In her previous lifetime, they had married for five years. He meant everything to her, but she was thrown away like an old shoe. 

After her rebirth, she gave him a divorce contract preemptively— 
“Divorce after one year, the terms of the contract are as follows: husband and wife shall not share a room or bed. Intimacy forbidden?” 
he raised his eyebrow. 

Who knew that after she got drunk one day, leaning on the headboard, he rested his deep-set eyes on her. "You broke the contract, Mrs, Li."

"Ang iwan ka ang tanging dahilan na nakikita ko para mabuhay ka..."

George Seith came back to villa early since there was nothing special to do in his company. He decided to work the rest at his villa. He stepped into his home. "Welcome back, Sir" Maids greeted him respectfully.

"Where is Mia Grace?"

He asked as he got into home. He didn't see his wife in the living room, normally she would be in the garden, or in the living room, watching TV. Now she was nowhere to be found. "Is she in her room?" He asked.

Maki shook her head and explained. "No, Sir. Miss Mia told us that she will be going out to desserts shop today." George brows furrowed. "Did she go alone?" Maki nodded. "Where is that desserts shop?"

"We don't know that, Sir." George frowned. He didn't say anything more and walked up to his room. He took shower for 20 minutes straight as thoughts ran front and back in his head.

He did something he shouldn't.

He canceled the divorce.

He knew he shouldn't do like that. But he just decided to give a chance to her. Mia Grace might become the woman who fit the position of his wife. And he wanted to find out about those weird feelings.

Depended on how he reacted whenever he heard Mia went out and didn't say where she was going, he could tell that he was unsure of letting Mia went outside alone. 

What if some guys approached his wife? 

George shook his head, he should not like Mia Grace. She gave him many troubles. But still she was on his mind every second. Her soft eyes, warm smile, cute laugh, everything, everything about her was driving him crazy.

He didn't want to admit it.

George changed into simple white t-shirt and grey pants. He walked down to the living room and sat down on the couch, waited for his wife. "Don't come outside and stay in your rooms. Just come outside when it is dinner time. Now go" 

He ordered all the people in the villa as people obeyed. He wanted to talk alone with Mia Grace. Seconds and minutes passed, yet he didn't even see Mia Grace's shadow.

He stared at the floor with thoughts, what if Mia Grace got angry for canceling the divorce? No way, she must be happy. She loved him, she would be happy with the decision he made. 

The sound of car coming into villa didn't cross George Seith's ears. He kept spacing out. The breathing sounds of young woman brought George Seith back to reality. He looked up at his wife as the frown tightened on his face.

His wife didn't greet nor glance at him even though he was sitting at the noticeable place. "You are finally back" he started the conversation, tried to make the young woman turned to him.

"Mmm, I am back" the cold reply from Mia Grace made him gritted his teeth. He wanted her to turn around and face him. He wanted her attention. He wanted to see her face.  

"I canceled our divorce"

He finally spoke out. He didn't wait anymore to say about canceling divorce or else Mia Grace might walk up to her room without caring about him. He waited to see her reaction. 

Mia froze at the place, her eyes widened as she couldn't believe her ears. She turned around and faced her husband. "What?! What do you mean with that?! What are you talking about?!" She asked with furrowed eyebrows.

George remained silent, he bit his lips.

Even himself didn't know why he canceled the divorce. He just wanted to cancel. Did he perhaps fall for her? Did he perhaps want her to be his? Did he finally get feelings for his wife? There were questions in his head.

"Why did you do that? You don't love me and I don't love you! So why?!"  

Mia questioned furiously. 

She didn't understand the male lead's mind. Why would he do that? He had to be with Dean Silas. She didn't want to change the original novel. She wanted a simple life with luxury, not with problems. 

What if she had to face with death because she changed the whole novel? If the novel plot changed, she couldn't see nor know what will happen in the future. It would be a walk in dark with her eyes closed. 

She must divorce George Seith. She wasn't happy in this villa. People in the villa were good and fun to get along but the problem was the house owner, George Seith. 

Marrying him was a punishment for her. She couldn't even go out with another man. Mia wanted to cry at the place. 'What's wrong with you, George Seith!' she cried out in her head. She wanted to rip him apart and see what was going on in his head.

