As the attention of others around them turned to the two, Yeeun spoke again.
“It’s not upsetting. It’s expected.”
After all, his girlfriend is Kim Haeri.
Yeeun smiled and took a sip of her drink.
Jisoo looked at her disapprovingly and grumbled.
“What are you talking about? You are much prettier than Kim Haeri, no matter how I think about it.”
Really, does Chadoha have no eye for people?
Jisoo’s fingers gently stroked Yeeun’s hair.
Yeeun, without any wariness like a child, smiled broadly.
“But it wasn’t too bad.”
She meant it.
“The pretty face jinx.”
Her beautiful face had brought half her life’s misfortunes.
Even her grandmother said she was too pretty, which is why she ‘ate up’ her father.
Her grandmother, who usually never contacted her, showed up at her father’s funeral and ended up slapping her.
“It’s all your fault. I knew your pretty face would bring disaster one day.”
What followed was even worse.
“Everything should be moderate. Standing out too much attracts evil spirits. Ever since you were little, with that bewitching face, you’ve been attracting all sorts of bad luck, and now you’ve eaten up your own father. Oh, my poor son.”
Her cheek stung, and her heart ached, but she couldn’t say a word.
“A good-for-nothing who only has beauty ends up spreading bad energy like poison.”
Her grandmother’s tyranny had been part of her daily life from a very young age.
Would strangers have treated her differently?
In school, she was often mistreated by her peers just for being pretty.
“Annoying. Using your face to get extra points.”
Even the results of her hard work were belittled as being due to her looks.
In this way, her beauty was a curse to her.
Chadoha was the first person to tell her she wasn’t that pretty.
“It feels like I’ve broken free because of it.”
It felt like the chains that had bound her for so long were melting away.
“Being told I’m not pretty, it actually made me feel relieved.”
That’s why she was half happy.
“Ah, this is a project that can work,” she thought.
It gave her a good enough reason to pursue, despite the risks involved.
“Is my long-standing jinx teaching me this?”
Her pride screams that she shouldn’t be getting involved in such trivial matters.
She shouldn’t be swayed by Chahyun’s threats.
Yet, the circumstances surrounding her and the jinx that binds her are pushing her back, insisting she must do this job.
“Get Chadoha.”
She needs to win over Chadoha to survive.
“So, what I feel right now is…”
Yeeun, finishing the half-remaining drink in one gulp, continued.
“If Chadoha would just accept me, I would be willing to bow down in gratitude.”
It seems the alcohol was too much.
“It hurts my pride, but that’s how I feel.”
Speaking was slightly burdensome.
“If I can just succeed in this project, and save my mom’s life…”
The words she had been holding back painfully burst out, indicating she was intoxicated.
“I really want to quit being a persona this time.”
Yeeun put down her glass and grabbed Jisoo’s arm.
“I want to quit and go back to studying. I want to go to college… and do what I’ve always wanted to do.”
Then she rested her forehead on Jisoo’s shoulder.
“I want to live my own life. Really.”
Her eyes were a little warm.
“Who would say such a thing?”
“Chadoha.”
Listening to the conversation, Kwon Ihan, a director at LI Construction, perked up his ears.
“It’s about you?”
It’s his story.
Probably, the woman he was leaning back against in this chair, that sad-eyed woman, Seo Yeeun, was sitting behind him.
“Drop it. Let’s continue our conversation.”
When Lee Han, sitting opposite, seemed about to peek over the backrest, Doha changed the subject.
“So, Druid Nine has accepted our proposal?”
“Yeah. 100% compliance. We’ve won.”
Lee Han, who had managed to pull his attention away from the situation behind him, continued with the investment report for Genes Holdings.
“I did as you asked and proposed the company separation to Druid Nine, right? They seemed quite intrigued by it. Their CEO said, ‘That’s Genes Holdings for you…'”
While Lee Han was earnestly continuing his report, Doha found it hard to concentrate on his words.
It had been like that since a while ago.
Ever since Seo Yeeun stepped into this place.
From the moment she took a seat behind him, his ears were open only to her.
An Indifferent Woman is the One Men Desire the Most
One-line summary: The female lead is actually cold-hearted and extremely rational. She has stage-by-stage relationships and won’t two-time, but there will always be someone who secretly likes her.
This novel has the following triggers, so if you’re sensitive to these, please don’t read:
1. The female lead has had many relationships, but she treated each one seriously and broke up properly.
It’s just that the men unilaterally pestered her incessantly. For the female lead, when she doesn’t like someone anymore, she simply doesn’t like them.
(This applies to her relationships with Male Lead 1, 2, 3, and 4 as well, but she’s loyal in each 1-on-1 relationship!)
2. In this novel, Male Lead 2 and the female lead kiss in a car, and Male Lead 1 sees it and beats up Male Lead 2.
The female lead calls the police and sends both Male Lead 1 and 2 to the police station! Male Lead 1 begs the female lead not to break up with him.
3. Male Lead 1 has a gentle appearance but an obsessive personality.
Male Lead 2 has a delicate and soft appearance, slightly green tea-like (two-faced).
Male Lead 3 is a youthful college student and a smart person who has secretly liked the female lead for a long time.
Male Lead 4 is the female lead’s father’s special assistant, a business elite with deep, hidden thoughts.
4. At the beginning of this novel, the female lead has already broken up with Male Lead 1 (Chapter 4) and gotten back together with Male Lead 2 (ex-boyfriend).
5. Enter with caution if you have triggers!!!
