Reaching for the Imperial Branch

When Tao Wanxing reunites with Meng Chu—the youngest governor in Yunzhou and the empire's most eligible bachelor—one passionate night changes everything. He's brilliant, devastatingly handsome, and untouchable in public. But behind closed doors? Obsessive. Possessive. Dangerously unhinged. Before she can slip away, he traps her with a marriage certificate and a chilling smile. Cold indifference by day, scorching possession by night—he's determined to keep her bound to him forever. When she dares to hand him divorce papers, his mask shatters: "Not pregnant? Then we continue. Tao Wanxing, forget…