I Decided to Let You Go (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 26
“…I heard unmarried men and women aren’t allowed to share a bed.”
“It’s merely ethics, not law.”
Natalie was left speechless by Zieghart’s audacious display of his own immorality.
“There’s no benefit in clinging to the empire’s outdated customs. Besides, it’s more accurate to describe the princess as belonging to the ducal house rather than the empire.”
His shameless demeanor lent an air of plausibility to his unreasonable claims. In truth, the ducal house had no such rules, yet it still felt as though he were speaking absolute truth.
In fact, setting everything else aside, the situation was utterly absurd. In her past life, hadn’t this very man consistently avoided sharing a room with Natasha? She couldn’t fathom his intentions—why sneak into her room and suddenly talk of being husband and wife?
Natasha let out a deep sigh and fixed her gaze steadily on the man. Bringing up a past he couldn’t possibly know would be utterly pointless.
She decided to try a more sensible approach.
“I’m sorry, Your Highness, but this still seems… too soon.”
She gently pushed against his large frame to signal her refusal. Though her push held little strength, his body immediately halted in place, only his dark hair swaying faintly from the momentum.
“We aren’t bound by love but by mutual interests. The title ‘allies’ suits us far better than ‘spouses,’ so it’s still too early for us to assume marital roles just yet…”
Having firmly drawn the line, Natasha waited to gauge his reaction. His composure was strikingly incongruous; given his temperament, he should have stormed off in wounded pride, yet for some reason, Zieghart remained perfectly docile.
After a long pause, just as she thought he might finally leave, he didn’t exit the room—instead, he stepped even closer to Natasha. The distance between them steadily narrowed until his broad chest nearly brushed against her.
“It’s true your words hold merit, Princess. However, it would trouble me if you regarded me as nothing but a lust-driven beast.”
The man, who had been murmuring the word “love,” suddenly smiled faintly.
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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All those moments had been flipped upside down—merely because she refused to giv
If he doesn’t remember and this is just a symptom of the multiverse then he’s a dick but if he does remember then he’s just stupid
All those moments had been flipped upside down—merely because she refused to giv
This dude has to be really dumb to think that undoing what he did in the past will fix everything 🙄😒
“Even after I explicitly called it an unfounded claim, you still react so negati
Again… This dumbass is asking for something he doesnt deserve 😒
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He broke her trust, and now want her to believe that he is in love. I thing he also have his memories of the past.
It’s a little lot too late ass why no do this earlier if you regressed before
Yea… I don’t really know if him bringing her back really nullifies any of what happened in the first timeline