Each time Lakrahan inhaled and exhaled, a clean and warm herbal scent from the bath wafted from him.
As her strength continually drained, Bercheria stretched out her arm and hugged his neck.
Behind the entwined pair, flurries of snowflakes began to pour down.
Lakrahan’s hand threaded through the strands of her hair.
His arm, gripping her blonde locks, had tendons bulging out.
The tattoos etched over those blue tendons writhed before being absorbed into Bercheria.
At the same time, another line of tattoo materialized on her leg that was sprawled under the bed.
“Ah!”
Bercheria’s body quivered, startled by the sudden sensation of her skin burning.
“What’s wrong? Are you okay?”
Concern filled Lakrahan’s face as he pulled away from the kiss.
“No, it’s not that.”
Bercheria slightly lifted her skirt to check her left leg.
A line of pattern, previously absent, had darkened.
Lakrahan met Bercheria’s gaze, then rolled up his sleeve where the tattoo had been.
Within the once vivid pattern was an empty space, exactly the size of the new addition on Bercheria.
“Ah.”
“Ha.”
Both burst into simultaneous expressions of awe and laughter.
“This is absurd.”
Lakrahan wiped Bercheria’s lips with his thumb and seated her next to him on his lap.
The intense concerns that had been swirling in his mind just a moment ago were now mocking him.
He was in agony, wondering if the kiss that was supposed to empower her had only served his own desires.
“Bercheria.”
“……Yes.”
“I’m saying this in case you misunderstand.”
Bercheria clearly opened her eyes and looked at him.
“It’s fine. I don’t misunderstand. You helped me regain my strength.”
Suddenly feeling bitter, Bercheria hurriedly avoided Lakrahan’s gaze.
As she tried to get up from the bed, Lakrahan grabbed her arm.
When Bercheria looked back, he lifted his eyes while brushing back a stray lock of hair that had fallen onto his forehead.
“That’s what I wanted to clarify.”
“What do you mean?”
“I didn’t make a mistake.”
Bercheria didn’t quite understand what he was saying and just waited for his next words.
“I wasn’t trying to restore your strength. Well, it’s good if your strength returns. But I wasn’t thinking about that just now.”
“What are you saying?”
“I wanted to kiss you. It was no mistake.”
Strength flowed into Bercheria’s hand that he was holding.
Lakrahan gently let go of her hand.
“I wanted to tell you that.”
Without saying anything else, Bercheria intently looked at Lakrahan before blurting out something unexpected.
“Aren’t you, sleepy?”
“…….”
“I think we should sleep now. I’ll turn off the light and…….”
Lakrahan got up from his spot and turned off the lights on the wall and ceiling.
As the room darkened in an instant, Bercheria relied on the faint moonlight to climb onto the bed.
Then she lay down properly.
Lakrahan also lay beside her in an upright position.
Just handling the overwhelming emotion from the kiss was difficult, and the thought of doing more than that already brought on nervousness.
She needed to calm down.
Calm.
Bercheria placed both her hands folded over her heart.
She felt that doing so would prevent Lakrahan from hearing her loudly beating heart.
[Star Icon]As soon as morning came, Gerard left Leone sleeping and headed to his secret underground storage.
“Twinkle, twinkle.”
If Gerard were asked to name the best thing since becoming an emperor, he would not hesitate to choose this secret room.
Anyone would be happy to have a place filled only with the things they love the most.
Especially when those things are precious gems that cannot be acquired by anyone other than an emperor.
Who could possibly not love that?
Spending time touching this gem and that gem, Gerard looked dissatisfied at an empty shelf.
It was where a woman with blond hair, or more precisely, ash-colored hair, had sat not long ago.
“It has to be Bercheria.”
Gerard muttered to himself the most perfect name he pursued.
The one and only existence that could be the pinnacle of his collection.
‘Execute that wretched goddess of weather.’
Gerard once again praised himself for not revealing his taste to Leone.
Leone was nearly perfect, from her bed to her interior decor. Yet, she was excessively greedy.
Knowing this, Gerard never revealed what he truly cherished to her.
Like Bercheria, for instance.
“Behead and hang them in the square. Make it known to all that no god can dare challenge Emperor Gerard, ruler of the Periat Empire.”
Gerard shuddered.
The mere thought of how electrifying it would be to have Bercheria sit in this place sent shivers down his spine.
“How could I possibly deceive Leone and bring Bercheria here?”
The goddess of weather was essentially the origin of his tastes.
One day, when he was still a child, he had seen a picture of Bercheria in a book while learning monotonous history.
Blonde hair, golden eyes, and holding a golden staff—a beautiful goddess.
Since then, he had become interested in things that glittered.
Only he knew that everything prepared here was solely to welcome Bercheria.
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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