1971, the Song family, their company are facing crisis, and almost bankrupt, Brent Song, arranged a marriage for his daughter Darlene Song to the Tang family's second son, to help their dying company.

"Two more days you will marry the second son of the Tang family." said Brent to Darlene with a serious look

"But father, I already told you, I don't want to, I haven't been in a relationship with anyone else for two years, I don't even know him." replied Darlene didn't accept it

"Darlene, think about it and help us, alright, you see, your father's hard work over the years will soon be destroyed." said Rachel Zheng, Darlene's mother

Two days later at the wedding, she had no choice, Darlene was forced to do it to help her family, she forced a happy smile on her face in front of her parents.

"You look so beautiful, come on, lady, before it's too late." said a hairdresser to her with a warm smile

The event had started, Darlene walked alone towards the wedding hall, and when the door opened she was shocked because there was no groom at the altar.

She was confused as she walked alone towards the altar and saw the people around her laughing and clapping their hands.

"Alright ladies and gentlemen, let's give applause to our beautiful bride on this very meaningful day." said a host while everyone is applauding

Darlene endured this shame and anger while walked straight towards the altar, she had never felt this low before.

After a while the event ended without a groom present, Darlene walked angrily towards her hotel room.

"How could the evil Tang family let me walk alone on the altar, without a groom, what a shameful thing they do." muttered Darlene angrily walking in the hall remove her wedding veil, and her gloves

"If it weren't for bussiness and father, I wouldn't be doing this." muttered Darlene arrived at her hotel room

When she entered the hotel room she saw a man drinking inside, and a woman sitting next to him.

"Who are y'all, why are you two in the bridal room?" Ask Darlene shocked stunned standing in front of the door

"I should be the one asking who you are, why did you enter without permission, you know who he is?" said the woman who sat beside the guy gave her an arrogant stare

"What, you both don't want to come out, I will call the security and drag you two out." said Darlene with a serious looking to them while pointing the door

"You go first, I'll go look for you later." said the guy to the woman

"Okay then, I'll wait for you." reply the woman and left the room

After that the woman left, and closed the door, the man and Darlene were left in the room, silent without words.

“I thought you might not know who I was, but it seems like you do now." said the guy on the bed while getting up dressing in his tangled suit

"What are you talking about, don't act weird, I'll have a fruit knife at here." said Darlene grabbing a fruit knife to protect herself

"You dare to kill your own husband, I think this is quite terrible, don't you think?" said the guy, who is Jay Tang, the second son of the Tang family, getting up from the bed and walk towards her

"Jay Tang?" said Darlene shocked, and holding the fruit knife tightly as Jay walked towards her

"Then good night, I still have some business to finish with Jadeline." said Jay then left the room

Suddenly the room was silent and Darlene sat in the hotel dressing chair confused because she couldn't believe what had happened to her today, starting from the altar without a groom, her husband with another woman, her nightmare soon begins.

"What actually happened, this all feels like a fever dream." said Darlene looking at herself in the mirror in confusion

The next day, Darlene was fast asleep on her bed, when she woke up she was shocked. She saw Jay sitting on the sofa staring at her.

"How did you get here?" ask Darlene who just wake up from her sleep shocked

"Did you forget that a hotel room has 2 keys." replied Jay to her

"You better move quickly, or we'll miss breakfast with the family." said Jay suddenly reading a document

After that Darlene immediately got ready, and headed to the hotel cafeteria with Jay.

"Morning mother." said Darlene greeting Sissy Ke, Jay mother, which is her mother-in-law now, from afar with a smile

"Her smile is so sweet, mom you're really chose the right person for Jay." said Julia Chu to Sissy, Edward Tang wife, which is Jay Brother wife, which mean she's Darlene sister-in-law

"Where is Jay, is he not coming?" ask Sissy to Darlene, which is Jay mother

"I was right behind her, where father, and brother?" ask Jay to her mother curiously looking for them

"It's a loss, that both of them couldn't attend because there was a sudden meeting that was going to be held." said Julia to Jay while sipping her coffee

Darlene's mind immediately went elsewhere, she thought, was the Tang family that busy, was their family company that big, but still she was angry remembering what happened last night.

