The wind was chilly, but the sunlight coming through the window was warm on that winter morning.
In a peaceful restaurant, filled with the pleasant aroma of freshly baked bread and fragrant Americano, Seung Yi’s melodious voice echoed.
“Dad, did you sleep with the teacher again yesterday?”
Hup. Hap. Hiss. Um.
“Are you okay?”
Unlike Jahyeon, who almost spilled the hot coffee out of surprise, Gyo Hwan was as calm as ever.
“Of course, I slept with the teacher. The day before yesterday, too. And the day before that. And even the day before that.”
For a whopping two weeks.
“We slept together, showered together, and even ate ramen together.”
That! Jahyeon’s insides boiled, even though he knew Gyo Hwan did it on purpose.
“Our teacher got hurt because of our son, so of course, Dad has to do at least that much, isn’t that right?”
Gyo Hwan gently patted the back of Seung Yi’s round head.
To an outsider, it would seem like an act of filial piety rather than an accident.
“Dad, will I sleep with the teacher again today?”
“Hey, Yul? Haven’t you had breakfast yet?”
Jahyeon, conscious of the gaze of the housekeeper and employees, muffled Yul’s question with a nonchalant tone.
“No, we won’t sleep together today.”
“Why not?”
“She’s being discharged after having her cast removed.”
Gyo Hwan wiped the sweet jam off Seung Yi’s cheek with his finger as he spoke.
“So I told the teacher’s grandmother’s house to let you eat delicious food to your heart’s content.”
Since she must have gotten tired of hospital food during her stay, I told her to replenish her nutrition.
“And Mom also knows that, so please welcome her warmly when she returns. Don’t think of making her feel upset.”
“What did I do to make her upset…!”
“If it weren’t for Teacher Bong, Yul, whom Mom cherishes so much, would have become a mischievous brat in that house.”
Hmm. Seeing what Gyo Hwan did, including the knife, Jahyeon, who had bubbles rising up, couldn’t retaliate at all.
Noel Law Firm.
In the gathering place for employees, regardless of age or gender, there was a heated debate about “Who will become Noel’s next owner?”
When they made the promise of marriage, they had expected that Kang Jaeik, the eldest son, would step back, and Gyo Hwan, who represented corporate mergers and legal advice, would take charge of the management sector.
Now that the marriage plan has fallen apart, each employee gathered there anticipated the future power struggle.
Gyo Hwan, who had a young and perfect physical condition to the point where the saying “your face is your competitiveness” emerged, aggressively led the multinational companies’ mergers and acquisitions each year, renewing the highest sales performance. However, the dominant evaluation still regarded him as lacking the experience and tact compared to Jaeik.
As a lawyer from a prosecutor’s background, Gyo Hwan had worked as the representative of the law firm for over 30 years, but compared to Jaeik’s influence in the domestic political and business circles, Gyo Hwan was mostly an introverted executive who didn’t reveal much.
“Alright, let’s get to work, work.”
The male team leader, who was accompanying Gyo Hwan on the way to work, shouted as if announcing the arrival of the queen. The employees who were gathered together quickly returned to their places.
“Did you escort Teacher Bong and see her off properly?”
When employees gather, they usually talk about themselves, but the person who caused the accident didn’t care about that and asked about Teacher Bong’s situation first.
“Grandmother brought her here, but she said it wouldn’t be polite to just let her go, so I ate and enjoyed her hospitality until morning.”
“You had a meal?”
Gyo Hwan paused his hand that was about to turn on the monitor and looked up at the male team leader.
“You’ve been running a restaurant your whole life, they say you have such skill. That’s why your granddaughter is so pretty and smart, I suppose.”
“That doesn’t make sense. Then why does your grandson look like that?”
He was a complete mess.
“Because of the CEO, I had breakfast properly for the first time in years. I ate cheese, butter, and coffee instead of just bread, which didn’t suit my constitution. Koreans, after all, say that rice is the essence of a meal, don’t they?”
“Ha, was it that delicious?”
As soon as Gyo Hwan arrived at work, he completely forgot to check the email that came from the United States and became distracted by what the male team leader had eaten at Teacher Bong’s place.
“Grandmother made a delicious soybean paste stew with freshly caught freshwater snails and barley rolls, along with tangy cabbage kimchi. At the company, I would politely dab at the fish, but I couldn’t touch it properly. But my grandmother told me to grab the chicken leg with my hands and eat it like that.”
Someone who knows something. They were exactly my style.
“A soybean paste stew with freshwater snails and barley rolls. I also love that dish. So you’re saying you treated the male team leader to that?”
I’ve been on paid leave for two weeks, recovering from illness.
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!!!
