Bora, who was the same age as Taeha, spoke informally to Leon without hesitation.
“I refused customers at hotels and department stores. Do you want to be in the morning news tomorrow?”
“Do whatever you want. You’ll see your own face on the evening news.”
After smiling, Leon spoke coldly.
“Secure the CCTV footage of the store. Right now.”
“Yes, Chairman.”
Only then did Bora seem taken aback.
“As the new owner of this department store, I have a duty to protect my employees from abusive customers. Of course, I also have a duty to ensure the pleasant shopping of other customers from people like you who make others feel uncomfortable.”
Leon pointed at Bora.
“Call the security guard and escort her out.”
After giving the order, Leon turned his gaze towards Sihyun and, with a warm smile, asked as if it had always been that way.
“Did you choose a gift?”
“Yes. Uh, there…”
Sihyun pointed to the manager who had been holding the necklace. When the manager showed the necklace, Leon smiled with satisfaction.
“You did well to ask Sihyun. It suits Rose, right?”
Bora seemed to be completely disregarded.
“Thorns.”
“Let go of this! Are you letting go of this right now?”
Being dragged away by security guards, Bora gritted her teeth. Did they think I would just stay quiet?
Exiting the department store, Leon drove Sihyun home in his car.
The driver was at the wheel, and the two sat side by side in the back seat. Sihyun seemed to really like the necklace she had chosen. Even in the car, Leon opened the box and grinned. Suddenly, he sighed.
“But what if Rose doesn’t accept it?”
His worried expression was so cute that Sihyun had to pinch her thigh to suppress her laughter. Whether he was the head of a hedge fund or a hotel chairman, in front of the woman he liked, he seemed like a boy in his first love.
“It’s not that Aunt doesn’t like Uncle.”
“Do you really think so?”
Leon’s eyes sparkled instantly. His ears even seemed to stand up, making it look like he was seeing a large golden retriever.
“Our Sihyun said so, so cheer up!”
“I’ll cheer for you.”
To Sihyun, who answered with a chuckle, Leon took out a small box from his pocket and handed it to her.
“Oh, and this is for you, Sihyun.”
Sihyun quickly extended her hand.
“It’s okay, you’ve already bought me a lot of bags, haven’t you?”
“Since I’ve already bought it, take it.”
Opening the box, Sihyun was surprised. It was the crown-shaped ring she had almost bought earlier.
Only then did Sihyun realize why Leon had briefly left to go somewhere in the middle. It was to buy this ring.
“I thought about buying it earlier, but I hesitated… Is this okay?”
Leon asked carefully. Looking at the ring, Sihyun murmured.
“In Korea, we receive a ‘Suneung Ring’ as a gift from our parents a hundred days before taking the university entrance exam. So, my friends got it from their moms, but I didn’t because I don’t have parents. So earlier, when I saw another student buying a Suneung Ring with her mom… I felt envious.”
“I see.”
Leon nodded and said, “Last night, Taeha and I had chicken and beer. Taeha said he wants to quickly marry Sihyun, but he’s upset because Sihyun hasn’t agreed yet.”
“…”
“And Rose could endure thanks to Sihyun. Taeha’s gone, but thanks to Sihyun, Rose attached her affections and lived. If it weren’t for Sihyun, she would have died by now.”
Continuing to stroke Sihyun’s hair with his finger, Leon spoke gently.
“Our Sihyun is the person my son loves and a daughter-like person to my Rose.”
It was a gaze that truly seemed like he was looking at an adorable daughter.
“So, I consider Sihyun my daughter.”
In his affectionate and confident voice, tears finally welled up.
Wearing the late Suneung Ring on her little finger, Sihyun whispered to herself.
…The ring our dad bought.
[Star Icon]The news that Manager Kang Sihyun will soon marry Director Yoon Taeha spread throughout the company, and Bora was not in her right mind all day.
The man she had desperately wanted had become Kang Sihyun’s husband! Just thinking about it made her heart feel like it was about to explode. So, to relieve stress, she rushed to the department store right after work, only to unexpectedly run into Kang Sihyun there.
Having faced such humiliation and being driven away, Bora’s eyes were half rolled back. Ironically, it was Leon who humiliated her, but her anger was directed solely at Sihyun. To think that Sihyun, who was receiving the love of such a wonderful rich man, made Bora so envious and jealous that she wanted to die.
That spot should have been mine!
“Mom!”
As her daughter, who was about to get married, burst into tears upon entering the house, Bora’s mother was startled.
“What’s wrong? Did you fight with Kim Seobang? Huh?”
“I feel so unfairly treated that I feel like I’m going to die!”
Holding onto her mother, Bora sobbed and complained. In truth, she had been continuously harassed by her superior at work.
“Like it’s my fault that her engagement got called off, she even spread weird rumors!”
The precious youngest daughter, who would soon marry into a conglomerate family, being smeared with such a dirty accusation. Bora’s mother trembled with anxiety.
“Why didn’t you tell me until now? You should have spoken earlier!”
“I held back because I didn’t want Mom to worry, heuk.”
Seeing her muttering daughter, Bora’s mother’s heart sank.
“This darn situation of mine…”
About to rush out immediately and grab Sihyun’s hair, Bora stopped her in shock.
“Leave it, Mom. You shouldn’t mess with that woman.”
Yoon Taeha’s father was shielding her so tightly; it wouldn’t be fun to mess with her. Bora could easily anticipate that much.
“Why? What makes her such a remarkable daughter of a prestigious family? Is she from a chaebol family or something?”
“That woman doesn’t even have parents.”
“Then why shouldn’t we mess with her?”
“She’s getting married soon, and the man’s family is impressive.”
Bora explained with a sniffle. The man’s father is the new owner of the Grand Hotel and recently acquired a department store.
However, her mother jumped even higher.
“So, what makes her soon-to-be in-laws more knowledgeable? Shouldn’t the person about to become the son-in-law know better? Do you want to marry off our precious son to a woman with such a filthy character, without even knowing?”
Suddenly, a thought passed through Bora’s mind.
‘Wait, what if they genuinely don’t know?’
It could be possible. At that time, Yoon Taeha’s father was in the United States.
Her heart started pounding rapidly.
“Mom. Why didn’t I tutor during middle school?”
“Why are you suddenly bringing that up?”
“What if I say I want to marry my middle school tutor?”
Bora’s mother jumped as if she were afraid someone might hear.
“Hey! What kind of dreadful thing are you saying? He’s soon getting married!”
“Isn’t that right? From a parent’s perspective, it would be a dreadful thing, wouldn’t it?”
The light of hope seemed to appear. If she played her cards right, there might be a breakup, or at least she could cause some embarrassment. To that annoying Kang Sihyun.
Wiping away her tears, Bora clung to her mother.
“Mom. Please talk to Dad and get one article published. Okay?”
[Star Icon]The next day, a small article appeared in a corner of the front page of the Jo Han Newspaper.
“Union TA’s Yoon Taeha, CEO, to Wed a Tutor Seven Years His Senior.”
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!!!
