Incredulous at the scene before him, Taekyung was shocked. Yuna, whom he had never thought of as a woman, was now linked to him in a way that pained him.
The thought of spending a night with her, devoid of any feelings, was tormenting. To Taekyung, who only had feelings for Seoha, this incident shouldn’t have happened to either Yuna or Seoha.
However, his gaze soon became empty.
Without Seoha, nothing mattered. The fact that he might have slept with Yuna changed nothing. If it wasn’t Seoha, no one else could possess his heart.
Taekyung covered his eyes with his arm and lay back down.
That afternoon, the faces of Taekyung and Yuna, who met at a cafe, were starkly different. Yuna, with her flushed cheeks, contrasted with Taekyung, who looked like a dry leaf.
“Taekyung, if this picture gets out, it will hurt me more than you. And my father won’t stay quiet.”
“…….”
Yuna spoke with arrogance, but Taekyung just looked at her coldly, seemingly uninterested.
Yuna hid her anxiety behind a haughty expression, surprised by Taekyung’s unexpected reaction.
“You’re saying I can release this?”
“Do you think you’ve become my fiancée just because we spent one night together?”
“Just one night?”
Yuna’s voice rose in disbelief.
Taekyung replied cynically.
“Yeah, just one night.”
“What if I were carrying your child?”
“A child?”
Taekyung’s eyes sharpened at Yuna’s mention of a child.
“Yeah, a child. It’s a natural consequence of spending the night together.”
Yuna spoke with a triumphant smile.
She planned to use a child to hold onto Taekyung.
The night had passed without incident, but Taekyung had no recollection of it.
“Besides, it was a day I could have gotten pregnant.”
“….And?”
“Promise me. If I have a child, agree to marry me.”
“Fine. Let’s do that.”
Yuna was pleased with Taekyung’s agreement to marry her.
Finally, Taekyung was in her grasp. He might not be hers yet, but soon he would be.
Pregnancy was something she could easily achieve, Taekyung’s child or not. As long as there was a child, she could claim it was his.
Yuna tried to suppress her rising smile and stood up haughtily. She shook her phone in front of Taekyung’s eyes.
“Don’t go back on your word later. I recorded it all.”
Taekyung looked at the phone emotionlessly.
Without Seoha, nothing in this world mattered to him, so he didn’t care about the recording.
Some weeks later, Taekyung received a picture of a pregnancy test showing two purple lines from Yuna.
He felt nothing as he looked at the photo. It seemed irrelevant to him.
He didn’t respond and turned off his phone screen.
What should he do? A loveless marriage, a child born without love.
He only felt pity and regret for the child.
An hour later, Yuna called.
“Did you see the picture?”
“Yeah.”
“That’s all you have to say?”
“Take care of yourself.”
Yuna laughed bitterly at Taekyung’s indifference. His reaction was nothing like she had imagined.
If she couldn’t hold him with a child, how could she ever have the elusive Taekyung?
But she couldn’t give up on him.
“Taekyung, it’s your child.”
“Yeah. So take care of yourself. If you need anything, leave me a message. I have to go to a meeting soon.”
Taekyung had recently resigned from HY and was preparing for a new business.
That’s why he had been even more out of touch than when they worked together at HY.
Yuna was anxious, even with the simplest of exchanges.
Disappointed by Taekyung’s nonchalant attitude, she couldn’t back down now.
“Need something? Now that I’m carrying a child, we should start planning the wedding.”
“Do the wedding preparations as you wish. I’ll go along with it. Skip the engagement and move straight to marriage.”
“Can we hold the wedding next month?”
“That seems difficult. It’s early in the pregnancy, shouldn’t you be careful? Can you handle a wedding in your condition? Let’s wait until you’re stable.”
“What if you change your mind?”
“I know you’re recording this. If I don’t keep my word, you can leak the recording to the press. It’ll be sensational.”
Realizing Taekyung knew everything, Yuna flinched.
She believed time would eventually be on her side, especially with a child coming. She couldn’t afford to be too hasty.
Taking a deep breath, Yuna replied cheerfully.
“Alright, I trust you. But I’m hurt you didn’t congratulate me.”
“Congratulations on your pregnancy. I should have started with that.”
Taekyung’s congratulations were mechanical, as if to someone else’s pregnancy.
Yuna remembered hearing men don’t feel connected to their children until birth. Despite Taekyung’s aloofness, she didn’t show her sadness.
“Taekyung, no matter how much you resist, time will favor me.”
Yuna forced a smile.
“Mom, my head hurts, and I feel dizzy.”
“Just took your medicine, it’ll get better soon. Can you hang in there?”
Minjun looked like he might cry, complaining of a headache. Basic tests showed no major issues, but Seoha felt helpless seeing her child suffer.
“I’ll wash some grapes for you. Let’s get stronger, okay?”
“Okay.”
Minjun responded weakly, sometimes feeling nauseous.
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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