chapter 1
Half an hour after catching my boyfriend cheating, I dragged my best friend straight into the most expensive KTV Club in the city.
Just thinking about how he held that girl, looking at me with utter disdain and saying I was ‘like a block of wood, too uptight,’ made me tremble with rage.
I slapped my card down in front of the manager, my voice floating, “Bring out the best you’ve got! I want abs!”
The lights in the private room were dim and suggestive, the music deafening.
The first group of seven or eight handsome men came in, lifting the hems of their shirts in perfect unison.
My best friend was so excited she kept pinching my arm.
But as I looked at those faces plastered with professional smiles, I felt bored and waved them away for the next batch.
Until one person walked in, and I froze.
That figure in the corner-slender and upright-stood out awkwardly among all the deliberately flexed muscles around him.
It was Xu Mo.
The most popular guy in high school-my first love.
His lips were tightly pressed, his eyes as clear as freshly melted snow, with a hint of youthful innocence that hadn’t quite faded.
My heart skipped a beat.
A mix of alcohol, the urge for revenge, and curiosity surged through me.
Swallowing hard, I forced down my nerves. Across the crowd, under the manager’s astonished gaze, I crooked my finger at him:
“You.”