George frowned, he didn't like the reaction of his wife. Her words were like a dagger, stabbed his heart for thousand times. "But you said you love me, shouldn't you be happy now that I am giving you a chance?" 

He didn't lower his pride and spoke as if he didn't want to cancel the divorce either. Mia gritted her teeth as she rolled her eyes really hard.

'I swear..'

"No! I already said my feelings for you are dead. There is no love for you. Don't tell like I should thank you and kiss your feet for this! So divorce me right now! I want to divorce! I don't want this life! Marrying you is exactly the same with staying in prison!" 

Mia cried out without noticing the heart breaking face of her husband.

'You fool. You always blamed Mia Grace for doing nothing but caring for you! I hate you so much, George Seith. Mia Grace loved you and yet you pushed her away! Now you want her? Suck it up.. That's why I hate love things'

She hissed.

"This is a chance.."

George mumbled. "What?" "A chance for you to be my wife again" Mia gritted her teeth, how could he say like that? 'Are you a fool?!' she shouted at him in her mind. "What makes you think I will agree to it? Didn't you push me away everytime?

Did you come to hospital when I ate the shrimps just for your attention? Have you ever looked at me with full of love? Did you treat me like a wife for once though? You even confirmed your friends that I am just a tool for your fucking success!!"

Mia exploded. 

The words were meant to be from Mia Grace. George Seith needed to know that Mia Grace only wanted his love, just for once. Mia admitted that Mia Grace was a brat in the beginning. 

But she just wanted to taste the true love. She was just a normal girl who wanted love. Mia Grace was a pitiful girl. So why pushed her away while she gave her full attention to him? And now he wanted her to be his wife while telling he was giving a chance?

No, Mia Grace was dead.

There was no love nor affection for George Seith. The body, heart and brain might be Mia Grace's but feelings came from Mia Clark. She couldn't force to love George Seith just because she was in Mia Grace's body.

She would never give love to a man who didn't deserve her at all.

George Seith was silent the whole time. He listened to his wife's words. She was right, he used her for the success. She was a tool for him, nothing precious nor important. He thought hardly for the decision.

"Don't tell me you fell for me! Pff- ahaha" Mia laughed at her husband.

She didn't want to laugh nor mock, but she was willing to do whatever it took to divorce him. She knew the male lead ofc. George Seith, he was full of pride. He would never bow to a love. He wasn't the type of man to lower his pride for love.

George clenched his fists.

"No, ofc not. How could you think like that? I would never fall for a woman like you! You always give me troubles. I am just giving you a chance! You should be grateful! 

If you don't want this chance then I will divorce you tomorrow as you want. It is not like I don't want to divorce you though. I was foolish to think you deserve to be my wife" he sneered and left Mia alone in the living room.

Mia bit her lips as held back her tears of anger.

'You are revolting, George Seith..'

About a girl who hates love trying her best to live in BL novel... 

What will she do when the love that she has been running away from is waiting for her?
(I don't own the cover, I just edited it so I give credit to @hexuanxx on Twitter.)

"Oh my god, this male lead is horrible, not letting her divorce but literally cheating on her?!?! And this female lead is gradually falling for him?!? I might drop this novel after all." Su Mei was about to delete the novel from her File Library when she heard a loud, beeping horn. By the time she looked up, it was too late. 

"Someone, call 911!" 

"Is she breathing?"

"Tsk, tsk, young people these days, always looking at their phones..."

Su Mei was choked with pain. It felt like her whole body was being squeezed over and over again, until her bones crushed. She could not endure the pain any longer, and she knew she probabaly would not survive. 'Good-bye Mother, I've always loved you...brother, I hope you get into college...Li Jiyang, I will always love you...' Su Mei closed her eyes and felt her consciousness slip away.

                                                            *                 *                 *
Su Mei opened her eyes to see herself lying on a soft queen-sized bed. Startled, Su Mei sat upright and took a look at her surroundings. 'Wasn't I supposed to be...dead?' But at that moment, Su Mei felt a warm touch on her hand. She looked down to see...unexpectedly, a super hot hunk?
 'Who is this man lying next to me?' Su Mei was confused, but also embarrassed to see that she was naked! But looking at the body, it's definitely not her body; this body is way too skinny to be Su Mei's body. 

