My Mistress Became My Wife (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 1
Chirp, chirp—
The sound of birds singing roused Lily’s consciousness from beneath the surface of sleep.
Morning already? With an inward sigh at the thought of yet another dreadful day ahead, Lily pushed open her heavy eyelids.
“Ugh.”
As soon as she regained awareness, a terrible headache struck her. It felt strangely unfamiliar yet horrifying, as if something serpent-like and chilling were crawling through her mind.
It wasn’t just the headache—her stomach also ached and churned. Afraid that opening her mouth might cause her to vomit everything she’d eaten yesterday, Lily clamped her lips shut and buried her face into the soft pillow. An unfamiliar floral scent tickled her nose, but the pain was so intense she couldn’t pay it any mind.
Shhhhh—
Hearing the sound of water while her face was buried in the pillow, Lily lifted her head. Was it raining? Turning toward the window, she blinked wide-eyed at the unfamiliar curtains.
It wasn’t just the curtains. The carpet, the sofa, the table—even the bed she lay on—everything was unfamiliar.
This… isn’t my bedroom.
Waking up in an unknown place outside her home was disconcerting enough, but what unsettled her even more was the realization that she was completely naked.
Her clothes from yesterday hung over the back of the sofa. When she turned her head slightly further, she spotted a strange man’s clothing. Her green eyes trembled with unease at that sight.
W-what on earth happened last night?
Wrapping her bare body tightly in the blanket against the chilly air, Lily tried to retrace the events of the previous evening.
She had finally snapped at her husband Frederick’s outrageous words and stormed out of the mansion. She’d booked a room at an inn and started drinking at the common hall. She’d heard alcohol lifted one’s spirits when feeling down, but that turned out to be false—it only made Frederick’s hurtful remarks replay more vividly in her mind, worsening her sorrow.
Thinking more alcohol might help, she kept drinking, though her mood remained just as bleak. The drinks went down easily, so Lily kept refilling her glass.
After drinking for a long while, her consciousness grew hazy, and after that…
Click—
The sound of the door opening behind her made her small shoulders stiffen. Her fingers clutched the blanket tightly.
“You’re awake.”
A low, resonant baritone. Though the voice belonged to a stranger, anyone could tell it was unmistakably a man’s.
So it really happened—I actually spent the night with a man. Lily squeezed her eyes shut. Her conscience stabbed her relentlessly at the thought that she’d slept with a stranger, even though she hadn’t yet consummated her marriage with her own husband.
“Why aren’t you saying anything?”
Because she had no idea what to even say.
She desperately wanted to flee without looking back, but that was impossible—she wasn’t wearing a single thing. The last thing she wanted was to become the town gossip as a madwoman wandering the streets in the nude.
Moreover, if she simply ran away, some scandalous rumor might attach itself to her name or other complications could arise. She had to handle this properly right now.
You can do this.
No—you absolutely must.
Taking a deep breath to steady her trembling nerves, Lily slowly turned around.
The man’s hair was so black it seemed to absorb light, damp enough to suggest a recent bath. Unwiped droplets gathered at the sharp point of his jaw before falling.
His eyebrows were as dark and thick as his hair, giving him a resolute, masculine air—but his golden eyes sparkled brilliantly like sunlight, full of childish mischief, which made him oddly distinctive.
Following the clean line of his straight nose downward, one would see his thin, elegantly curved lips smiling faintly red. Though clearly smiling, the expression sent a chill down Lily’s spine, making her shiver and pull the blanket tighter.
“…Could you step out for just a moment? I’d like to get dressed.”
The man tilted his head slightly.
“You want me to leave you like this?”
“Th-that’s…!”
Her eyes inadvertently dropped downward at his words—and catching sight of his bare chest through the gap in his open robe, Lily startled and immediately ducked her head completely.
A low chuckle sounded above her.
For a brief moment, embarrassment overwhelmed her—but as the laughter drew closer, Lily cried out in panic.
“Then turn around! Let me get dressed first!”
“Do we really need to be so formal with each other?”
His voice, laced with amusement, came from directly above her. Confused by his meaning-laden words, Lily jerked her head up.
“Between… us?”
The man seated at the head of the bed leaned toward her and asked, “Don’t you remember?”
“…”
The proximity made Lily flinch inwardly. Run—her instincts screamed—but sadly, she lacked the courage to cast off the blanket and flee naked.
Instead, she scooted her hips as far back as possible and glared at him, conveying clearly that she wouldn’t tolerate even a single finger touching her.
Yet the man showed no fear of Lily at all. On the contrary, he gave a small, amused smile and gently brushed away a lock of hair clinging to her cheek before speaking kindly.
“You asked me to make you my mistress.”
