Had she already left? Anxious, he quickly opened the gate and stepped outside.
Not far off, he saw Mijoo’s car, clearly visible even under the streetlight. The troublesome car that he was worried might break down was now actually stalled. He found her problematic car endearing.
Mijoo was inside, struggling to start the engine. Unaware of Siyoon’s approach.
Siyoon knocked on the driver’s side door.
Knock knock.
Startled, Mijoo looked up at the window. She couldn’t see his face due to his height, but she knew it was Siyoon.
‘Ah, trying to escape the mistakes of the day and head home.’
Meeting Siyoon again was unexpected. Mijoo exhaled softly, tucking her hair behind her ear, gathering her composure. Then she rolled down the window.
His appearance in beige pants, hands in pockets, and a white long-sleeved knit was different.
The grown-up look at the embassy, the appearance in just a robe by the pool.
And now, his casual look – all were perfect.
“I said I would see you off.”
“I can go alone.”
Despite Siyoon’s firm insistence on accompanying her, Mijoo wanted to leave quickly due to the suddenly awkward atmosphere.
“……Your face looks like you’ve been caught while trying to escape.”
Siyoon’s tone conveyed his dissatisfaction with Mijoo’s behavior. But since it was true she had been caught while attempting to flee, Mijoo changed the subject.
“It’s not that, the car won’t start…”
Mijoo tried starting the car again. At that moment, Siyoon opened the driver’s door with a click.
“I don’t want to fix it since you won’t listen.”
“Can you fix it?”
‘What! That tone suggests no confidence in Kim Siyoon, the epitome of self-assurance.’
Yet, behind her dismissive attitude, Mijoo looked at him with hopeful, twinkling eyes like a cat, which softened Siyoon’s mood.
Siyoon extended his hand to her, and Mijoo, as if mesmerized, took it and stepped out of the car.
When Siyoon, now seated in the driver’s seat, turned the key, the previously unresponsive car started. Mijoo felt more aggrieved than pleased.
“No, what’s this? After all the trouble it gave me…”
“Are you complaining to me?”
“No. This car, really. I just recently changed the battery, and everything, but why does it start for someone else?”
“You sound angry with me.”
“I’m not.”
Mijoo retorted, seemingly irritated by Siyoon’s teasing.
“But Choi Mijoo, you can’t go.”
“Why?”
“That grinding sound. Sounds like the pairing gear is worn out.”
Siyoon got out of the driver’s seat and stood in front of Mijoo.
“No way.”
Disbelieving, almost as if it shouldn’t be true, Mijoo hastily sat back in the driver’s seat. But the car wasn’t on her side. As soon as Mijoo sat down, the car made a grinding noise and the engine died again.
“I need to go, why is this happening?”
Mijoo, looking distressed, hit the steering wheel with both hands. She tried starting the car again, but there was no response.
“Ah…”
“Do you dislike me that much?”
“What?”
“You seem eager to leave, almost like someone trying to escape.”
Despite Mijoo’s insistence on leaving being trivial, Siyoon felt upset and edgy.
“I’ll call a tow truck tomorrow. Let’s go in my car.”
After hesitating, Mijoo got out of her car and grabbed the sleeve of Siyoon’s shirt.
As Siyoon turned around, he looked down at Mijoo holding onto the hem of his clothes.
Feeling an inexplicable fondness for this woman who acts boldly but tries to run away, behaves cheerfully but doesn’t dare to stop him boldly, only clutching at the hem of his clothes timidly.
Noticing Siyoon’s gaze, Mijoo gently released his shirt hem and fiddled with the car keys.
“Why?”
“Don’t call the tow truck right away tomorrow. Try starting it first. Sometimes it works if you leave it for a while.”
Mijoo handed her car keys to Siyoon.
“I will. Don’t worry too much.”
After taking the keys, Siyoon headed to the garage and opened the door.
Zing.
With a light electronic sound, the door opened and the lights turned on. Inside the garage were luxury sports cars, sedans, and SUVs, like those seen on the internet.
“Over there.”
Mijoo called Siyoon back.
“What now?”
Siyoon laughed, wondering what it could be this time.
“Don’t call anything too expensive. Kim Siyoon, your level and mine are completely different.”
“What’s different?”
“See.”
Mijoo glanced alternately between the cars in front of her and her own, gesturing with her eyes as if to emphasize the difference in their situations.
“What’s so different? Do I look like a fool who repairs broken cars at high costs and gets ripped off? Earlier, you made me out to be a swindler and an illegal immigrant.”
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!!!
