“Wait, you slept? With whom?” Dohsoon’s sudden confession made Soyeon’s head turn involuntarily towards the driver’s seat.
“With the CEO. I slept with our company’s savior, the CEO.”
“Don’t joke!”
“I’m serious. The day we all had drinks, after you guys disappeared, we went to the CEO’s house. That’s when I fell asleep.”
“Wow…”
Well, not just me, but you too… Who wouldn’t call us friends? It’s the same thing…
Soyeon couldn’t speak for a while, taken aback by the unexpected revelation.
“So, what did the CEO say? What did you say?”
“It was a mistake. But why do we need to talk about it?”
However, Dohsoon’s response was typically straightforward. Even though she was talking about her own business, she remained calm and composed.
“Then what about the CEO? Does the CEO feel the same way as you?”
“I don’t know.”
“You don’t know?”
“I don’t know my own feelings.”
“Is she giving a textbook response?”
“I don’t know! I don’t want to talk about it!”
But this wasn’t the end of the conversation. About five minutes passed, and even though Soyeon didn’t ask, Dohsoon’s mouth opened on its own.
“But I… did it again.”
“What?”
“After that incident, two days later, I slept with her again.”
“Again?”
“Yeah.”
Was Dohsoon feeling the same way when she found out about me and Taeseojun? My heart kept pounding, but Soyeon asked calmly.
“If that’s the case, does the CEO have feelings for you?”
“No. Even if I thought about it, it’s not my preference, and the CEO said the same.”
“Did you do it again even though you’re not interested in each other? Is that possible?”
“It was a mistake. But you know… I did it again.”
“But why?”
“At that time, I… felt uneasy strangely when I saw Director Taeyi coming to pick you up. So, I had a drink alone.”
“So?”
“I called the CEO at that time and thought it was crazy, so I quickly hung up. I don’t know how she found me, but she came to where I was. I didn’t even tell her where I was. She had been roaming around Apgujeong, and her clothes were soaked with sweat in the weather that had passed summer. It was a bit heartbreaking, so we ended up drinking again.”
“Well, both of you are adults, so… I don’t know.”
Soyeon, whose words became blurred at the end, threw a vacant gaze out of the quickly passing scenery through the car window.
“So, I slept with the CEO three times.”
Dohsoon mumbled, revealing a new fact.
“No, it’s twice.”
“No, three times. I slept with her until Saturday night, from yesterday.”
“What? Then, when you disappeared at the restaurant and texted me, was it to meet the CEO?”
“Yeah. Who could have known that the CEO would be watching our sister’s blind date at Estella Restaurant that day? What’s even more astonishing is that the parents have already decided on the wedding date. So, should I just stand by and let it happen?”
In the end, it turned out to be a story about Gu Won-hoo, who was having a blind date at the restaurant, and Yeosin having their third night together.
“Th-three times… Really?”
“Ah! Is this love or desire? I’m curious about that. No matter how much I think about it, I can’t understand it in my head, so I’m going crazy. Why am I like this? Could it be that you’re not? You’re the senior in this matter.”
“Are you kidding? How can I know your feelings when I don’t even know mine? But without having any feelings… I think that’s the case.”
Even if she didn’t understand other things, Yeosin, the senior in love matters, spoke earnestly and gently placed her hand on Dohsoon’s shoulder.
“Dohsoon.”
“Why.”
“I’ll drive. Think carefully about why you did that. Wouldn’t that be better?”
“No, no! I don’t have to think about it now!”
“Don’t say that. I told you to park the car at the next rest area, didn’t I?”
“No! Absolutely not!”
Even though Soyeon repeated her words, Dohsoon stubbornly held onto the steering wheel.
Whether a man or whatever, the desire to live was more desperate.
Soyeon and Dohsoon arrived at the Yangpyeong filming location, getting out of the car.
“Is this the right place?”
Even in the bright daylight, the large, shabby building on the hill had an atmosphere reminiscent of a mountain retreat.
As Dohsoon also wondered if they had come to the wrong place, upon closer inspection, she saw broadcasting station staff and various broadcasting equipment bustling around the building inside and out.
“It seems like we came correctly.”
Correctly arrived, but in this eerie place, they couldn’t figure out where to start.
An entertainment program, inviting actors who had performed brilliantly in “Master of the Sun,” was being filmed.
Since variety shows rely on spontaneity, and there was no pre-prepared script, the reason Dohsoon didn’t know the shooting order and content was due to the interference of someone who had sneaked in.
Not knowing the details, Dohsoon
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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