Eun Soo’s vision blurred.
Something hot rose from within her in an instant. She wrapped her trembling lips with her hand. However, even her hand, which was full of strength, couldn’t find its footing.
Even though she was clearly looking ahead, she couldn’t properly distinguish the shapes, as if she was blinded.
What should I do?
What should I do now?
Tears welled up over the fingers that covered her lips. The tears that filled up flowed down her hand, penetrating between her fingers and dripping down.
Her vision, damp and unclear, was as slow to recover as her rational mind.
“…..”
Like a child just awakened from sleep, Eun Soo took staggering steps towards the hospital bed.
Feeling her presence, Hyuk Joo raised his head.
His eyes were dull, like someone who hadn’t slept properly for days, with bloodshot streaks.
The moment she faced Hyuk Joo’s gaze, Eun Soo felt dizzy.
“Mother….”
Eun Soo looked at the face of Hyeyon, who had fallen asleep in his arms.
The oxygen respirator, which had covered more than half of the small face, was not visible. The tube connected to the airway, the line attached to the finger, all had disappeared.
Hyeyon, who had been stripped of the things that had clung to her thin body for a long time, was lying with her eyes closed in an extremely peaceful manner.
It seemed like there was even a fleeting smile on her face.
“Mother….”
Eun Soo called Hyeyon again, her voice soaked with tears.
Eun Soo embraced Hyeyon’s body, which gave no response.
It was warm.
It was as cozy and warm as when her mother used to hold her when she was young.
Afraid to lose the warmth she felt from Hyeyon’s body, Eun Soo hugged her tightly.
“Mother.”
Eun Soo called Hyeyon, trying hard to suppress her tears.
Once again, there was no response. But it didn’t matter.
Her body was still soft and warm.
Tears that fell down her cheeks pooled at the tip of her chin. The tear that had been welling up dropped onto Hyeyon’s smooth and white forehead.
Eun Soo wiped Hyeyon’s face with her hand.
While wiping away the tears, her hand brushed against Hyeyon’s nose. She couldn’t feel anything on her finger.
“…..”
Eun Soo, with trembling fingers, brought her hand under Hyeyon’s nose.
She couldn’t feel the flow of air.
There was no wind touching her finger.
There was a sound, as if something in her head had snapped.
“Mother, mother….”
Tears burst from Eun Soo’s wet lips.
At the same time, her small and slender shoulders shook violently.
She wanted to ask how she was supposed to live alone now if her mother left her like this, but her voice didn’t come out.
Like someone who only knew how to plaintively call out ‘mother’, Eun Soo kept calling her mother desperately.
“Eun Soo.”
Then she heard Hyuk Joo’s voice.
Eun Soo, who had raised her head, clung to Hyuk Joo’s arm who was standing next to her.
“Hyuk Joo, please… try to do something.”
“…..”
“You can do anything. So please… I’ll do anything you ask, just try to do something for my mother.”
Eun Soo pleaded.
Hyuk Joo was biting his lips and closing his eyes. Seeing his appearance, as if he was avoiding this situation, Eun Soo felt an indescribable resentment from inside her, spreading to the tips of her hair.
He was always a man who seemed to be able to do everything. However, at the moment when Eun Soo was desperately pleading, he just stood there as if he was powerless.
The funeral host came over and comforted Eun Soo’s shoulder.
“Madam, we have to let her go now.”
Eun Soo shook her head.
“Madam…”
“How can we… when she’s still so warm, so warm…”
“Madam.”
“No, not yet…”
Eun Soo broke down, her face wet with tears.
Shaking her head fiercely, she finally burst into uncontrollable sobbing.
“Mother, I’m sorry… I’m sorry.”
She only remembered the times she had mistreated Hyeyon. Therefore, all Eun Soo could utter was words of apology.
“I’m sorry. I’m really sorry.”
Eun Soo, who had been sobbing, shivered at the sudden coldness she felt.
It had been warm, as warm as the spring warmth that enveloped her during the day, but suddenly, a chill set in.
Hyeyon’s body was cooling down like the cold moon.
It felt like the world was shattering.
She wished the world would just crumble. She wanted to hold her mother and fall endlessly into the ground, into the deep, and disappear.
Her vision started spinning.
“Eun Soo.”
“…..”
Looking at Hyuk Joo, Eun Soo smiled sadly.
The world turned entirely white.
In an instant.
Eun Soo, who had momentarily lost consciousness, woke up late in the evening.
Her face, looking down at the IV line in her arm, was pale like plaster, devoid of any color.
Eun Soo slowly looked down. Her gaze met with Hyuk Joo’s, who was holding her hand.
Before Hyuk Joo could move his lips to speak, Eun Soo called out his name first.
“Hyuk Joo.”
“Speak.”
“I have a request.”
After covering her pallid face with one hand for a moment, Eun Soo lifted her hand and continued.
“I want to have a quiet funeral.”
“I’ll make sure of that.”
Hyuk Joo slowly nodded his head.
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!!!
