2 Book(s) Related to unspoken love

"You want my forgiveness?" I asked, my voice dropping to a dangerous timbre.

Before she could answer, I moved closer, suddenly looming over her, my face inches from hers. Her breath caught, her lips parting in surprise.

"Then this is the price for speaking ill of me to others," I murmured, nipping her lower lip before claiming her mouth in a real kiss. It began as punishment but quickly transformed into something else entirely as she responded, her initial rigidity melting into compliance, then active participation.

Eleanor's breathing accelerated, small sounds escaping her throat as I explored her body. My touches were both punishment and pleasure, drawing shudders from her that I felt reverberating through my own body.

Her nightgown had ridden up, my hands discovering more of her with each caress. We were both lost in sensation, rational thought receding with each passing second...

Three years ago, to fulfill the wish of his grandmother, I was forced to marry Derek Wells, the second son of the family that had adopted me for ten years. He didn't love me, but I had secretly loved him all along.

Now, the three-year contractual marriage is about to end, but I feel that some kind of sentiment has developed between Derek and me that neither of us is willing to admit. I'm not sure if my feelings are right, but I know that we can't resist each other physically...

Synopsis: The White family went bankrupt, and she—Katherine White—was "sold" by her ex-boyfriend to Alexander Black, the most prestigious man in the capital, for a million dollars.

He craved her body every night, yet turned a blind eye to her life; he rushed to accompany his childhood sweetheart, his "white moonlight," in the dead of night, but couldn’t stand her having the slightest contact with other men—he even monitored her every move.

Her heart was lifted, then crushed, with walls built around it time and again. Katherine decided to use only tricks, no more sincerity.

Unexpectedly, when she acted coquettishly, Alexander helped her win back that sky-high-priced endorsement; when she softened a little, he directly acquired that lousy company; when she seduced him with her body... he solved the biggest troubles for her.

She clumsily played the role of a wife in love with him, and the cold, rational Alexander seemed to believe it easily. Their relationship grew better and better—they even had two children in three years!

Until she found his middle school diary in his study. The sharp, unrestrained handwriting seemed to pierce through the paper, recording his love. The date at the end? Twelve years ago.

Katherine was stunned as if struck by lightning. She finally understood: behind all that surveillance, those interrogations in bed, those deliberate tests, and that wild possessiveness... lay his twelve-year-long, grand yet silent love.