Lord Preston's Secret Tutor (47 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 68
At that moment, Windsor’s indifferent voice floated over. She, who had been floundering helplessly in the mire, slowly raised her head.
“Father?”
“Yes. I mean your father—the one who gave you a memory to take out and revisit whenever things became hard, Miss Somerset.”
She, who had been silently staring into the darkness, now sank into the sea of memories. The mud pulling at her limbs gradually receded.
“He was less strict and more kind. Always gentle toward both Mother and me. He had his moments of weakness, perhaps… but he was still a good man. After all, no human can be perfect. Yet he always did his very best for me. It was only regrettable that his best efforts didn’t always yield the best results.”
Windsor nodded. He wasn’t particularly curious about the Earl of Somerset. He wasn’t the romantic sort who’d wonder about someone already gone from this world.
Then why had he asked about him?
Windsor wondered if perhaps he actually enjoyed moments like this—the moments when he listened to her talkative stories.
After all, he was never one for many words, and he had a talent for listening to others.
While Windsor swallowed the silence, Jacqueline’s gentle voice continued. Her voice, mingled with the sound of rain, was like music.
A languid sigh escaped through Windsor’s lips.
“After being swindled by James Hammington, he remained despondent for a long time. In truth, that wasn’t the first time Father had been cheated. With everything he attempted turning against him, his confidence vanished. Then, by chance, he became interested in a venture in the New World. He must have heard about it from an acquaintance. I worried about him jumping into a business he knew so little about, but seeing him brimming with vitality for the first time in so long, I couldn’t bring myself to oppose him. If I had, would Father still be by my side now?”
“Hypotheticals about the past are useless.”
At Windsor’s quintessentially blunt reply, Jacqueline gave a silent laugh. Then, she returned to the tone of a stern governess.
“In times like this, I need comfort, not advice.”
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!!!
jackie is so so so smart but at the same time, what she’s doing is a little dangerous. it’s crazy how she was hesitant at first yet completely stopped playing safe
…oh dear me Mr Evan, you are a good man, let them be ok…
…what a great outcome, I am so happy for Windsor and Benjamin…