When Adel returned from the fountain, all eyes were drawn to her.
They had gone looking for her, only to find a naked man tied up.
Moreover, Iton, who had been caught in an unseemly act, was silently holding his tongue. Everyone thought that only Adel knew the full story of this incident.
“Adel, where have you been?”
Mia hurriedly ran up and asked.
“I took a walk because I was feeling tipsy.”
Adel’s response was nothing but calm, as if she knew nothing about the man’s situation.
“Mrs. Oswald?”
At that moment, a young lady with a still immature face approached.
“She’s a princess.”
Mia whispered in a low voice.
Adel had seen Princess April a few times at the banquet. This was the first time they exchanged greetings, though.
“I am honored to meet you, Princess.”
She gently lifted the hem of her dress and bowed politely.
“Nice to meet you, ma’am!”
April, with her cute face, grabbed Adel’s hand with a smile.
“I was about to leave and thought I would miss seeing you, which would have made me very upset.”
April’s overly friendly behavior left Adel flustered. Needless to say, the onlookers were also bewildered. They hadn’t expected the princess to like Adel, the social outcast, so much.
“I apologize. I must have taken too long of a walk.”
It was at that moment.
“Just a moment, April.”
Christine approached April’s side. He was wearing the jacket he had taken off for Adel, which she had returned through Zimmer.
Christine whispered something into April’s ear. April then whispered back to him.
The two of them looked very natural together.
Except for April’s blushing cheeks turning even redder.
[Star Icon][Star Icon][Star Icon]“I think it’s time for me to leave now.”
April, having finished whispering with Christine, made a regretful face to the crowd.
She then made a special request to Adel.
“Can I invite you next time? Let’s talk more then.”
At the word ‘invite’, Adel was puzzled.
An invitation to the palace, for me?
At that moment, April whispered quietly so that only Adel could hear.
“Please tell me about the Earl.”
With that, her young face blushed shyly.
Anyone could see that she was a lovable woman in love.
“Yes, as much as you like.”
Adel gave the lovely princess a quiet smile.
As if she were a coconspirator, April also winked and turned around.
Christine was waiting behind her, extending one arm. April naturally hooked her arm around his. Following them, the princess’s maids and Christine’s men formed a line.
Everyone who watched this scene intuitively understood.
“There will be a royal wedding soon.”
“It’s a pity, but they do look good together.”
Adel couldn’t take her eyes off the retreating figures.
The lovable princess and the hero of the empire.
Even to her, they looked dazzlingly perfect together. That’s why she felt even more insignificant.
A.p.r.i.l…
And Christine’s voice calling the princess’s name echoed in her ears.
It was the first time she heard him call another woman’s name with such a soft voice.
But why did her heart feel so heavy?
“Adel, did you hurt your hand?”
The one who brought her back to reality was Mia.
After Christine left with the princess, all that was left for Adel was his handkerchief tied around her hand.
“Ah, I tripped while walking.”
“Did you? Did you put on any medicine?”
“I’ll apply it when I get home. Let’s go now.”
Adel’s expression was more resolute than ever.
Mia, realizing this, nodded.
“But are you sure you’re okay? You look pale.”
“You’ll feel better when you rest. Did something happen to you? You don’t look good.”
Instead of answering, Mia just attempted to smile.
“We were lucky today, mother.”
At the sound of Seira’s voice, Adel turned around.
“You were unlucky, Seira.”
And then Adel approached Seira and stared at her coldly.
“I’ll settle the debt of feelings about you with today’s event. Be careful from now on because I don’t know what I’ll do.”
“I don’t understand what you’re talking about all of a sudden.”
Seira played dumb, but her face was a little tense.
Most of the bad rumors about Adel were created by herself. However, there was definitely something creepy about Adel.
“Say hello to Lady Hans for me. It was an unforgettable party.”
With those words, Adel left Lady Hans’s mansion.
“What were you talking to Seira about earlier?” Mia asked, seemingly curious, on their carriage ride home.
“Nothing much.”
“By any chance… Did you drink the liquor I gave you earlier and felt okay?”
“….”
As Adel stared back at her, Mia finally spilled the truth, her eyes welling up.
“After I drank that liquor, I suddenly fainted while I was dancing. I thought I got drunk because it was a strong drink, but I think the liquor was strange.”
Adel sighed deeply.
She thought she was the only one who drank the spiked liquor, but it turns out the drug was also in Mia’s drink. Of course, they wouldn’t have known who would drink which glass of liquor.
“So, you were alright? You didn’t get hurt?”
Mia weakly nodded her 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!!!
