“Do you want to stay with me tonight?”
It was a shocking provocation from Se-hee, who seemed only capable of innocent and pure smiles.
This provocative gesture thoroughly shook the emotions Kyle had been barely keeping in check.
No response was really needed.
But Se-hee, unaware of this, wore a clear expression, pushing Kyle into a whirlwind of uncontrollable emotions.
He just wanted to hold Se-hee in his arms right then.
A purely instinctual desire was eroding his rationality.
However, Se-hee’s earlier darkened expression suddenly crossed Kyle’s mind.
The sight of Se-hee, disturbed even while with him, looking at someone in her phone.
The memory of her cooling expression resurfaced.
Cha Hyo-jun.
The mere thought of this unknown man was enough to completely crush Kyle’s pride.
His cold rationality strongly suppressed the heated emotions he had been feeling.
Soon, Kyle’s voice dropped a firm response.
“……I refuse.”
Se-hee’s eyes widened in surprise at Kyle’s negative answer.
It was the first time she had ever said such a thing to a man.
In that brief moment of waiting for his response, Se-hee’s throat had gone dry, fully aware of what her words implied.
Everything around seemed to disappear, leaving only Kyle and herself in this space.
But then.
Kyle’s refusal was a fatal blow to Se-hee.
It felt as if time had stopped; she couldn’t even feel the blowing wind.
She hadn’t expected a 100% acceptance, but hearing a direct refusal from Kyle was a tremendous shock.
It was a foolish move.
Embarrassment washed over her like a wave.
Se-hee, her face turning red, couldn’t bear to face Kyle.
She wanted to hide immediately.
Suddenly awkward, Se-hee stepped back without a word, forcing a smile as if saying goodbye.
Kyle, looking directly at Se-hee, spoke again.
“If your choice now is not just an impulse.”
A glimmer of possibility in his words made Se-hee’s eyes sparkle.
“I’d like you to be sure.”
‘That it’s not because of Cha Hyo-jun, but because you genuinely want me.’
Kyle wanted to say that, but he couldn’t bring himself to.
Kyle had never been compared to anyone before.
No matter who it was, they only looked up to him, never standing shoulder to shoulder for comparison.
But this unknown Cha Hyo-jun seemed to be a more formidable opponent than he thought.
Able to shake Se-hee’s emotions even now, while Kyle was beside her.
Kyle wanted to make it clear.
So perhaps he refused Se-hee’s first and possibly last offer.
The emotions Se-hee showed him shouldn’t be because of Cha Hyo-jun’s shadow, but solely due to Kyle Graham Evans.
Even if it was selfish, or even a pointless pride.
“If you still feel the same after making a rational decision, then I will gladly respect it.”
Kyle’s deep voice sounded almost like a declaration.
After finishing his words, he took out a small case from his pocket and handed it to Se-hee.
Se-hee took the case he handed her, somewhat dazed.
“……Wait.”
With a faint smile, Kyle spoke.
Hoping she would come to him completely.
Without uttering those words, Kyle slowly turned away.
Leaving all the choices up to Se-hee.
Se-hee watched Kyle’s disappearing figure for a long time.
Only after he was completely gone did she look at what he had handed her.
A small, thin case.
Se-hee slowly opened it.
Inside it was.
A golden card key engraved with ‘VVIP 2101’.
Kyle’s room key?
Se-hee’s heart began to beat faintly.
She thought she had been completely rejected by Kyle.
So she was on the verge of collapse from a sense of futility.
She had resigned herself, thinking his statement about refusing impulsive decisions was quite rational.
Se-hee’s lips curved up slightly as she looked at the shimmering card key in her hand.
“Wait.”
Kyle’s voice echoed in her ears as if coming back to life.
At that moment, Se-hee’s heart, which had fallen into an abyss, started beating again.
Kyle, stepping out of Se-hee’s room, chastised himself.
He should have just accepted Se-hee’s proposal.
Instead of putting up a needless pride.
Then he wouldn’t have had to do something as contradictory as handing over his room key.
Damn it.
The impulsive one wasn’t Se-hee, but himself.
At the moment he faced Se-hee, asking him to stay with her with her shy yet intense eyes, Kyle was already out of his mind.
Rational? What a joke.
Damn it.
He couldn’t contain the anger surging within him.
His heart felt like it was going to burst.
Returning to his room, Kyle slammed the door so hard it seemed it might break.
Warning against impulsiveness, yet he was the impulsive one.
Sigh.
He regretted his actions, which made no sense front and back, like a typhoon.
His mind felt as tangled as if a hundred threads were knotted inside.
What was most painful was the thought that she might not come.
His gaze, full of regret and despair, shifted to the door he had just closed.
But he couldn’t blame Se-hee for not coming, after he had foolishly thrown away the chance she gave him because of someone like Cha Hyo-jun.
Crazy.
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!!!
