.
    So  when Lily Qin promised to marry him if he became richer than her, Zhou  Jingren did not hesitate to leave the orphanage and work his way up just  to become her man.
    Who would have thought that years later, when he was successful and feared by many, he would come back to an engaged Lily Qin?
    Then she mistook him for an escort after eating his tofu? Preposterous!
    The  worst thing was, she seemed to have forgotten everything about him.  Hadn’t she promised to marry him the moment he became more prominent  than her family? Now, after taking advantage of him, she dared to run  away?
    This woman was a liar!
    He gritted his teeth as he  watched her approach him. He was about to say something mean when she  suddenly spoke. “Are you my new bodyguard?” She did not even wait for  him to answer before tossing her car keys at him. “Drive. Let’s go wreak  some havoc.”
    Thus, the mafia’s big boss became Lily Qin’s bodyguard.
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    "So?  What do you want as a compensation?" Zhuo Jingren asked her once again  before laying down next to her. His elbow was resting on the ground and  his palm was supporting his head as he looked at her intently.
    The  first thing that Lily noticed about Zhuo Jingren when he laid next to  her was his exposed tanned chest. This made him look more casual… and  hot. She didn't even realize she was staring at the latter.
    "Why are you staring at me like that?" He smirked at her. "Do you want me to compensate you with my body?"
    Lily immediately rolled her eyes at the latter. "Who wants your body? Hmp! I want money!"
    "Your mind is always thinking of money but your body actually betrays you. Am I right to say that I have a shameless wife?"
    "Hah!  I am a strong and independent woman of the 21st century. I know what I  want. But if you insist on giving your body, I will take it too!" Lily  shamelessly said, taking off her stilettos. However, just when Lily was  about to lie down beside Zhuo Jingren, he suddenly pulled her on top of  him. With her body on top of his, their faces were really close and they  could even feel each other's breath.
    "What a shameless woman," he noted, the smile on his face only deepened.