"Mother is so happy that we are finally going to move Darlene to our family subsidiary company, and she will be working with you." said Sissy to Jay with a smile

Shocked, Darlene was silent, it turned out that the Tang family was no joke, they had a subsidiary, and led by Jay.

"It seems like your both is going well." said Julia to them looking serious with a warm smile

"Yeah, he's definitely a friendly guy, I'll go grab some food then." said Darlene getting up from her chair

...Cafeteria...

"Damn rich family, but their behavior is all arrogant, and why transfer me to a subsidiary company, although I still work for my family company?" muttered Darlene picking a salad bowl

Suddenly Jay appeared beside her, and shocked her a little.

"Why are you following me?" ask Darlene to Jay shocked a little

"So you expect me to sit there and talk without eating while starving myself?" said Jay also picking a salad bowl

"But I didn't expect you to be able to play your role so well." said Jay while grabbing a french toast

"Obviously, I have a talent, but young master, how long exactly we need to pretend like this?" ask Darlene to Jay also picking up a french toast

"You must know that this is not a real relationship, this is just a business relationship, so why should I be close to you for real." said Jay to Darlene picking up a bowl of fresh cut fruits

"I don't ask when we will become close, but I just asked when we'll finish pretending?" ask Darlene serious looking at Jay

"Until we both get a divorce, Don't worry, it won't take long, once your family's condition is stable, we set the time." said Jay to Darlene gave her his plate of salad and french toast

"Jay, how did you sleep last night, sorry, I just finished dressing up, let's go." said a woman from last night suddenly appears

"Oh yeah, let me introduce her, this is the woman who will be my real wife, her name is Jadeline Fang." said Jay to Darlene proudly introduce Jadeline to her then left

After that, Darlene walked back to her seat with a bowl of salad, a plate of french toast and juice.

"You're back, where's Jay?" ask Julia to Darlene

"He's still getting his food in the cafeteria, I think he'll be back soon." said Darlene sat back on the chair

After a few minutes they ate, Jay hadn't returned from the cafeteria at all, She continued eating as if nothing had happened.

"Darlene, you said he was getting food, why hasn't he come back yet?" ask Sissy to Darlene looking concern

"I think he might have something urgent to do, let's just eat, when he's finished, he will definitely came back." said Darlene continue to eat

After they all finished eating, Jay didn't even appear at all, even when Darlene had leaving the hotel room.

"Alright, I'll drive myself to the mansion, I already got the address, see you." said Darlene to Sissy and Julia with a forced warm smile then drove away

Continued...

After arriving at the address that had been given, Darlene was surprised because there were only two buildings in this place that far from the city with a forest.

The mansion she will live in looks very antique, and has a European style combined with some Chinese carvings.

Then she lifted her suitcase into the mansion at that time she was shocked because she saw Jay already sitting near the dining chair.

"Why are you here, shouldn't you and that Jacelyn go out?" ask Darlene walking to the dining room confused

"Obviously I'm here first to make an agreement with a party who will be working with me in the future." said Jay to Darlene without even looking at her

Darlene then sat in the chair that facing Jay, staring at him seriously.

"So what's the agreement?" ask Darlene to Jay

"I'm glad you asked, I've written everything in here so all you have to do is agree and sign." said Jay to Darlene handing the documents to her

"Can I also write my own rules on this paper?" ask Darlene to Jay reading the documents

"Of course, but you are only given one so write wisely." said Jay to Darlene handing her a pen

"This isn't fair." said Darlene to Jay looking at him while holding a pen

"Please be hurry, I'll have an event soon." said Jay to Darlene while looking at his watch

Then Darlene read Jay cooperation proposal quickly but carefully.

"Alright, I will sign this cooperation proposal, and there is only one for me, so that one rules must be everything written here will not apply if it conflicts with the rights." said Darlene to Jay while wrote it on the paper

"So it's true that we will divorce after a year and half, right?" ask Darlene to Jay seriously pointing to him at the documents

"Of course, why should I keep you." said Jay then got up from his chair and get the documents with him

"And before I leave this mansion, we has Aunt Wu, who works until 5 in the afternoon." said Jay to Darlene then leaving

Hearing those words, Darlene felt a little annoyed, but she then went upstairs happily because this drama will only last a year and a half.