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Liliana had grown up peacefully in a modest but loving household, doted on by her parents. The dark cloud that cast itself over her future arrived just a week before her coming-of-age ceremony.
Returning home at sunset after spending time with friends, Lily was met with the sight of her mansion engulfed in flames fiercer than the crimson evening sky.
The ferocious inferno flicked its scarlet tongue and swallowed both Viscount Benjamin’s mansion and Viscount Benjamin himself.
Viscountess Benjamin barely escaped with her life, but suffered severe burns—and the shock of losing her husband drove her to complete madness.
In a single day, Lily lost her beloved father and her cherished home filled with memories, leaving her alone with a mother whose body and mind were broken. She sank into despair.
But even despair was a luxury she couldn’t afford. Finding a new home was one thing—but her mother needed medical care immediately.
Lily pawned everything she owned, even the coming-of-age gift she’d received early from her father, yet the money still fell far short of covering her mother’s treatment.
“Please, please help me!”
She begged everyone around her, but no one came to her aid.
People who had once been warm and kind to her while Viscount Benjamin lived now turned cold and indifferent as if they’d never known her. Even those she once considered friends behaved the same way.
Falling once again into the abyss of despair, Lily had no choice but to play her final card.
She would marry a wealthy commoner seeking to elevate his social status.
Despite their wealth, commoners were often looked down upon—so many affluent commoners dreamed of marrying into impoverished nobility or being adopted into noble houses to cleanse their social standing.
True to expectation, suitors flooded in from across the continent the moment Lily placed her marriage advertisement. Among them, the one who caught her eye was Frederick, a man in the transport business.
While other suitors eagerly listed reasons why she should marry them, Frederick did no such thing. He respected her choice and listened carefully to her story.
‘He’s a gentleman—kind and considerate.’
Convinced that such a man would be worth spending her life with, Lily decided to marry Frederick.
[This is the timeline separator]In the quiet bridal chamber, candlelight flickered dimly. According to an ancient tradition, only the groom may remove the bride’s veil and dress. Thus, Lily waited without undressing or removing her veil, anticipating Frederick’s arrival.
But no matter how long she waited, Frederick never came.
The wedding banquet must have ended long ago—why wasn’t he coming? Could something have happened?
“Where is he right now?”
Worried, Lily asked a maid about his whereabouts. The maid, flustered and unsure, lowered her head deeply.
“What’s wrong?”
“It’s just that…”
Trembling violently, the maid revealed an unbelievable tale: Frederick was having a passionate rendezvous with Countess Valiman.
Even if theirs was a loveless marriage, how could a groom spend his wedding night with another woman?
“M-mistress!”
As dizziness overtook Lily and she staggered, the maid cried out in alarm and rushed to support her.
“…It’s fine.”
Bracing herself against the wall to regain balance, Lily glared down the dark corridor.
She wanted nothing more than to rush over, grab Frederick by the hair, and declare the marriage void—but she’d already signed the marriage contract.
Her ailing mother flashed before her eyes.
If the marriage to Frederick fell through, her mother wouldn’t receive proper treatment and might soon join her late father. Knowing this, Lily couldn’t confront him—so she quietly returned to the bridal chamber.
[This is the timeline separator]Frederick finally came to the bridal chamber at dawn—late by some standards, early by others—as the first light of morning crept in.
Spotting Lily seated quietly at the head of the bed, still in her wedding dress, he tilted his head in confusion.
“Aren’t you asleep yet?”
“…”
Was that really the best thing to say after spending his wedding night with another woman? Lily suppressed her boiling fury and asked calmly,
“How can you have lain with another woman on our very wedding night? What kind of utterly disgraceful behavior is this? Were you always this shamelessly thoughtless?”
Frederick stared silently at Lily’s face, twisted with barely concealed rage, then opened his lips.
“Do you want me to love you?”
“What… did you say?”
“If you want my love, then bring something useful—just as Countess Valiman offered me exclusive rights to transport iron ore.”
“What are you even—!”
So he’d slept with the countess for the sake of an iron ore transport contract?
Stunned by this absurd, utterly nonsensical reasoning, Lily’s eyes widened in disbelief.
“And if you’re thinking of boasting that you granted me the Viscount Benjamin title out of generosity, I suggest you don’t. That transaction is already settled.”
Frederick’s outrageous remarks didn’t stop there.
“In fact, it was a losing deal for me—but I agreed out of pity for your situation. I also needed noble status rather urgently.”
His voice held not a trace of guilt or warmth.
“I will reliably cover Lady Grace Benjamin’s medical expenses, so I’d appreciate it if you stopped interfering in my affairs. Likewise, I won’t meddle in yours.”
Only then did Lily fully realize her choice had been a terrible mistake—and that her married life ahead would be nothing short of hell.
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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