“Want to get married, with you.”
Seol Ji-oh was suddenly overwhelmed by indescribable emotions. Overwhelmed, happy, and at the same time, incredibly anxious.
So, for a while, he couldn’t find words. Beautiful eyes looking up at him were deeply engraved in his heart.
He suddenly thought that he might never forget this moment.
In LA, in this hotel room, without anything grand, just Yeo-un’s sincere gaze and her voice.
“Are you crying…?”
“What? No.”
Tears seemed to well up unexpectedly. Seol Ji-oh blinked his eyes, composed himself, and smiled at her.
“What’s this, you surprised me. Why a sudden proposal? It makes my heart flutter.”
Yeo-un, with a shy expression, again nestled in his embrace. Her touch, sweeping across his back, seemed to soothe and comfort him.
For a moment, a small wave surged in his heart. The identity of the wave was anxiety.
As his love with her deepened, and the relationship stabilized, the more he felt anxious and fearful, as if he would ruin everything.
While Yeo-un was still in his arms, he softly murmured.
“Because I like you, that’s why. I want to stay by your side.”
Seol Ji-oh reached out his arm and hugged her even more tightly. It was the words he most wanted to hear from her.
The words that she wouldn’t leave him.
Even though he heard those words, the uneasiness was, after all, his own fault.
There is still… something he hasn’t told her.
He was relieved that Yeo-un couldn’t see his expression right now.
Having a secret felt too heavy to be entirely happy.
His fingertips trembled a little. Would she stay by his side even after knowing everything about him? Or would it be better not to reveal it to her until the end?
He found himself spending more and more nights recently, staying up with open eyes, pondering over this dilemma.
What if you become disappointed in me and leave when you find out about the secret?
Then, I feel like I won’t be able to live at all.
“What are you thinking about?”
He snapped out of his thoughts at Yeo-un’s voice. Unable to confide his current thoughts to her truthfully, he chose different words.
“Just… wondering if it’s okay to be this happy.”
“Is there anything that’s not okay?”
“True.”
Seol Ji-oh smiled. Yeo-un was so good to him that he couldn’t even imagine a world without her.
He suddenly asked Yeo-un.
“Can you promise me one thing?”
“What promise?”
Taking a moment to detach himself, Seol Ji-oh looked directly at Yeo-un’s face and spoke.
“No matter what happens, just believe in my love for you.”
“…Huh?”
Yeo-un, with a puzzled expression, looked at him as if not understanding what he meant.
“Do we need a promise? I trust you.”
“Still, promise me. I want to hear it.”
“What’s up, Seol Ji-oh…”
Yeo-un looked at him with eyes filled with incomprehension.
Did I say something strange all of a sudden…
Feeling a bit regretful, I averted my gaze. Yeo-un reached out her hand and gently enveloped my face. Looking into my eyes, she spoke clearly.
“I trust you. No matter what happens… I’ll believe in your love.”
As if making a vow to him or herself, Yeo-un said.
Seol Ji-oh was momentarily entrapped in an uncontrollable whirlwind of emotions. He felt dazed, overwhelmed, happy, and incredibly uneasy all at once.
So, for a while, he couldn’t find words. In front of Yeo-un, who had promised herself to him without a moment’s hesitation, he couldn’t say or do anything.
He felt too sorry.
The LA photoshoot was planned for three days. After that, they were planning to take a rest and travel together in LA for about three more days.
Yeo-un, who had finished the last photoshoot on the third day, returned to the hotel feeling a bit tired. In the elevator going up to her room, Yeo-un glanced at Seol Ji-oh.
Since arriving in LA, he claimed he hadn’t slept a wink, and his face indeed showed signs of deep fatigue.
He attributed it to jet lag, but Yeo-un felt concerned as it seemed more than that.
In fact, last night, while sharing a glass of wine in their room, Yeo-un subtly inquired about his mother.
“Ji-oh, while we’re in LA, don’t you have any thoughts about meeting your mother?”
“She must be busy.”
“But still… we don’t come to LA often, and it feels a bit strange to not even see her when we’ve come this far. Wouldn’t she be disappointed?”
“…I don’t know.”
His reaction wasn’t very positive. He seemed to have no intention of meeting his mother at all.
She didn’t expect their relationship to be this strained.
Unable to say more, and hesitating, Yeo-un, while looking at him, waited for him to speak.
“Do you remember our mother?”
“Yeah, I remember. We didn’t meet often, but she left a strong impression.”
Seol Ji-oh smiled as if agreeing with her words.
“She’s not an ordinary mother.”
Seol Ji-oh looked at the wine glass for a moment and casually remarked.
“She values things other than me more.”
His tone was indifferent. He seemed like a person who had no emotions left for his mother.
Having endured his mother’s indifference for a long time, had Seol Ji-oh finally let her go?
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!!!