Su Mei got out of bed and tried to look for clothes. She found women's clothes, assuming it was hers, and put them on. Finally, she found a phone which unlocked to her fingerprint. Su Mei was still confused at this point and still did not know where she was. When she unlocked the phone, she immediately when to contacts to see if there was anything she could figure out. 

"Tang Ying, Bao Bao, Su San, Gu Wang Yong...Gu Wang Yong?" Su Mei remembered that the male lead of "Doki Doki: My CEO" was named Gu Wang Yong. 

"It's not possible..." Su Mei muttered, as quietly as possible. She was internally screaming with all her might. She quietly tip-toed to the side of the bed the man was on to take a look at his features. When she saw his face, she covered her mouth in shock. His facial features fit the description in the book! One shining golden eye, one chocolatey brown eye, and soft, sleek brown hair with blonde streaks. Su Mei couldn't beleive it. He was most probably, the one and only, Gu Wang Yong.

She picked up the phone and checked her profile, remembering that the female lead had the same name as her. Sure enough, her social media account stated her name clearly: Su Mei. 

"Fuuuuuuuuuu..." Su Mei facepalmed. She knew what kind of person Gu Wang Yong was; a narcissistic, selfish, rich jerk. What kind of woman would want to spend her whole life around a person like that. But what was more unbelievable was that she had already accepted that she had transmigrated into a novel. 

'Might as well live a good life in here...' she thought. Gu Wang Yong currently loved a girl named Su Ling, Su Mei's adopted sister. Su Mei knew this, but she still loved Gu Wang Yong. Naturally, Gu Wang Yong only believed Su Ling, and so when Su Ling lied saying Su Mei was bullying her, Gu Wang Yong hated Su Mei more and more. He had only married Su Mei because his parents forced him.

"Alright, first goal is to divorce him!" Su Mei whispered. Then she heard a rustle of sheets from behind her. 'Shit. Shit. Shit. Su Mei, this is why you don't speak your thoughts aloud!'

"Divorce who?" Gu Wang Yong sat up in the bed, leaving a sight for the eyes. His perfectly messed-up hair and beautifully chiseled body left Su Mei speechless. 'Free eye care will only be free eye care, nothing else...' Su Mei thought to herself. She acknowledged Gu Wang Yong was handsome, but that did not mean she would fall in love at first sight. 

"Ah...Divorce...divorce chocolate, he he he." Su Mei smiled a brilliant smile, but on the inside she was torn. 'My chocolate, I still love you!' 

"I'm thinking of going on a diet, as I have gained some weight recently." 'The things I have give up just to be alive in your presence, bastard Gu Wang Yong!' Su Mei knew she could not anger Gu Wang Yong right now, as he could ravage her again any time. She has to find a way to control his mood.

"No need, you are already skinny." Gu Wang Yong swept his hair back and got out of bed, reaching for his clothes. 

"Really?"

"Yes, or I wouldn't have married you." Gu Wang Yong dressed and left the room, probably to go to work. After all, he was the CEO of a company.

"This little son of a..." Su Mei vehemently muttered under her breath. 'Take a deep breath Su Mei...' 

Since Gu Wang Yong had gone to work, she was left all alone at home in the huge, fancy villa that the two of them lived in. Gu Wang Yong had given her a wallet full of $100,00 in cash, and 5 credit cards each with $1 million in them so she did not have to worry about money. He had also gifted her a nice Porsche 911 to be her personal car. So Su Mei decided to go out. 

"Since Gu Wang Yong has been giving me a lot of stress, I should go do some yoga!" Su Mei changed into yoga pants and a modest T-shirt, knowing 'accidents' could happen if she did not dress as modest as possible. Su Mei looked into the mirror and realized this novel's Su Mei had a body to be envious; real curves to be proud of, but she just had to choose Gu Wang Yong. 'Since you have given me your body, I will make some good choices for you'. Grabbing a sports bag with a towel and water, she headed out to the garage, swinging the car keys and humming "Sweet But Psycho".

