“Hey. Shall we go to sleep?”
Juhee stood up, took Ina’s hand, and spoke.
“Yeah. Let’s both go in and sleep. You must be tired.”
“You too. Juwon.”
When Ina spoke in a calm voice, Juwon nodded.
With a disappointed look, Ina glanced at Juwon once and then entered the room with Juhee.
In the room, Juhee and Ina lay on the spacious king-size bed, facing each other, and smiled at each other.
Whenever Juhee said something, Ina responded with chatter, and the two of them started a lively conversation in this way.
At the same time,
Juwon, lying on his bed, looked silently at the ceiling.
He felt a strange feeling knowing that Ina was now sleeping in his house.
Of course, there was a time when he slept at Ina’s house before, due to an incident with Park Junghoon, but that was before they were in a relationship, and Juwon slept in the guest room.
Now, it was a point in their relationship where they wanted to touch and kiss each other, and in this explosive moment of emotions, it felt strange that a rabbit like Ina was sleeping in the tiger’s den, so to speak.
It seemed like a night when sleep wouldn’t come easily.
In his heart, he wanted to gently hug Ina and take her to his room as soon as Juhee fell asleep. Sighing, Juwon turned over.
As the clock passed midnight, Juhee’s words noticeably decreased.
Her eyes were almost closed, and she kept yawning.
“Juhee. Feeling sleepy? Let’s go to sleep.”
“Yeah. Let’s talk about the rest tomorrow.”
“Okay. Let’s do that.”
Juhee smiled at Ina, then gradually fell asleep.
While looking at the sleeping Juhee, Ina reached out and gently brushed away the strands of hair stuck to Juhee’s face.
Then, she lowered her gaze and looked at Juhee’s belly.
It wasn’t noticeable yet, but looking at Juhee’s belly made her feel curious.
Inside here, there’s a beautiful baby, right?
How cute would a baby look like Juhee?
Just thinking about it made her feel incredibly happy.
Ina once again looked at Juhee’s face, her sleepy eyes closing.
How much time had passed?
Restless, Ina, whose throat was dry, opened her eyes.
She waited for her eyes to adjust to the pitch darkness, then turned her head and looked at the side, where Juhee was still sleeping soundly.
How late was it?
After tossing and turning, Ina, feeling thirsty, got up quietly and opened the bedroom door.
Carefully walking to the kitchen, she took a cup, filled it with water from the dispenser, and suddenly, Inyoung, who was tall, appeared behind her.
“Mom!”
Surprised, Ina dropped the cup from her hand, but Juwon’s hand quickly reached behind her and caught the cup.
Juwon wrapped his arm around Ina’s waist and handed her the cup.
“Did I surprise you?”
“O-of course! What if someone suddenly appears like that?”
Whispered Ina as she took the cup.
“Sorry. I heard a noise, so I came out just in case.”
Ina turned her body to face Juwon.
“Were you not sleeping?”
“…How could I sleep?”
Ina made a large noise in response to Juwon’s eyes, which contained many meanings, and brought the cup to her mouth.
As she was about to put the cup down after drinking half of it, Juwon grabbed Ina’s hand holding the cup and brought it to his own mouth.
Then, he drank the remaining water in big gulps.
Silent dawn.
Ina tensed up at the sound of water pouring from Juwon’s glass spreading through the kitchen.
After finishing the water, Juwon put the cup down, licked his lower lip, and said, “Tastes good.”
“…”
For a moment, that scene flashed in Ina’s eyes like slow motion, and the excessively provocative gesture almost made Ina burst into laughter.
Barely regaining her composure, Ina unintentionally swallowed her saliva.
Juwon looked at Ina as if finding her cute and gently stroked her cheek.
“I didn’t get a close look when you went straight to the room earlier…”
Bending his upper body, Juwon stared closely at Ina’s face.
“Without makeup, it’s not baby-like skin, just a baby. A baby.”
“Hey, what? Don’t look at me closely.”
When Ina pushed Juwon’s face slightly, he laughed and held Ina’s hand.
“Do you want to play in my room?”
“What?”
Ina unconsciously asked in a loud voice and quickly covered her mouth.
When she gestured towards the room to check if Juhee had woken up, Juwon held Ina’s hand.
“Don’t worry. Once Juhee falls asleep, she won’t know even if someone carries her.”
Saying that, he took firm steps towards his room.
“No, going into the room, what, what do you want to do?”
Being pulled along, Ina asked and quickly covered her mouth.
Juwon stopped walking and looked at Ina.
“Um… This and that?”
“What… what?”
Ina asked in surprise, then quickly covered her mouth again.
Although she widened her eyes in surprise, the momentary image of what she was imagining flashed in her mind, and her face turned red.
Feeling embarrassed, Ina tried to let go of Juwon’s hand, but he smiled and lightly tapped Ina’s nose.
“Just kidding. Just kidding.”
Juwon quietly opened his room door and pulled Ina’s hand.
Behind Ina, the door silently closed.
Juwon’s room had an overall calm deep gray tone and was clean and neat.
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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