“It suits you. So pretty.”
Ji Ho looked at her lovingly with his head tilted back a bit.
“I was so excited thinking about putting this on you.”
“Thank you.”
Was it okay to respond so plainly to such an expensive gift?
Lee Soo was the one who received the gift, but Ji Ho seemed even happier.
“I didn’t prepare anything.”
Lee Soo felt guilty about receiving such a sudden gift.
Ji Ho cupped her face with his hands.
“I was happy buying it, thrilled giving it to you, and seeing it suits you so well is enough for me.”
Ji Ho’s face was full of smiles.
“But it’s too expensive, it makes me uncomfortable.”
“I have a lot of money,”
Ji Ho said playfully, making Lee Soo roll her eyes lightly at him.
“I don’t like just receiving. I can’t do as much for you.”
“You can give me other things. There’s so much I want from you.”
“You never say ‘okay’ till the end, do you?”
Lee Soo leaned her face into Ji Ho’s embrace.
She wanted to bury her face in his chest, get drunk on his scent, and feel his warmth.
Unaware of how unbearable this made it for Ji Ho.
Lee Soo’s tumultuous day quietly came to an end, like a stormy sea calming down.
“Hey guys, good morning!”
Yumi entered the practice room, greeting her friends with a bright voice.
The friends who were already there rushed to Yumi, bombarding her with questions.
“Yumi, I saw your SNS post. Who’s that guy in the background, just his back showing?”
“Is he your boyfriend?”
“Did you get a luxury gift for your birthday?”
“How rich is he to take you out for meals and give you luxury gifts?”
Friends quickly gathered around Yumi.
Many envied Yumi, the daughter of a wealthy family, nicknamed the goddess of the dance department, for her beauty.
That’s why Yumi consciously only posted pictures on SNS that would make her friends envious, and watching their reactions boosted her self-esteem.
“Ah, that picture? You’ve all seen it already. It was my birthday, so I had a date with my brother. Ho ho.”
Just a few photos, and her friends had already recognized and acknowledged them, which Yumi found gratifying.
‘That’s why I can’t quit SNS!’
“A date with your brother? Don’t tell me the guy in the photo is Seo Ji Ho?”
Even among Yumi’s friends, the photo with Ji Ho was a hot topic.
Yumi was secretly thrilled by the rumor that she was Ji Ho’s girlfriend.
She was worried about Ji Ho’s reaction, but even the false rumor of being together made her happy.
‘Someday it might become true. What’s wrong with the rumor spreading a bit early?’
Thus, Yumi responded ambiguously to her friends’ probing, neither confirming nor denying.
“Yumi, is that rumor true?”
“Are you that famous Seo Ji Ho’s girlfriend?”
“Well… It’s not like that yet, but you know, it’s like we’re in the phase before dating… Ho ho ho.”
The photo of Yumi and Ji Ho looked intimate, even to Yumi.
She felt grateful to whoever took it and wanted to bow in gratitude.
Her friends worried about Yumi being the talk of the town, but Yumi herself didn’t mind the whispers behind her back.
‘Jealous, aren’t they? They must be jealous.’
Thinking that others envied and were jealous of her only inflated her ego further.
In fact, she scoffed at them.
Although it wasn’t true, such rumors made her feel as if she really was Ji Ho’s girlfriend.
“We’ve always celebrated each other’s birthdays. I told you, right? We’ve been close like siblings since childhood. Our moms are best friends.”
“So you’ve been like siblings and now turning into a girlfriend?”
“Not yet… But with things going this way, maybe it’ll naturally happen? Ho ho ho.”
“It must be great. That place is super expensive, right? I heard a single course meal costs hundreds of thousands of won. Now that he thinks of you as his girlfriend, he’s taking you to places like that. Yumi, I’m so jealous.”
“Kuk kuk. Is that so?”
Yumi’s friends were in awe as they looked at her SNS photos.
“Guys, this is what I got as a birthday gift.”
Yumi smoothly brushed her long hair behind her ear, making her earrings sway and shimmer.
“Oh my! They’re so pretty. Wow, did you buy them from that luxury store?”
“Yeah. We went together yesterday. He told me to choose whatever I liked.”
Yumi said with a smile, her lips curled up.
Though she paid with Yeon Soo’s card, going with Ji Ho was a fact.
Technically, there was no lie in Yumi’s words.
“But Yumi, why did you only upload your pictures? There’s not a single one of both of you.”
“Ah, that’s because… my brother doesn’t really like that stuff. He’s probably shy.”
Knowing her friends had no way to verify the truth, Yumi enjoyed gossiping as she pleased.
‘It’s fine, I’ll make it a reality soon enough.’
“We haven’t officially started dating yet. I didn’t want to upload his picture and make things awkward. You guys know, right?”
She properly gagged her friends while also creating a way out for herself later.
If they didn’t end up dating, she could simply say they flirted for a while and that was it.
“Guys, my brother is playing basketball at lunch today, want to go watch?”
“Sure. Sounds fun!”
“Yeah, let’s do that.”
She did want to show them.
Although not officially his girlfriend yet, she was somewhat close to Ji Ho.
Just showing that level of acquaintance would be enough to keep her friends from doubting her words.
“But guys, there’s something I should tell you… If he sees you, he might act a bit cold because he’s shy. Understand, okay? He doesn’t like showing off in front of people.”
Yumi didn’t forget to ask for understanding from her friends in anticipation of Ji Ho’s reaction.
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!!!