"Oh, excuse me are you Aunt Wu?" ask Darlene to a woman who was tidying the mansion

"Yes young lady, you're young master Jay's wife right, you're very beautiful." said Aunt Wu to Darlene with a warm smile

"Yes, thank you very much." said Darlene then walk to her room which is in front of Jay room

Yes, they have separate rooms because Jay has a relationship with another woman, and they just keep their distance, because this is just a business relationship.

"Oh yes young lady I will only work here until 5 pm and every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday I have the day off." said aunt Wu to Darlene

"Oh, well, thanks for the information." replied Darlene then walk to her room with a smile

After that Darlene Song arranged some of the things she had brought, and then she took a short nap, without realizing it, she fell asleep until evening.

"What time is it now, wait damn I fell asleep." said Darlene got up from her bed shocked

She immediately went downstairs, but it seemed like Aunt Wu had come home, because it was already 7pm, she then explored the places around the mansion.

"This place feels very antique and modern at the same time, If I can I do like to live here forever." said Darlene to herself while walk around the second floor

"The second floor seems has been modified, but the antique atmosphere is still there!" muttered Darlene to herself while looking around

"I wonder who has lived in this mansion before?" said Darlene to herself looking at some old painting

While walking, she saw that there was a closed place there that looked like it had never been modified before, so she walked up.

Darlene pushed the wardrobe that block the way, and it turned out there were stairs leading up, without thinking, she walk upstairs, the top floor has a very different atmosphere from the second floor, and the ground floor.

"This place is very gloomy, the smell is still very strong, why wasn't this place be modified too?" ask Darlene to herself confused and walking forward to check

"But the view from here is very beautiful, the moon and sunset directly." muttered Darlene standing in the third floor balcony

But suddenly there was the sound of footsteps below, shocked she tried to go downstairs. She made it to the second floor without anything suspicious, but suddenly Jay shocked her from behind.

"Why are you walking like that, you look like a thief." said Jay suddenly to Darlene from her back, while Darlene looking around like a suspicious person

"Damn my heart almost stopped, but luckily I didn't scream." muttered Darlene to herself

"I forgot to tell you about the dinner, Aunt Wu only works as a cleaner, but she never cooks dinner." said Jay to Darlene while crossing his arm standing near the stairs

"So I made a special cooking schedule." said Jay to Darlene handing the proposal documents again

"What, there's in the proposal?" ask Darlene then take the documents and re-read again

"Don't you forget to read the back page, Miss Song?" said Jay to Darlene walking towards her

"What is there a back page, why didn't I see it earlier, was this just added, this isn't fair, I have 4 days a week, and you only have 3?" said Darlene to Jay shocked

"If you feel it's unfair then let's cancel this contract and I will buy all the shares in your family company." said Jay to Darlene in a serious looking

"Is this a threat, I have half of the shares in my family's company too, and I won't sell it." said Darlene to Jay

"Did I ask about how much shares do you have, now I'm just asking if you don't agree, just cancel it." said Jay to Darlene with a cold stare

"Fine, I'll do it." said Darlene then handing him the documents and walked downstairs

She did this all because she remembered that she only had 15% of the family's shares and 20% belonged to the Tang company, and 50% belonged to the Song company, and 15% are others.

Countinued...

"It's such a shame that I married the typical arrogant young master from a novel book, I can't believe I'll be living like this for a year and a half." muttered Darlene heading to the kitchen

But she suddenly remembered that she wasn't very good at cooking, so she went out to buy food while Jay was taking a shower in the bathroom.

After that Jay came down for dinner, Darlene then serve him with a bowl of spaghetti and fruit salad which she had been interested in lately.

"You're cooking spaghetti, I don't smell it from upstairs?" said Jay to her with a judging cold face

"Eat it or throw it away, you choose." said Darlene to her handing him a fork

After tasting it, Jay suddenly realized that it wasn't her cooking because it was a taste he had tasted before.

"Did you buy this spaghetti and this salad, because they taste exactly the same as the ones at a four-star restaurant?" ask Jay to Darlene looking at her

"The proposal does not say that you are not allowed to buy food from outside." said Darlene taking a spoon of her salad

Jay ignored her and continued eating, and the atmosphere turn quiet, where Jay sat at a distance from Darlene, both eating without talking at all.

