Aidan spoke in a deep, subdued voice.
“I called for a healer, but I’m not sure how skilled they could be in this remote village. If you could assess your own condition and prescribe some medicine, I will fetch it for you.”
Leaning on Aidan’s body, Brody, feeling the pleasant throbbing sound transmitted through him, finally realized what was being said and responded.
“Ah, in that case, I can just make it……”
“No, absolutely not. Using your ability until you recover is forbidden.”
At his firm words, Brody only narrowed one eyebrow and smiled.
Having come to her senses now, she felt relieved thinking she wouldn’t die if the rest was left to Aidan.
She exhaled and spoke.
“I’d like to hear some explanation……”
Aidan solemnly nodded.
“Hmm, anything.”
Brody, feeling somewhat overwhelmed by Aidan’s serious demeanor, opened her mouth with a somewhat brighter gesture.
“Shall we start with this part first?”
“Ah, yes!”
While he was so deeply worried, Brody acted like someone who had just woken from a nap, making Aidan feel somewhat awkward.
However, when she made a lively request, Aidan felt relieved, and so he gladly grabbed and shook the ambercolored handle of the bell on the table.
A clear ringing sound resonated through the room.
Brody felt pain because of the sound’s reverberation, but she pulled her lips upwards, trying not to show it, as Aidan seemed too worried.
Shortly after, someone who looked like a servant knocked and entered.
The woman, seeing Brody, exclaimed in a delighted voice.
“Oh, you’re awake!”
Aidan nodded and replied in a quiet voice.
“Would you bring something easy to eat? As I asked before.”
The servant, seemingly recognizing his calm tone as a sign not to fuss, nodded and closed the door.
As she left, Brody asked,
“Is everything alright?”
Brody turned her head to look at the hand supporting her.
Aidan moved his arm around, showing her.
“Absolutely. There’s no problem.”
It didn’t seem like empty reassurance.
His arm was clean, and he really looked healthy.
Although the detoxification was done quickly and accurately, it was still a potent poison.
A normal person would have been sick for a week, yet he was completely unaffected, which was astonishing.
Brody smiled at him with a mixture of wonder and relief.
Seeing her smile, Aidan somehow felt a piercing pain in his heart.
“You really shouldn’t be worrying about others.”
“I know. But this is……”
‘Because I made it so.’ Brody swallowed the rest of her words.
But it was enough for Aidan to understand, and he sighed.
“It’s all my fault for stupidly letting Jacks escape in the first place. It’s not your fault, so don’t think that way at all.”
At Aidan’s response, Brody showed an ambiguous expression.
Somehow, he seemed like someone who would say it’s fine no matter what harm she caused.
A memory surfaced, causing her nose to tingle, and she bit her lip.
A moment of silence passed, and it was broken by a knock. A servant came in with a neatly prepared meal.
The savory smell of food made Brody feel both nauseous and hungry.
The servant expertly placed the meal on a low table attached to the bed and left.
Aidan pulled the tray over and scooped up some soup, blowing on it to cool it down.
“You’re going to… feed me?”
“Yes, since it must be difficult to sit up without leaning back.”
After a brief consideration, Brody accepted Aidan’s offer, as she had no confidence to sit up and bow her head immediately.
The nearly lumpfree soup was thick and refreshing, as if meat and vegetable broth had been thoroughly simmered.
The taste lingering on the tongue was pleasant, but as the stomach that had been empty for a long time began to revolt, Brody turned her head, retching.
She tried several times at Aiden’s urging to eat just a little more, and Brody raised her hand, having barely emptied a third of the portion.
“I’m sorry… no more…”
“No, you did very well.”
He gently brushed her shoulder, as if he knew that Brody had tried to eat.
Then the warmth made sleepiness rush in again.
Though her eyes were open, the recovery of her body was virtually just beginning.
Brody fell into a deep sleep, repeatedly opening her eyes for a short time.
Every time she came to her senses, Aiden was by her side, holding her hand.
Having received such devoted care from someone for the first time, it felt awkward, but his presence felt even more substantial and grateful when she was in pain.
And then one day, at dawn’s twilight, waking up to the bright moonlight, she was incredibly surprised.
Aiden’s face appeared right before her eyes.
It was not so surprising, but the problem was the touch on her body…
‘It wasn’t a dream?’
The two were hugging each other inside the blanket, wearing only gowns.
It wasn’t the first time for such an occasion, but for some reason, Brody felt more embarrassed now than before.
As she was pondering whether to wake him up or what to do, Aiden opened his eyes, moaning at Brody’s movement.
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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