She became a surrogate mother in exchange for over a million yuan.
As the esteemed CEO of the most powerful Empire in the capital, he holds absolute power, while she is just an adopted daughter to a family of lowly status. She agreed to bear him his offspring, simply because her adoptive father's business was failing.
On the day of her delivery, the elder brother was born healthy, but the younger one was stillborn. Having fulfilled the contract, she disappeared from his sight along with the astronomical sum of money.
Six years later, he is still that arrogant and high-profile CEO. When she accidentally gets embroiled with him again – like a canary trapped in his cage, he closes in on her. “Woman, do you think you can escape from my clutches?!"
However, he does not expect a little kid to interfere; the boy pompously points his little finger at him and warns, “Mu Yazhe, you’d better leave her alone! She's mine – this baby's woman!”
The man is alarmed, simply because the little kid's facial features are identical to his...
Tags: Adorable Child, CEO, Sweet Romance, Scheming, Wealthy Aristocrats, Fluff, Two-faced, Child, Rich and Powerful, Treachery
A raw, unflinching look at control, survival, and reclaiming identity. This book grips you from page one with its visceral portrayal of a young woman torn between rebellion and a desperate need for belonging. Riley’s descent into the rigid, unsettling world of institutional control is portrayed with startling authenticity—every detail, from bruises earned on a bunk bed to the cold indifference of staff, feels lived-in and painfully real. The writing is evocative and layered, rich with sensory detail and emotional tension. A must-read for fans of Girl, Interrupted, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, and The Program—but with a voice all its