Certainly, here is the translation of the provided passage, adhering to the characters’ names and genders, and following your guidelines:
“What on earth was the trick?”
It was the last day of the victory celebration. Sharp words were poured out on Olivia without any filter. The father facing her, Duke Madellayne, spoke coldly as if to freeze everything.
“What words did you whisper to Duke Vicander to propose to you, the fiancée of the crown prince?”
Contempt was reflected in the crystallike eyes looking down at Olivia.
“Just one thing. Are you so messed up that you can’t even keep that one thing, to become the prince’s wife without any hindrance?”
Always as it had been.
That’s when Olivia, who had been silently listening to the sharp criticism as always, burst into laughter.
The duke raised his eyebrows as if he was uncomfortable, but Olivia had no intention of stopping laughing.
My goodness. To put an end to my foolishness so perfectly.
The duke will never know for life.
Why I followed the duke out of the banquet hall.
What my shattered expectation was at this moment.
“Can’t you answer right away?”
“If I tell you, will you believe me now?”
“What?”
The fierce gaze seemed to pierce Olivia.
She always endured that gaze.
Someday, someday those eyes will look at me affectionately, acknowledge me as his daughter, I never doubted it.
There was a time when I was happy just to share the feature of the Madellayne ducal family, looking at the duke’s silver hair, the same color as my hair.
Not anymore. My efforts were up to here. With my best smile, Olivia smiled faintly.
“If you ask me, I have never whispered to the Duke to ask for marriage, the one who ignored me, his fiancée, for years, and made noise while getting along with Lady Etel, was His Highness the Prince.”
“Shut that mouth.”
“The one who brought me to the mansion to send me as the Crown Prince’s fiancée instead of Eshella is the Duke himself here,”
“Shut up!”
The fierce roar shook the night. The sound of the startled birds flying away was loud.
Duke Madellayne finally glared at Olivia as if he had lost his sanity. The purple pupils, as if the blood vessels had burst, turned red.
“It’s your fault. You. You. If you hadn’t come to my house, nothing would have happened! You made me unhappy. It’s all your fault. All.”
The hardened anger oozed out with each syllable. The duke took a harsh breath. The hatred was so intense that there were times when she doubted herself if it was not really her fault.
“Now, then.”
“……”
“I really didn’t do anything.”
“……”
“I didn’t make you unhappy, Duke.”
“Olivia Madellayne! How dare you!”
Despite the duke’s roaring anger, Olivia no longer bowed her head. It was strange. The duke, who felt so big, was no longer scary. It seemed like it was really time to end.
“……You wanted to erase me?”
“If I could, I’d like to erase you from my life.”
Even though it was a memory from a few days ago, the duke’s voice, spitting out as if vomiting, was clear. The words that hurt like her heart was falling out had become numb in just a few days.
“I feel the same way. Now I’ve attached Madellayne.”
Madellayne.
The name she had longed for.
The family she had clung to with all her might, the family she had loved unrequitedly all her life.
And the unrequited love that never looked back at her.
Olivia laughed wholeheartedly at all those unrequited loves.
“I’ll erase all of Madellayne.”
Swiftly, the relationship she had been pulling on alone dropped.
“Olivia!!”
With the duke’s shout, a flashing murderous intent approached her whole body. Despite the suffocating and terrifying momentum, Olivia stood firm. That was what Olivia wanted, the end.
“That’s enough.”
At that moment, a single low thud of footsteps interrupted.
“If you threaten my precious lady any further, you’ll turn all of Vicander against you, Duke.”
The neatly heard voice warmly wrapped around Olivia. The duke ground his teeth and muttered lowly.
“……Duke Vicander…… Your Highness.”
Olivia looked back.
Black hair like the crow’s feathers of Mugeogang, red eyes glittering like rubies. A murderer, a bloodsucker, filled with ominous nicknames, yet impossibly gorgeous and wellbuilt man.
His usually unbreakable expression softened into a sweet smile the moment it met Olivia’s eyes.
It was a strange thing. My family, who I had done my utmost for, my fiancé, none of them.
Had ever looked at Olivia that way.
“If you’re done with your errands, I’d like to have the opportunity to escort you home, my lady.”
So tenderly.
So sweetly.
With the look that Olivia had longed for.
[This is the time separator]Early in the morning in Madelleine, the sound of hooves was heard on the stairs, announcing the Duke’s departure for work.
“Did you sleep well?”
Taking the opportunity of the conversation with the lieutenant ending, Olivia greeted. The Duke furrowed his brows.
A look she had seen for fourteen years since the age of six, but the heartthumping pain never became familiar.
A look worse than how he looked at others.
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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