“You’ve been asking for it. You haven’t done it once in the last three weeks.”
Eric’s eyes were already filled with greed. He tried to grab Rosé with his large hand.
“Come here. I’ll hold you… for all the times I couldn’t.”
Chills ran down Rosé’s body at Eric’s words.
‘…I need to escape.’
Rosé thought, watching Eric approach her. How best to get out of this predicament.
As Eric was usually forceful, Rosé began to think quickly.
“Wait.”
Rosé called out to the approaching Eric.
“I can’t do it today.”
“Why.”
“I’m menstruating.”
At Rosé’s words, Eric paused, then irritably brushed his hair back.
“You should have said that earlier.”
Getting him all worked up and then backing out now. Seeing Eric hesitate, Rosé finally let out a sigh of relief.
“I’ll go in first then.”
Rosé left the garden as if running away, leaving Eric behind. All he could do was let out a deep sigh in the garden.
“I’m going mad.”
His heated emotions did not easily subside. He wanted to whisper words of love with someone immediately. Eric, with a desperate look in his eyes like a hyena looking for prey, loitered near the mansion.
With his appearance, it was not a difficult task to seduce a woman. Although it wasn’t easy to attract snobbish young ladies after marriage, it was different with the maids.
For them, Eric’s attention was the same as an opportunity for social advancement.
Then, a maid with a cute face and her hair braided on both sides caught Eric’s eye. Without hesitation, Eric approached the maid.
“Do you have a moment?”
His tone was gentlemanly.
Because it usually works with women he meets for the first time.
The maid, upon seeing Eric’s face, blushed and quietly nodded. Eric, as if he expected it, smiled and led her by the hand.
Just as he had done with Rosé, Eric untied the maid’s hair ribbon and took her deep into the garden.
[Star Icon][Star Icon][Star Icon]“I’m tired.”
Rosé did not go straight into the ballroom but wandered around. She felt there was no gain to be had by entering the ballroom in this mood.
Rosé found a spot in the flower garden and sat down. Unlike the bustling ballroom, the chirping of insects could be heard.
“Let’s rest for a bit and then go in. I should approach the other nobles first.”
That was the goal of this party after all.
As Rosé was muttering to herself, she composed herself and stood up from her spot. As she was about to return to the ballroom,
“Ugh. Please, save me.”
A faint human voice reached her ears. A voice filled with pain.
‘What is this? This sound?’
At the sound coming from not too far away, Rosé perked her ears. And then,
“Ah!!”
A man’s scream, as if tearing through the ears, made Rosé freeze in her tracks.
Thud! Thud!
The sound of stabbing was heard vividly. And not long after, as if lying, the surroundings became silent.
The man’s painful moaning was no longer heard.
‘Did he… die?’
Suddenly becoming silent after screaming for help.
‘It’s scary.’
Breaking the silence, the insect noises sounded ominous.
There was no other sound. Except for the eerie chirping that came with the chilly wind.
‘He must be dead.’
As Rosé was frozen in fear, she was startled to realize. A person had died right next to her. A chilling experience she had never had in her life gripped Rosé’s body.
Thud thud.
While she was still unable to shake off the shock, the sound of mysterious footsteps was heard.
One step, another step. The slow footsteps thankfully began to distance.
She couldn’t relax. Cold sweat trickled down her forehead. Thumpthump.
Rosé waited until she could no longer hear the mysterious footsteps. She had become stiff as a stone, clamping her mouth shut so that not even a breath could escape.
‘Is he gone?’
I must escape!
She could not meet a miserable end by a murderer. Squeezing out all her strength, Rosé barely managed to take a step forward.
Rustle!
‘……!’
The sound that echoed as soon as she took a step was quite noisy.
‘Please…… I hope he didn’t hear……’
Within the silence, Rosé clasped her hands and prayed. She hoped that he hadn’t heard her. But then,
Tap tap tap!
Rosé despaired. She could hear the sound of footsteps approaching at a terrifying speed.
I might die. No…… I will die.
Thinking that, Rosé’s body trembled like a shrub in the wind. The strength left her legs and she fell to her knees right where she was. She closed her eyes tightly and hunched her body as much as she could.
‘To end my second life so futilely……’
Rosé gave up everything and waited for death. As the murderer’s blade pierced her body, she wished to die without pain.
“……”
Why was it? A considerable time passed, but she felt no pain, nor anything at all.
Feeling strange, Rosé slowly opened her eyes. Her vision was blurry, probably from having her eyes shut so tightly.
In the dark vision, she faintly saw the figure of a person. Seeing the person looking down at her from so close, Rosé was shocked.
“What were you doing… here?”
It was Grand Duke Artyom.
“Your… Your Highness?”
Rosé’s face, as she looked at the Grand Duke, was filled with terror.
Of course it would be terrifying.
Because Grand Duke Artyom, covered in blood, was approaching her.
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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