My marriage to Nathaniel proceeded smoothly, regardless of my will.
Both sides had already met, so there was no need for a formal meeting, and everything proceeded quickly.
Soon, all sorts of gifts flooded the house.
“No, it’s my wedding! Why are you doing this so arbitrarily!”
“It’s too late to back out now.”
In response to my protest, Father tossed today’s newspaper at me.
The front page of the newspaper boldly announced Nathaniel’s engagement news.
[According to our newspaper’s coverage, the two have long harbored feelings for each other but gave up because of family marriage. But that story, with the courage of Count Winters, ……]“What nonsense is this!”
I was dumbfounded by the article that seemed to portray Nathaniel and me as the love story of the century.
They were writing a novel.
“I have to call the newspaper right away. This is all a lie!”
“The more you make a fuss, the more you’ll cover the princess’s rumors.”
“So, are you saying I have to get married for real?”
“Who told you to let any man into your bedroom!”
He wasn’t a man when he came in!
He was just a small, cute baby dragon!
Father hammered the point home as I stood there with my mouth agape.
“Don’t think about running away. One child like that is enough.”
And he glared at Maximilian, who was sipping tea next to him.
Maximilian flinched and turned his eyes away, sneaking out of the room.
I was on the verge of losing my mind.
Why did it come to this?
There was only one way to solve this situation.
‘I should contact Nathaniel.’
He would somehow help me.
I quickly sent Nathaniel a message to meet privately.
[This is the time separator]Not long after, Nathaniel’s reply came.
He readily accepted, and I couldn’t shake an eerie feeling.
‘He’s not planning to kill me to cancel this engagement, is he?’
Feeling strangely uneasy, I took one of our family’s knights and headed for the rendezvous point.
I thought the meeting place would be a dark, abandoned building, but surprisingly, it was a pretty cafe with a greenhouse attached.
When I opened the door and entered, he had not yet arrived.
I found a suitable spot to sit and ordered a drink as I waited for Nathaniel.
‘He’s late.’
As I looked out the window, the sound of the door opening prompted me to stand up.
“Crown Prince.”
Did my voice quiver?
I greeted him with as much composure as I could muster. Nathaniel, still chubbyfaced, raised his hand to accept the greeting.
At least I felt relieved that he wasn’t going to kill me.
“What’s that?”
Seeing the knight behind me, his face turned fierce.
I had to quickly find the right words.
“Father worries about me a lot. Specifically, he’s afraid I might run away.”
“Ah.”
Nathaniel nodded as if understanding.
He didn’t look pleased, but he decided to accept it.
It was all thanks to Maximilian.
I told the knight to stand by the door and sat down.
“Why did you call me?”
He got right to the point, just like him.
I smiled warmly at him and asked.
“You called me because you want to do this marriage? If you don’t like it…”
“I don’t really care.”
I nearly swore at his unexpected answer.
You don’t care? Why not!
But, like a socialite, I smiled gracefully and asked him why.
“Aren’t you casually deciding on a onceinalifetime decision like marriage?”
“You’re treating me like I’m completely thoughtless.”
“Hahaha, of course not.”
Sharp kid.
More precisely, he sees me as a thoughtless dragon child.
“The secrets you know as a princess are beyond my control.”
“Are you talking about transforming into a baby dragon?”
He frowned at my response.
He must not have liked something, so I kept quiet.
“Yes. Anyway, I don’t want others to find out about that.”
“Yes……”
“What’s with that answer?”
“I thought everyone would like it, so there’s no need to hide it.”
Everyone was frantically looking for traces of the dragon in Nathaniel, and if they knew he was a real dragon, they would probably make a pilgrimage to the capital.
“I don’t like that much.”
Nathaniel made a disgusted face, clearly disliking the idea.
Certainly, here is the translation as per your guidelines:
It was a face that truly arose from the heart, like when I met eyes with a flying beetle in the sky.
“Yes, you may think so.”
He stared into my eyes for a moment before letting out a long sigh.
“Do you know how annoying it is for people to look at me and always expect a miracle?”
“The expectations of my family towards me are quite ordinary, so I’m not sure.”
At my answer, his eyebrows twitched.
I closed my mouth.
This damn mouth, I don’t know why it blabbers like this.
“Even now, it’s tedious like this, but if they know the fact that I am a dragon…… Maybe they might even make a stuffed specimen of my corpse after I die.”
It was a very plausible story.
The people of this world had a fanatic aspect in their belief towards dragons.
Even in the original work, there was a description of despair that it was a sign of ruin when Nathaniel left the empire in the form of a dragon at the ending.
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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