Both my father and Mrs. Baccus were startled at Isabel’s appearance. Within seconds, Isabel assessed the situation and knocked my father’s hand away.
“Stop it! Can’t you solve things without violence?”
“…Ha. So this was your doing? You deliberately sent Lise here? Isabel.”
My father chuckled.
“Ah, it’s not! It’s my fault! I asked Miss Lise to pass the letter to Mrs. Bacchus on my behalf. Neither Madame nor Miss Lise did anything wrong!”
Betty spoke clearly, despite her trembling body.
“Do you expect me to believe that…!”
“You don’t have to believe.”
Isabel cut off her father’s words and hugged me.
Her hands gently caressed my shoulders. Relief swept over me, and I cried loudly in Isabel’s arms, gripping the hem of her dress, leaving tear stains on her clothes.
“You don’t have to believe. That doesn’t change what you’ve all done.”
“Isabel!”
“Do you claim your affairs were also fabricated by me? Tell me, Silly. I’ve known all along.”
Isabel’s voice was clear even through her tears.
“So don’t think of deceiving me, Silly.”
“…”
Isabel confided the truth not to her father, but to her longtime friend Mrs. Bacchus.
“…I’m sorry, Isabel.”
Mrs. Bacchus admitted to the affair. At the same time, someone suddenly got up and ran out.
“Roger!”
Mrs. Bacchus called for Roger. Startled from my crying, I looked up to see Roger’s empty seat.
“Silly, stop.”
“But Roger has…”
“Do you have any right to chase after Roger?”
Mrs. Bacchus hesitated.
Isabel, as if no longer wanting to be here, pulled my shoulder towards the door.
“Earl, there’s no need to delay the divorce any longer. The signed divorce papers will be promptly submitted to the authorities.”
“…”
“And Silly, I hope today is the last time for us.”
Isabel, finishing her sentence, pulled my shoulder and headed for the door. As my sobs continued, she quietly patted my shoulder.
“Isabel, you’ll regret this!”
“…”
“I too want a divorce! But custody? I can’t give that up! I’ve worked so hard to raise those children! They’ve grown up in luxury because of me!”
“…”
“I’ve done so much for the children! And you’re leaving me like this? It’s not right! They owe me and they need to repay me!”
Isabel closed the door with a bang without answering.
Isabel continued to comfort me even after sending Betty away. Despite my tears, it was miraculous.
How could she remain so composed in such a situation? Even if she suspected her husband and close friend’s affair, how could she console a child not her own so warmly?
“Betty. Roger will be around, go find him. When you do, bring him back. For now, it’s best if he comes with us to the mansion.”
“Yes, Madame.”
Her composure made my heart ache even more.
“…Mother.”
“Keep crying. Cry it out.”
At Isabel’s words, I sank deeper into her arms.
“Mother… Mother.”
“Go ahead, speak.”
“I hate Father, I hate Mrs. Bacchus… and I hate myself too…”
“…”
“…I was also born that way. Not from Father and Mother, but from Father and another woman. That’s why I’ve caused pain to Mother, to my siblings.”
I hated my origin because I couldn’t fathom that pain.
“I will be tormented my whole life. Because I hate myself so much.”
“…What will you do to get over it, Lise.”
“Mother…”
“Hate it. Resent it.”
Isabel locked eyes with me as she spoke.
“But you should still try to change those feelings. Be harsh to yourself. Overcome and become a great person. Become a hero. Just do good, so you don’t pass on your pain to your own people. Whatever it is, just make sure you’re no longer ashamed of yourself, Lise.”
“…Yes. Huhu. Yes.”
At my mother Isabel’s words, I nodded repeatedly. I didn’t want to miss a single thing she said.
She felt as if she could breathe again, her mind gradually calming down.
“Madam!”
It was the voice of Betty, who had gone looking for Roger.
“Big trouble, Madam! Sir, Sir has collapsed!”
She had forgotten.
Roger was alone right now.
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!!!