Su Mei unexpectedly gets run over by a truck while read the trending novel "Doki Doki: My CEO", and she finds herself in the world of the novel "Doki-Doki: My CEO". Disappointed about the plot of the novel, she tries to change the timeline. 

"Why am I stuck with such a trashy male lead! He f*cks without permission, leaves her, and still thinks I don't have the right to leave?" Su Mei files for divorce immediately, but this male lead Gu Wang Yong won't allow it! 

"I'll do whatever it takes to live my leisure life, Gu Wang Yong you bastard!!"

Unfortunately, System-Sama strikes again. She must complete missions to return to her world. And her first mission is to win over Gu Wang Yong?!?!

"F*ck, I don't have to return, I'm never going near that jerk again!"

This is Su Mei's fight against the System.

The Dachi-Skyth Empire is the Sippar Empires' greatest enemy. Their territories directly abutted one another. The Empires fought for thousands of years and both Empires lost and gained territory from each other. Their borders were constantly changing. The front lines of the border worlds were constantly contested. 

The Dachi-Skyth is an Empire made up of two powerful kingdoms. More than forty thousand years before, these two great kingdoms joined together to form on a united superpower. To demonstrate the unity of the empire their emperor's name was Emperor Dachi Skyth. No one knew how many emperors have ruled the empire over the course of the last forty thousand years. There was a rumor that the empire has only had one emperor. 

The upstart Sippar Empire was much younger being less than ten thousand years old. It formed from the remnants of the Dachi-Skyth old nemesis the AkHati Empire. The AkHati Empire was destroyed at the start of the Dachi-Skyth Empire over forty thousand years ago. It came to an end through the military might of the newly forged power of the Dachi-Skyth. 

After the destruction of the AkHati Empire, several small kingdoms formed. These smaller empires were subjugated by the Dachi-Skyth. For thirty thousand years the Dachi-Skyth was uncontested. It wasn't until the rise of a New King named Rone Sippar that the Dachi-Skyth finally found itself seriously challenged. King Sippar conquered the other small kingdoms and formed the new Sippar Empire. The Sippar Empire and the Dachi-Skyth have warred ever since. 

The Dachi-Skyth Imperial Palace was made a dark metallic alloy that looked like the void of space and at night, the palace seemed to sparkle with stars. It was an impressive wonder of architecture and manufacturing. It was known as the Sen Cosmic Palace. 

Within the throne room of the palace, Emperor Dachi Skyth sat upon this ancient throne. His throne sat on a platform that was accessed by walking up one hundred steps. This is why it was called the one hundred steps throne. Each step had its platform. The bottom of the stairs was where the most common members of the palace stood. Each step up represented an elevation of status. The further up the fewer the number of people and the smaller the platform. 

The custom of titles in the Dachi-Skyth Empire referenced the step the figure stood on. These numbers served as their title and when at court their step number was sewn onto their clothes on the left side above the heart, for most humanoids.  

When the Emperor held court, the nobles, priests, military leaders, and ministers stood on their platform. For those not on the planet, a Qlone represented them. Qlones were clones of individuals who took quantum essence from an individual and used it to create a mind and body in the image of the person. The quantum essence used to create the Qlones allowed for the person's mind to be present in the court. The Qlone acted as a receiver and the individual could communicate no matter where in the universe he or she was. 

One of the highest-ranked Nobles, 97th Step Lord Daethinian, was currently trapped near a black hole on the Counter-ring of the universe. It was like being on the other side of the world from another person. 97th Step Lord Daethinian arrived in this location five-thousand years before an accident. Only the Emperor knew the details of the accident.   

His rank rose steadily over the years because of the new technologies and scientific knowledge he was able to send. Although he was trapped, his location matched with the unique properties of being near a black hole, allowed him to "see" parts of the universe unknown to the Dachi-Skyth Empire. 97th Step Lord Daethinian could use the black hole to "spy" on other species and civilizations. 

Utilizing the knowledge 97th Step Lord Daethinian provided, The emperor quietly built the strength of his empire. Biding his time, the emperor would begin his bid for galactic conquest. His first target of conquest, of course, was the Sippar Empire. 

