Love Me Just Once (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 151
Ophelia fully understood why Anika’s mother had come to see her.
A large sum of condolence money delivered in the name of the deceased daughter and the royal family.
Though the royal court had dispatched an investigator, weren’t they, too, merely acting on the king’s will?
She must have feared the royal court would bury her daughter’s death just like that.
She could never have said such a thing to King Idren himself. Although the former Marquis of Rohos’s death had been ruled an accident, the Marchioness Rohos and a few others likely knew exactly how things had unfolded.
Because the former Marquis had poor relations with his family, the truth never surfaced. Still, it would have been hard for anyone to believe that someone who could take another’s life without so much as blinking would show great concern over a dead young marquis.
Moreover, wasn’t half of the Rohos territory now effectively under the crown’s control? Though it appeared on the surface as if Anika had offered it to Ophelia, Idren was in fact the one managing the land.
Thus, from the Marchioness Rohos’s perspective, it must have seemed the king had ample reason to cover up her daughter’s death.
Yet she couldn’t stay silent about this situation either, so she had come to Ophelia—the one person Anika had been closest to.
Of course, Ophelia herself never believed Idren would bury Anika’s death. He had promised her he would conduct the investigation with utmost diligence.
Though he could be sensitive in certain matters, he was not the kind of man to speak words he couldn’t keep.
Unlike her, he understood well what it meant to be a king.
But she couldn’t expect Anika’s mother to trust her with the same weight. After all, hadn’t she just lost her daughter? Just because Ophelia herself had never experienced a mother’s affection didn’t mean she could dismiss another’s love as worthless.
No—precisely because she had never had it herself, wasn’t she all the more obligated to tread carefully?
Ophelia spoke gently to the woman, who still hadn’t raised her head.
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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Bitch he should’ve given up on you long time ago 😒😭😭
My poor man 🥺😭 You suffered a lot but give her a chance
Like? He doesnt like you… He adores you and love you 🤦🏻♀️ lucky girl