이 새끼가 사람을 바보 취급해도 정도가 있지.
벌컥 화를 내야 할 것 같은데 그러지 못했다. 그에게서 악의가 보이지 않았기 때문이다.
나처럼 악의에 잘 벼려진 사람이 감지하지 못한다면, 악의란 없는 것이다.
단지 그는 나를 악의에 가까우리만큼 당황하게 했다.
‘Please make me understand, you brat. You are the empire’s young lion.’
There’s no obligation like that to make me understand to the empire’s young lion. But my mind forced it that way.
He stopped laughing and stared at me with a crooked smile.
“I’ve ruined my speech while wrestling with soldiers in the Tunbar Mountains, but it’s strange to hear it from the noble young lady, so I must have gotten too excited.”
What kind of pervert is this? Who, who tells you to get excited? I’ll twist something for sure…
For a while, my inner self, which had been calm and peaceful, turned into a mud puddle due to the waves caused by Duke Rocard Caidel. The cloudy anger that had sunk to the bottom bubbled up.
In hindsight, the problem was me. I should have just held on once and dealt with it hypocritically. But strangely, it was hard with this man.
Duke Caidel said with a smile,
“People make you curious. What their identity is.”
I said, putting strength in my stomach,
“If you need herbs, just say so. We only deal with high quality.”
“Did the Count open a store for you?”
I asked what kind of foolish talk that was.
“If it’s my store, I will do the delivery, right?”
“Hmm.”
Duke Caidel made a slightly embarrassed expression and then said solemnly,
“But don’t you have something to apologize for, Miss Roar?”
“…….”
I slowly stepped back, but he took a big step forward and eliminated the distance.
“I’ve checked Miss Roar’s running skills that day, but if you want, I’m willing to show you my running skills too. Miss Roar.”
It’s also annoying to call Miss Roar over and over again. Is Roar my name, or his name?
Anyway, the fact that the youngest knight of the empire warned me not to run away was clearly conveyed.
“I haven’t had the chance to bring this up, but if this is such a coincidence, isn’t it a chance given to me by the heavens?”
“At that time, I was…, I think it wasn’t unreasonable to misunderstand…….”
My voice, which reached my ears, was small, pathetic, and servile.
He opened his eyes wide and asked,
“So, Miss Roar is not guilty now?”
“No, that’s not it…….”
I didn’t know why I was holding on like this.
But the guess wasn’t difficult. The memory of that day. The terrible feeling of wandering the streets at night after giving up the academy exam. I didn’t want to remember.
But that’s my problem, and I owed an apology to Duke Caidel.
I spoke with strength in my throat,
“I’m sorry, Duke. I’ve treated you as a suspicious person and even after realizing it was a misunderstanding, I was wrong to run away without apologizing!”
I was sincerely acknowledging my mistake. But unlike my heart, my voice was shrill and squeaky. It sounded like cursing.
Duke Caidel seemed to feel the same way, and he was making a face as if he didn’t know what expression to make.
I screamed,
“Really, really, I’m sorry!”
He answered with his eyes narrowed,
“I understand……. I accept the apology.”
What’s this feeling? Whether he couldn’t bear to see me anymore and reluctantly accepted the apology, it was also unpleasant.
I had to leave quickly. This man was like a quagmire. A dark swamp, rippling with my mistakes and dark history.
“I’m sorry for the intrusion, Duke. I hope we don’t meet again. For your sake as well.”
“Where are you going?”
As I was about to turn around, my foot twisted, and I turned back awkwardly.
“What?”
“That herbalist, where is it?”
“…….”
He leaned towards me, bending his waist slightly. So I could see his face well, and hear his rather coy voice up close.
“Should I track down the person? I’m good at that.”
On the day of the academy entrance exam, images of knights surrounding his carriage suddenly came to mind. Even if only half of them were mobilized, it was no task to find me in the city.
After smoothly threatening me that way, he bowed his waist. As he bent and straightened, his posture seemed even more upright.
A damned noble brat.
I then realized the real reason why I couldn’t apologize to him obediently.
Because he seemed like a noble. Because he was the first real noble I had met besides our Count.
A pure and perfect state that I could never reach.
I stared into his deep and mysterious colored eyes with my mouth open and then sighed.
“Will you keep it a secret?”
He looked down at me and smiled faintly.
“Do you think someone will come asking me where Lorisha Loar works at the herbalist’s shop?”
“…….”
As expected.
A damned kid.
“The herbalist’s shop is at the end of Baloa Street! I hope I never see you again.”
I spat out quickly and spun my body fast enough that the basket almost floated due to centrifugal force.
“……!”
I suddenly stopped as if I had broken down.
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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