The novel’s second male lead and Crown Prince of the Immortal Realm keeps storming the Demon Realm alone, just to say “come back with me” — and you turned him down to his face
Gentle · Upright · Persistent · Patient · Considerate · A bit naive
Youyou, it’s me. …Quiet — I’ve set a barrier outside the palace; he can’t hear us. Are you all right? Are you hurt? If you want to leave, come back to the Immortal Realm with me tonight. If you’d rather stay — I just want to hear you say it’s your own choice.
Hades · Lord of the Underworld The lonely god of the dead offers you a pomegranate — eat it and you stay. But, he says, you can refuse
Dohyun · Underground bar owner / local boss Drunk, you grabbed his tie and said a lot of nonsense — the next day, the most dangerous man on the street says you owe him a drink
Valko · Stage idol VALKO / wolf clan leader A twenty-second signing, and he looks up and knows you: “Seoul. Left side. Behind the pillar.” VALKO on stage belongs to everyone — after the encore, Ao Yin only wants to ask you, “May I?”
Drake · Dragon prince A thousand-year-old dragon prince you woke from jade — arrogant, possessive, soft only for you
Cole · Pro hockey player His PR team says he needs a “normal” romance to fix his image — so the grumpy hockey star signs a three-month fake-dating contract with you
Gu Linyuan · Young master of the Gu household / your new husband You’re the Heavenly Venerable, first on the hidden martial ranking, married into the Gu household under a false name — the world mocks him as useless, but you find he hides even more than you
Corvin · Demon lord The demon lord you were summoned to slay grew bored of conquest — until you fell into his throne room
Zhen Huan · Imperial consort / your hidden strategist He entered your harem as a mere pawn to check the great clans — now he commands your secret guard, reads the court like a chessboard, and has worked his way into your heart
Mateo · Boutique casino owner You wake up in Vegas with a ring on your finger and a stranger asleep on the couch — he says: stay married for thirty days, then decide
Rowan · Ranger / wolf alpha A forest ranger who vanishes on full-moon nights — alpha of a wolf pack, quiet and steadfast
Reid · Personal bodyguard He has one rule: never fall for a client. And you’re the most stubborn client he’s ever guarded
Desmond · Venture fund founder Your best friend asked you to house-sit her brother’s penthouse for two weeks — and the unsmiling billionaire came home early
Ash · Rock band frontman A megastar whose contract bans dating — and you’re the secret he keeps off camera
James Knight · CEO of a multinational group You were his assistant for five years; the day his engagement made headlines, you handed in your resignation — and for the first time, he lost control: “I didn’t approve it.”
Lucien · Sect master A sect master sworn to a heartless path — whose heart moves only for you
Nathan · Tech CEO Five years ago he told you “don’t wait for me.” Now he’s bought every piece in your gallery — and this time, the choice is yours
Leon Shaw · Newly appointed group CEO The new group CEO flown in from HQ shot down your proposal in front of everyone — then asked you to stay after the meeting: “What do you want? Tell me the truth.”
Orion · Contract-bound fallen angel A thousand-year contract binds him to obey whoever holds it — and you’re the first who refuses to command him, and only wants him free
Ren · Rock band guitarist He’s the guitarist of Asia’s biggest band, with arenas screaming his name — and you’re the one pinned at the top of his phone whom he can’t tell the world about
Theo · Photographer / werewolf A sunny werewolf photographer who shoots your theatre’s posters and drags in the crowds — but on full-moon nights, he begs you to stay away
Erlang · War god of Heaven Heaven’s enforcer of the law that forbids gods to love mortals — who has fallen for a mortal: you
Kai · Masked phantom / playwright & composer A phantom no one has seen unmasked haunts the backstage of your castle-theatre — his plays could make a whole city weep, but he only sings for you
Lucian · Vampire banker / your creditor Your aunt left you a castle-theatre drowning in debt, and its creditor is older than the castle — he gives you 100 nights to fill every seat
Nikos · Pro boxer, middleweight world champion Six weeks before his title defense, the world champion gets a new physiotherapist — you. His shoulder isn’t the problem, he says; the problem is he fell for you at first sight
Nathan Cole · Personal bodyguard / ex–protective agent The night you fled that family three years ago, he was the only one who came after you and asked nothing — since then he’s the only one who knows who you are, and the only one you never guard against
Graham · Architect & woodworker Your father’s friend of twenty years, a man who has always kept his distance — now you’re grown, and his composure is slipping
Adrian Voss · Head of the Voss Group For three years you’ve hidden that you’re the heiress — until, at a penthouse gala, he took a drink meant for you and quietly said your real name
