Eun Jae, who had tightly closed her eyes and opened them, spoke in a determined voice, as if she had made a decision.
“Why don’t we change our location first? There are a lot of people passing by, and it will be very inconvenient if the police come.”
“Ha, what am I going to do with you?”
As Kwon Seung Chul’s other hand slowly stroked her shoulder, Eun Jae harshly swatted Seung Chul’s hand away.
“Get your hands off me.”
“I didn’t realize when I saw you from a distance, but you’re prettier than I thought. We never had a chance to face each other like this, did we?”
The man who was gripping Eun Jae’s chin raised the corners of his mouth and smiled cunningly. His unpleasant and filthy gaze clung to every part of Eun Jae.
Her lips were tightly closed to the point where blood might seep out. It would have been better if he just barked threats.
At that moment, selfishly, the face of another man came to mind.
She had only pretended not to be, but in truth, she was scared. She wasn’t brave enough to handle all this alone.
She was about to tightly close her swollen, red eyes.
“Get your hands off.”
A slightly breathless voice, a slightly angry voice.
The familiar and low baritone tickled Eun Jae’s ear.
“Ah… Sir.”
As soon as she saw the man, Eun Jae’s eyes filled with tears of relief.
“What are you doing here?”
“I wasn’t doing anything, but I was about to.”
As Sun Woo gradually approached Seung Chul, two men blocked Sun Woo’s path.
In the meantime, one of the men recognized Sun Woo and rolled his eyes. The man’s hand, waving his stick, trembled.
“Uh… uh, you son of a btch. You’re that son of a btch from back then!”
“You remember correctly.”
Sun Woo looked down at the two men who were squirming in front of him with a cold gaze.
“That’s right. That son of a btch from back then.”
Somehow intimidated by Sun Woo’s chilly gaze, the man even stumbled over his words.
“Th…This! This son of a btch. Have you lost your mind?”
“How many times are you going to repeat ‘son of a btch’, you son of a btch?”
As they narrowed the distance between themselves and Eun Jae, tapping their shoulders lightly with their palms, neither of them could stop Sun Woo.
Without much effort, Sun Woo quickly reached Eun Jae. With bare hands, he effortlessly removed Kwon Seung Chul’s hand that was gripping Eun Jae’s chin.
Eun Jae’s eyes widened as she watched. Eun Jae alternately looked at Sun Woo’s hand and face with her wideopen eyes.
Pushing Kwon Seung Chul’s chest away with the palm of his hand and creating distance, Sun Woo stood protectively in front of Eun Jae.
“What are you?”
“None of your business.”
Kwon Seung Chul, who had been hit unexpectedly in the solar plexus, took a step back from the unexpected force and glared at Sun Woo.
“Are you anything to her?”
Sun Woo’s hand softly wrapped around Eun Jae’s shoulder.
“What if I am?”
As he pulled her close, Eun Jae was suddenly embraced into Sun Woo’s arms.
Startled, Eun Jae looked up at Sun Woo with wide eyes. Sun Woo looked down at her quietly, swept away the moisture at the corner of her eye with his thumb, and smiled.
His incredibly affectionate gaze persistently followed Eun Jae. The man’s bent face was getting closer and closer.
Soon, the lips of the man who nestled near her ear whispered softly.
“Why aren’t you answering your phone, darling?”
“…..”
“You know I was worried.”
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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