The unbuttoned white shirt, loosely tied black tie, unbuttoned black jacket. The sight overlapped strangely with him in his school uniform.
His young face had vanished, and his features had deepened. If she hadn’t known beforehand, she would have undoubtedly passed him by.
“Do you live here as well?”
“Ah, I am….”
Tae Kyu seemed awkward, scratching his head and trailing off his words for a moment.
It seemed best not to mention that this was our grandfather’s building, several units of which were mine, and that I had just finished signing a lease for one of the units.
“I also have a friend living here.”
“Ah…. I see, it was nice seeing you. I’ll be on my way.”
As Eun Jae turned her body with a light smile, Tae Kyu, who had been hesitating for a moment, grabbed Eun Jae’s wrist.
“Do you want to have a cup of coffee?”
“Ah, I have something urgent to attend to.”
Eun Jae gently withdrew her seized wrist and refused.
The words, “I have loan sharks looking for me nearby, so it will be difficult,” almost slipped out of her mouth.
And we are not on terms to sit across from each other and leisurely sip coffee.
Only your looks have changed, you are still the same, smiling at everyone and showing interest.
Tae Kyu lifted his eyebrows at Eun Jae’s words.
“Really? But your phone screen is cracked.”
“What?”
Surprised by Tae Kyu’s words, Eun Jae took her phone out of her pocket.
The same moment she realized she had been tricked, he swiftly snatched Eun Jae’s phone.
Eun Jae’s eyes widened at the turn of events.
Ah, Yoon Tae Kyu, as ever.
Why would the screen of the phone in my pocket be broken? Even if it was, could you see a phone inside my pocket?
She only realized she had been fooled by Tae Kyu’s trick when the phone was already in his hand.
“What are you doing? Give it back.”
“Wait a second.”
As Eun Jae flailed to snatch her phone from Tae Kyu’s hand, he easily fended her off and manipulated the phone.
It was because she usually found entering passwords troublesome, so she didn’t set one.
Moments later, a ringing sound came from somewhere. When he retrieved a cell phone from his jacket pocket with a satisfied smile, the ringing grew louder.
Tae Kyu, smirking slightly, finally handed the phone back to Eun Jae.
“Here, take it.”
You have been famous since the old days, Yoon Tae Kyu.
“That’s my number.”
Tae Kyu and Eun Jae were high school classmates.
She had been in the same class with Tae Kyu only once, during their second year. She had no memory of having any personal conversations outside of necessary dialogues.
Yoon Tae Kyu was famous at school.
He was goodlooking, came from a welloff family, and had a pleasing personality. He had been popular, making the hearts of girls flutter regardless of grade level.
One could hear people say, if you didn’t know Yoon Tae Kyu, you must be a spy, even if you didn’t know the principal’s name.
“You still haven’t corrected that habit, have you?”
“What habit?”
“Never mind.”
It’s so natural that you don’t even realize when he has taken your phone number.
That’s what you used to do to me too, didn’t you?
Lying about having the same model phone even though it wasn’t, asking if you could take a look because it was fascinating, and then as you did now, calling yourself and asking to save your number.
Once upon a time, for a brief, very brief moment,
She had been attracted to him.
Because she misunderstood that there was a different meaning behind the phone number he had asked for in this way.
I know you collected the phone numbers of the girls at our school like this. Wasn’t I one of them? I must have been just one of the many girls passing by you.
Why are you looking so pleased?
“Answer when I call.”
Why should I answer your call?
After a moment’s hesitation, Eun Jae responded.
“Alright.”
Regardless, Eun Jae thought that there was no point in dragging out a conversation that was to end today, so she responded as positively as possible with a smile.
“Let’s meet again.”
Yoon Tae Kyu, with that sentence, moved away with a smile.
Was ‘Yoon’ such a common surname? Why was everyone she met these days a ‘Yoon’?
Hoping not to run into him again, Eun Jae also slowly moved her feet once Tae Kyu had completely disappeared.
Upon returning home, Eun Jae put down her penny bag and stared at the place where the keychain had been for quite a while. In fact, her ‘home’ was nothing more than a motel in a secluded neighborhood. It was the second place she moved to after her living situation was exposed.
The keychain that had now become a memento of her father.
He was a terrible father who had left without leaving a single thing behind, leaving her only with a mountain of debt.
It was the day before my birthday that night.
Just before falling asleep, a hazy memory of my father handing me a keychain with a teddy bear on it came to mind.
“Eun Jae, where do you start eating Samgyetang?”
“From the belly! Dad, are we having Samgyetang tomorrow?”
“Yeah, let’s have it tomorrow.”
“It’s Eun Jae’s birthday tomorrow. Promise!”
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!!!
