Have you ever seen a man who just holds your hand tightly and sleeps on the first night?
I’m looking at him right now.
“…….”
‘I can’t even speak out of disbelief…….’
Past midnight, a dark bedroom.
The feeling of lying down, hand in hand with an incredibly handsome man.
I took a surreptitious glance at the man beside me. His wet, black hair was covering his neat forehead. A slender nose, a perfect jawline as if sculpted, and thin lips sealed in a straight line. And long, black eyelashes as well.
‘He’s really handsome. Like a sculpture.’
Moreover, this man was a wolf. Not metaphorically, but literally a wolf beastman.
The leader of the wolves, Duke Grayan Salisbury.
My heart has been pounding since I saw him at the wedding ceremony earlier. The silvery eyes that faced me headon exuded a charm, and the languid voice responding to the officiant’s questions made my heart tremble.
But once left alone, I realized. This wolf… has no interest in the opposite sex!
‘Well, in the original work, Grayan was like this too.’
He was not interested in romance or marriage, and poured all his affection only on his daughter, April.
Super handsome, capable, wealthy, and affectionate, when a father who is all this showers his love only on the heroine, it strikes the readers’ tastes!
‘And it hit my taste too. The best father character, who possesses the charm of a wolf beastman and is also affectionate…!’
Suddenly overwhelmed by my surging fandom, I clutched my chest and swallowed a sigh. In that state, I took a quick glance beside me.
‘I knew he was such a character, but…!’
Isn’t this a bit too much? How can you sleep just holding the hand of a great beauty like me?
I ended up glaring at him out of sheer frustration.
But then it happened. Grayan suddenly opened his eyes.
‘Oh, I’m surprised.’
Startled, I quickly turned my head away as if I hadn’t been glaring at him. My heart pounded loudly, almost deafeningly. It seemed like the sound would reach Grayan’s ears. Oh, my heart, calm down, please!
“…… Are you not sleeping?”
A voice full of decadence and sexiness came from next to me. For a moment, I felt dizzy without realizing it. A, Am I crazy? What’s with that voice…
‘I can’t look him in the eye.’
I couldn’t bear to turn my head in his direction and simply stared at the ceiling as I replied.
“I can’t sleep.”
Surprisingly calm words flowed from my mouth despite my panic. My acting skill, pretty good.
“You must be tired, so please sleep. I heard you had a hard time coming all the way from the Ainstern Kingdom.”
“…….”
I see. I don’t remember. Why? Because I took over the body just 5 minutes before the wedding ceremony!
‘Why did I have to take over right before the wedding? There was no way to escape. Sigh.’
I heaved a deep sigh inside. Judging by the silence, it seemed Grayan had fallen asleep again. Still holding my hand tightly.
But why… is he sleeping while holding my hand…? It’s even weirder to sleep just holding hands…!
‘I don’t know… I give up understanding.’
I swallowed the sigh that was about to burst out. Honestly, the reality still felt unbelievable.
‘I was reincarnated as the heroine’s stepmother.’
As the word “stepmother” suggests, I was a villainess. A wicked one at that.
Ignorant of everything except selfishness, always jealous and tormenting others. Despite growing up as a princess with nothing lacking, she was never satisfied and would only feel content after getting what she wanted.
The author didn’t give this stepmother any narrative, so she couldn’t even make the cut as a ‘villainess with a backstory’. She was just human trash.
Well, I guess I know why the author set up this stepmother character so flatly.
Because this character was… ‘a sacrificial lamb for the male leads to brutally revenge for the heroine’!
After all, the cooler the villain’s karma is, the more refreshing the revenge is!
So, this stepmother character had no choice but to commit onedimensional evil…
‘Luckily, I haven’t accumulated any karma with the heroine yet….’
But so what? I must have already committed countless evil deeds. This ‘Gloria Ainstern’.
‘But there’s still a chance to dodge the death flag.’
If I clear the karma from the past, and if I make a good impression on the protagonist of this novel, the heroine, then the beans will naturally fall.