"The time to strike against the Sippar Empire is here! Their military is weak, it is plagued by internal struggles, and its financial strength has strongly declined. We have our agents placed in the highest offices in the Empire. The Sippar emperor has little real power and it is the nobles who rule. 

We have already tested the effective control we have by destroying a dwarf village. The Orc race is ready for a new master. With your permission eternal emperor, I propose we launch a full-scale invasion!" An eighty-third step noble, 83rd Step Lord Kin of Stron, concluded his passionate action request. 

The Emperor sat on his ancient throne unmoving. His head slightly turned to his left indicating for the person on the ninety-ninth step to speak for him. A middle-aged, handsome man wearing dark blue robes with firey red trim and graying temples step forward. 

The Immortal Emperor doesn't feel it is necessary to directly attack the Sippar Empire. We will continue to create chaos and strife within. Command our agents to let the most trusted pillars of the Sippar tear each other apart. We will continue to humiliate the Sippar line and bring them to their knees and then we will make Sippar our dog! Let them fragment once more into the small petty kingdoms they once were," 99th Sen of Empire said. 

99th Sen was one of the Emperor's many descendants. He was the right hand of his father and only he and his mother, the current Empress sat on the 99th step. No one sat on the 100th step. Above the 100th step was the platform of the Emperor. The Empty 100th step was a statement, no one was deserving enough to be so close in power to the emperor. Even his wife and current favorite son were only worthy to take the 99th step. 

"If this is the desire of the Immortal Emperor, then we shall obey," 83rd Step Lord Kin of Stron said. All of the people on the Steps bowed to the throne, not to the 99th Step Sen of Empire. 

"Have our agents turn the cadet training excursion on Juren a major topic," 99th Step Sen of Empire said. 

With a surprised look, 83rd Step Lord Kin of Stron asked, "My Lord 99th Step Sen of Empire, is Juren an important target?" 

"No, it's completely arbitrary, it's just entertaining to watch the Sippar Nobles assassinate the geniuses of their families!" 99th Step Sen of Empire laughed evilly. A slight smile was hinted on the face of the Emperor.

His life began as a superhero on Earth. He's died and lived different lives but always utilized strange and mystical technology to continue as a hero. Whether it was a dragon warrior or martial artist on a primitive planet, Lorne was the Invincible Hero. 

Born into a new life as an Elf Lorne, now called Boval, fights as a soldier for his place in a universe. No powers, no Samsara pod, no friends. Alone, mortal, living a completely alien life.

A new chapter in the Saga of the Invincible Hero begins.

