His heartbeat, which had been regular until then, began to quicken. Intrigued by the accelerating rhythm, Seoyeon brought her ear closer.
“…Seoyeon-ssi.”
“Hmm. Yul-ah.”
Seoyeon’s playful nickname seemed to have a pleasant effect as Kwon Yul’s chest, which was touching hers, trembled slightly.
Honestly, Seoyeon had been sensitive to Kwon Yul’s way of addressing her.
Regardless of age, she wanted a relationship of equals and therefore treated him with respect.
Of course, last night was an exception.
“Call me more.”
“Yul-ah.”
“More.”
“Yul…”
Seoyeon couldn’t continue for a moment.
As if someone had pressed the reset button, everything returned to perfection.
“I really want to hug you.”
Kwon Yul kissed Seoyeon’s forehead.
As his lips, which had approached lightly, gradually became bolder, Seoyeon thought it was already more than enough.
But in front of the gentle Kwon Yul, she forgot all the words she was about to say.
“Want to stay together. Like this, forever.”
Moved by Kwon Yul’s sincere warmth, Seoyeon managed to nod her head with difficulty.
Humming, humming―.
Saturday noon.
Perhaps disturbed by the nightly restlessness, Bora frowned at the loud vibration of a text.
“Ugh. What a bother.”
She picked up the phone from the table next to the bed.
What her friend sent was a glamorous party photo that seemed to have been taken at a celebrity event, along with an SNS link.
Bora, without hesitation, pressed the link.
[DASH] Yeoni Black Party! Our Seoyeon, walk the money path. #YeoniBlack #HaniBlack #HanSeoyeonBeautyStory.Without a second thought, she followed the linked account.
“Han Seoyeon?”
Seeing Seoyeon’s profile picture, which looked more like a celebrity than a celebrity, made her blood rush to her temples.
The account with tens of thousands of followers was filled with various styles and feel-good photos.
Moreover, there were certificates of friendship with famous celebrities that anyone could recognize.
Bora only knew Seoyeon as Kwon Yul’s girlfriend.
Seeing that Seoyeon was even more remarkable than she had thought, irritation surged within her.
“What is this girl’s identity!”
Exhaling a breath full of anger, she typed Seoyeon’s name into the search bar.
From the latest articles to magazine interviews, and even video clips. The square screen overflowed with information about Seoyeon.
“Ugh. This is annoying.”
Bora tied up her messy hair into a tight ponytail.
How could such a famous person be dating Kwon Yul?
Encountering an extraordinary competitor was both annoying and stirred an odd determination not to lose.
The text from a friend, flashing like a warning light, appeared over the article with Seoyeon’s prominently featured photo.
The friend’s unnecessarily triumphant attitude about something so amusing irritated Bora deeply.
“Talking about her like she’s a goddess!”
Bora couldn’t hold back any longer and burst out in frustration.
Actually, Bora knew it. Objectively speaking, Seoyeon was much prettier than herself.
She acknowledged it, but she didn’t want to admit it.
The moment she admitted it, it seemed like she would have to give up on Kwon Yul forever and gracefully step back.
Bora felt unnecessarily uneasy and searched for Seoyeon’s profile registered on the portal site.
From a famous fashion school in New York to a splendid record of awards and even more dazzling connections.
In the internet world, Seoyeon sparkled as if she had everything.
Why didn’t she recognize such a famous person right away? If she had known Seoyeon’s identity when they met at school, she could have handled the situation more effectively.
It was so regrettable.
Honestly, Bora didn’t carefully consider that she had found Seoyeon’s significant weakness. She impulsively sent Seoyeon’s photos to Kwon Yul and waited for their breakup.
But reality didn’t match her expectations.
Not only did Kwon Yul show no reaction, but he didn’t even bother to respond.
Since her childhood, Bora had only focused on and liked Kwon Yul. The countless hours they spent together now seemed utterly meaningless.
Of course, the relationship with Kwon Yul deteriorated all because of Han Seoyeon.
How could she defeat Han Seoyeon and reclaim her one and only Kwon Yul?
Bora bit her lower lip so hard it bled, contemplating, “There must be more weaknesses…”
Seoyeon might have a hidden past or a vulnerable secret. Bora wanted something more definite.
Tick-tock―.
Bora’s fingers moved busily to find more information about Seoyeon.
However, the more new information she found, the stranger she felt. Her shoulders slouched, and her heart shrank endlessly.
Seoyeon was so free, vibrant, and cool, as if she were made of light.
Seoyeon had lived the life that Bora had always deeply admired but never fully experienced.
As a daughter of both a wealthy family and a conglomerate, Bora was extremely averse to having her private life exposed.
Since she was young, she had never used public transportation, always met her friends in secret under her parents’ excessive protection, like a precious bird living in a fancy cage.
And now, Seoyeon had taken away the only person who had ever approached Bora.
Why does someone who can do anything and have everything want to take away the only Kwon Yul?
With each flip of Seoyeon’s photos, Bora’s vision wavered.
“Ugh…”
Where did her overflowing confidence as a chaebol’s daughter go? With a sense of almost self-abandonment, she quickly skimmed through Seoyeon’s article.
Right then, Bora’s eyes widened as if they were about to pour out.
“Huh? What’s this?”
She quickly wiped her blurred eyes, opened her fingers wide, and enlarged the subtitle of the article.
[DASH] Meeting the Next Generation Female Entrepreneur.Han Seoyeon, representative of the women’s clothing store Hani Black. Achieves a yearly revenue of 70 billion won at 29 years old!
“Twenty-nine…?”
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!!!