Because of the buzzing sounds around, it didn’t feel right to say I was at home.
-Outside, huh. Since we’re going to drink coffee anyway, why don’t you join me?
“With you?”
-Why, is it difficult?
Of course, drinking coffee is an easy thing. It’s enough to lift the cup to your mouth when you hold it. But drinking with Taehong was not as easy as I thought.
It wasn’t a day to go to work, and it was the first coffee after knowing his perfect mind. Despite the grandiose words, it was, in the end, having coffee with a man I liked.
“It’s not difficult.”
A different answer slipped out. And as if he had been waiting, the response came back.
-Great.
He said he would send the address via text, and I should come there. The text arrived in a matter of seconds. I checked the address and blinked my eyes several times while reading it again.
It was a house with a proper view of the mountains and lake. Haejin immediately made another phone call.
“Team Leader, is this your house?”
-Yes.
Unlike his somewhat excited self, he was incredibly calm.
-I need to get the clutch bag.
I never expected it to become a hostage like this.
“Can’t the company give it to you?”
-Would it be okay to hand it over in front of the employees?
His eyes slowly rolled from left to right. It wasn’t me, but it could lead to unnecessary misunderstandings.
-I need to go to work early on Monday. There will be a lot of documents piled up on my desk.
Without waiting for an answer, he explained the reason why he needed to come now.
-Monday’s commute will be busy, and if you want to come to our house, you’ll need to take a bus or a taxi.
Even without a response, he predicted tomorrow’s events along with the reason he needed to come now.
-Take the car key in advance and come to me comfortably.
He provided a rational reason.
What else could I say? Hearing Taehong’s words, there seemed to be reason, and I nodded my head again, thinking it was a word for me.
Even though it was right in front of the house, having light makeup and clothes ready, Haejin took a taxi to his house.
**
When I came, I was full of energy, but once I arrived, I hesitated. Anyway, it was the house of a man living alone.
It was an obstacle from the entrance. I stood in front of the entrance gate that had to be pressed from inside. While hesitating, the door opened due to a person coming out.
I entered in surprise. It meant that he still didn’t know I had arrived.
Standing in front of the elevator, I hesitated without pressing the arrow pointing upward. When the elevator door, which had come down to the first floor, opened, it was not as if my feet were walking in automatically.
This was clearly a habitual step. In the end, I arrived in front of his house.
“Whatever, I don’t know.”
Since there was no going back, I pressed the doorbell again. Unlike the ambitious press, there was no response from inside.
“Is this not it?”
I checked the text message on my phone again. It was room 1101. I pressed the doorbell again once, twice.
In the meantime, did he go out briefly? It was time to think whether I should call again when the entrance door opened.
And Taehong, wearing a shower gown, was standing there dumbfounded.
“Team, Team Leader?”
While being together with him, I had seen various outfits, from workout clothes to perfect suits. However, this was the first time I saw him in a shower gown.
Isn’t it still too early for us to see each other like this?
“You came? Come in.”
Unlike her, who was hesitant about where to look, Taehong seemed to be inviting her in so naturally.
It was so familiar, natural, and fitting. Is it common for a person to look so natural wearing a shower gown and opening the front door?
“May I come in?”
“I didn’t hear the doorbell while taking a shower. I’ll change and come out, so come in.”
Taehong went into the room. When he didn’t come into view, Haejin cautiously moved her feet towards the entrance.
Really, is it okay to enter?
Carefully examining the interior of the house, which was different from an officetel in terms of size, Haejin cautiously stepped into his space. Click, the door closed behind Haejin. Clang, the lock clicked audaciously.
His house was, in one word, very spacious. Walking around, Haejin lingered near the living room.
Sitting on the sofa was uncomfortable, standing was awkward.
Taehong came out after changing his clothes, leaving his damp hair without drying it thoroughly. Something crossed Haejin’s mind again. When she found his room for the morning exercise, his hair was wet like it is now.
What did I do then?
“Don’t stand, sit.”
Taehong patted his wet hair a few times and headed to the kitchen.
“Lunch?”
He activated the coffee machine. Wing, the sound became the only noise in the house.
“I haven’t eaten yet.”
“You want to drink coffee without eating?”
He turned off the machine he had started. Didn’t he usually drink coffee on an empty stomach?
Whether the thought of drinking coffee disappeared or not, he asked Haejin.
“What do you want for lunch?”
Haejin didn’t particularly have plans for a meal. On weekends, she usually settled for something simple.
“Drink.”
Taehong handed her a transparent glass of water. She hadn’t asked for water, but she took it without thinking.
“You seemed thirsty.”
In the midst of contemplating whether to drink the water or not, he gestured for her to drink it all at once.
Haejin reluctantly finished the glass she received. Then, watching Taehong take the empty glass away, she finally spoke.
“Team leader, please give me the clutch bag and the key. I was planning to receive only those.”
Taehong shrugged his shoulders toward Haejin and then went back to the room he came out of earlier.
It took a few minutes for Taehong to come out again. The clothes he roughly put on earlier were nowhere to be seen, and he was perfectly prepared to go out.
“Let’s go out for a meal.”
His hands were empty.
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!!!
