Kim Minjun grabbing Wooyeon’s wrist, her looking embarrassed… And Cha Taekyung appearing like a savior, placing his hand on Wooyeon’s waist.
As if not wanting to show a treasure she greatly cherished to others, his gaze was intense.
Moreover, her husband’s gaze as he watched those two from afar was ambiguous.
What did he mean?
To Inyoung, who was biting her lower lip, Kim Minjun approached and asked about her condition.
“Ms. Inyoung, let’s stop now. Are you okay? You’re bleeding.”
Only then did she stop biting her lips, which she had been doing half-mindlessly, and asked Minjun, who seemed half out of his mind.
“Min, Minjun, did, did you have someone you met before?”
“…”
“Min, Minjun, why don’t you say anything?”
Checking Inyoung’s momentum, Minjun smiled pleasantly at her.
“No, there was no such person.”
“Really?”
“Yes. I’ll take my leave now. Inyoung, you must be tired too. It seems like it’s enough for today.”
“Oh, no. Just a little more, please stay.”
“Why?”
“I have, I have someone else to meet.”
“Someone else to meet?”
“Yes. See you later.”
Inyoung passed by Minjun.
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Wooyeon entered the restroom and washed her hands.
She respects Seo Jiwu’s thoughts. Wooyeon also understands her words about having separate lives.
If only she had heard Seo Jiwu’s words not to interfere in her life a little earlier.
Wooyeon didn’t say to her that she was worried about her. She didn’t bring up the story about worrying and fearing that she might get hurt.
In Seo Jiwu’s eyes, who wanted her to remain ignorant of everything, Wooyeon felt powerless.
Thud, thud.
At the familiar sound of heels, Wooyeon looked ahead, and once again, Inyoung’s face was reflected in the mirror.
Ultimately, Inyoung’s actions, following her even to the restroom, made Wooyeon laugh heartily while taking out tissue.
“Is there anything else you want to say?”
“What’s the relationship between you and Chairman Cha?”
“Do I really need to explain that?”
“Explain it, now.”
Inyoung’s tone was forceful, and Wooyeon responded with a cold expression that made her seem chilling.
“Look at this, Miss Jo Inyoung. When did we ever meet? Are we close?”
“What are you talking about?”
“Why do I have to explain that to Miss Jo Inyoung?”
“Do you have to speak like that?”
“Yes, I have to. Isn’t there anything I can’t do?”
“Is this for real?”
As she was about to slap her, Wooyeon firmly grabbed Inyoung’s wrist.
It was the moment when Seo Jiwu’s words not to interfere in her life hit the mark.
Wooyeon chuckled. After approaching Inyoung’s face as if mixing their breaths, she whispered with a chilling voice.
“Isn’t life meant to be lived quietly?”
“What?”
“That’s right. If you keep blabbering like this, what if Chairman gets angry?”
“You…”
“Do you really enjoy it? Wearing that mask, did you have fun? Felt exciting? Liked it to death? Felt like you were the center of the universe? Right? Was it like that?”
“…”
“What should we do? I didn’t really enjoy it.”
“…”
“Did you breathe properly behind the mask? I don’t think I could have done that. I would have trembled, afraid that someone might recognize me. I was really pathetic. It’s still embarrassing for me to have such a family now. Really embarrassing.”
Wooyeon finally let go of Inyoung’s hand, and Inyoung’s strength dissipated.
Wooyeon was tall even from the past. Inyoung had always been small due to her severe picky eating habits since childhood, making her body delicate and shorter than her age.
Even so, when they were young, Wooyeon often let Inyoung win, calling her “older sister” as an excuse.
Those messy days are haunting Wooyeon now. The fact that even those messy days remain as occasional, nostalgic, and faint memories.
Hateful to the point of unbearable.
While deceiving Inyoung, who was breathing heavily, Wooyeon called out with clear pronunciation.
“Miss Jo Inyoung.”
She looked at Wooyeon, her eyeballs almost bursting with a reddish hue.
No answer came, but Wooyeon conveyed the words she wanted to say until the end.
“Deliver it to your father.”
“…”
“Don’t interfere in my life.”
I might burst into pieces like an egg if I keep blocking my life like this.
“If I set my mind to it, I can grow infinitely.”
Then maybe you can leave some scratches on that sturdy rock.
“If you want, I can throw my whole body into it. If you want to touch it, now is the chance.”
“…”
“If you come once more, tell him that next time I’ll bring dozens of cameras and all the reporters.”
Leaving only those words, Wooyeon exited the restroom.
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On the way back home.
Wooyeon became contemplative. To grow in size, it was undoubtedly best to use Cha Taekyung.
She knew he would be someone who could make everything happen, but in the end, she knew that she would be the one to get hurt.
“What are you thinking?”
Taekyung asked.
Wooyeon gazed beyond the window, watching the thick raindrops endlessly.
“When I look back, everyone I liked was a large family.”
Kim Minjun, who comforted only with his three younger siblings, Seo Jiwu, who always lived with her grandparents when she was young. Even the younger sister trio, including the anchor Jinooshik.
Their unique, bright energy was good. Just listening to family stories from the side made loneliness feel lighter.
“Everyone has their own life. Jiwu said that earlier. What kind of life did Chairman have?”
“…”
“I was too painful. Everything. Were you happy when you were young?”
He nodded.
It feels strange.
He always felt good receiving comfort from people who had large families and the energy he got from them made him feel good. Was he comforting her by saying he wasn’t happy when he was young?
“Then were you unhappy?”
Taekyung gently stroked the tip of Wooyeon’s hair.
“If you want me to answer that I was unhappy, I’ll answer like that.”
“No. I don’t wish Chairman to have been unhappy. I just…”
“Just.”
“Ah. I don’t know. There’s something else I want to ask.”
“Anything.”
Wooyeon’s voice, released like a confession, sounded unusually husky. Fragile and soft, as if it could scatter at any moment.
“Do you believe in love?”
“No, I don’t.”
“That’s fortunate. I don’t either. There’s nothing weaker than love in this world. Give it, and it’s taken away. If it’s taken away, you… feel unjust.”
It was a statement made while thinking of Inyoung, whom she had encountered after several years.
The memory of Inyoung, who used to sneer at her as if belittling herself, came to mind. The habit of frequently biting her lips was still there.
Now, I really don’t know whether it’s hatred or resentment. Simply looking at her, Wooyeon still felt unjust and sorrowful.
Taekyung approached.
“Then don’t get robbed. So there won’t be any injustice.”
“…”
Beyond the warm gaze, he grabbed Wooyeon’s collar.
“If you keep making that expression, I want to give it to you.”
“…”
“That thing neither you believe nor I believe.”
Before Wooyeon could understand Taekyung’s words about wanting to give love, he overlapped his lips with hers.
Taekyung’s kiss was too deep. It was an immensely sublime kiss that she dared not push away, a kiss she neither wanted to nor dared to reject.
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!!!
