“Not at all. No one else sees me like that, except you.”
“How strange.”
Giyeon seemed genuinely puzzled, dabbing her cheeks and neck with the blanket, then draping it over her shoulders.
He casually brushed back his wet hair and said lightly, “Ah, and one more thing.”
“Yes?”
“Yuin doesn’t resemble Yujin.”
“That’s the first time I’ve heard that,” Yuin said, with a look of disbelief.
From childhood, she had been mistaken for a twin with Yujin, but never heard that they didn’t look alike.
Despite her incredulous look, Giyeon just smiled and hastily combed his wet hair back.
His usually well-groomed black hair was now disheveled over his forehead. With his tie off and top shirt buttons undone, he looked much younger.
Yuin, surprised by the sudden rain and the man beside her, mulled over the words she had resolved to ask today.
After a while, her lips moved to call his name.
“Director.”
“Yes, Yuin.”
Giyeon responded softly, waiting for her to speak.
Not avoiding his piercing gaze, Yuin finally voiced the question she had kept inside.
“Why are you doing this to me?”
Giyeon’s brow furrowed slightly. After a moment of silence, he spoke.
“Didn’t you find the reason I told you to look for?”
“No.”
“Not at all?”
Yuin weakly nodded. She was somewhat aware of her ineptitude with personal relationships, but to her, Giyeon was like a maze.
The more she thought, the less she understood, and she couldn’t even find a hint, let alone an exit.
And the relationship between Giyeon and Yuin itself imposed limits on many plausible possibilities.
With the significant bridge of Nam Yujin between them, Yuin had no choice but to ask him.
“Hmm. Have you never dated before, Yuin?”
“No.”
As Giyeon heard her answer, he suddenly stiffened.
With a look of disbelief, he opened his mouth slightly as if lost for words. Then, with a short breath, he slowly, repeatedly brushed his hair back.
“Really?”
“Yes. I haven’t… but what does that have to do with you acting this way…”
Yuin stopped talking. Her fingers, which had been fiddling with the soft fabric covering her, froze as well.
Inhaling sharply, Yuin, like Giyeon a moment ago, became speechless and froze.
The sound of raindrops hitting the sedan’s roof and windows filled the silence inside the car for a while.
Among the two, both surprised and confused for different reasons, Giyeon was the first to speak.
“It seems you’ve understood now, but I’ll explain it clearly again.”
Giyeon turned his body fully towards the passenger seat, leaning one hand on the console box to get closer to Yuin.
His serious demeanor, devoid of any playfulness or lightness, held Yuin immobile.
“I’m interested in you, Yuin.”
His low voice, mixed with the sound of rain, was profound and calm.
“A lot.”
His dark eyes, emitting a deep glow, meticulously traced Yuin’s face.
The last place his gaze reached was Yuin’s lips, which she bit so hard she almost drew blood, forgetting even to breathe.
As Giyeon’s expression blurred, seemingly caught between a smile and something else, he gently grasped Yuin’s chin, making her shoulders flinch at his cool touch.
His thumb then swept over the lower part of her lips, pressing down to release the bitten lip.
Watching intently, Giyeon spoke in a very low, husky voice.
“I like you, Yuin. I do.”
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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