She was taken aback and astonished, a hollow laughter flowed out. After one laugh, the strength drained from her body, and her head dropped suddenly when a strange voice flew in from behind her.
“Cabin crew Han Da Jeong?”
“Yes? Who… are you?”
When she turned her head, a middleaged man with a neat impression came into view. Dajeong rolled her eyes as gently as possible, examining the unidentified man.
He wore a stylish yet unnoticeable suit, and his hair was neatly swept back with blackrimmed glasses. He appeared as if he had made every effort to suppress his personality.
The man calmly accepted Da Jeong’s scrutiny before slowly opening his mouth.
“Someone is waiting for you.”
“For me?”
“Yes.”
He turned his head and cast his gaze towards the sedan parked in the distance. Slow but firm movement. Da Jeong, who had been watching the car as if being drawn by a magnet, quickly turned her eyes away.
“Who are you saying is waiting for me?”
“It’s Vice President Cha Tae Sang.”
“Huh? Why would the Vice President…?”
“Would you come with me for a moment? The Vice President will explain.”
“……”
He was a man who caused tension just by coming close.
The intensity of his gaze was so strong that it stung the skin, and his tone freely shifted between request and command. The mere thought of him made a chill run down her throat.
Da Jeong was thinking of making an excuse and running away. Then the man in the boring outfit, as if reading her thoughts, suddenly leaned in.
“It will only take a moment. It’s not a big deal.”
“……”
Da Jeong, who had hesitated for a moment, soon nodded slightly.
Meeting him here now was no coincidence. And if he wanted, there would be plenty more such encounters in the future.
Thinking that she was breaking the ice, Da Jeong made up her mind and walked towards the car.
“Give it to me.”
When they arrived in front of the back seat door, the man naturally reached out to the trolley.
“Why this……”
“This is not a place where you can park for a long time. Once you get in, I will start the car.”
“Oh……”
As the arrival flights were at peak times, the car parking area was quite busy.
After looking around, Da Jeong handed the trolley to the man. Even if the car left the airport, she could simply ask him to stop at the nearest bus stop later.
Thud.
As she opened the car door and bent over, a man who perfectly matched the late night entered her sight. For a moment, very quickly, the senses of that day covered her body.
The stinging skin under his persistent gaze, the subtle tremor his low voice gave. Although the memory was quite blurred, her body still remembered the man precisely.
Da Jeong carefully took her seat in the back.
“Ah, hello.”
Due to her nervousness, a trembling voice like a baby goat flowed out. Da Jeong, who was clearing her throat late, impulsively pulled the hem of her skirt.
Tae Sang, looking at her with deep eyes, lightly bowed his head.
The back seat was wide yet narrow. Sitting facing each other, she felt the distance between them shrink instantly.
As always, he jumped right into the main point.
“Why didn’t you call?”
“Excuse me?”
His voice was startlingly flipped upside down, with no effect from the throatclearing.
Why did this man throw straight hooks every time he opened his mouth? A tinge of resentment began to show on his slightly twisted eyebrows.
“Didn’t you say you’d have something important?”
“So you’re… were you waiting for me? To ask why I didn’t call?”
“That’s part of it.”
“Part of it… what?”
DaJeong’s forehead crinkled slightly at the riddlelike manner of the man’s conversation. She knew he wasn’t much of a talker, but his explanation was far too sparse for someone who showed up unexpectedly in the middle of the night.
While staring at her blankly, his sculpted lips moved gently.
“I came to give you a ride. Please get ready to leave.”
TaeSang briefly directed her towards the driver’s seat.
A leather partition separated the front and back seats. Only the middle part was made of glass, and when the driver pressed a button on the console, the glass wall became opaque.
“You must be tired, feel free to sleep.”
“No…”
Without even asking where she lived, he had come to the airport timed to her flight’s arrival and started the car.
Everything became clear, and her gaze sharpened instinctively. DaJeong glared at TaeSang with quite narrowed eyes.
“You violated my privacy. Employee information isn’t supposed to be used like this.”
“I’ve broken worse rules.”
Despite his casually tossed remark, his low voice didn’t sound light at all.
There was a tense atmosphere that seemed to warrant a sharp retort. But something about it hurt her pride.
After a moment’s thought, DaJeong slowly shifted her gaze to the side. She planned to naturally shift her gaze away while looking at the edge of his ear.
While she was subtly turning her head, he suddenly opened his mouth. Thanks to him, her fleeing gaze was drawn back to him.
“Why didn’t you contact? Weren’t you in trouble?”
“I was not.”
His forehead narrowed quickly at her blatantly false lie.
He wanted to immediately fire those involved if he could. But he worried that would hurt DaJeong’s feelings. That faint hunch made TaeSang patient.
He swallowed the urge to rush like a tidal wave and calmly opened his mouth.
“Four takeoffs and landings per day on the Jeju route for two consecutive days. A quick turnaround to Hong Kong and Macau after just one day off. Following that, highintensity flights with minimal days off for a month.”
“……”
“You’re saying there was no problem?”
“Well, that is….”
His tone was unmistakably flat. At first listen, it seemed he spoke devoid of emotion. Yet, towards the end, there was a strong sense as though he was suppressing his voice.
With a strange hunch, she examined his face, and his jaw, taut with tension, caught her eye.
It was clear that he was angry. Unconsciously, DaJeong took a defensive stance.
“Ch, changes in schedule happen all the time.”
“I don’t think so.”
The man’s piercing gaze was full of certainty.
If she were to insist again, he looked ready to recite the flight team manual. DaJeong sighed softly and slowly opened her mouth.
It was a statement that had been stuck in her throat since she got into the car.
“Why… why do you keep concerning yourself with me?”
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!!!
