Miss Pendleton (Update to C.222 END) - Chapter 18
Miss Pendleton neither scolded nor agreed with her. She simply took her hand and said:
“Miss Hyde probably won’t spend her life just typing.”
“Pardon?”
“Being a typist would be far too monotonous a job for Miss Hyde.”
“Miss Pendleton, I haven’t even found employment yet.”
“I know. I’m getting ahead of myself. But I want you to remember these words when I’m not by your side because our paths will diverge. Miss Hyde, you are a smart and strong young lady, and more than that, you crave a new world. So Miss Hyde, when another opportunity comes, don’t be afraid to push forward. Otherwise, you’ll regret it.”
Miss Hyde quietly looked down at Miss Pendleton’s hand. A small white hand. And a slender wrist and arm. Miss Hyde’s gaze traveled up the arm to the small shoulder wrapped in clothing. The delicate neckline. And then to the thoughtful and kind face.
Miss Hyde stared at her face for a moment, feeling unsettled. She became genuinely curious.
Why hadn’t Miss Pendleton found love? Unlike herself, Miss Pendleton was so beautiful and sensitive. And she wasn’t a woman who shied away from married life with a man like herself.
But Miss Hyde didn’t ask such an impolite question to Miss Pendleton, who had generously given her time, advice, and a typewriter. She simply held her hand tightly and promised to keep practicing.
As the two ladies prepared for the future with determined hearts and sweated through their training, the date of the spring picnic planned by Miss Lance rapidly approached.
* * *
Miss Lance was determined to spend her twentieth summer with grand entertainment and revelry. It might be her last social season as an unmarried woman, after all.
Miss Lance sent letters to all the young gentlemen and ladies she knew, inviting them to join her for a picnic. If everyone attended, there would easily be over thirty people. Naturally, Mr. Dalton was the very first gentleman to whom she sent an invitation.
Miss Pendleton received her letter and replied that she would gladly attend. As Miss Pendleton was writing her reply, Miss Hyde, sitting at the desk next to her, shook her head in bewilderment, wondering why Miss Lance, whom she had only greeted a few times, had sent her an invitation.
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!!!
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He couldn't stop visiting her house at every opportunity. He couldn't cease the
This is literally how Darcy started lingering around Elizabeth
"No need to be nervous. There's absolutely no shame in losing to me. And if you
I absolutely love how cheeky she is😭
"I would have jumped in too if I were her. Having to take a walk with someone wh
Is this what they call foreshadowing- if only he knew what awaits him
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It is so heartbreaking that Laura went through all the terrible things since her childhood.
It’s progressing a bit slowly, but nicely… I hope there won’t be unnecessary distances between them due to misunderstandings.
I think this trip to Bath will be good to Laura. Meeting these women will inspire her to be more confident. I just hope her ex and Mr. Dalton don’t ruin it.