I'm Engaged to an Obsessive Male Lead

Description

One day, Veillyn Orlando comes to the realization that she's been living the last 21 years as a side character in a BL novel and is fated to die in one year! In light of this, Veillyn decides to escape her abusive family and live out the rest of her days in peace.

However, her only way out is getting engaged to the male lead of the novel, Jellard Lieseltein. He seems like the perfect candidate for a contractual engagement because he's into men, meaning there's no risk of them actually falling in love with each other...

But as the two spend more time together, Jellard seems to be falling for Veillyn. Will Veillyn be able to navigate her growing feelings for Jellard while keeping her inevitable death a secret?

Original Webtoon:
KakaoPage, Ridibooks, Lezhin, Naver Series, KToon, Nate, Onestory

Official Translations:
English, German, Japanese, S.Chinese, T.Chinese, Thai
French: Tappytoon, Lezhin

Type

Manhwa

Related Series

N/A

Associated Names

Jipchangnamjuui Gyeyakjik Yakonjaimnida

คู่หมั้นฉันคือพระเอกนิยายวาย

偏執男主的契約未婚妻

偏执男主的契约未婚妻

執着系主人公の契約フィアンセです

我拆了我磕的cp？

집착남주의 계약직 약혼자입니다

Groups Scanlating

TappyToon

Latest Release(s)

c.1 by Tappytoon 4 years ago

Search for all releases of this series

Status in Country of Origin

88 Chapters (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

N/A

User Reviews

N/A

Forum

0 topics, 0 posts

Click here to view the forum

User Rating

Average: 5.8 / 10.0 (65 votes)

Bayesian Average: 5.94 / 10.0

25%

20%

Last Updated

August 1st, 2025 9:22am PDT - 3 weeks ago

Image [Report Inappropriate Content]

Genre

Drama Fantasy Romance Shoujo
Search for series of same genre(s)

Categories

Log in to vote! Show all (some hidden)

Category Recommendations

I'll Protect You, Daddy!

I Became the Young Villain's Sister-in-Law

I Became the Squirrel That Saves the Villain

Healing the Duke of Darkness

Ten Ways to Get Dumped by a Tyrant

Recommendations

N/A

Author(s)

Shuroop

Artist(s)

Marucomics

Year

2022

Original Publisher

Kakao

Maru Comics

Serialized In (magazine)

Kakaopage (Kakao)

Naver Series (Naver)

Lezhin (Lezhin)

Nate (Nate)

Onestory (Onestory)

KToon (Olleh)

Comico Korea (Comico)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

Tappytoon

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #704

(-22)

Monthly Pos #1924

(-128)

3 Month Pos #2847

(-811)

6 Month Pos #3664

(-1290)

Year Pos #5569

(-71)

List Stats

On 273 reading lists

On 87 wish lists

On 112 completed lists

On 30 unfinished lists

On 169 custom lists

Note: You must be logged in to update information on this page.

Forum Posts Click to view the forum

User Comments [ Order by usefulness ]

…

by Onism
10 months ago

Rating: N/A

Eh. Predictable AND problematic.

———

MAIN CHARACTERS

👒 Veillyn Orlando (FL)

kind, innocent (doe-eyes look), naive
eldest daughter of family
bullied by younger half-sister
father had wanted a son
mother sold off into marriage. Family debt
ill from unknown disease. The cause?
dies of disease early in novel

⚜️ Jellan Lieseltein (ML. MC of novel)

confident, obsessive, possessive, smooth talker
illegitimate son of Archduke
’jealous’ older brothers
always trying to prove himself
businessman

🍂 Nellan Chester (MC of novel)

appears kind, innocent, naive in novel
now: dismissive, cold, calculating
has lived through this life before?
target of Jellard’s obsession
was trapped in toxic relationship. Tried to escape
owned a produce shop, helped Jallard (in novel)
owns Chester Merchant Group (powerful)
skilled animal tamer
promised himself to break all ties with Jellard

🌙 Etelina

used to love and attention, transparent
Nellan falls in love with her…(in novel)
Veillyn’s half sister

🍷Dorel Adelvian

snobbish, confrontational
“they’re all just after me for my wealth”
well-known
sole heir to Adelvian family + fortune
personal tutor and friend of emperor
exclusive rights to magic refining tech
emperor had been romantically interested in him
friend of confidant of Nellan (in novel)

——— ASPECTS / TROPES

realised she was in BL novel
depressing, toxic BL story
‘I just want a fulfilling life before I die of the disease’
FL becomes etiquette teacher to ML
contract engagement
Terminally ill FL
Dense MC’s
Dungeons, mana stones
Art looks a bit off in some scenes (faces)
2D villains (‘ugly’, visibly angry)
FL with few deceased mother
“she’s not like other girls” undertones
Nellan incompletely different from novel
Slow burn romance
Finally a good change with ch 79: FL finally moves out and lives on her own like she always dreamed of. With people that only see her as her and not ANY family name. (Of course it doesn’t last though
Still utterly hilarious that when she left, the only thing she took was** a giant ss portrait of the ML*. Which she just kept…in her tiny cottage…to stare at…
Father of ML had neglected his wife and taken on a mistress (mother of ML). He spent all his time and money on his mistress then favoured the son of said mistress, Jellan, over his other sons who he considers incompetent. Considering that, is it really that unbelievable that those sons, who grew up seeing their cold father give all his attention to his mistress, would be resentful? On top of being neglected by their mother. Then when those sons fail or don’t immediately know the answer to something, the father gets frustrated and thinks’s their incompetent — instead of guiding them as a father should?!! Yet the father is portrayed as a good person and an ally?
Even considering the plot twist (the other two sons were products of the wife’s affair and not related by blood to the current Duke), he just decided to kick out the children. And after knowing all that the wife was doing keep her children’s hair black and eyes blue (sign of the family lineage) — forcing them to drink dangerous concoctions, etc. He knows he turned a blind eye to the abuse. Yet he never apologised! And he makes it out like he only bothered to keep sons not his by blood was out of honour. Then acts so proud of himself to let go of that honour and kick the children out with nowhere to go.
Dorel is only nice to FL after advice from father to be ‘more gentle in presence of women’ and after seeing her in pain and calling her fragile and weak?!
I really hate that they make Nellan the unreasonable villain. He was kidnapped, trapped within a toxic relationship and raped by Jellan. For years. Under the excuse of love. He’s angry, he hates Jellan, think’s he’s a monster and wants him dead. How is he not the victim in all this?
Now Nellan wants to join with the FL, hoping she of all people (as someone who knows what had happened to him) would understand. It just makes you realise that she never once had a moment where she considered the ML’s actions in the past timeline. She wanted to save Nellan from the abuse yet, she never even acknowledges the other side of that; that the ML is/was an abusive person. Did he really reflect and change or will he turn out like that again in his lowest moments?
(like above) There is so much potential for internal conflict and a more complex plot. As well as the proper respect for such sensitive topics as rape, domestic violence and trauma.

