This could be considered a sickness. He curled up his lips and moved his steps towards the rooftop.
The studio was bustling due to the shooting that started from dawn. Se Kyung was fiddling with her cell phone in the makeup room, which seemed disorderly for some reason.
As she left the office, Se Kyung found the number of the workshop she had visited in Namhae and made a call.
Fortunately, the owner of the workshop remembered Se Kyung’s visit. He said he would make the perfume and diffuser and send them today if she gave him the address.
“Should I send the hotel address?”
Se Kyung, who was contemplating for a moment, searched for the hotel she was staying at on the internet. As she was copying the address onto a memo, the makeup artist in charge came in.
“What are you doing, Se Kyung?”
“I’m writing an address.”
“An address?”
Director Chae peeked over Se Kyung’s shoulder. Alternating her gaze between a cellphone and a notepad, she tilted her head to one side.
“A hotel address out of the blue?”
“I have something to receive, and I’m staying at a hotel right now.”
“Ah, you said you’re renovating your house. What are you having delivered?”
“Perfume and diffuser. I made them at the workshop before. I’ve used all of the ones I made previously, so I’m planning to order again.”
“You really liked that scent, didn’t you?”
“It suited me well. I wore it today. Would you like to smell it?”
As Se Kyung offered her wrist, Director Chae took a sniff.
“How is it?”
“Sweet. Makes me want to bite you.”
“Do you like the scent?”
“Yeah. I like it. It’s not my preference, though.”
With a wrinkled nose, Director Chae tidied up the cosmetics. When Se Kyung texted the address, Director Chae wiped Se Kyung’s face with a cotton pad soaked in toner.
“Director Chae, do you know any perfume that has a similar scent?”
“Hmm. I don’t suit such sweet scents.”
Director Chae responded while pumping out foundation.
“Why do you ask?”
“No, just because the scent is good…… after I use up what I ordered, I was thinking of buying something similar.”
“Someone complimented the scent? Hmm, who could it have been?”
A playful smile spread across Director Chae’s face.
“A man? Did you get a boyfriend?”
“Boyfriend, what are you talking about. There’s nothing like that.”
“Do you have high standards, Se Kyung? Why aren’t you dating? I think you must have gotten quite a few offers.”
Of course, she had received several offers. There were a few times when people around her wanted to meet Se Kyung, suggesting blind dates.
The atmosphere at her agency was not particularly against dating, so there wasn’t much scrutiny in that regard.
The only problem was, the barrier was high for the person she liked.
“I’ve been busy with this and that.”
“So, you’re not planning on dating at all?”
“I’m not saying I won’t date at all. I guess I won’t until I find someone I like?”
“What’s your style, Se Kyung? If there’s someone you like among those who come to our shop, should I set you up?”
Despite her busy hands, Director Chae named male celebrities who visited their shop.
Idol singers, popular male actors these days, and even athletes.
All of them were popular enough to be notable, but Se Kyung’s reaction was lukewarm.
“Wow, look at you, not batting an eye. Se Kyung, your standards are high.”
Patting her makeup, Director Chae looked down. Then, a magazine employee with his hands full of stuff peeked into the makeup room.
“Director Chae. Is Se Kyung’s makeup done?”
“Yes.”
“Then, this is the outfit. I’ll leave the shoes and accessories here, please change and come out.”
After the employee left the clothes and went out, Se Kyung went into the dressing room. She didn’t notice it when the dress was hanging, but it was deeply cut at the top, revealing her collarbone.
After Se Kyung changed into her outfit and sat back down in the chair, the expression on Director Chae’s face, who was looking down at her, became strange.
“Why are you doing that?”
She glanced at the door, then lowered herself onto Se Kyung’s shoulder.
“Se Kyung, you don’t have a boyfriend, right?”
Ah, maybe it was because of the mark on my neck.
“Is it because of this?”
Se Kyung touched the faint mark left on her neck. She made a feeble excuse that she must have scratched it while sleeping, but Manager Chae shook her head.
“No, not because of that.”
The woman who had been looking over the vanity picked up a large mirror.
As she shone the mirror on her back, through the mirror in front of her, marks more vivid than those on her neck showed in various colors.
“These are not scars from scratching.”
“……”
“Are there big bugs in that hotel?”
Se Kyung’s face, which had turned pale, immediately blushed.
Despite her offhand comment about bugs, Manager Chae, who had a forced smile, had already figured out what it was.
“That………”
Shooting was about to start.
With Manager Chae looking at her through the mirror, Se Kyung met her eyes and whispered in a desperate voice.
“How can I possibly hide this?”
After the photo shoot and the interview, night fell quickly.
Se Kyung, who had gotten into the car, buried her tired face in her hands. The shooting was safely over with the help of Manager Chae, but she couldn’t lift her face from embarrassment.
“Really…….”
She couldn’t have seen it since her eyes weren’t on the back of her head.
She thought he had only left marks on her neck, but it seemed Tae Jo had left his marks all over her body.
“……”
Se Kyung silently retraced the events of that day.
The night when pain and pleasure were mixed, and she couldn’t regain her senses.
Even if she wasn’t drunk on alcohol, she was intoxicated by the atmosphere and she wasn’t able to resist him, same for Se Kyung.
So she couldn’t notice the state of her back. Her back stung, but it wasn’t the only place that hurt.
Thud.
At the sound of the door opening, Se Kyung lifted her head. Jehoon, who had brought the luggage from the studio, was getting in the driver’s seat.
“You worked hard today, sis.”
“You too. You’ve worked hard.”
“Do you want to have dinner before you go? You only had a cup of the soup I brought earlier, didn’t you?”
Is eating now the problem? Her hunger had long since disappeared without a trace in the embarrassment of the day.
“What did you eat? There was catering food inside.”
“I had a few pieces of bread. If you’re going straight to the hotel, do you want to eat something? It’s awkward to eat dinner now. I heard there’s a good knifecut noodle place around here. If you have no plans, at least take this.”
Jehoon handed out a paper bag with a coffee shop logo on it. It was a croissant sandwich he bought along with the soup earlier.
“Let’s go to the knifecut noodle place. You’ll be too lazy to cook when you get home anyway.”
“Then I’m okay. It saves me a meal with buckwheat.”
Excited, Jehoon started the car. Se Kyung leaned on the seat with the paper bag her manager had given her.
As the car exited the alley, Se Kyung absentmindedly looked out the window.
More than that, it seemed like something had been bothering her earlier……
Se Kyung, who was trying to recall, furiously waved her hand.
While trying to soberly recall today’s conversation.
In her head, she kept picturing the conversation they had with their bodies.
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!!!
