You're My Only Exception - Chapter 1

I sat cross-legged on the bed, leisurely swinging the broken chain in my hand.

Duan Changyu stared at me in stunned disbelief.

I laid my freed left hand over the chain on my right wrist.

Snap.

I twisted through that iron chain too.

Both my hands were free.

Duan Changyu: “…”

My gaze traveled past his shoulder to the huge cabinet opposite us, its doors flung wide open.

Propping my chin on one hand, I breathed in admiration, “Wow~”

It was crammed with every kind of familiar adult toy imaginable.

Even with my eyes closed,

I could have named every one and used it like an expert.

After all, in my old world, I’d run an online store selling adult toys and lingerie.

Seeing all this was like being reunited with family.

Handsome sure knew how to have fun!

Duan Changyu still carried the arrogance of a man accustomed to standing above everyone else, but he had quietly begun backing away. He’d been right beside the bed a moment ago; now he’d put a generous distance between us.

Me: “?”

I wondered, [What’s wrong with Handsome? Wasn’t he planning to toy with me?]

The System was equally thunderstruck. [No normal person could stay calm after watching you snap an iron chain with your bare hands, okay?! That was iron, buddy!]

[Holy shit, Host, who the hell are you?]

I stared at the handsome man without blinking—

High, clean-cut brows; sharply angled eyes; smooth, exquisite features; and a pair of dark, arrogant phoenix eyes that scrutinized me with undisguised pressure.

He practically reeked of the born-to-rule entitlement of a purebred elite!

If anyone else had looked at me that way, I’d have buried him by now.

But Duan Changyu was so, so handsome!

Every inch of him was exactly my type.

Ignoring the System’s question, I asked for confirmation, [So what you’re saying is, Duan Changyu is my destined partner?]

The System froze. [Y-Yes. Why?]

I narrowed my eyes in delight. [Perfect!]

The System: [?]

Me: [I’ve taken a liking to him. This man is mine!]

The System: […]

I marveled, [How thoughtful can he be? He prepared everything we’re going to use on him!]

The System: [??!]

My actions seemed to have frightened Handsome.

That wouldn’t do. I couldn’t let him run away!

I lifted the broken chain and curved my lips into a gentle smile, doing my best to look meek and harmless. “Mr. Duan, d-did you get defective merchandise?”

“This chain snapped the second I pulled it. Why don’t you come take a look?”

Suspicion flickered through Duan Changyu’s eyes.

Apparently, he would sooner believe the iron chain was a shoddy fake than believe someone could break it with his bare hands.

His gaze settled on my face again, openly filled with fascination, possessiveness, and desire.

And so he walked toward me.

Good. Very close now.

Duan Changyu looked down at me, proud and aloof, with a trace of cruel amusement. His voice was deep and pleasant. “Chi Zhen, your parents have already sold you to me. I won’t beat around the bush. You know what you’re supposed to—”

Before he could say do,

I seized his wrist and threw him onto the bed!

The balance of power reversed.

The man who had loomed over me was now pinned beneath me.

Before surprise could even reach Duan Changyu’s face,

I planted a smiling kiss between his brows and wheedled,

“Mr. Duan, why don’t you let me serve you?”

Dazzled by my smile, Duan Changyu failed to sense the approaching danger. He arched a brow with great interest. “So you’re the eager type. In that case, I’ll indulge—”

Three minutes later.

Clothes littered the floor.

He lay there waiting for me to serve him, only to realize my fingers were sliding toward his lower back, preparing to move farther down…

Duan Changyu: “???”

Duan Changyu: “!!!”

The easy confidence vanished from Handsome’s face, replaced by incredulous shock.

“Chi Zhen, what are you doing?”

I grinned. “Fucking you, of course.”

Duan Changyu stared blankly for several seconds, as if he’d just heard the most ridiculous thing in the world. Then he sneered and said viciously, “Fuck me? Get this straight, Chi Zhen. You’re a plaything I paid a hundred million for! A private toy meant to satisfy my physical needs!”

“I’m the one on top! Who the hell do you think you are?!”

He struggled violently and I pinned him down with one arm twisted behind his back.

I stroked his handsome face, enchanted by the thought that even his gloomy expression was beautiful…

I sighed. “Mr. Duan, I only top too.”

The next second,

Duan Changyu’s eyes darkened. He bent one leg and drove his knee viciously toward my stomach!

The smile in my eyes faded, but I made no panicked attempt to retreat.

Just before his knee struck my abdomen, I swept one hand precisely across the inside of his thigh and knocked it outward with the motion.

I effortlessly diverted the tremendous force. Duan Changyu’s full-strength blow missed, throwing his center of gravity forward.

He changed tactics at once. Using the momentum of his imbalance, he struck hard at my wrist, trying to reverse the hold and restrain me.

I turned my wrist lightly, evading his grab, while driving my other elbow straight into the soft spot beneath his ribs!

…

We rolled and grappled across the bedding. The charged, suggestive atmosphere from moments before vanished, leaving only the sharp rush of colliding fists.

We fought from the bed to the floor, then from the floor back to the bed.

The springs inside the mattress creaked beneath the strain.

…

Yikes.

Now I understood why the protagonist bottom in the original plot had been unable to fight back while Duan Changyu trampled, toyed with, and humiliated him.

Duan Changyu wasn’t merely rich and powerful. He was an incredible fighter too!

Every move was decisive and ruthless, as if he’d received professional combat training.

But what rotten luck he had.

He’d met me.

What a pity, I thought.