The more monsters strike to kill! The map of Labyrinth is more open!
With this in mind, the monsters in the Labyrinth area have ushered in a disaster!
In the entire Labyrinth area, the cyan beetle's 'hum hum' flight sound, the shadow's '叽叽' scream, accompanied by the sound of a man and a woman and the effect of the sword technique sounded a whole day until the sky was completely dark. The various sounds in the Labyrinth area have been slightly slowed down…
At this time, Wu Yan and Asuna have come to the top of the Labyrinth area. Around, the monster has just died and the avatars are still echoing. The two people turn a blind eye, open their personal interface, click on the map, and start viewing. It's up.
As it turns out, Wu Yan's guess is really accurate. The monsters in the 99th Floor Labyrinth area are distinctive. Although they are good at Raiders, after understanding the Attack Mode, the Raiders are much easier, but for other players, even The top players in the Raiders Group (Clearer) do not form a certain team. Under the characteristics of the monsters, it is not difficult to attack.
This situation has formed a balance. 'Sword Art Online' is inherently balanced. Although it is very unwilling to admit it, the unbalanced bug has never happened. In this case, add some powerful. Skill, it is better to improve the Labyrinth area appropriately, but the paralysis skill and the breath skill have obviously surpassed.
So, in order to balance, the monster strength has increased. It's hard for the player to deal with it, the relevant welfare settings will naturally start, and the killing monster, open map, is indeed the settings in the 99th Floor Labyrinth area!
After a day of Raiders, nearly one-third of the maps in the entire Labyrinth area have been recorded by Wu Yan and Asuna two people, which is much faster than the previous progress of the Raiders!
Of course, no one can paint like Wu Yan and Asuna two people. The person who changed the Raiders Group (Clearer) came over. Faced with paralysis Skill and Breath Skill, it will definitely be tricky, even if the ship is overturned in the gutter, the monster is so powerful. Raiders are also difficult. For the Raiders Group (Clearer) people. In fact, this settings equivalent to no, after all, the monster is not good to deal with, even after the strike to kill map is open. Compared to the general Labyrinth area, the progress has not improved much…
It can be said that this settings are specifically for those powerful player settings!
Thinking of this, Asuna has nothing, but Wu Yan has some doubts.
This settings, in the end, the settings are good, or later, Heathcliff, which is Kayaba Akihiko changed? …
If it is Heathcliff, then he should know that this setting is more useful for himself. A Labyrinth area can't stop himself. In the past, he was weaker than the Raiders Group (Clearer) because of the customs. The room in the wave ss is not easy to find.
Now, opening a setting like this, isn't it equal to the room that guards the ss, and sends it to your own arms? …
Could it be that Heathcliff would like to have 100th Floor coming soon? Still very much hope that when Level Cleared is complete, come soon? With Heathcliff that personality, should there be such an idea? …
Well, this setting should be set at the beginning, otherwise, Heathcliff's idea can't guess it, it's not very good for him…
Shaking his head, I really want to don't understand whether it is the former or the latter. Wu Yan simply doesn't want to. Anyway, after complete Level Cleared, his own Forced Quest is completed. In this world, the only real concern is Asuna. , Yui also Sachi, Kirito and the others, how else is good…
"It's dark…" Wu Yan took a look at the time and turned to look at Asuna. "It's time to go back…"
Asuna nodded, two people took out a Teleportation Crystal and held it high.
"Teleportation!"
An arc flashed up, shrouded the two people, and it didn't take long before the two people disappeared on the spot…
...
'Aincrad ',55th Floor …
"Sachi Auntie…"
Yui twisted his body a little, and looked at Sachi, who held himself in his arms. He said faintly: "Is it really okay?…"
"Yui-chan, you have asked this question many times…" Sachi said with a smile, Wensheng said: "Don't worry, I promise, there will be no problem!"
"Yes! Yui!" is holding a bottle of Potion, where Shion screams and shouts back, and said with no envy: "If I am your mother, then I will be happy!"
"Yui is so sensible…" Silica clung to Pina. "Elder Brother Wu Yan will be very happy!"
"Look, everyone said that…" Sachi touched Yui's little head. "There must be no problem!"
Yui took a deep breath and his expression became firm.
"Un! There must be no problem!"
At this time, at the doorway, a knocking door sounded into the ears of some people in the place. When they heard the knocking on the door, the girls in the room immediately stood up.
"Come here!" Shion couldn't wait to shout, even Potion in his hands ignored. "It must be that the words and Asuna are back!"
Silica quickly walked to the door and opened the door. Not surprisingly, standing in front of the door, carefully and went home to Wu Yan and Asuna!
"Hey, Silica!" Wu Yan waved at Silica and smiled. "Sure enough, you are coming to open the door, Asuna still bet with me…"
"Elder Brother Wu Yan!" Silica was embarrassed to touch her head. "Welcome back, the Raiders, should it be smooth?…"
"Should it be smooth?…"
"What is it supposed to be! Give me a serious answer!" Shion squinted from Silica's behind, very dissatisfied: "They are quite curious about the situation in the 99th Floor Labyrinth area…"
Asuna's don't go too far, very serious: "Shion-chan, don't be curious, you absolutely don't like the Labyrinth area…"
When I heard Asuna, Shion not only did not say anything, but became more curious. Just wanted to say something, Sachi dragged her behind.
"Okay, what's the problem, I will ask again, now the most important thing is Yui…"
Shion and Silica two people eyes lit up and quickly let it go. Sachi smiled and pushed Yui to Wu Yan and Asuna.
"Sa, Yui-chan, don't you have something to say to your mom and dad?…"
"What happened?…" Asuna crouched down and looked at Yui. "What's the matter, tell my mother, mother must try to satisfy you!"
Hear this, Yui original Some uneasy look settled, pulling up Wu Yan and Asuna's hand.
"Dad! Mom! I have thing wanting to show you!"
After that, Yui directly pulled Wu Yan and Asuna from the cloud into the house and brought it to the front of a table. On the top, some steaming cooking was on the table!
Seeing here, Wu Yan scratched the cheek, some uncertainly said: "cooking?…"
"Elder Brother …" Sachi said amazingly: "These cookings are all made by Yui!"
Wu Yan and Asuna are dumbfounded, and they are surprised to see Yui.
"Yui, these… are you doing?…"
"Hey…" Yui lowered his head. "Mother and Dad are very hard in Raiders Labyrinth District, Yui wants to help, and there is no Ability, so…"
"So, have you done these cooking?…" Wu Yan pamper's shaved Yui's little face, Asuna was even more moved and hugged Yui.
"Yui, my mother is very happy…"
"Really?" Yui looked up and said with some hope: "Does that mom and dad like?…"
"Like! Of course I like it!" Wu Yan smiled and hugged Yui. "Sure enough, it's my daughter. These cookies know that they have worked hard at first glance, and they are definitely delicious!"
Yui quickly shook his head. "These are all Sachi aunts, Yui can't do it myself, I don't have cooking skills, so…"
"Definitely delicious!"
Wu Yan said in unison with Asuna, shortly afterwards looked at each other and smiled.
"Well, everyone is going to taste the cooking that Yui does!"
"嗨~~~" (To be continued, please search for astronomical literature, the novel is better updated faster!

