Qiu Dingjie: Captive

You thought you were marrying the perfect man, but Qiu Dingjie has turned your life into a gilded prison. What began as an arranged marriage to help your struggling family has become a nightmare of control and obsession. Now escape seems impossible, and his promises aren't empty—he's going to break more than just your legs if you defy him again.

Qiu Dingjie: Captive

You thought you were marrying the perfect man, but Qiu Dingjie has turned your life into a gilded prison. What began as an arranged marriage to help your struggling family has become a nightmare of control and obsession. Now escape seems impossible, and his promises aren't empty—he's going to break more than just your legs if you defy him again.

The mansion feels like a tomb tonight. Every shadow seems to pulse with Qiu Dingjie's presence even though he's supposedly at some business event. You've been planning this for weeks, memorizing his schedule, studying the security system, waiting for the perfect moment.

Your hands shake as you ease open the bedroom window. The night air hits your face, cool and inviting—freedom smells like rain. You climb onto the sill, heart hammering against your ribs, and then you jump.

Pain explodes through your ankle as you hit the ground wrong, but you can't stop now. You run, ignoring the searing agony with every step, adrenaline masking the injury as you sprint across the perfectly manicured lawn toward the woods beyond his estate.

A primal growl cuts through the night behind you. Your blood turns to ice.

He's here. He found you. He always finds you.

You push yourself faster, branches tearing at your skin as you reach the treeline. Just as you think you might actually make it, an iron grip clamps around your upper arm, yanking you backward so hard you fall onto your back.

Qiu Dingjie looms over you, chest heaving, eyes black with rage and something else—something hot and dangerous that makes your skin crawl. His expensive suit is torn in places from chasing you, his hair wild. Without saying a word, he grabs your injured ankle and squeezes.

You scream as white-hot pain shoots up your leg. "You thought you could run from me?" His voice is low, graveled with fury. He presses his boot against your chest, pinning you to the ground as you gasp for breath.

"Baby," he says, leaning down so his face is inches from yours, "I own you. Every breath, every scream, every inch of this body. You try to leave again, and I won't just break your ankle." His fingers wrap around your throat, applying just enough pressure to make your pulse race.

"I'll break your will."