Bomi. Listen carefully. Huk. Woni…, Woni has died.
What kind of sound did I just hear?
Bomi’s ears went numb, and she couldn’t even speak.
It was an accident. I’m at the funeral home now. I met Woni’s real family too.
Bomi’s lower abdomen tightened painfully.
It’s a lie. It’s not true.
His face, which greeted her with a smile in the morning, was vividly etched in her mind.
Even the soft texture of his lips that touched her cheek…
It seems like you’ve been searching for a long time over there. I couldn’t tell you because I was too overwhelmed.
This is a dream.
Bomi barely held onto the wall, her legs losing strength.
The news, like a bolt from the blue, heard only half a day after he left, left her mind in a daze.
It was instant. Bomi, are you listening?
Bomi breathed out laboriously, even in that moment of fainting, she embraced her belly.
Han Bomi. Are you hearing this?
Her aunt’s voice on the other end of the phone faded away.
In the fading consciousness, the desperate truth stirred Bomi’s heart.
Her lover, husband, and the father of the child in her belly, Nakwon, had died.
“Now I can only do this for you. I’m sorry.”
Woni also seemed tense, and his voice was more strained than usual. He put a rough handmade ring on Bomi’s thin finger. Nakwon, who used to caress the delicate skin between Bomi’s fingers, looked up. The refreshing scent of the forest. It was the scent of Nakwon that Bomi liked.
When she heard the confession that a child had been conceived in her belly, Nakwon immediately proposed. Being with him made her feel strangely stable, unlike the fluttering she felt when she was alone.
Nakwon’s proposal made Bomi’s heart beat more vigorously than ever.
“I love you, Wonhee.”
“I love you, my spring.”
The man’s breath tickled Bomi’s lips.
Before coming to Nakwon Village, if asked what she had done, he would smile bitterly and keep his mouth shut. Perhaps the name Nakwon might not even be real. To promise a lifetime with a man with many secrets was such a reckless thing. Bomi had no regrets about this marriage that no one could stop.
It had been about ten years since Bomi returned to Nakwon Village. The man who lived in the old house with her mother. The feeling of all the blood flowing through the veins, being sucked into the heart through the eyes of the man called Nakwon, whose jet-black pupils were as dense as the densest eyelashes, made her forget how to breathe. Ah… the sound of the birch branches swaying in the wind rang loudly in her ears, disturbing her ears, and her heart thumped like an electric shock, making her forget even how to breathe. In that moment when she almost forgot to breathe, Han Bomi fell in love for the first time in her life.
“I’ll be a good husband to you.”
Bomi, embracing Woni’s cheek, looked up with moist eyes.
Why? With a shape that said why, Nakwon’s mouth went up. The spring breeze, which mistakenly found its way through the trembling lips, seemed to flutter gently.
The hot breath flowed through their lips, intertwining into one. Yearning for more heat, Bomi passionately embraced the man, who playfully blew wind on the tip of her lips as if tickling her.
A shiver ran through Bomi’s body as if penetrating it.
This moment, where they touched like perfectly fitting puzzle pieces, melted away any fear of the past or worry about the future. Without hesitation, Nakwon and Bomi became absorbed in each other, like spring melting into Nakwon and Nakwon soaking into spring.
“Woni, will you stay with me forever?”
This moment was so happy that it made her uneasy.
“Promise, Woni.”
Her voice trembled with anxiety.
“Sorry.”
The man’s voice was cold, as if saying, “When did you expect this?” Even the man’s body, which had filled Bomi’s embrace, felt chilly.
“I can’t do that.”
Don’t say that. You promised to be together and be happy for a lifetime. Bomi grabbed the man’s thick arms and lifted her head. Between Bomi’s palm, he slipped away like a ghost.
“Ah… no.”
Nakwon, who had gone far away unnoticed, became blurry. Bomi tried to reach Nakwon, but her fingertips couldn’t touch him. The spot where he had been was now empty.
“Don’t go… Please don’t leave me.”
Bomi’s eyes welled up with tears. Do you again leave me…
Do you like that place without me so much? I am insecure without you. Just like under my feet right now.
Thud. With a loud noise, Bomi’s feet collapsed.
Zzing.
Zzing.
Repeated vibrating sounds woke Bomi up from the dream. It wasn’t easy to lift her swollen eyelids with tears. She pressed the corners of her eyes with the back of her hand. The floral pattern on the ceiling of the small two-pyeong gosiwon where she was temporarily staying became clearer.
It was that dream again.
The dream of Nakwon, who disappeared from this world along with the news of the accident five years ago.
She wiped away the tear drops still on her eyelashes.
Thinking it would be forgotten over time, Bomi still missed the man who had died.
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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