Emerald blinked and said, "Is this like one of those boss novels where the heroine falls asleep, gets swept away by drama all night, and then dies of a terminal illness a few days later, leaving behind a pair of kids for you to raise?"

The man lightly tapped her forehead with his slender finger. "What do you keep reading all the time?"

Emerald never really liked novels, but ever since meeting Iris, a hopeless romantic, she found herself bombarded with stories where either the sweet wife was constantly swooning, or the boss was being pressured into passionate encounters.

Sometimes, Emerald even found herself reading some H-comics, which gave her...