“Are you Kim Hee-Joo’s guardian?”
Entering the emergency room, Chae-Won gazed with a numb expression at the woman lying in a terrible state.
The woman, receiving emergency treatment, had bandages on parts of her body, and her barely recognizable face was swollen and bruised with dried blood.
“Weren’t you the one who called earlier? Kim Hee-Joo’s sister?”
Kim Hee-Joo, a customer who had visited Chae-Won’s dermatology clinic two months ago. It was only when she faced this woman, who shared her own face, that Chae-Won realized she was her long-lost twin sister.
In their early childhood, barely remembered, Hee-Joo was taken by their father while Chae-Won went with their mother to the U.S. to remarry James.
“Isn’t that right?”
After a panicked and hasty escape during their first encounter, Hee-Joo, like Cinderella leaving behind a single shoe, forgot her wallet.
Using it as an excuse, Chae-Won called the number written on the patient’s chart. That call led to their reunion two months ago.
Their initial meeting, filled with awkward greetings, gradually evolved into genuine conversations as they continued to meet – the second, third, fourth time, and so on.
They openly shared their days of longing to find each other but lacking the courage to do so. They even planned to properly introduce Hee-Joo’s kind husband soon.
But then, a sudden phone call came with Hee-Joo’s intense sobbing.
‘I’m such a fool for living like this. I feel like I’m going insane.’
‘What’s wrong, sister? Where are you now?’
‘I left home. Chae-Won, I really… I hate myself.’
Chae-Won managed to calm her down and agreed to meet.
While discussing where to meet, the last call with Hee-Joo was interrupted by a sudden scream.
Snapping back to reality, Chae-Won straightened her gaze.
“Yes, that’s me. What happened?”
“She was hit by a car. The injuries are severe.”
“I’m a doctor too. Can you tell me more about my sister’s condition?”
“Sure, I’ll show you the CT scan, this way, please.”
Arm, wrist, shoulder fractures, a crushed nose, and various bruises and abrasions – she was mostly injured in her head and upper body.
‘I want to die. I’m such a fool for living like this.’
She had talked about being happy with her kind lawyer husband and warm-hearted mother-in-law.
She had been so eager to look beautiful, even applying for Botox and skin care consultations. Why then this sudden cry of wanting to die?
Doubtful, Chae-Won rummaged through her bag.
“…Divorce papers?”
Folded divorce papers from a brown envelope, with an application date from a while ago, indicated that the issue had been there for some time.
Chae-Won’s eyes drifted to the husband’s name mentioned beside Hee-Joo’s personal details.
Noh Jae-Min. As she stared at that name, Hee-Joo’s phone on the side of the hospital bed began to ring loudly.
[Jae-Min]Something was amiss for her to seek divorce, but he was still her husband, legally the guardian.
Without hesitation, Chae-Won answered the phone.
“Hello.”
Hey.
Her brows furrowed at the first word.
Even if they were on the brink of divorce, calling one’s wife ‘Hey’ seemed disrespectful.
Are you really going to do this? We agreed to meet in front of the court, why did you stand me up again today! I told you to take your stuff out by today, why is everything still there!
Apparently, the divorce papers Chae-Won saw were the cause.
Intending to divorce, Hee-Joo couldn’t go through with it and ended up leaving the house in tears?
Take your stuff right now! If you don’t remove it by today, I’ll throw everything away, understand that!
Was the fact that Hee-Joo couldn’t go through with the divorce indicative of still having feelings for this man?
Or was it something Hee-Joo did wrong that caused her husband to be this furious?
Hey, Kim Hee-Joo, aren’t you going to answer?
Chae-Won lifted the divorce papers she held in her hand to her eyes.
“203 Taeseong-ro 3-gil, Seoul. Is this the right address?”
As Chae-Won inquired, the man on the phone seemed flustered.
Oh, come on. Are you pretending to have lost your memory now? Do you think I won’t divorce you if you do?
“So, you’re there right now?”
Where else would I be! And what’s with the formalities? Have you hit your head or something?
Chae-Won lowered the papers, her face expressionless.
“The way you speak to your wife…”
“What?”
Could it be because they were twins that even their voices sounded similar?
The husband, seemingly oblivious that he wasn’t speaking to his wife, was still on the line.
“Just wait,”
After ending the call, Chae-Won gazed down at Hee-Joo, who was asleep after her surgery.
“You didn’t suffer through all this with that guy, did you?”
Hee-Joo’s face, now unrecognizable, was swollen and wrapped in white bandages and purple bruises. Her broken nose, though reconstructed, wouldn’t be the same as before.
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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