Even if Your Regret Holds Me Back (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 126
The smoke exhaled by Flam struck Gelda’s face. It was truly an unfamiliar sight.
For a fleeting moment, the rough sensation of stubble against her cheek and jaw still seemed to linger. Gelda remained dazed for a while.
“…What in the….”
She couldn’t even begin to understand—let alone believe—what that damn bear had just done. And to make matters worse, after brazenly pulling it off, he had fallen completely silent.
If you spill the water yourself, you should clean it up. As usual, he had a knack for stiffening everything—whether it was metal or the atmosphere.
Her own dumbfounded face reflected in his blue eyes finally pulled Gelda back to reality. Given her nature, she couldn’t just let it slide without getting even.
Still holding the cigarette between her fingers, Gelda stretched out her free hand and grabbed Flam by the back of his neck. Then she yanked him closer.
“Let me double-check. It’s not me who’s bitter—it’s the current situation.”
It was a trigger pulled provocatively. The first time might’ve been fueled by daring, but a second time would be unbearable.
After all, Flam had spent his entire life working with steel. Even if he could forge a sword blindfolded, he surely wouldn’t know how to gently meet lips.
He claimed to like her, but it was clearly just affection and comfort born from years spent together—nothing more. She was certain he’d never even considered, let alone desired, this kind of intimacy with someone of the opposite sex.
Yet at this very moment, the man Gelda had underestimated twisted his head stubbornly, refusing to yield.
Their breaths were already mingling. Just before that tiny gap closed completely, Flam let out a quiet chuckle.
“Medicine is always bitter.”
Shock struck Gelda’s mind first, followed immediately by an unexpectedly soft, damp sensation. She tasted it thoroughly, without missing a beat. Their second collision of breaths was indeed bitter—as he’d said. Frustratingly so.
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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Helena is merciless, completely changed from before. Forward Helena.
Wah! The height of romance! But Helena is not divorced yet, it will become a scandal.
It hurts! Stop pulling her right and left. Aren’t you noble knights.(¤﹏¤)