Seongjae left the dining table, leaving the two slightly intoxicated people. He left to let them talk more comfortably. Anyway, he could hear the conversation between the two children well enough in the living room.
Seated on the sofa, Seongjae closed his eyes tightly, listening to the lively chatter.
“Ding dong ding. Wrong. I resigned.”
“Oh. Look at this sister’s determination.”
“Who cut it then? Who cut it? I’m Yoo Sori.”
“Then why aren’t you going home and staying at a hotel? If you’re not cut, that is.”
“Huh? Me?”
“Are you afraid of getting scolded by Mom? Or did Mom kick you out? What’s going on?”
“It’s not like that…”
Well, there are reasons for that…
Sound’s voice suddenly trembled a bit. Seongjae, who had closed his eyes, opened them again. He caught a reflection of Sound in the dark window.
“What’s wrong? Sister, are you drunk? Why is your tension suddenly dropping like this?”
“No. It’s just that you keep…”
“Why do I?”
“You keep talking about Mom…”
With a sudden rush of intoxication, Sound buried her face in her hands and began to sob uncontrollably.
“Our mom…”
She’s in pain. Our mom is unwell, so she can’t come home. The hospital director is too mean.
But Seo Hyeonwoo misses her like crazy.
Such disorganized words, accompanied by sobs, made the quiet air even more solemn.
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A few days later.
It was Suhyang’s way home from work. Suhyang’s face showed signs of exhaustion as she got out of the underground parking lot.
Shaking hands with the worried manager, Director Park, and smiling, Suhyang’s expression immediately turned grave as soon as she turned around.
With unusually weary steps, she descended from the elevator. A man was standing in front of the entrance.
Taken aback by the unexpected face, Suhyang squinted her eyes.
“What’s this? How did you find out about this place?”
The spontaneously harsh question flew like thorns.
Hanseongjae, with a scruffy beard, straightened up from leaning against the wall and stood facing Suhyang.
“I told you not to see me again.”
Even after hearing the irritating voice tinged with pleading irritation, Seongjae stood staring at Suhyang like a barrier.
“I was wrong about everything. It’s all my fault.”
“Why are you like this all of a sudden?”
Seongjae looked back over the past few days when Suhyang had mentioned that. He dug up and reviewed his neglected diary entries, reading and rereading them.
Was he really honest with Inhye and Suhyang?
A rookie director approaching his thirties.
It was when his desire to succeed was strong.
As a fledgling director who still had a lot he wanted to do, he reluctantly attended unpleasant entertainment gatherings to stand his ground against those who held the purse strings.
“Call someone. What about this person? How about that person?”
While cursing inwardly, the reason he had to endure and keep his position was because of the casting of Inhye, who was then a minor actress.
The key to the potential success lay in the female lead.
Seongjae believed that Inhye had enough capability, even though she hadn’t seen the light yet.
So, to instill confidence in Inhye, he shouted loudly, but the continuous doubts about whether a movie with an unknown actress as the female lead would succeed kept looming.
After all the clamor, the person they ultimately wanted was Inhye, the lead actress in the movie they decided to invest in.
“…I wasn’t honest. I was cowardly and mean.”
Seongjae knelt on the cold cement floor.
“What is this nonsense?”
“If I could undo everything, I would want to go back.”
Instead of blaming Suhyang, he should have sought forgiveness long ago.
“But I know nothing can be undone.”
It’s already too late, but now.
“Inhye went through that, and I was tormented too. I have a lot to say, but now, I can only make excuses to you…”
“…”
“It’s all my fault. I didn’t know you were hurt so much because of that incident. I’m sincerely sorry.”
Looking down at Seongjae’s eyes, swollen and red, Suhyang’s eyes began to redden as well.
You also suffered as much as I did.
At times, the unintended consequences of actions can leave deep wounds. And only the person who lived through those wounds carries them.
If that’s the punishment assigned to us, we’ll endure it.
“Now, stop.”
It was when Suhyang was about to pass by Seongjae and approach the front door. Suddenly, Suhyang’s wrist was grabbed.
Suhyang looked down at Seongjae, who was looking up at her from a low position.
“You’re in pain.”
When Seongjae brought up a story Suhyang could never know, surprised Suhyang released her arm and turned away. Seongjae, who had risen from the cold floor with difficulty, faced Suhyang again.
“Why make that fragile daughter bear it alone.”
“…What? Does So-ri know?”
Suhyang’s pupils shook violently.
As if the fact that Seongjae found out was not important, Suhyang grabbed Seongjae, shaking him and asked.
“Why did So-ri. How. What did she say?”
“She seemed to be struggling. She was in pain. She said she felt lost about what to do.”
Suhyang covered her mouth with her hand.
“So-ri… My daughter.”
Suhyang closed her tightly shut eyes. Tears that had been held back fell down in a stream.
“Now, my pitiful daughter, don’t make it difficult for her anymore.”
Suhyang patted Seongjae’s shoulder and collapsed.
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Sound, who came to work at Seohan Hospital, carried out her duties familiarly.
Sound, who had been recognized for her diligence since her internship, was expected to adapt quickly to the tasks in the neurosurgery department at Seohan Hospital.
Going back and forth between the wards, emergency room, and intensive care unit like clockwork, she carried out the given tasks.
Here, there was no Chiep to bother her, and there was no senior like Eunseok, who was friendly and warm-hearted.
Of course, there was no young professor like Hyeonwoo with outstanding abilities.
Today, more than ever, it was a peaceful and uneventful day that should be appreciated, but strangely, there was no enthusiasm.
Somehow, her mood sank.
Perhaps it was because the unresolved problems were pressing down on her.
Deal with them one by one.
Yes, first, Mom.
Then it happened. Vibrating, the name ‘Yu Actor’ blinked on the phone screen.
It was a call from the unfit mother.
Sound composed herself.
“Hello?”
Where are you?
“Me? I’m at the hospital.”
So, which hospital?
“The road to Eui-guk. Why? Your voice doesn’t sound good.”
When Sound turned into the corridor leading to Eui-guk, a familiar silhouette appeared in the distance.
Surprised, Sound unintentionally stopped in her tracks. The story of her being in Seohan Hospital had not been told to anyone yet.
Sometime today or tomorrow. It was a determination to speak up, but.
“How did Mom come here?”
Suhyang, who noticed me, changed direction and approached. Her steps were urgent.
Putting down the phone and ending the call with Mom, Sound looked blankly at the approaching Mom with a sense of urgency.
Thud. Colliding with Suhyang, the sound of a choked neck on Durok’s arm embraced Suhyang.
“Mom.”
“Sori… Huhuh.”
Suddenly, Suhyang began to cry.
In an instant, tears welled up in Sound’s eyes, who guessed the reason from the name she was just called.
“My pitiful daughter.”
In a moment, the sorrowful tears that had welled up began to flow, and breathing became difficult with the pain gripping the heart.
The earnest efforts for each other collapsed into emptiness.
Moments of happiness together flashed through the mind.
Moments when things were painful together, moments that turned into laughter.
There were days when I smiled outwardly but cried inside.
Those numerous days were the strength that bound us tightly and enabled us to endure, I thought.
Under the excuse of not wanting to cause harm, were there times when I overlooked my daughter’s wounds?
I wanted to make her smile, but I, this wretched mother, kept making her cry.
“I’m sorry…”
“No, Mom… I’m sorry.”
You have nothing to apologize for.
Into Suhyang’s embrace, who shook her head horizontally, Sound buried her face even deeper.
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!!!
