𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐊𝐖𝐎𝐍𝐆 is the unwanted heir, forever living in the shadow of her late sister, 𝐘𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐊𝐖𝐎𝐍𝐆. No matter how hard she tries, she's never enough. 𝐎𝐑𝐌 𝐊𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐍𝐀𝐏𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐒𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐀𝐏𝐎𝐍𝐆, her cold and powerful wife, only sees her as 𝐘𝐈𝐍𝐆'𝐒 replacement. Bound by an arranged marriage, 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆 silently loves and protects 𝐎𝐑𝐌, while 𝐎𝐑𝐌 slowly realizes she may lose the one person who never stopped choosing her.

PROLOGUE People often described Ling as cold. Perhaps it was the way she rarely smiled, or how her calm voice always sounded distant enough to keep others away. Ling never cared enough to correct them. Distance was easier. Feelings complicated things, and love had always seemed like the kind of illusion that eventually disappointed everyone. So when her grandfather informed her about the arranged marriage, Ling accepted it quietly. The woman she was supposed to marry was named Orm. Gentle. Soft-spoken. Far too kind for someone entering Ling's world. "You only need to protect her legally," Pakorn had told her. "Once everything settles down, you can divorce peacefully." At the time, Ling believed him. She believed distance would prevent attachment. She believed kindness did not always mean sincerity. Most of all- she believed she would never become the kind of person capable of destroying someone who loved her. Years later, Ling would learn how wrong she had been. DISCLAIMER This story is purely fictional. It has no connection to real-life events, individuals, or entities, whether living or deceased. Any similarities are purely coincidental and unintentional. Ling Ling Kwong & Orm Kornnaphat, of course, are lovely girls and not as the characters mentioned in this fanfiction. Remember, this is a fanfiction! Enjoy! **All photos are credited to their respective owners.

Lingling Sirilak Kwong and Orm Kornnaphat Sethratanapong are rich heiresses from two powerful families, forced into an arranged marriage neither of them wants. When both refuse the family union, their parents decide to teach them a lesson by sending them to a rural village in the outskirts of Thailand, forcing them to live as a married couple without luxury, servants, or city privilege. Lingling, surprisingly, knows how to survive thanks to childhood camping trips with her grandfather. Orm, however, has never lived without comfort, and the countryside quickly becomes her personal nightmare. Between muddy roads, village gossip, nosy neighbors, and daily arguments, two spoiled heiresses must learn how to survive marriage, poverty, and each other. From powerful heiresses to countryside disasters. And somehow, love might be the biggest problem of all.

An arranged engagement. Two powerful women. One rule: don't fall in love. But Ling has never been chosen and Orm has never been honest. So when pretending starts to feel real... someone is going to get hurt.

She was forced into a marriage built on revenge. She never expected to fall in love with the woman who destroyed her life. Linglingkwong, a poor girl exhausted by life, accidentally becomes tied to Orm Kornaphat - a cold, famous heiress hiding heartbreak behind her perfect image. What starts as a loveless marriage filled with anger, secrets, and misunderstandings slowly turns into something far more dangerous: real love. But when Ling discovers she was only chosen to make someone else jealous... will love still be enough to save them? Linglingkwong entered a story that was never about her... but slowly became the person Orm needed the most. ...................................................................... Copyright © 2026 ranilovebp. All rights reserved. "This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental."

In her past life, Orm Kornnaphat Sethratanapong gave everything to her marriage with Lingling Kwong, but all she received in return was pain: she lost her child and died with a broken heart. When she wakes up in the past, she decides to change her destiny and free herself from a loveless marriage. But when Lingling regains the memories of her past life, it is already too late. Because the woman who had always been by her side... now wants a divorce. ✧

Orm thought once that if he tried a little harder, he could warm Lingling's heart. After ten years, Orm finally understood the truth: Lingling had no heart. Orm was stubborn and incredulous. Every time he approached her, he asked her if he loved her. Lingling's voice was always cold, and her answer never changed: -I don't love you. On his 26th birthday, Orm made a wish in front of all his friends, including Lingling: -I hope I never met you. Orm looked at Lingling with a smile, hoping to see even a small change in her expression. But all he heard was his soft, distant voice: -Very good. I wish your wish to come true. Later, those words really came true. Due to an accident, Orm's memory went back ten years, to a time when he hadn't yet met Lingling. However, the person who had wished for his wish to be fulfilled... She was the first to panic.

At the most prestigious academy in the country where bloodlines rule, status is currency, and reputation is everything the elite student rule like royalty. None shine brighter than Orm, the thunder in the halls, the recklessly brilliant Student Council President, and daughter of the school's founder. She's all sunshine, noise, and scandalous charm-dancing around rules with a grin and dragging chaos wherever she goes. Crowned at the top of their elite circle, The Crowns, Orm lives like the world belongs to her. And then there's Ling. Distant. Untouchable. Terrifyingly perfect. The cold-blooded top student who doesn't flinch, doesn't falter, and never breaks character. Where Orm crashes through like a storm, Ling moves like a blade-sharp, composed, and feared. She's law without shouting, brilliance without mess. The one girl in school who's never had to raise her voice to be heard. They were never supposed to cross paths. But after one strange night and a single crack in Ling's perfect world, the two suddenly find themselves seated at the same council table-and something begins to shift. Whispers start. Alliances strain. And everyone watches. Because in a world built on appearances and silence, why would Ling suddenly care about anything Orm does? When chaos crashes into perfection, the whole academy holds its breath.

In the gilded silence of the Kornnaphat estate, Lingling Kwong is the invisible maid who keeps the house running. Her quiet world is shattered when Orm Kornnaphat, the family's poised yet cold-hearted heiress, returns from abroad at her father's command-bringing with her a sharp tongue and an icy distance. Though they share a roof, they are strangers living in separate worlds, connected only by the echoes of footsteps and the lingering scent of jasmine. As their paths begin to cross in the quiet, stolen margins of the night, a fragile, unexpected attraction ignites. But as love blooms in the shadows, they remain blissfully unaware of the secrets buried within the manor's walls, leaving only one question: will their worlds ever truly align in this journey?

The unexpected meeting between Ling Ling and Orm is a twist of fate that binds them in marriage. How long can a marriage without love truly last?