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#DARK ROMANCE 
Lin Yueyao spent five years of her youth married to Shen Xiao, a man whose heart was as cold as steel. She believed that her gentleness would eventually melt his indifference, but the only thing that melted was her own dignity.

Every night, she endured his cruel touch, his words like blades, and his silent disgust. But no matter how much it hurt, Yueyao clung on – for the sake of their son, Xuanxuan, and for the sliver of hope that someday he might see her.

That hope shattered completely when his first love, Bai Zhi, returned from abroad. The very night Bai Zhi came back, Shen Xiao left Yueyao alone to dine with her. His gaze, once cold and dismissive, turned tender only for Bai Zhi.

Then, just as Yueyao discovered she was pregnant again, Shen Xiao handed her divorce papers. Abandoned while carrying his child, betrayed by her husband, and discarded like a stain on his life, Yueyao’s world collapsed.

Even their son, Xuanxuan – the little boy she’d nearly died giving birth to, the one she raised with unwavering devotion – rejected her, clinging instead to Bai Zhi with innocent adoration.

But fate was crueler still.

Kidnapped straight from her hospital bed by men demanding ransom, Yueyao realised no one was coming to save her. Her husband hadn’t even noticed she was missing. As she lay in that abandoned factory, trembling in pain, all illusions crumbled.

She was done waiting for love from a man who treated her like dirt.

This time, she would save herself. And when she returned, it wouldn’t be as the pitiful Mrs. Shen, but as a woman reborn from ashes – with a heart no longer beating for Shen Xiao.

But will he realise her worth only when it’s too late?

Love After Divorce: Her Second Chance

But he only tilted his head slightly, regarding her with those obsidian eyes that held no warmth, no mercy.

The ground beneath her cracked open into a gaping abyss, and she fell.

Fell endlessly into darkness, her screams swallowed by the cold void until there was nothing left but silence… and his voice whispering in the darkness.

CORRIDOR OUTSIDE THE MASTER BEDROOM – EARLY MORNING

Shen Xiao stood silently along the dim corridor, dressed in his crisp white dress shirt with the top buttons undone and dark slacks.

His sleeves were rolled up to his elbows, revealing the faint veins along his forearms as he leaned against the cool marble wall, his tall frame half-shrouded in shadows.

The golden wall sconces flickered softly, casting a warm glow that did nothing to ease the heavy exhaustion etched into his chiseled features.

Chapter 60; STOP IT!