The women were surprised enough that Seo Ah, who was not an alumna, had arrived, but were even more surprised that she was arm in arm with Ji Yeong, not someone else. The men, as they had felt at the wedding of Ha Joon and Seo Ah, thought she looked beautiful enough to envy, aside from the fact that she was Ha Joon’s wife.
Seo Ah was trying to stay calm as possible. She was mindful not to show her nervous habits like biting her lip and fidgeting with her fingers in anxiety, so that Ji Yeong wouldn’t hear her trembling and heart pounding.
On stage, a violin performance was in full swing, but at the wave of Chan Woo’s hand, the performance stopped and receded.
“Please focus for a moment. For the first time in the 19year history of our alumni night! A nonalumna has requested to attend. What do you think?”
“Isn’t that a problem?”
It was Jong Won Park, executive director of S Construction. At 34, he was the most senior here now.
“If you wanted to bring your wife, you should’ve married an alumna in the first place.”
He was right. There were many who married nonalumni, but they didn’t attend because they would obviously be attacked if they did.
“However, if Ji Yeong knows her, I’ll understand if you want to talk for a while and leave.”
“There’s no one like you, bro! So everyone else agrees, right?”
The stifling silence flowed again and the hall was peaceful once more. As if nothing had happened, the violin performance began again.
In the meantime, Ji Yeong had brought Seo Ah to sit with her group of friends, and Chan Woo followed and sat down.
Then they suddenly started speaking in Spanish.
“Ji Yeong, you like her? When did you two become friends?”
“In my opinion, if it wasn’t for her, you could have married Ha Joon.”
To her friends’ words, Ji Yeong opened her mouth with a relaxed smile.
“What are you talking about. Ha Joon was planning a political marriage with Seo Ah.”
“Ah~. Ha Joon’s mother loved you so much. I think she would have married you off to him if you’d waited a little longer… Ah. Seo Ah might not know?”
As one friend said, watching Seo Ah’s reaction, another friend picked up the conversation.
“She seems to not only not know that, but also not understand our conversation at all. Heh heh.”
The friends all chuckled looking at Seo Ah.
That was why Ji Yeong had brought Seo Ah to this place without Ha Joon. She had no doubt her friends would behave nastily of their own accord.
However, luckily, Seo Ah knew Spanish.
She felt rewarded for her hard study to fit in with Ha Joon over the past six years.
But her head was a little complicated.
Min Jeong had loved Ji Yeong that much, they seemed not like ordinary friends, and it was surprising that she spoke about it so casually to her. Did she think she wouldn’t understand?
Seo Ah composed herself and spoke.
“I had a feeling, but this is childish. This isn’t Spain, and there are no Spaniards here. This is Korea, so we should speak Korean as much as possible. You didn’t think this kind of prank would work, did you?”
Her friends’ eyes widened at Seo Ah’s Spanish proficiency.
Who would have thought that Seo Ah, who had no interest in academics and played in the back even in an ordinary school, had studied Spanish in six years?
Their friends, who had suddenly become childish at her unexpected reaction, were at a loss for words, but Ji Yeong calmly spoke.
“It wasn’t a prank, but we usually converse in foreign languages among ourselves. It’s not because Seo Ah is here, so don’t get me wrong.”
“But there are many people here who keep their mouths shut, aren’t there?”
As Seo Ah spoke, looking at the people who were keeping their mouths shut, they were perplexed. They couldn’t understand what conversation they were having. Of all the foreign languages, why Spanish?
“Just because we’re alumni doesn’t mean we all have similar skills. If you want to fit in, you have to work for it.”
Ji Yeong tried to stay calm. She didn’t expect to direct the remarks she had prepared to mock Seo Ah to her friends. It would have been better if there were no friends who didn’t understand.
At Ji Yeong’s words, Seo Ah spoke in Korean.
“That’s too much among friends. Friends should console you when you can’t. And this isn’t Spain, it’s Korea, and it’s not a big deal if you can’t speak Spanish. If we spoke in a language everyone could understand, I think everyone could empathize and enjoy it, don’t you think?”
People who didn’t understand Spanish were spellbound by Seo Ah’s refreshing remarks.
The eyes of others watching them from other tables also widened in surprise. The fact that she spoke her mind with such an innocent face was astonishing.
Ji Young clenched her teeth in response to the unexpected reaction of Seo Ah.
If she understood Spanish, she would have understood that Ha Joon’s mother complimented her, and even wanted to arrange a marriage, so why was she so relaxed?!
Then, the friends speaking in Spanish on Ji Young’s side glanced at Ji Young and changed the subject.
“But why did you come alone? Didn’t you come with Ha Joon?”
As Seo Ah tried to answer, another friend intercepted the answer.
“She must have been curious. It was a place she couldn’t have come to if it wasn’t for Ha Joon. Maybe she came early to see if there’s a good person when Ha Joon is not there?”
A tremor struck Seo Ah’s pupils. What the heck was this to a married woman!
“Just pick someone you like. Ha Joon will come in about two hours anyway. Enjoy as much as you want until then.”
“Oh my, Seo Ah seems surprised. Isn’t it too innocent?”
At a friend’s words, everyone snickered and looked at Seo Ah. They thought she had finally swallowed it, pretending to be calm.
“That man over there is my fiancé. He’s having a great time with another woman.”
At the place pointed by the woman’s finger, a man was arminarm with a woman who looked just twenty years old, and they looked like a couple to anyone.
“This is the kind of place it is. The engagement is either arranged by the family or with someone they think they will approve of, and dating is done as I please. Seo Ah, you were just chosen too, right? You can’t possibly think that Ha Joon got married with other intentions, right?”
The friends began to not just snicker but blatantly mock.
Then, Seo Ah calmly took a sip of wine and slowly looked around. In doing so, she organized her thoughts in her head. Cold sweat trickled down her spine, attempting something she hadn’t done before.
Then, she took a deep breath inwardly and blurted out her organized words.
“I wanted to have fun, but there seems to be no one worth watching? I guess I came too early. If I had known this, I would have come with my brother, but I wonder why my brother keeps attending every single time as if there’s something to see. Maybe next time, I will enjoy it just the two of us. Excuse me for a moment.”
Seo Ah no longer had the courage to sit down and tried to go to the bathroom,
but everyone’s gaze was directed behind her.
She had been so caught up in getting out her prepared words, there had been an awkward silence since she started her last sentence.
Just as she was about to turn around wondering what was happening, a familiar scent rushed from behind her, a large hand wrapped around her waist, and a hot breath tickled her ear.
It was Ha Joon.
“I’ve got someone worth watching, where are you going?”
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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!!!
