Shenyechi

****Completed, but under revision.****
***SUPER SLOW BURN MATURE 18+***

After struggling her way through university, Mina Harlow, a top tier graduate (and literal genius), with the aspiration of lifting her family out of poverty, was still living in the slums, taking odd jobs to earn a living. All of her hard work had been for nothing and her life is cast into turmoil because she offended the wrong Miss from a prominent family. Desperate to for her next source of income, Mina aligns herself with the wrong people, and finds herself amid several conspiracies that keep becoming more and more confounded by misunderstandings. She is mistaken for a spy, by one of the most influential families in the country and held captive as the confusion, mishaps and misunderstandings build up all around her. Under the extreme circumstance, Mina is thrown into despair, hatred and love all that the same time, but will the experience break her or make her ‘better?’ 

(This story is set in a fictional, modern day patriarchal society on the brink of a shift public opinion on the 'role' of the woman.)

Excerpt: 

"Why are you crying?"

"Because I'm stupid," Mina replied. The man laughed sarcastically. 

"I disagree. I think you are a very smart girl."

"Being smart does not mean you can not be stupid." Who told her she was a genius anyway?

***THIS IS AN ADULT STORY WITH AN ADULT THEME. THERE IS VIOLENCE AND IMPLIED VIOLENCE. THERE IS ROMANCE IN THIS STORY, BUT IT IS NOT EXACTLY A LOVE STORY. ***

When a Genius Makes a Mistake

Cylus adored Ash, even with her wigs and prosthetics, he just loved being around her, and anytime she shed her fake skin for him, he increasingly felt like he needed to make her his, but she had been distant since Willow had her baby. Unlike with other women, Cylus continuously reminded her that he would wait, and because of the situation between President Lee and Mina, the woman came home, but their relationship was not the same. They argued over insignificant things, and now, he was doubting their future.

"Why don't you just leave? It would be so much easier if I knew that you didn't care at all, but when you come back, you give me hope; I don't want to be in love with a dream." Ash took two steps back, afraid but also relieved.

"I shouldn't have said it that way." Cylus knew that Ash would run away the minute he told her how he really felt, and it was the only reason he had not already proposed to her.

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