Eager to feel the soft, warm sensation under her palms, a sensation she hadn’t felt in a long time, she tried to move her hands but found them bandaged.

As Yu-An held up her neatly bandaged hand, the maid quickly explained.

“You nearly became a corpse in your house this winter! We decided to let Hile know as soon as you woke up, but why isn’t that man coming!”

“Is this… the Black Mansion?”

“Ah.”

A deep voice floated in the air.

Yu-An felt her voice was strange and cleared her throat while the maid rolled her eyes around.

“Don’t you remember? We don’t know much either! The master never leaves his bedroom except in very special circumstances. Even then, we must be in our rooms when he steps out. But this morning, there was such a situation, wasn’t it? We thought the ninth lady… I mean, ma’am, was going back to her parents’ home, but the butler and guards brought ma’am here.”

“….Ma’am?”

“Ah, right. Here, the servants call the new mistress ‘ma’am’. The title ‘Princess Consort’ is a bit embarrassing, isn’t it?”

The young maid, introducing herself as Hena, began to pour out stories. She talked non-stop about everything that had happened since Yu-An lost consciousness, and how the servants had worried about her carriage.

Yu-An tried hard to absorb every bit of information Hena provided, searching for any word from the ghost-like Prince Clade Euphris about her situation.

After replaying Hena’s words in her mind, Yu-An responded.

“….Where is His Highness now?”

“The master has locked himself back in his bedroom, what else.”

“Can I live here now?”

“Ah, that…”

Hena rolled her eyes again, and then, unable to meet Yu-An’s gaze, looked down at her temporarily bandaged hand and muttered.

“Once the treatment is over and you’ve recovered, you’ll have to go back to your parents’ home… But I only heard that! It could be the butler’s guess, not His Highness’s intention!”
Hena was a young but kind maid.

Her face clearly showed she did not want to deliver cruel truths to the wife of Prince Clade, who had survived a brush with death.

Yu-An listened silently as Hena continued to pour out excuses.

The abrupt interruption of Hena’s voice was due to the entrance of a man who burst through the door.

“Are you awake!”

The man, wearing dizzying glasses, had frizzy khaki-colored hair, looking like someone who had just been hit by a shell on a battlefield. He was of a slender build and not very tall.

Yu-An immediately recognized him as Hile, the physician mentioned in the numerous bits of information provided by Hena, judging by the giant medical bag he was carrying.

“How can you come so late! We’ve been calling for you for ages!”

At the young maid’s scolding, Hile looked crestfallen and cautiously approached Yu-An, who was gazing at him intently.

His sparse beard trembled, showing he was clearly frightened.

“Yo-your hands and feet especially! They were badly damaged, so I applied some medicine. But this is just a temporary measure. You’ll need to gradually warm your body in warm water. Aren’t you cold?”

Unable to meet Yu-An’s gaze, Hile fumbled and only examined her already bandaged hands. When he finally dared to glance at her, he let out a gasp of fright, and quickly looked away again.

Hena, who had been watching this scene with a clucking tongue, eventually spoke up.

“Dr. Hile. Madam here is completely different from the master.”

Yu-An then recalled a story from the recent happenings in the mansion that Hena had chattered about. The new physician, Hile, had wet his pants and fainted upon seeing Prince Clade, followed by days of illness.

It was clear that this pitiful doctor was nervous and cautious simply because Yu-An was the wife of Prince Clade. Yu-An introduced herself in a soothing voice to reassure him.

“My name is Yu-An Peliese. You’re the one who cured me, my benefactor.”

“Pe-Peliese?”

“Is the ointment you applied made of oak or elm?”

“Are you really from the Peliese family?”

Upon hearing the name Peliese, Hile’s eyes widened in shock, and his voice grew louder.

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!!!