———

CONTENT WARNINGS

Parental neglect, parental abuse, verbal abuse, slavery (mention), toxic relationships, incest, heteronormative thinking (‘if he’s into guys, he can’t be into girls’), BDSM/some appearing non- consensual, old-fashioned sexism (‘you must be more gentle in the presence of women’), prostitution (implied), infidelity, PTSD, suicide ideation,

... Last updated 10 months ago

Was this comment useful? Yes

A short rant

by Explorer 57
2 years ago

Rating: 2.0 / 10.0

I really like how jellard treats mc as an equal especially in matters related to business but that, the art and the fluffy moments in the beginning all I like about this story.

No way you're telling me the victim is the villain cause he hates his rapist and mc is in the right for protecting him.

I also wonder what was going on with Jellard's father cheating on his wife with another woman when she was sick and then not understanding the hate his children have for Jellard (personally I'd hate the father cause he is the one who cheated but I guess I understand how jellard became a target).

... Last updated 2 years ago

Was this comment useful? Yes

Rushed Ending

by diE1
2 years ago

Rating: 5.0 / 10.0

The ending was super rushed and the story had many plot holes that were never truly addressed, answered, or elaborated on. The villain’s ending could have been been better as well. Overall am I mad about the story, no. But the story premise itself had way more potential then the author had skill-wise to write it and make for a great read. I feel the author needs to work on making their storylines well rounded and with more depth.

Was this comment useful? Yes

Don’t read this crap

by skat
2 years ago

Rating: 1.0 / 10.0

At first I was so excited about the premise of the story but the author really f*cked up in two ways:

Ogml was an innocent kind soul who was kidnapped, confined, and torture raped repeatedly by the ml til he died. The FL not only didn’t see anything wrong with that, she loved it and wanted the same to happen in this timeline (what’s wrong with you). Now ogml regresses and becomes a villain in this timeline cuz of course he’d want revenge against his rapist. The author writes him horribly as just another nuisance in the ml fl’s love life and makes it look like ogml is in the wrong for wanting revenge, then kills him off (wtf seriously author what’s wrong with you)
ML’s dad is a cheater who was horrible and completely inconsiderate of his wife’s reputation. He had zero respect for her and practically lived with his mistress when his wife was still alive. ML is of course the mistress’ son. Then the father’s wife dies and he expects his two legitimate sons to not hate and not treat ml horribly. He’s supposed to be fair and meritocratic but he’s unfair to the ml when it came to distribution of the land, and yet he constantly puts his other two sons down for not being as good as the ml. He’s basically setting and enforcing the brothers’ hatred for the ml while expecting them to get along. Gtfo. But the worst part of this is that the author tries to make the father look like a good person and his cheating romantic, and then the artist draws the two brothers super ugly so to make readers ignore the fact that they are victims here too cuz of their father. They make the father look like a great man while making the brothers look like dumb bullies even though the brothers’ backstories really explained why they hated the ml so much and it’s literally all the father’s fault for openly cheating snd neglecting his family (the author has got some seriously messed up standards)

Was this comment useful? Yes

frustrated

by stupidcat9999
3 years ago

Rating: 1.0 / 10.0

I don’t like how the author write Nellan’s ending. They also try to justify ML actions on the first timeline. Criminal (rapist) like ML should be punished, but here victim turns into villain and got bad ending just because plot. I would still turn off my brain and read this to past time if they just leave the victim alone and focus on leads’ romance, but no, the author must pull victim into the drama to spice things up. I feel so frustrated and unfair that I have to write this long as review to warn other.

Was this comment useful? Yes

Cliché but cute

by aekkoi
3 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

The whole thing is cliché and the story somewhat revolves around misunderstandings from as far as I’ve read. MCs are portrayed as very intelligent but they can hardly read each other’s obvious expressions. But all in all it feels like I’m watching kids trying to figure out what they are feeling so it’s pretty cute and especially how the ML reacts, so my rating is basically on my enjoyment and not analyzing the plot or whatever stuff makes a story perfect

... Last updated 3 years ago

Was this comment useful? Yes

Pretty Wholesome

by AnacondaBun
3 years ago

Rating: N/A

It’s kind of shallow and inconsistent where convenient, and the ML is being glorified for doing the bare minimum (fulfilling contractual obligations and treating your fiancé like a person) but it’s cute so I don’t mind hanging around for now.

... Last updated 2 years ago

Was this comment useful? Yes