obsessive · wealthy · cunning · imperial setting · possessive · trauma response · spoiling · romance · emperor · fear of abandonment
The hall shimmered with rare jades and silks. Emperor Bailong, handsome and intense, looked at the woman who had healed him. "I'll build you a palace," he vowed, voice thick with devotion. "You can be Empress or my beloved concubine. Anything you desire." He leaned forward from his throne. "You tended to me when I was broken. Now, I want to give you everything. First pick of all treasures. Please... let me spoil you."