Sign it right now

"Sign the divorce agreement."

Lu Heng sat on the sofa in the living room, his long legs elegantly crossed. The magnificent crystal chandelier overhead illuminated his almost unnaturally handsome face.

A lawyer in an immaculate suit stood respectfully beside him.

The dining table was covered with dishes, and a woman wearing a neatly tied apron stood beside it like a devoted wife.

The moment her gaze fell on the words "Divorce Agreement" printed in black on white, her expression changed.

"Aheng, you want to divorce me?"

"But we've been married for five years."

Her voice trembled, as did her body. She looked as though the sky were falling.

"I've spent five whole years alone in our marital bed. Hasn't that been enough to melt your icy heart?"

"I love you so much. How can you be so cruel?"

The woman covered her face and sobbed, tears streaming down her cheeks.

Lu Heng watched her coldly and said with a hint of mockery,

"Xia Zhi, you certainly haven't been idle these past five years. You've taken one young lover after another, yet you claim you've been 'alone in our marital bed.' Should I erect a monument to your chastity, too?"

Tears hovered in Xia Zhi's eyes without falling, and she shook like a leaf in the autumn wind.

"Lu Heng, you're falsely accusing me. I've never taken a lover..."

"You're the only one in my heart."

She looked so pitiful that even the lawyer beside him couldn't help being moved.

But Lu Heng's heart remained iron. "Don't push your luck. Sign it, and everyone will be happy. Otherwise, prepare to have your reputation ruined."

His voice was neither hurried nor slow, neither soft nor loud, but it was laden with warning.

Xia Zhi shuddered involuntarily.

She couldn't help it. This bastard's presence was too overwhelming.

Just yesterday, a car accident had sent Xia Zhi into a book-a ridiculously melodramatic, brainless romance novel, no less.

It was called The CEO’s Wife Is Very Sweet, and the bastard before her was Lu Heng, the cruelest, most twisted, and obsessively possessive villain in the book!

He would stop at nothing to get the female lead, but she belonged with the male lead. After repeated failures to win her over, he became so psychologically warped that he wanted to die with her.

In the end, he failed at that, too, and instead died a gruesome death in a car accident, his face mangled beyond recognition.

But Xia Zhi had no time to pity the sick freak. She was more worried about her own fate.

Because according to the plot, she would die horribly at this villain's hands!

The original owner of her body had fallen at first sight for a senior two years above her-this very villain.

Relying on her family's wealth and power, she had forcibly claimed an innocent young man for herself.

The Xia Family had initially opposed it, but while investigating Lu Heng's background, they unexpectedly discovered that he was the younger son the Lu Family had lost years ago.

The Lu Family and the Xia Family were longtime family friends, which made things easy.

The Lu Family used their power to forcibly take their younger son from his original family and forced him to marry the original owner.

It was during this process that Lu Heng gradually turned dark.

After their marriage, Lu Heng was extremely cold toward the original owner.

Eventually, she couldn't stand it anymore and deliberately got drunk and flirted with other men to make Lu Heng jealous. But Lu Heng didn't care in the slightest about being cheated on.

Five years later, Lu Heng had grown powerful enough to finally say no to this marriage he had never wanted.

Xia Zhi remembered this divorce scene. The original owner had cried her heart out and made a huge scene, even running to her family to complain. Everyone had blamed Lu Heng, driving him further into darkness.

Before long, compromising photos of the original owner were circulating everywhere, along with a short sex video Lu Heng had fabricated.

The original owner was domineering and had offended plenty of people in high society. Now that she was in trouble, her former fake friends all kicked her while she was down. Overwhelmed by anger and distress, she slit her wrists in a suicide attempt.

The divorce never went through.

Three months later, Lu Heng met the female lead and fell in love at first sight. But the female lead had principles and naturally wouldn't become his mistress, so she became his sister-in-law instead.

Lu Heng hated the original owner even more because of it.