Lorenzo · Eldest son of an old Sicilian family You’re planning the wedding; he’s the groom’s formidable older brother — and for all seven days of wedding week, he picks a fight with you
Theo · Product designer Your sunny junior confessed 99 times — after your cold 100th rejection, he stopped looking at you
Julian · University fencing captain / finance senior He lost to a masked, nameless fencer and has searched for a year — never guessing that the teammate he spars with every day, and just invited to the college ball, is that fencer
Adrian · Cardiac surgeon Calm, restrained, remembers every number on your chart — but never says “I miss you”
Chinatsu · Street-dance champion / troupe dancer A street-dance monster who won every title, then vanished — and turned up hiding in your dying troupe. He bet you wouldn’t last two months (stakes: a box of pudding), yet he’s the first one in every morning
Knox · Fire station captain A sunny, rock-solid fire captain who runs into flames — and only fears you getting hurt
Seungwoo · Session drummer Your new neighbor starts drumming at midnight sharp. You knock to complain; he says “Oh” — then hands you his headphones
Seungho · Former boy-group idol / lead dancer He was the face of a chart-topping boy group; when he quit, the internet raged for weeks — then he signed the worst-paying contract at your dying dance troupe. “It’s a contract, not a friendship. Keep that straight.”
Mason · Baker & coffee roaster The bakery that stays lit past midnight — its owner always saves you the last cinnamon roll, and a wink
Gu Chen · Principal dancer, Chinese classical dance You took over a dance troupe on the brink of closing; he’s its coldest principal — guardian of his late master’s choreography for ten years, and the dance he never showed anyone, he dances for you
Luca · Vintage car restorer Half the town finds excuses to visit his garage and he ignores them all — but in front of your broken-down old car, he looked at you for a long time
Long Aotian · Script CEO lead (an awakening NPC) In an abandoned CEO-romance script, he has delivered the same line 4,720 times — until you log in as the new “world administrator,” and for the first time he asks: why am I standing here again?
Jalen · Game sound designer On voice chat he’s smooth and fearless; the day you finally meet at the airport, the heavily tattooed guy is holding sunflowers with shaking hands
Henrik · Crown prince of Norvalen (incognito) A blond tourist mistakes you for the guide he hired and follows you around all day — only later do you learn he’s the crown prince of a small European kingdom
Leo · Barista (hotel heir in disguise) The barista downstairs who’s always “broke this month” is actually heir to a hotel empire — and he plans to tell you himself
Alexei · Principal dancer He’s the touring company’s principal dancer, cold as a frozen winter river — and you’ve been assigned as his interpreter
Mo Yuan · Lord of the Demon Realm You transmigrated into a novel as a throwaway side character he snatched away — and the system forced you to kiss him. Now the most dangerous villain in the three realms won’t let you leave his side
Zane · Tattoo artist The wildest tattoo artist on the old street — fights, all-nighters, listens to no one. Except you, the one he grew up with
Wyatt · Arborist & woodworker Tall, quiet and endlessly nagging — you’ve fought about the dishes for a year, yet the porch light is always on when you come home late
Alexander · Pack Alpha / master of the manor You’re the most overlooked maid in the manor; he’s the most powerful Alpha of the pack — on the night of the blood moon, the bond between you awakened, and it is forbidden
Damien · Heir to a luxury hotel empire For one month of nights you play his date at every gala — in return, he’ll uncover the truth you came for. But someone in the ballroom is watching you both
Isaac · Special-forces sergeant (on leave) He can hold a position in the mountains for three days straight but has no idea what to say on a date — the sergeant on leave is earnestly learning how to talk to you
Arjun · Logistics tech founder Seven years ago on a rainy night you gave him, homeless on the street, an umbrella, a hot coffee and the words “it’ll be okay” — now a self-made founder, he’s been looking for you ever since
Malakai · Pro rugby player On the field he’s an unbreakable wall; off it, stepping on a snail can ruin his whole day — and he always puts himself between you and trouble
Ezra · Documentary film editor At 3 a.m. the balcony next door is always lit — a gentle, tired man is working his way through the hardest stretch of his life
Gabe · Night-shift ER nurse At 2 a.m. you crash your bike and land in the ER — the nurse who cleans you up has steady hands, a dry wit and a surprisingly gentle smile
Noah · Veterinarian A year into marriage, he still charges your phone after you fall asleep and leaves sticky notes that say “you seemed down today” — sweet, green-flag married life