"About Jadeline, is she okay with you having this kind of relationship with me?" ask Darlene to Jay suddenly

"Jadeline who, who is she, I don't think I've ever heard of her?" ask Jay to Darlene confused

"You don't know her, are you joking with me?" said Darlene shocked stopped eating and look at him

"I don't know, did I ever have a relationship with her?" ask Jay to Darlene confused

"What are you taking about, are you acting, I'm being serious right now, please tell the truth." said Darlene to Jay

"I really don't know who is Jadeline." said Jay really confused stared at her

"Then who said this yesterday that she is my real wife and I will marry her." mocked Darlene to Jay

"I don't know her at all, and did I really say something like that?" ask Jay to Darlene with a confused look

Feeling like she's being joked, Darlene finished her food and immediately headed upstairs, she felt annoyed at being treated like this by the Tang family, who had embarrassed her on the first day.

"I didn't expect them all to treat me like this, it's really disgusting." muttered Darlene walking to her room with anger and frustrated

"Not knowing Jadeline who he said was the woman who is going to be his real wife, what a disgusting guy." muttered Darlene taking a shower in her room bathroom

The next day Darlene woke up, and after finishing getting ready she wanted to go downstairs to eat her breakfast.

But she heard a loud laugh from below, and after going downstairs she walked towards the dining area, and saw Jadeline and Jay sitting on chairs and having breakfast together.

"So we're leaving this afternoon right?" ask Jadeline while laughing to Jay

"Of course, anything for the princess." replied Jay to Jadeline while laughing too

Darlene, who saw this, was shocked by Jay's pretense, which made her even more disgusted by their behavior.

"Good morning, Miss Song, how was your sleep?" ask Jadeline suddenly smiled to her

Darlene didn't even smile back as she then walked out of the mansion to go somewhere. Jadeline saw this and became very angry.

...Garden...

"Who do they think they are, one and a half years, no I'm getting divorced in a week, I can't live like this." said Darlene driving her car to the city

After that Darlene drove her car to a café near the center of Z city. She then walked inside. It turns out she just wanted to meet her friend Jessica Zhou.

"Jessica." waved Darlene to her friends with a smile

"Darlene, we finally meet again, how was your wedding?" ask Jessica to Darlene looking at her

"I'm sorry I couldn't invite you before because they said they wanted to keep it a secret." said Darlene to Jessica disappointed

"It's fine, I understand, so now can you explain what your husband's are like?" ask Jessica to Darlene

"Huh husband, not my husband, he is in a relationship with a woman, and he said that woman is the one that will be his real wife." said Darlene sipping her coffee which has been ordered by Jessica

"So he cheated on you?" ask Jessica shocked

"Not really, because they were already together before I married him." said Darlene to Jessica

"That means cheating, I'm married to you, damn that ugly man, you're better divorce him." said Jessica to Darlene gave her a support

"I wish I could, but it's not that easy, if I divorce him then my family won't be alright." said Darlene to Jessica looking frustrated

"What an ugly man." replied Jessica to Darlene

"By the way, did you hear about the new company founded by a guy from overseas?" ask Jessica to Darlene looking really excited

"No, I don't know why?" ask Darlene curious Jessica

"He seems to be throwing a ball, and did you know I've been invited?" said Jessica to Darlene

"I want to try to meet a new guy there after 3 months of breaking up with that ugly guy." said Jessica to Darlene excited

"Alrigt, I wish you success." said Darlene to Jessica

After a few hours of chatting, Darlene finally left the place and headed to her new company, The subsidiary company of Tang.

Arriving at the company, she entered carrying a box of her belongings and headed to her new office.

"Alright all, let's get ready to greet our new manager, I heard she move from another company." said a co-worker named Karen Gu, to all the co-workers

"Our team has already endured difficulty with Manager Wang who suddenly quitting his job." reply another co-worker named Paul Wei

Suddenly the sound of heels tapping could be heard from afar, everyone was waiting by the front office door curiously, and that's when Darlene was standing right in front of the door.

"Welcome to the new manager." shouted everyone in sync to Darlene happily while applauding

"Thank you very much everyone." said Darlene shocked a little

"My name is Darlene Song from Song company, starting today I will work here, and hard for our team in the future." said Darlene to all of them with a warm smile

Arriving at her division, she put all her belongings near her new desk, It turned out that she would be the new manager in division A.

Countinued...