After discovering Lu Heng's feelings for the female lead, the original owner became consumed with jealousy, thwarting her at every turn, humiliating her and bullying her.

Lu Heng turned completely dark.

Later, the original owner drowned. Everyone thought it was suicide, since she had attempted it before.

Little did they know...

Xia Zhi shuddered again.

Although she had only been an extra in the real world, working from dawn until late at night just to scrape a living, that was still better than spending a few months as a rich wife only to end up dead.

If she hadn't needed to stay in character to avoid arousing the villain's suspicions, she would have signed without hesitation. Why else would she put on this tragic performance?

But why was this bastard suddenly looking at me so strangely?

Had he become suspicious after all?

No, impossible. My acting was superb.

Xia Zhi felt a chill of unease.

Lu Heng narrowed his eyes as he studied the woman before him. Her lips hadn't moved, yet he could hear the voice in her head.

Transported into a book?

A villain?

I would fall in love with a woman?

And go mad over her?

Heh.

Absurd.

Even a celestial beauty standing naked before me wouldn't interest me.

Still, being able to hear this woman's thoughts was rather interesting.

If he hadn't been able to hear her calling him a "demon," a "sick freak" and a "bastard" in her head, her utterly distraught performance might actually have convinced him that she was hopelessly in love with him.

"Aheng, we've been husband and wife. You know how much I love you, but I also know that loving someone shouldn't mean selfishly possessing them. It means letting them find happiness."

Lu Heng's stare left Xia Zhi increasingly rattled, and she decided to get this over with quickly.

"If leaving me will make you happy, I'm willing to let you go."

"I'll sign."

As she spoke, she reached for the divorce agreement and black marker on the table.

"Wait."

The man on the sofa suddenly rose. Tall and long-legged, he approached Xia Zhi step by step with an elegant stride.

There was no denying that this villain was outrageously handsome. Even in the entertainment industry, with all its beautiful men and women, his looks would have been unmatched.

What a shame. No matter how handsome he was, he was still a sick freak.

Because of their height difference, Xia Zhi had to tilt her head back to see Lu Heng's face and his unfathomable eyes.

His presence was overwhelming, the oppressive pressure making it hard for her to breathe.

Her scalp prickled. Without bothering to read the terms of the divorce, Xia Zhi flipped straight to the signature line on the last page and bent down to sign her name.

But she had only finished writing "Xia" when a large hand snatched the divorce agreement away.

Lu Heng's gaze settled on the word "Xia," his eyes narrowing slightly. Then he tore off the bottom half of the agreement's first page.

"Copy this passage."

"Why?" Xia Zhi asked.

Lu Heng looked down at her with the hint of a smile. "Don't you want a divorce? Then copy it."

Xia Zhi instinctively protested, "I don't want a divorce!"

"You really don't?"

Xia Zhi opened her mouth, but it was as though a bird had carried off her tongue. She couldn't get a word out.

Lu Heng's lips curved into a smile. "Since my wife is so reluctant to divorce, I suppose I shouldn't force her."

Xia Zhi: "!!!"

What did this sick freak mean?

Now he wasn't getting divorced?

How could he go back on his word?

Xia Zhi was frantic, but she put on a look of delighted excitement.

"We're not getting divorced? That's wonderful! Aheng, you must love me. I knew it!"

As she spoke, she threw herself at Lu Heng.

Lu Heng's obsession with cleanliness was pathological. He was the sort of person who wouldn't let anyone touch even a finger.

Seeing Xia Zhi pounce on him like a ravenous beast, disgust flashed through Lu Heng's eyes. He instinctively dodged, never expecting her to turn and lunge at him again as though she had anticipated it.

Caught off guard, Lu Heng actually ended up in Xia Zhi's embrace.

Lu Heng's large hands clamped down like iron pincers and violently tore her clinging arms away, the veins in his forehead throbbing.

"Sign it. Sign it right now!"

His tone was filled with utter revulsion.