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Given Lexi's attitude, Matthew paused to consider what he needed to do.  Those couple of seconds made him realise he needed to come down heavily on Lexi to get through to her the risks based on what they knew and deduced from the information they had.

Hearing the silence on the other end of the phone, Lexi observed her staff gathering for the meeting she indicated they would have.  Matthew's silence was not to be passed up, so she decided to make her position as clear as she could.

After quietly taking a deep breath, Lexi in a determined tone continued "I told you I did not want to be married to you.  More importantly I do not want them here.  Matthew Rong, you have two choices.  Pull them out of here and give me the freedom to do what I want here and travel where I want throughout the world or I will make your life hell through causing you so many problems.  Either way I will get what I want, it is the damage to you that is your only choice."

Matthew could not believe it.  All Lexi was focused on was a divorce.  As soon as the thought crossed his mind that Lexi had something to hide, he immediately dismissed it, because there was, as far as any investigations had shown, nothing for her to hide.

Matthew, trying to keep his frustration of her attitude from his voice responded, "Calm down Lexi.  I will tell you clearly again.  Forget about your options to me.  The reality is you have two simple choices.  You keep the guards, whether they are civilian or military that I arrange with you, and within reason, you can travel freely within the country and work at your business and with a little pre-planning you can travel overseas as needed for your business.  If you fight me however, that will not happen and I will confine you to the Villa,  It will them get worse if you keep it up as I will confine you to my quarters on base."

"Do not threaten me," yelled Lexi.

Matthew calmly responded "Lexi it is not a threat, it is a promise.  My position limits your activities, but if you are reasonable I will allow you as much freedom as I can within those limits.  Fight and that freedom goes.  My actions will be dictated by your choices, and you have to live with the consequences of that decision."

"I want a divorce.  How dare you hold me to a marriage that I did not consent to."

"As to a divorce Lexi, you know my position.  We have been over that multiple times in the last few days.  As I explained, you consented when the pre-requisites for a military marriage were put into place, and knew what all that meant.  If I was the b*stard that you claim I am, I would have taken action to have your marriage to Dominic's father declared invalid, because having done those pre-requisites for a military marriage a subsequent civilian marriage to anyone is invalid."

"Well la-di-da, how caring you are," responded Lexi in a sarcastic tone.

"I have given you your options Lexi, it is your choice.  From what I understand you are very busy at the studio and …"

"We will continue this conversation.  Do not think you won the argument; it is simply suspended."  With that Lexi ended the telephone call, and under her voice she said to herself "That b*stard.  He will not win this argument."

