I Stepped Aside for His Concubine, Then Faked My Death—Why the Obsession?

She spent two years teaching the cold, calculating Xie Jinbai how to love—only for him to take a concubine the moment her system mission locked her in place. Cui Lingyao thought she'd completed her task and could leave, but fate had other plans: a mandatory one-year cooldown while his affection maxed out. Watching him lavish attention on another woman, she made her choice—step aside, fake her death, and disappear. But the devoted alpha she created isn't letting her go. Now he's tearing the world apart to find her, and his obsession has turned dangerously dark. She wanted freedom. He wants her…