Ye-eun nodded with a soulless face, forcing a fine smile despite feeling a pang in her heart.
[Good? How is it good? The image training hasn’t even started yet and now there’s a blind date. How can you be so nonchalant about the potential chaos?]Chadoha causing chaos?
Could there be a word less suitable for him?
He’s not someone who causes chaos. He just does what he wants.
[If he causes trouble, won’t that make it easier for them to realize they need me? I don’t see it as a bad thing.]Chahyun laughed uproariously at her words.
[You don’t know our Chadoha well enough. How can you properly train him then?]Ye-eun gritted her teeth, looking at the giggling Chahyun. She almost blurted out why Chahyun didn’t do it himself if he knew so well.
Regardless, Chahyun continued.
[It’s practically a declaration of intent to create trouble.]Chadoha, the unpredictable face of Hanju Group.
His acceptance of the blind date could turn out to be a bomb thrown at his grandfather. A bomb that could blow up a billion-dollar MOU deal.
[Our goal isn’t just a blind date. It’s marriage. Making it to marriage without issues.]So, Ye-eun, try to think of a way to quietly manage the blind date, urged Chahyun.
Ye-eun sighed deeply, recalling Chahyun’s final words.
“Is there even such a method?”
Sipping her coffee and mumbling to herself, Ye-eun looked out at the director’s office.
Beyond the transparent glass wall, Jisoo seemed busy on the phone, her expression serious, probably due to the promissory note.
Noticing her gaze, Jisoo approached the glass and pulled down the blind.
[You do what you can, and I’ll do what I can.]That was Jisoo’s response to Ye-eun’s question about the promissory note.
What I can do.
“So what is that, exactly?”
With Chadoha’s blind date looming and no strategy in sight, her phone rang.
Glancing at the mobile on the corner of her desk, Ye-eun frowned. Another unknown number.
“Son Kyu-won, don’t you ever get tired?”
It was already the fifth call this week.
He kept changing his number and calling.
Pressing the red button to reject the call, Ye-eun stood up.
Tomorrow is Chadoha’s blind date.
She needed to find a way before things got more tangled up.
A way to make Chadoha attend the blind date quietly.
Saturday, 5 PM.
HJ Hotel VIP Lounge, Namsan.
It was Chadoha’s blind date schedule, obtained from Chahyun.
With a small sigh, Ye-eun hurried to the HJ Hotel.
Chadoha, who arrived in Korea last night, was staying in the hotel’s penthouse.
He woke up at 11 AM, had his first meal of the day as room service at 1 PM – just coffee and fruit.
Then around 2 PM, he had a video conference with the Strategic Planning Division, followed by a phone call with Chahyun at 3:10 PM.
Now it was 4 PM.
Time to start preparing for the blind date.
Checking the time again on her left wrist, Ye-eun stepped into the elevator.
“Really, I’m no different from a stalker.”
Following around a man who clearly disapproves, to this extent – it’s almost stalker-level behavior.
Even if it’s for work, from Chadoha’s perspective, it must be incredibly unpleasant.
Ding.
The elevator stopped at the P floor with a dull tone.
Chadoha has been living in the hotel penthouse ever since he came to Korea, implying he has no intention of settling down here.
But to force a political marriage on him, even if it’s Chairman Cha Ji-seop’s decision, isn’t it a misjudgment?
“Well, if I’m told to do it, I have to, right?”
Exiting the elevator, Ye-eun took a deep breath and stepped forward slowly.
The dark, ash-grey carpet silenced her footsteps.
Maybe that’s why.
A chilling fear gripped her nape.
At the end of the corridor was Penthouse 3, where Chadoha was staying.
Memories of the man named Chadoha made her shiver.
A faint fear, icy tension, yet strangely warming her body, and those lips hotter than anything else.
Standing in front of the door, Ye-eun tried to shake off her last memory of Chadoha and raised her finger to the doorbell.
“It’s okay. What could happen? I won’t be eaten, right?”
At least it was daytime, with the sun shining.
Closing her eyes tightly, she pressed the doorbell, took a step back, and waited for the door to open.
Would Chadoha open it himself?
Or his executive assistant, Kim Jeong-ju?
Or maybe, could it be Kim Haeri is there?
All sorts of thoughts crossed Ye-eun’s mind.
She was brought back to reality when she sensed someone moving behind the black iron door.
Her heart tightened.
The door opened without asking who it was.
The air from inside the room raised the hairs on her body.
The person who opened the door didn’t need to be seen; the scent alone was enough to give her goosebumps.
Ye-eun quickly lowered her head.
“I’m sorry. Director Cha Hyun…”
“Come in.”
At the invitation, Ye-eun cautiously lifted her head.
There was Chadoha.
In dark ash-grey suit pants and a white shirt.
Neatly groomed hair and a dark blue tie in his hand.
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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