As she took a bite of the meat, they all let out a collective sigh of relief. Larisa’s eyes welled up with tears.
She couldn’t comprehend why these people were treating her so well.
“Um…”
Larisa cautiously spoke up.
“I’m sorry if it’s because of me.”
Quickly, Ginevra said, “There’s no need to apologize.”
While meaning that a genuine apology wasn’t necessary, Larisa began to choke up. Ginevra, perplexed about what she might have done wrong, said, “You don’t need to apologize, right?”
Tears fell from Larisa’s large eyes. “Why are you crying?”
Cold sweat trickled down Ginevra’s back. It seemed like it would have been better if she had not said anything at all.
“Alright, Lala. Thanks to you, we’ve become closer, with no secrets between us. Don’t cry, okay?”
Siode tried to comfort her. However, Larisa’s tears wouldn’t stop. William whispered into Larisa’s ear.
“Why are you like this? Because you’re scared of your mother?”
“No, it’s not that.”
“Then?”
“…Because I’m sorry.”
Ginevra, who had been listening closely to the hushed conversation, suddenly stood up.
“It was going to be revealed eventually. Even if you didn’t talk about it, someday… So, there’s no need to apologize.”
“I’m a bad child.”
“No!”
Ginevra shouted abruptly. Larisa, taken aback, stopped crying.
“You, you are the kindest child I know.”
“Me?”
Ginevra bit her lip. Larisa couldn’t explain the vanished past, but she had always been a patient, supportive, and obedient daughter-in-law to Ginevra, enduring everything and siding with William.
“So, you have every right to live badly.”
“Me?”
“You’ve been living well, being kind all this time, so now it’s time to live badly.”
“…?”
“I hope you’ll be happier than my son from now on.”
The words sounded strange in the listener’s position without any context.
“William has been living freely, so in this life, live for yourself.”
Even William, listening, made a bewildered sound.
“Anyway, I’ve promised to live for you in this life.”
“Vera, stop pretending.”
After Siode’s intervention, Ginevra reluctantly sat down and promptly gulped down a glass of pre-meal wine.
“Let’s eat.”
Larisa, unable to comprehend anything, and facing an unbelievable story, started eating.
“Are you going to spill everything, even about the time regression?”
“Do you want me to?”
“Ginevra…”
Siode held Ginevra’s throbbing head and sighed.
“They’re still kids, Vera. There’s no need for them to know everything.”
“I know. But somehow it feels like the kids already know everything.”
It might be possible. Siode thought that even if Larisa didn’t know, William likely had unconscious memories.
“I’m thinking of teaching them magic gradually.”
“…”
“Ordinary humans usually can’t hear it, but William did. I tested it.”
Ginevra asked quietly.
“Are you sure? If you can use magical language, does that mean you can be recognized as a dragon?”
“Yes. There’s precedent.”
“Even if William turns back time with dragon magic again, would he still be forgiven?”
Siode embraced the anxious Ginevra. Unlike before, she willingly leaned into him.
“As long as the harm doesn’t reach them, the dragonkin don’t care. If the scales had awakened this time, they wouldn’t have intervened. If William is recognized as a dragonkin, the time regression will eventually be seen as nothing more than child’s play.”
A deep sigh, uncertain whether it was relief or anxiety, flowed out. Ginevra gently pushed Siode away and stood in front of the prototype of the time regression magic again.
“That, I mean, there’s no need to hold onto that.”
“If someone has to turn back time again, it has to be me.”
“Vera, William is my…”
“There’s only one precedent, right? I wonder if, during those long years, the union of dragon and human blood happened only once. It might be recorded as a miraculous event. I’m not someone who bets on uncertain probabilities.”
“I’ll protect the children. I’ll make sure William doesn’t need to turn back time. So, please.”
Ginevra thought Siode would ask for something—trust, love, or the like.
“Ease your mind a bit.”
However, Siode simply spoke as if that was all he desired.
“Everything will be fine. William will be recognized as a dragonkin, inheriting everything from us. Then, no one will be able to harm Larisa. This time, the three of us will protect Larisa together. Then… William won’t have any reason to commit suicide anymore.”
Siode wiped away the tears streaming down Ginevra’s cheek with his thumb and gently pressed his forehead against hers.
“If, in the worst-case scenario, that’s not possible, I’ll give you my heart.”
“What?”
“I don’t want to see you sacrifice yourself. Of course, not my son either. So, if it comes to the worst, I’ll offer the magic power of my heart to turn back time.”
“What if you lose your memories?”
“It’s okay. I’ll still love you.”
“If the dragons hold me responsible for the time regression…”
“Just say everything was my doing. My heart will be the evidence. Shh, don’t worry. Everything will be fine.”
Ginevra wrapped her arms around him as if possessed. The taste of her teary lips lingered from the approaching kiss.
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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