The pitiful and dull life of a woman who only wanted to be loved by her family, wanted to be acknowledged, smiled when she didn’t want to, and did things she didn’t want to do.
Ariana still lived that life, so excruciatingly lonely and painful, even after coming back to life.
Each time she woke up from a dream, her heart froze.
Each time she saw her past life in a dream, the thing she resented most was not Rachel or Helena, but herself.
She resented and felt pathetic about herself, who had been abandoned and died by everyone, hoping for something that would not be given, and tossed about like a fallen leaf.
“Ariana!”
At the sharp voice, Ariana turned around to see Rachel striding towards her.
Rachel’s green eyes, filled with irritation and anger, were fixed on Ariana.
‘Even beasts find their offspring beautiful…….’
Once, Ariana had even thought that Rachel might not be her real mother.
She had dreamed that her real mother would come find her and say, “I lost you and prayed every night to find you,” and hug her.
But there was no hidden real mother, and Rachel Bronthe was indeed Ariana’s birth mother.
She still couldn’t understand how Rachel could hate her so much simply because the child she bore resembled a man she disliked.
But now, she had given up on understanding.
You hate me? Then I will hate you with all my might, too.
“Didn’t I tell you not to go outside on your own?”
Rachel, who had stopped in front of Ariana, spat the words out.
Ariana stared straight at Rachel.
The light blue hair, bright blue eyes, pearlwhite skin, and small face were reflected in Ariana’s eyes, and Rachel’s expression twisted.
She had to leave the man she loved for a noble cause and marry a man she did not love.
She had to leave her beloved daughter in the hands of another woman without even breastfeeding her once, and had a child with a man she did not love through political marriage.
She hated Ariana since she was in her womb. When she held that small body after birth, Helena, whom she left behind, came to mind, and her heart ached.
She couldn’t vent her anger for being used for political purposes on her fatherinlaw or husband, but she could on Ariana.
The resentment towards her fatherinlaw and hatred towards her husband were all directed at Ariana.
If only her fatherinlaw hadn’t ordered ‘bring Ariana as she will be useful later,’ she would never have kept Ariana by her side.
Snap[Dash]!
The sharp sound resonated, and only then did Rachel realize that she had unknowingly slapped Ariana’s cheek.
But she was not sorry.
Ariana deserved this. She had carried her for ten months and given birth to her, so she was allowed to vent this much.
“How dare you look at me straight in the eye?”
Rachel waited for Ariana to cower and beg for forgiveness as always. Whenever she saw Ariana begging for forgiveness, it felt as if the arrogant Duke had knelt before her.
But Ariana did not act as Rachel had expected.
Ariana straightened her face that was turned from the slap and calmly asked Rachel, looking at her.
“Do I have to ask for permission even to see my mother’s face?”
“What…?”
Her eyes widened in surprise at Ariana’s unexpected behavior.
“Then do Helena, Victoria, and Joysen also ask for permission every time they see Mother?”
Like a lion being attacked by a rabbit and freezing in surprise for a moment, Rachel dumbly looked down at her daughter.
Soon realizing what had happened, Rachel kicked Ariana without thinking.
Thump—! Thwack—!
Despite the painful kicks, Ariana did not let out a single moan. She quietly watched what Rachel was doing.
Rachel’s kicking became more severe because Ariana showed no sign of pain.
“You, really, every, single, thing, about, you, I, hate!”
With every word, she pinched and hit, but Ariana neither begged for mercy nor cried in pain.
After beating Ariana until she was out of breath, Rachel realized that Ariana was different than usual.
“You, today…”
Then, from the clear sky, something small and hard fell like rain. It was hail.
“Eek!”
Rachel screamed as she was hit by hail, covering her head with her hands. A small wound formed where the sharp ice pieces had grazed her.
Even then, Rachel glared at Ariana.
“You stay right there! Reflect on yourself there until I tell you to come in!”
Despite the hail, Rachel left her daughter and went back to the main building alone.
Rachel was in such a hurry that she didn’t notice. Strangely, not a single hailstone hit Ariana.
Ariana reached out to the ice pieces avoiding her. The angular ice pieces were solid and subtly heavy; it seemed they would hurt if they hit.
‘What’s happening?’
As she tightly gripped two ice pieces that had fallen into her palm, a black shadow silently jumped down from a tree.
Ariana stared at the other person, blinking with the ice pieces in her hand.
Silver hair that could be found anywhere, red eyes, broad shoulders, and a tall man. It was Duke Cyrus of the North, who she thought she wouldn’t see again, standing before Ariana’s eyes.
He was dressed in a black suit with a black coat that reached his thighs, as before.
As he fixed his gaze on Ariana and slowly raised his hand, the hail falling from the sky stopped.
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!!!
