Chapter One: Three Million for a Fake Romance

Instead, she amended the terms line by line: emergency overtime would cost extra; her profession could not be disparaged; physical contact required advance consent; any damage the Gu family caused her shop would be compensated at three times market value. She pushed the pen back. "One more thing. You're not buying me. The three million is compensation for labor—after tax." Gu Yanchen studied her for two seconds and signed. His pen strokes were sharp, like a blade resting inside its sheath. "Deal." Three days later, Yaochuan Charity Night blazed beneath crystal chandeliers. Xu Zhi stepped from Gu Yanchen's car in a borrowed dark-green gown and was engulfed by camera flashes. "President Gu, who is she?" "Is it true you'll soon marry Miss Shen?"