The Ascent Prey and Predator

Chloe, a wealthy heiress, once kept Liam as her lover before casting him aside three years later. Unexpectedly, her family’s conglomerate suddenly plunged into a devastating crisis. Her father fell critically ill, and the company went bankrupt, sending Chloe crashing from the pinnacle of luxury to rock bottom overnight. Three years later, desperate to raise money for her father’s medical bills, Chloe takes a job at Shengshi Group under an assumed name—only to discover that the group’s CEO is none other than Liam, the man she abandoned years ago. Gone is the docile Liam she once knew; he has turned cold, ruthless and unforgiving. He exacts revenge on Chloe by forcing her to sign an oppressive contract as his personal secretary, subjecting her to endless humiliation and harsh mistreatment. Yet whenever Chloe is bullied by others, Liam never fails to step forward and shield her without hesitation. Entangled in a vicious cycle of love and hatred, the pair probe each other’s true feelings and untangle misunderstandings buried in their shared past. Amid cutthroat corporate battles and torturous emotional tug-of-war, they embark on an intense, twisted romance where the hunter and the hunted constantly swap roles.