“At first, I wanted to visit her, but there was no place to go. But now, I think it might have been better for our mother. She always wanted to run away from Dad. Now she’s become the air or the wind, so she can go anywhere she wants.”
Seo Rin nodded quietly.
“I feel more at ease now that I’ve formally met your father.”
“Did your father like him?”
“Yeah. Our dad wasn’t the kind of person to easily ask favors from anyone. That’s how much he must have trusted Mr. Tae Joon.”
The Chairman Baek that Seo Rin knew wasn’t the type to easily ask for favors from others. Yet, he had made such a request to Tae Joon, a clear sign of deep trust.
And so it was.
All thoughts about her marriage had changed.
“Tae Joon, I think… we don’t need to wait for a year.”
“What do you mean?”
“Our wedding.”
In a moment, a new future began to appear in her marriage, a future with Tae Joon.
“As soon as the regular shareholders’ meeting is over.”
For a moment, Tae Joon’s eyes widened, as if he doubted his own ears.
And rightly so. The regular shareholders’ meeting was scheduled for three months from now. If they were to have the wedding right after it, they would be moving it up by more than six months from the original plan.
“Are you… serious?”
“Yeah.”
As she nodded, he remained silent for a while. A profound stillness settled in for a brief moment.
But it wasn’t a barren silence; it was just a moment for Tae Joon to gather his emotions in response to this sudden change.
However, her surprising transformation wasn’t the end of it.
“And let’s… have a child. A child who resembles you, not me.”
“…”
“If I were to have a child… I want the child to be just like you.”
He wanted to have his child.
A Kang Tae Joon Jr., resembling Kang Tae Joon.
Until now, he hadn’t thought much about having children because he didn’t want to unleash his cursed genes into the world.
Marriage and children, both were just dreamlike tales for her. However, Tae Joon was turning those dreams into reality, one by one.
With Kang Tae Joon, with this man, the future didn’t seem so daunting.
So, she hoped the child would resemble him.
Not a destiny cursed like mine, but a destiny born out of love.
I hope the child resembles your destiny.
“Seo Rin, pinch me…”
He extended a cheek as if not believing it himself. Seo Rin promptly conveyed a sense of reality through the pain.
“It hurts. It seems like… it’s not a dream.”
“It’s not a dream.”
When Seo Rin gave him another confirmation, he embraced her. Then, with the most tender gesture in the world, he gently patted her back and whispered.
“Thank you. For telling me… like that.”
His voice was filled with emotion, and her heart was also moistened with sweet tears.
“But Tae Joon, we’ll have the child after the wedding, you know?”
“I know. I know. Of course.”
Tae Joon nodded in agreement and caressed her hair several times. Eventually, unable to resist any longer, he kissed her.
The kiss, which had started lightly, gradually intensified, and Tae Joon laid her down and slipped into her embrace.
His touch conveyed a sense of urgency.
“Wait, Tae Joon.”
“Why?”
“The plan was to have a child after our marriage.”
“So?”
“But…”
Seo Rin gestured towards a sensitive spot in her sleep, her words trailing off. However, Tae Joon had no idea why this was an issue.
“What’s wrong with that? Do I seem like I’m insisting on having a child right now?”
“Or?”
“Just… what married couples do. And we did it yesterday. I mean, that’s what we’re trying to do.”
There was nothing left to say. Not a single wrong word had been spoken.
In the end, Seo Rin burst into laughter and ran her fingers through Tae Joon’s hair, which still bore the warm traces of her touch on his pillow.
Small things began to bring happiness.
It was a small but very significant change.
Late at night, Chairman Baek received a sudden phone call and immediately entered a small, quiet bar.
There, he saw Minhyung sitting alone, without any customers. However, Chairman Baek couldn’t view Minhyung in a favorable light.
Already troubled by his visit to Chairman Baek’s mother’s grave earlier today, Minhyung’s call made his heart even more uneasy.
Of course, Minhyung’s support through shares was undoubtedly a great thing, but the situation where this young man, using it as an excuse, gave him orders, was extremely unpleasant.
Especially at this late hour.
“So you think I’m of the same kind just because I mixed my words a bit.”
Being with Minhyung gave him a sense of lowering his standards. But somehow, he had ended up in a situation where he had to rush out with just one phone call from such a guy, and his situation was truly miserable.
“What’s going on at this late hour?”
“Oh, you’re here? I’m sorry. Did I call you too late? But there’s something we really need to discuss.”
“Discuss? With me?”
What could you possibly have to discuss with someone like me?
However, President Baek ordered a glass of whiskey, swallowing the curses that lingered in his mouth.
“Well, what do you want to discuss?”
“A while ago, I read an article about a theme hotel project that Seorin is working on.”
“Oh, that.”
“If Seorin succeeds with that project, won’t many shareholders turn to her side at the shareholders’ meeting? In that case, President Baek’s position might become precarious.”
His discomfort level skyrocketed. Why on earth was he sitting here and listening to this guy’s words?
Of course, if Seorin succeeds in that endeavor, it’s true that her standing would be strengthened. However, it wasn’t such a big deal that President Baek’s position would be in jeopardy.
Even if some shareholders turned to her side because of that, they wouldn’t have supported him during the interim shareholders’ meeting.
Moreover, from a company perspective, the synergy effect brought by the theme hotel was immense, so it was crucial for it to succeed.
Therefore, President Baek found it utterly unreasonable for such a minor character to evaluate such a significant company matter.
“So, what I’m suggesting is, how about you preemptively block Seorin from pursuing that project, President Baek?”
“What did you say?”
President Baek’s thick eyebrows twitched in disbelief.
“President Baek, you do have the authority in the company, after all. Anyway, your position is higher than Seorin’s.”
In the end, President Baek, unable to bear it any longer, downed the whiskey that had finally arrived in one gulp. As the strong alcohol scratched his throat and went down, his expression naturally became more wrinkled.
But even looking at President Baek’s face, Minhyeong didn’t lose hope.
This young man has no shortage of words.
“You think you can control me with just a 4% stake in the company? How naive.”
It seemed like the time had come to make it clear, the significant difference between him and this guy.
“You seem to be misunderstanding something. Seorin’s project has high expectations even from the company’s perspective. While it’s true that I want to keep an eye on her, I have no intention of dragging her down to the detriment of the company.”
“But…”
“And I!”
Minhyeong tried to say something, but President Baek cut him off firmly.
“Just for such a plan, my position won’t waver.”
“…”
“They are not that weak.”
For the unyielding ones, the moment of a small crack in the alliance had arrived.
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!!!
