“Since then, I’ve tried relentlessly to repay the price of my life to your father. But he staunchly refused to use my money, even if it meant coming back from the dead. Then one day, your stubborn father suddenly came to me with a request. He asked me to repay that life debt to his daughter instead.”
“……”
“That’s what those shares are.”
For a moment, Seo Rin took a sharp breath. She didn’t know what to say. She had been holding back, but her eyes began to redden.
“But it was strange. I asked why exactly 3%. Your father asked me to hold exactly 3%, no more, no less. I could have done more. And in a really dangerous situation, you wouldn’t be able to do anything with just 3%. But your father said, you’re a smart child, you’ll figure it out. Back then, you were only twenty years old, but I’ve never seen anyone with such strong faith in their child.”
At those words, Seo Rin had to bite her lip to hold back her falling tears. She knew better than anyone why Chairman Baek had insisted on the 3%.
3% was a vague ratio. It could be considered a lot, or a little. There was clear decisionmaking power, but not enough to exert significant influence, and yet, it couldn’t be ignored.
Therefore, the stake Lady Son held didn’t stand out until Chairman Baek’s death. Thanks to that, she could stay out of President Baek’s sight for so long.
But now, with Chairman Baek’s death, the stake held by Lady Son was exerting a significant influence in the battle to decide the top executive.
It had already been 11 years since she was twenty.
How far into the future had Chairman Baek seen?
Had Chairman Baek foreseen his own death at that time?
“But now I see. I understand why Chairman Baek said he had a daughter who was not envious of ten sons.”
For a moment, Seo Rin lifted her swollen eyes to look at Lady Son.
The kindly looking old man was beaming at her as if she were his own child. His gaze felt as if it was substituting for Chairman Baek, and it made her heart feel heavy like a soaked piece of cotton.
Her father, who never had a word of praise even when she did well.
It was a cruel neglect that prioritized the company over the young girl.
What she needed was not something big or grand.
Instead of her lost mother’s lap, she needed her father’s lap to lean on, and instead of a stepmother to attend the parentteacher meetings, she just needed a father to share a good night greeting with her.
And yet, you did not do that.
Why were you so harsh to me in your lifetime?
And do you expect me to forgive you because you left me a measly 3% stake?
I loved my father, but I did not forgive him.
However,
“So, you only walk on the flower path.”
“…..”
“For your father’s sake, too.”
In the end, the tears she had been holding back could not withstand their weight and rolled down her cheeks.
Although she didn’t want to admit it,
Seo Rin, you don’t have to worry about anything. My precious daughter……only walk on the flower path.
……it was a desperate denial.
7 a.m., boxing gym.
She expected the gym to be devoid of human presence this early in the morning, but there was a dynamic movement accompanied by rough breathing.
Sharp, rough punches were continuously landed on the heavy sandbag as if it was about to explode. The sandbag, despite being a lifeless object, was swinging back and forth with such violent momentum that it now seemed pitiable.
Seo Dam frowned as she watched this for a moment.
Despite occasionally encountering this sight, she never quite got used to it. Tae Joon, wearing gloves, looked vastly different from his usual neatly dressed gentlemanly appearance.
Although his facial features were gentle, he had a beastlike body, which was usually perfectly camouflaged by his designer suits.
However, when he cast off such suits and put on gloves barebodied, the rough energy radiating from him overwhelmed everything around him.
The meticulously trained muscles moved orderly, each fulfilling its role faithfully the sight was almost aweinspiring. Moreover, his emotionless eyes staring at the sandbag resembled those of a wild beast.
Therefore, when he put on his gloves, everything around him became cautious.
Even the settling dust was silently floating in the morning sunlight that came through the window.
Why had God given such a face to such a beast?
Of course, no matter how well he camouflaged with a designer suit, due to his innate aura, no one would rashly rush at him, but occasionally, even she, who knew his true nature after a long period together, would get confused by his face.
There were times when she felt like punching him once when he really didn’t listen. Because of that face.
This was almost like a scam.
That’s what Seo Dam thought.
She thought God must be an incredible scammer.
“You’re here? Make some noise.”
Tae Joon, who had noticed Seo Dam’s presence at some point, stopped his scary punches towards the sandbag and turned around.
At his sight, Seo Dam had to narrow her eyes.
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!!!
