Taeseo, breaking eggs and whisking them, glanced briefly toward the bedroom. Jaein, who had struggled until a while ago, was asleep again.
Late in the morning, Taeseo, who had kissed her lips several times on her sweetly sleeping flesh, blamed himself for finding her so tempting and couldn’t help but wake Jaein up to hug her again.
Compensating for the rough night, he initially gently caressed her, but in the end, he ended up making her cry.
“Sorry, I’m sorry.”
“…Taeseo, if you’re going to do this again.”
“…I can’t say no.”
“…”
Thinking about her, who blushed even in the bright light, yet held me tightly with embarrassment, my blood rushed to one place again.
Taeseo, bewildered by the insatiable desire that simply wouldn’t go away, smiled slyly and put more strength into the chopsticks stirring the eggs.
From the entrance to the bedroom, the scattered clothes were already cleaned up everywhere. Taeseo smiled as he watched the warm midday sunlight, uncharacteristic for winter, warming the living room.
While organizing his life in Korea, I positioned one of the brothers different from me as a co-representative.
Including the Kang Sun Art Center inherited from my grandmother, he returned all the shares related to the Kang Sun Group he had to her.
In the end, to leave the Kang Sun Group, his choice made his grandmother reluctantly nod her head.
The weakened Im Hongjin, director, who aged rapidly after Kang Shinjae’s death, hoped for Taeseo to be by his side. But at the same time, out of guilt, he couldn’t bring himself to say that.
Taeseo understood his grandmother’s heart but didn’t do as she wished.
Kang Shinjae had abandoned him once he was born, and even in death, he abandoned him again. Taeseo now wanted to cut off any connection with his biological father.
“Sorry, Taeseo… sorry.”
“…”
“Don’t let my apologies block your way. Just live well anywhere. If you ever need help, come. Anytime.”
“…Yes.”
“You are my only grandson. Regardless of what others say, you are Kang Taeseo. I have never been more proud of you.”
“…”
Forget your wretched father. Taeseo, you are a much greater person. So, Taeseo… just, just be happy.”
With that, Taeseo bid his last farewell to his grandmother and immediately headed to Chicago.
He already knew that Sanghwa, who had been guarding Jaein, had moved to Ted’s house yesterday evening. It was also a request from Taeseo, who wanted to spend time alone with Jaein as soon as he arrived in Chicago.
Taeseo, who arrived at the apartment silently to surprise Jaein, was taken aback when he realized the house was empty. He was too hasty, and in his rush, he had no presence of mind to check her whereabouts with the guard who protected Jaein.
Contemplating whether to wait for her quietly at home or not, he stood up. He wanted to see her as soon as possible.
So, he contacted the guard to find out where Jaein was, and learned that she had gone out to buy dinner.
Therefore, not too late, Taeseo could catch a glimpse of Jaein’s back. He recognized the long-missed Yoon Jaein at a glance.
When he discovered two thugs approaching her, his hands clenched into fists, and it took effort to hold back, believing in Jaein. He approached her without hesitation.
And finally, when I met her tear-soaked, moist eyes, and held the dream-like her in my arms.
Taeseo felt the persistent headache that had been clinging to him for the past year disappearing. Finally, he could breathe, and his vision cleared. The one light that kept him alive was what happened after embracing Yoon Jaein.
After completing the omelet, he put it on the plate and, as soon as he put the pan down, the hands that reached around his waist embraced him from behind.
“It smells good. The scent of the omelet and Taeseo’s scent.”
The warmth on his back and the voice with traces of sleep made Taeseo’s lips curl as if drawn.
After putting down the pan and plate, Jaein’s hand, which was holding him, had my hand on top of it. In her left ring finger, the same design of the ring that was gently stroking the ring on her left ring finger was worn.
“Yoon Jaein.”
“Yeah, Kang Taeseo.”
Imitating my tone, Jaein cutely copied and laughed. At the end of the laughter, the breath he took in was sweet.
“Did you sleep well?”
“Yeah.”
Jaein, who blocked Taeseo from looking at him, whispered softly on his back.
“…During the time Taeseo was not with me, do you know what I was thinking?”
“Yeah.”
“I felt sorry for my mom. I went to Korea alone to save my mom and left her alone.”
“Um…”
“We should have been together. Mom would have wanted that. The person who said she would be happy as long as I was with her.”
“…”
“I vowed to revenge against the man who made my mom close her eyes in a foreign land. Ironically, I realized that I don’t care at all about how that person is doing now. It’s too precious to spend my time on such a person.”
In the long silence, Taeseo released his hand from around my waist and turned around to face Jaein.
“So, I won’t be apart from Taeseo anymore. I won’t live without Taeseo. All my future time will be with Taeseo.”
Taeseo understood immediately what Jaein was saying. Taeseo felt the same way.
All the efforts to be recognized by his father, the things he tried to achieve and prove, and everything he had worked hard for felt increasingly futile over time.
During the time he spent apart, trying to fulfill his duty, the one thing he realized was that he needed to return to Yoon Jaein as soon as possible.
Without being bound by what he couldn’t hold in the past, without being bound by what he couldn’t have, he decided to devote all his time to the one person who fulfilled everything.
“Do you like that idea?”
“I give all my time to Taeseo.”
Nodding, Taeseo embraced Jaein. His heart, sensing that he would remember this air and this afternoon for a long time, swelled with emotion.
“…That’s good.”
“Yeah.”
The two of them, embracing each other for a long time, savored the overflowing love as if it were about to burst. Faced with the loneliness that had swelled into a large size, they had spent countless days crouching, and finally, they found each other so precious that they couldn’t let go for a moment.
The gentle sunlight of Christmas afternoon tickled their shoulders. The smiles that spread on their lips naturally touched sweetly.
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!!!
