Clipclop.
How long did she weep, one might wonder?
“Did you finish crying?”
As Shin Yeon’s sobs began to subside after she had been weeping for quite a while, Do Joon voiced a question.
“If you’re done, you might as well get up.”
At his words, Shin Yeon hesitated and lifted her head.
She had been diligently biding her time to rise.
She was still holding Do Joon’s hand.
“Hmm… Ahem.”
It was embarrassing.
But she had to stay composed.
She tried to wipe her tears away nonchalantly in front of him, as if it wasn’t the first time she had cried in his presence.
“This woman cries whenever she drinks.”
“No, that’s really not it!”
Despite the tender hand that held her own, his harsh words poked at her heart.
Technically, what he said was a fact.
But it was somewhat unfair.
She didn’t always cry when she drank.
It was just that he happened to be there in these wretched situations.
The day when she found out that Park Jin Woo had come to Korea.
And today, when she had seen him for the first time in years.
He just happened to be there in front of her.
Come to think of it, why was he in front of me?
“But… why are you here, Do Joon?”
Having finally regained her senses, Shin Yeon looked directly at Do Joon.
“You’re asking pretty early.”
He spat out a terse reply.
Then he abruptly pulled her hand that he had been holding.
“Ahhhh!”
Thunk.
In the force of his pull, Shin Yeon nearly fell into Do Joon’s arms.
“…!”
She stopped just under his nose, where she could feel his breath.
A momentary pause.
Do Joon, with a slight smile on his face, looked down at Shin Yeon.
“How about it? Did you see well?”
His eyes, like those of the night, grinned dangerously.
As if to mock the sweetness of broad daylight, his expression was devilish.
“…Hmm.”
Shin Yeon, taken aback, held her breath and could not utter a word.
The distance was so close she thought even her rapidly beating heart might be revealed.
Just when she thought she would truly suffocate if she held her breath any longer.
“That’s how cooperation is done.”
Finally, Do Joon’s bass voice flowed out.
There was a mischievous sparkle in his eyes that were looking straight into hers.
“It’s not by breaking the photocopier.”
Thud.
When Do Joon let go of Shin Yeon’s hand, she, who had been leaning on him, staggered.
What, you’re letting go all of a sudden?
Wow, I almost fell.
“So do well. From now on.”
Do Joon brushed off the dust on his clothes with his characteristic nonchalant expression.
He looked as calm as if nothing had happened.
‘Huh. So be it.’
His slightly sweet mannerisms seemed to shatter all at once.
Darn it.
“But why did you get off on the first floor?”
That was a question from Shin Yeon, who had returned to reality.
“What.”
“Weren’t you going to get the car? Did you leave it with the valet?”
What she was curious about now was the way home.
“Are you kidding me?”
“Huh?”
“Do you think I would have ridden a bicycle if I had a car?”
There was no use talking to him.
“I thought you just liked riding a bicycle.”
“In this hot summer?”
“I’ll hail a taxi. Let’s go, Mr. Chairman.”
There was no point in saying anything more, it would only get her scolded.
Having finished her thoughts, Shin Yeon hastily moved out to the lobby.
She looked as prompt as an employee hailing a taxi for her boss.
Do Ha watched her retreating figure and then, chuckled.
Then suddenly, he looked down at his hand.
More precisely, he strangely looked at the lingering warmth left on his hand.
“Get in.”
Shin Yeon, who hailed a taxi, kindly opened the door for him.
As if it were a matter of course, Do Ha got into the car with an indifferent look on his face.
Ugh, how sneaky.
She silently mouthed words that Shin Yeon couldn’t hear.
Thump.
As soon as Shin Yeon who had gotten in closed the door, the taxi smoothly took off.
((()))
Inside the taxi.
Out of the car window, she could see the cold summer rain continuing.
Raindrops poured down as if mocking the humid air.
“Um, by the way.”
Shin Yeon’s voice broke the silence.
Do Ha, who had gotten into the taxi, had been leaning on the seat with his eyes closed all the while.
“How did you know where I was?”
Shin Yeon, who had been carefully watching him, couldn’t hold back her remaining curiosity.
Even while asking the question, she wondered if he would answer.
“I explained it over the phone, didn’t I?”
Surprisingly, an answer came from his mouth, which seemed like he would ignore her due to annoyance.
But wait, over the phone?
“Ah……”
Shin Yeon barely remembered the conversation, as it was too hectic.
“The explanation was on the level of a navigation system. Wasn’t it blatantly asking me to pick you up?”
“Well, that’s not really…”
She looks back.
‘There’s a hotel across from the LJ convention. The lounge bar there. The hotel we went to before.’
Well, it was specific.
But it’s impressive that he remembered that.
“Or what.”
“Huh?”
“Did you hope I would mistake that call for a real call to Ji Sung Min?”
Shin Yeon was taken aback by Do Ha’s words.
It’s unbelievable, but it was somewhat true……
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!!!
