To gain the protection of a powerful family, I tried every trick I knew on a distant cousin whose connection to me was tenuous at best.
My impeccably aloof cousin merely said, “Have some self-respect.”
Later, when I decided to set my sights elsewhere, he regretted it.
Cui Zheyu pinned me against a wall and kissed me, his dark eyes unreadable.
“You think you can stir up my feelings and then run?
Too late.”