Don't Obsess Over A Married Woman (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 76
At that moment, Sir Joseph, who had been standing beside me until then, gave a faint smile.
“It’s unfortunate that things turned out this way for Madame Baden, but at least the gift intended for the Duchess has been successfully delivered, for which I’m truly grateful.”
Just as I was about to scold Sir Joseph for such nonsense, Madam Petrica nodded in agreement.
“Oh my, absolutely! The Duchess heard the Duchess was about to place an order but changed her mind, so she even took out her checkbook. She kept pressing us insistently—‘Do you remember exactly how the Duchess intended to place her order?’—leaving us terribly flustered, ohoho.”
No matter how I heard it, it sounded unmistakably like they’d forced the purchase solely to deceive me right to my face—and even stoop to manipulating my character.
“Then she earnestly instructed us to send it immediately to the Duke’s residence as soon as it was finished. But since she didn’t inform the Duchess separately, it seems she truly intended it as a surprise gift!”
The fact that she’d specifically arranged for it to be sent to the Dieren estate even felt malicious.
“To be honest, until then, I’d only known that Madame Baden and the Duchess didn’t get along well. Did Madame Baden behave improperly in the past? Yet to think she prepared such a precious gift for the Duchess—perhaps she truly wanted to apologize.”
Ha. Apologize? Not a chance.
That couldn’t possibly be it.
‘If she’d truly wanted to apologize, she would’ve done so long ago.’
Not with something like this.
The reason I dislike Madame Baden isn’t complicated.
Something like this happened: right after I’d lost my second child due to falling down the stairs.
Still reeling from the shock days later, she invited me to an evening banquet crowded with noblewomen, claiming she wanted to comfort me personally.
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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Gloved though they were, I didn’t doubt my fingertips had turned deathly pale.
Gosh this is like a video game set on hard mode whattt is happening
“As a scholar of the Tower of Honor, my field of study is ‘Ancient Magicology.’”
Magicology???? Chronomancy should have clued me in
“Will you grant me your permission?”
Kiss kiss fall in love – oran high-school hostel club opening song
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Soo all this talk about the dungeons being a maze and very dangerous was for what???
Aww this is such a tesrjerker of a chapter 🥲🥺 . Now she knows they love her ( they made it obvious though)
This is crazy omgosh what is going onn this amount of darkness and trauma gave me whiplash. I can also see where this is going amnesia arc incoming isn’t it.