Obedient Ice

The mistake her father made when he was young forced her to marry him.
Handsome and wealthy, yet full of danger, she knew she must never be entangled with him.
But after two years of married life, his indulgence and tenderness gradually seeped into her heart...
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Just when she innocently thought they were heading for a perfect ending,
He brought up divorce at her lowest and most heartbroken moment, when her father died and she lost their child...
Since then, she has been poor and downcast, never able to enter his world again...
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After four years, they met again.
He was still as spirited, with his wedding to his fiancée approaching.
With tears in her eyes, she finally realized all her struggles in finding a job over the past four years were because of him...
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It turns out their marriage was nothing more than a scheme he devised with her father for the woman he deeply loved...
All this time, he had never said those three words to her because he never loved her...
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Who would have thought that she would bear his child again, even though they now belonged to separate worlds?... 
Only to discover in the end that his revenge on her had just begun...

Contract Marriage: Abusive Love with Mr.CEO

In the garden, two servants trimming the lawn were whispering to each other.

"I think the young mistress is quite cold to her husband..."

"That's true. I've been working at this villa for two years, and it seems like I've never seen the young mistress take the initiative to get close to her husband..."

"Do you think there's something wrong with their relationship?"

"How could there be? I heard from the butler that Mr. Geoffrey and the young mistress are very affectionate. Just take yesterday for instance; as soon as Mr. Geoffrey came back, he and the young mistress were in their room... you know, the young mistress hasn't even gotten up yet!" The young maid blushed as she finished speaking.

Chapter 20: Don't Want Children