“It’s okay. Recovery is faster with someone by my side.”
“Right, I remember. Your dad said to call. How is President Jeon? I heard something about Seowon Group on the news. He’s not well, is he? Did something happen?”
“I’m seeing President Jeon, just as you suspected. I was going to tell you when I got home.”
“I knew it. Darling…!”
Jian’s heart warmed at her mother’s consistently affectionate voice. Feeling a bit guilty, Jian lay on the sofa and muttered.
“Hmm?”
“I’m meeting President Jeon. I was going to tell Dad when I went home.”
“I knew it. Darling…!”
Her mother’s consistently warm voice resonated in her ears.
Feeling a bit guilty, Jian lay on the sofa and muttered.
Jian, with a light heart, moved her feet as if riding a bicycle in the air.
Anyway, just. Bring President Jeon to our house before the year is over. I’ll prepare only good food for digestion, okay?
“Got it, I’ll ask.”
If you need side dishes, feel free to contact me anytime.
“Sure. Thank you, Mom.”
Thanks to you. I’m living luxuriously in such a nice house because of my daughter.
Jian, lying on the sofa with a lazy face, noticed Kanghyun approaching while wearing a bathrobe. She sat up.
“Mom, I’ll contact you again tomorrow.”
Sure, get along well with President Jeon.
Kanghyun, brushing off his barely dry hair, quietly sat beside Jian.
“Uh, I was distracted during the call. Please wait a moment. I’ll be right there.”
“Let’s do it together.”
Holding Jian’s hand and entering the kitchen, Kanghyun followed her lead and draped an extra apron around his neck.
“What should I do?”
Jian, who found it amusing to see him put on a colorful apron with an expressionless face, burst into laughter.
While Kanghyun, standing rigidly in front of the induction stove, greased the pan and cracked two eggs, he didn’t blink once.
While Kanghyun, standing rigidly in front of the induction stove, greased the pan and cracked two eggs, he didn’t blink once.
Smiling widely at Kanghyun’s enthusiastic approach, Jian, who was handling the broccoli he regularly fed him, diverted her gaze forcibly from him, who was seriously contemplating flipping the eggs to maintain their perfect shape.
Kanghyun, while focusing on his task, couldn’t resist glancing at Jian’s face, who was handling the broccoli.
“Why?”
Feeling a warm gaze, Kanghyun, who turned his head after experiencing it, looked down at Jian’s round eyes.
“Just… I missed you.”
Smiling similarly, they closed the gap between them like a promise, bringing their lips together.
“President Jeon, I like sunny-side-up eggs.”
Kanghyun, raising his eyebrows, quickly flipped the egg, confirming the yolk gradually solidifying into a light yellow.
Since then, Jian occasionally turned to look at Kanghyun, and whenever their eyes met, she didn’t hesitate to kiss him.
It was a peaceful time, more tranquil than any other time in the four years stored in their memories.
In the presence of this shared time that only the two of them had, the sporadic returning memories were not significant.
The only thing that mattered was the preciousness of the current moment with Kanghyun.
Wearing a beige knit dress that revealed her round shoulder line, Jian shook the fringes of her skirt in front of the full-length mirror.
The fringed edge below her knees fluttered like waves, swaying left and right.
Her long hair, with thick waves, also cascaded in the same direction.
Of all the reflections she had seen in the mirror until now, she could undoubtedly pick this as the best.
Jian, with sparkling eyes, checked her outfit and sat down in front of the vanity.
As expected, something happened to Kanghyun.
Receiving a call from Seokwon since the morning of the anticipated Christmas Eve, he reluctantly left the house.
The planned movie date had to be canceled, and they agreed to meet at the hotel lounge where they had reserved dinner.
Since the main event, including the fireworks, was scheduled for the evening anyway, it wasn’t a significant problem.
If one were to choose a problem, it was only the excitement every minute while imagining today.
Jian, holding the end of her hair with her fingers, grinned and carefully chose underwear after pulling the off-shoulder with good elasticity forward.
Although the see-through effect seemed a bit excessive, the store employee’s voice actively recommending it, saying it wasn’t too explicit thanks to the nude tone, still echoed in Jian’s mind.
You really seem like a beginner in love, Seo Jian.
The theoretical preparation was perfectly done, but feeling embarrassed about the fluttering alone, Jian, who didn’t need cheek touches, cooled the non-essential blush and took out her lipstick.
“I should go now.”
Checking the time that had passed 5 o’clock without realizing it, Jian took her crossbag and grabbed her phone.
Remembering Kanghyun’s advice to call a driver, Jian didn’t forget and searched her phone, and just then, it vibrated.
Looking disappointed at the LCD that didn’t show the waiting name, Jian pressed the call button.
“Yeah, Hajun.”
You, you, you, huh, where are you now?
Hajun was panting like someone who had just finished a 100m sprint.
“Why? What’s the matter?”
I caught someone today. Ha, anyway, let’s meet. I’ll be there within an hour….
“I have an appointment. And it seems difficult to meet until the end of the year.”
Thinking of Kanghyun’s words that her desired Christmas present was not meeting Hajun, Jian firmly replied, chewing on her words.
Whether it was due to hearing Hajun’s desperate voice or the almost flying momentum at the tip of her toes, Jian put strength into her feet.
You have that baby ultrasound photo you bought, right?
“Hajun, let’s talk about that next time….”
The person who showed you that photo seems to be President Gu Sae-jun of Seowon Entertainment.
Unable to convey the message that she didn’t want to discuss such matters on a day like today, Jian’s eyes flickered.
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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