Hadel’s heart emitted flames in a different manner than before. Hadel reached out and embraced me. A small flame inside me responded to his mana, flickering like a response to his warmth.
“It’s definitely not the end. Nothing like that will happen.”
The newly created flames twirled around Hadel, flickering intensely. Hadel’s eyes sparkled like stars.
“Go out safely and live happily with you and the baby.”
“Hadel!”
Hadel embraced me and ran. Of course, Espen didn’t let us escape easily.
“No! Do you think I’ll let you leave happily alone?”
Ice spears flew towards Hadel. He melted some with flames and avoided others by lowering his body.
Crash!
The flying ice spears shattered the window, mixing the outside air and the cold inside the palace, creating a gust of wind.
Espen, with a chilling sound, reached out towards me.
“That belongs to me. Leave it by my side.”
I involuntarily recoiled from his chilling obsession towards me.
Hadel threw a fireball at Espen. Espen, who had already lost his ease, didn’t attempt to block it.
Crack!
A terrifying sound echoed. However, Espen, already at his limit, continued walking towards us like a zombie, exhaling cold air.
“The one who loves you the most in this world is me. Come here.”
Hadel coldly interrupted Espen’s words.
“That’s not love; it’s obsession.”
“What do you know!”
Angry at Hadel’s words, Espen released an even more powerful burst of cold. Hadel pulled me closer, avoiding the sharp ice that cut his cheek, causing blood to flow.
“We’ll all sleep here. Forever.”
Espen, already at his limit, was freezing his own body. I bit my lip. I seemed to understand why Espen had set up such magic arrays in the palace.
‘Perhaps he planned to freeze everything if he failed to save me.’
Not caring about others’ gazes and urgently trying to transplant a heart were all for that reason.
But no matter how strong Espen was, Hadel wasn’t a reckless opponent he could defeat.
Boom!
Suddenly, behind Espen, a tremendous explosion of flames engulfed him.
After Hadel flicked his finger, something happened.
“I retreated while dropping sparks. I waited for him to be completely surrounded.”
Hadel conjured flames. Taking advantage of Espen’s weakened state, Hadel ignited the flames, instantly melting the snow up to the entrance, and the door opened. Hadel loudly informed the others inside of the created escape route.
“This way! You’ll freeze to death if you linger!”
“Prince!”
“Ugh, my body…!”
But just like me, whose legs and arms had already frozen and couldn’t move, they seemed to have no strength to move.
The flames Hadel spread helped them not freeze any further in the cold.
Everyone, realizing that Hadel was struggling to protect them, expressed gratitude with moved expressions.
‘But at this rate, it’s just an ongoing confrontation.’
In a battle between Hadel and Espen, the one with weaker heart strength is destined to lose.
‘And it’s obvious that Hadel is at a disadvantage.’
Espen is currently on the magic array amplifying mana. No matter how robust Hadel’s heart is, it might be challenging to surpass its limits.
‘As expected, even Hadel is inclined to run away…’
In this situation, how should I act?
‘Even if I receive some resentment.’
While contemplating how to somehow send Hadel away, a twist occurred.
“…?”
The intense cold that shivered through my entire body slightly subsided. When wondering what had happened, someone in the corner raised their hand.
“It’s me!”
A young woman with disheveled pink hair extended her thin arm through the melted ice gap, waving.
“Sesil!”
Earlier, Sesil crossed the melted ice caused by Hadel’s flames to protect the people and destroyed the magic array of the Baekok Palace.
“How dare you.”
Even Espen, who realized the cause of the anomaly, shot an angry glance at Sesil. Something radiant pierced Espen’s chest at that very moment.
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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