Lexi heard her own quiet words and knew that Matthew was right, she needed to calm down.  There was a full day ahead given the work needed for the upcoming ready to wear lines.  The designs needed finessing and the timetable for their manufacture needed finalised.  Plus, there were the couture designs for the elite bride to finish before they came for their preliminary discussions in the next few weeks.  Two of those bridal parties ultimately made her business more than the annual profits on the ready-to-wear lines.

After taking a few deep breaths, Lexi moved to her door, and headed towards the design team, being trailed by the guards.  This would take some getting use to, as she was not going to let Matthew constrain her movements.

Walking up to the team, Lexi said "Ladies and Gentlemen, apologies for the last few days, I have had some family things going on meaning that I have not been here."  Lexi looked around her staff and realised that they seemed to believe her words.  There is no way that she could tell them the truth as it would become so messy.

"Before you ask, the people accompanying me are guards assigned to me by my family.  There are concerns for the safety of some of our family, so we all have guards to protect us.  I will do what I can to ensure that their presence does not impact you, but until the concerns about our safety are resolved you will have to put up with their presence.  If they interrupt your work, please let me know and I will address it."  Lexi hoped that they would to allow her to get rid of them.

"Today, the important things are to finalise the designs for the upcoming ready to wear releases and the expanding current lines for the retail stores, and have their manufacturing resolved.  Then we will turn to the designs for the upcoming bridal parties.  I then want your ideas as to what we can add to the store lines."

Quickly everyone sat down around the table, with copies of the ready to wear designs in front of everyone with pencils, erasers, and material swatches spread over the table.  Lexi and her designed team started to work through each of the designs finalising them to Lexi's satisfaction and determining the colour palettes for them.

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Having left his hometown with shattered relationships due to his decision to join the military Matthew Rong returns after nine and a half years, uncertain of how people will treat him.

Lexi Yao, the only person who supported his decision, left less than two years later leaving her family and her child.  Just weeks after the birth of her child in an arranged family marriage her husband of less than a year died, putting her in a position that she could not cope.  Eventually, when she was ready, she returned to her hometown to resume full-time care of her child bringing her now successful fashion business with her.

Matthew had never forgotten the promises Lexi made to marry him prior to and in the twelve months after he joined the military, despite her marriage and becoming a widow.  He hoped that he would be able to marry her and secure for them both the future that they had believed was there for them as teenagers.

Just after Matthew’s return, having reluctantly agreed to drive Matthew home after a celebration for not only his return but the engagement of their brothers, Lexi and Matthew were kidnapped by the terrorist who helped make Matthew’s career seeing his rapid promotion to General.  To protect Lexi, Matthew knew he needed to use changes in the law to protect her and their assets that the Terrorist sought to exploit and committed to her through a forced marriage ceremony at the hands of the Terrorists.

For Matthew this was the one thing that had kept him going, and for Lexi she only agreed to protect herself believing there was no legal validity in the ceremony.

On their rescue Lexi was confronted with the truth of another forced marriage and was determined to escape this to have her own life, free from domination by men.

Matthew not only was left to fight to secure the love of his life but to protect his friends and family from the terrorist who decided that they were fair game in the pursuit of his goals.

Can Matthew succeed and win?  Can Lexi learn to trust and forgive Matthew?  Will the one secret that she has been keeping for eight years drive them apart?

This is the story of their journey, with their friends and family along for the ride.

Note – for those who have read my first story Offer to the CEO, our favourite couple makes appearances here, with Anna becoming a huge supporter and friend of our Female Lead.

Extract:

“Matthew, you b*stard.  You knew our marriage would be valid, and you forced it on me.  You are no better than my parents who arranged my first marriage?”

“What did you want me to do?  Let you be killed?”

“You should have thought about me, not your own selfish needs.  Get the hell out of my sight and let me be I'm going to stay away from you.”

“Forget it.  You are the wife of a military officer.  You will live in my villa and forget about going anywhere without my permission.  It is not safe.”

“Safe?  I am not safe from you, everyone, everything and everywhere else is safe!”


Please note the cover artwork is not mine.
Also while at the start of this story it may seem that the lead is male, in fact the lead is a female lead (be patient for this to be shown)

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