Taming My Defiant Prince

Serena Sutton is ordered to marry Prince Jing, Caelan Sterling, the Contrarian. Serena devises "reverse husband-taming": if she tells him to go west, he'll go east. She says "don't rebel," he becomes Emperor and a beloved ruler. Caelan doesn't know his "proving her wrong" is Serena's stratagem. Upon ascending the throne, he realizes he's fallen for her, wanting to argue with her for life.