‘I’ll get along with the heroine from now on. As her kind and benevolent stepmother.’
Yes, I decided, but honestly, I still don’t feel real.
I’ve often dreamed of being reincarnated too. The idea of escaping from a bleak reality and entering the world of a novel. It was fun.
But having tried it myself, I now realize. That was fun because it was imaginary…!
“There is no internet, nothing here!”
My God, have you banished me to a boring world without webtoons or web novels? How the hell did I get reincarnated?
I held my head and carefully recalled my past. Just a few hours ago… I was in my own room. Surely that was the case…
I really was ‘suddenly’ reincarnated.
When male lead is the homewrecker
“I know she doesn’t love him.”
I’ve read the novel below twice already. Girls, I’m highly recommending it to you!
The female lead? Not a good person.
The second male lead? Not a good person.
The male lead? Willingly plays the third party, breaking up the female and second male lead’s relationship despite all the warnings from his friends—so yeah, he’s definitely not a good person either.
Basically, nobody in this novel is simple-minded or without scheming.
The female lead starts off as the male lead’s secretary, but don’t worry—later on, she takes over the company while the male lead steps back to support her. He won’t steal her spotlight, overshadow her, or dull her shine.
I love novels where men are out here snatching wigs, tearing each other down, and going to war just to win the female lead’s affection. And this is exactly that kind of novel. Most of Hai Dai Ran’s works have this dynamic. You’ll see the male characters’ emotions being pushed to the absolute extreme.
There’s even a scene where the second male lead exposes the male lead online for being a homewrecker. The brotherhood immediately gangs up on him, dragging him through the mud. I find it compelling —it completely flips reality on its head, where usually, women are the ones fighting over a man and getting torn apart by the sisterhood.
For me, female leads in the novels I read should only struggle in their careers, not in love. But if the brainless romantics in the story are all men? I have zero complaints.
I’ve pretty much read all of Hai Dai Ran’s novels and even translated all of them—her works are just my thing. I’ll slowly upload everything here. One day, when my website is official, I hope I can invite her to join as one of the star authors.
Here’s the story synopsis:
One-line summary: She is his lifelong obsession, to the point where he was willing to be a third wheel, scorned by society, just to wedge his way into her relationship with her fiancé.
Cold-hearted and indifferent female lead + Scheming and subservient CEO male lead
Intro 1:
“I know she doesn’t love him.”
With blood trickling from his clenched fist, Rong Xiu gazed at the woman before him, his eyes clouded with anguish. Hidden in the wardrobe, he had witnessed Fan Xia – the woman he desperately loved – in an intimate embrace with her fiancé. Yet his heart still yearned for her, defying all reason.
Fan Xia, the elegant and composed assistant, carried something mysterious in her eyes whenever she looked at her fiancé, Wen Lan Sheng. Strange occurrences began to surface – secret meetings with the young Gu Jin Yi, an unexplained withdrawal of 5,000 yuan… Then suddenly, her fiancé’s sister, Wen Jing, violently attacked her.
In this matriarchal society, Rong Xiu had risen to become the chairman of a powerful healthcare conglomerate, breaking through gender prejudices. But for the first time, he willingly stepped into the shadows as the other man, disregarding his friends’ warnings to become her secret lover.
Because he had discovered the truth – Fan Xia wasn’t the pure angel everyone believed her to be. And perhaps, he was the only one capable of helping her execute her mysterious plan…
Intro 2:
Rong Xiu’s biggest regret in life was missing out on Fan Xia.
He secretly loved Fan Xia for 7 years.
Watched her go public with her boyfriend.
Watched her kiss her boyfriend at their wedding.
Until that man blissfully nestled in Fan Xia’s arms, obtaining everything he could only dream of.
The crazy jealousy stripped away his hidden secret love, layer by layer, burning like wildfire.
Fan Xia, how can I have you!
【Reading and Trigger Warning Guide】
1. Female dominant, male submissive, male pregnancy
2. Male lead schemes his way to the top, male competition
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