Jin Woo’s voice seeped gently into her ears. It was warm and soothing, as if he were gently comforting Ji Na’s wounds.
“…I will find my way to you.”
Anywhere. Anytime.
“In return, please let me be by your side.”
In that moment, Ji Na realized just how much Jin Woo had been holding back her feelings.
In that moment, Ji Na realized how he was trying not to become a burden to her, trying not to give her any pressure.
“You…”
She couldn’t continue her sentence.
So, without even realizing it, Ji Na turned her body to look at Jin Woo. His face, biting his lip, was reflected in Ji Na’s bewildered eyes.
“I can say it many times. I can wait if it’s you.”
Was it a lie? Ji Na was cautious of Jin Woo’s words, which shook her heart once again.
No, it couldn’t be a lie. That voice, filled with sincerity, couldn’t possibly be false.
Her heart shook without a fixed direction, like reeds swaying in the wind. The delicate reed felt just like herself—fragile and insignificant.
“I’ll go.”
Her throat felt choked, and her voice didn’t come out properly. This time, she could escape from the executive office. Even though she had only met Jin Woo briefly, her whole body felt heavy. Breathing was even difficult, as if all the strength had been drained from her.
She felt a sense of betrayal toward Jin Woo, who had concealed his identity like that.
Her heart pounded.
She wanted to grab his hand immediately, to look into his eyes up close. It was a feeling that was completely opposite to the emotions she had just experienced, and she felt disillusioned with herself.
She thought she had already forgotten about the past, thinking that the scars had healed. But she was wrong. She was still struggling in that swamp.
Desperately leaving the company, Ji Na didn’t look back even once. Her heart was pounding so hard that it felt like it would burst, but she was scared, and she took a step back.
How foolish must she have felt? Tears threatened to spill from her eyes, and her lips were tightly clenched. She continued to walk aimlessly, without a destination, until her heart, which felt like it would burst, finally calmed down.
Grandmother, who got on the executive elevator, still had a faint smile. Her only grandson had studied abroad in the United States. No, he had said he was going to start a company, but he had come back to his father’s company for some reason.
Kang Bok Hee, the wife of Chairman Seo Il Joon, was proud of her son, who was her only source of pride. The reason for the disappearance of that pride was her divorce.
Kang Bok Hee had liked Jin Woo’s birth mother. Everything was beautiful, from giving birth to a grandson who wouldn’t hurt even if she put him in her eye. However, her own son, who was her pride, was secretly cheating on her beautiful daughter-in-law.
“Do you remember what your father did to me?”
There were days when she stayed up all night crying, watching her husband’s affairs. To think that she would repeat the same actions as her husband, who had betrayed her, even though she knew. The sense of betrayal she felt toward her son was indescribable.
Kang Bok Hee, who had raised her son as the representative of the company with her own hands, cut ties with him on that day. She didn’t receive any contact, nor did she make any.
Her son seemed to apologize to his wife and child in the pouring rain. However, Il Joon, who insisted on divorce as if he had been waiting for it, got married to his mistress. It was a done deal.
‘Bad child.’
Jin Woo chose his mother. He had said he would follow his mother, but Jin Woo’s birth mother told him to live with his father for his future.
It was a scene that couldn’t be seen without tears. Kang Bok Hee, the wife of Chairman Seo Il Joon, still shed tears when she thought of that scene. At the same time, she felt anger towards her son. She was so overwhelmed that her fingers trembled.
The elevator, which was descending, came to a halt. When the door opened, the person who appeared was none other than Chairman Seo Il Joon. Il Joon, who happened to see Kang Bok Hee, was visibly taken aback.
“What’s going on here…?”
Without hesitation, Kang Bok Hee pressed the close button as if to say she couldn’t stand it. However, Il Joon’s secretary was quite competent. He quickly grabbed the closing elevator.
“Chairman, please get on.”
Even with the secretary’s words, Il Joon seemed absent-minded.
“Take the next one.”
Kang Bok Hee shouted with an implausible face. The startled secretary, surprised by the elderly grandmother’s attitude, reluctantly let go and raised his hand.
The elevator doors slowly closed. Seo Il Joon, who had met his mother after a long time, coughed dryly with a complicated look in his eyes.
“That guy still looks unpleasant. What’s wrong with his complexion? He looks like he’s about to die. I thought he was a living corpse.”
Kang Bok Hee, who didn’t know about her son’s illness, mumbled angrily until she got off the elevator.
“That guy keeps digging into his mother’s insides until the end.”
Kang Bok Hee, with her lips pursed, walked across the spacious lobby. The departure of the founder of the company, who had established the predecessor of this company, felt lonely without anyone recognizing him.
“Oh, this place is nice.”
After wandering around several places, it was a house she didn’t know which number it was. The place she arrived at with the real estate agent was an old villa located at the far end of a villa village where houses were closely packed on a hill.
There was a yard that could be used as you pleased, as it was an attic room, and the fact that the owner lived on the first floor and you could speak to them anytime if you had any requests made her feel safe.
Above all, what she liked the most was the sparkling blue Han River in the distance.
It was much cheaper compared to the expensive officetels she had seen a while ago, but even so, the fact that it had a Han River view made her feel like she was getting a good deal almost for free.
The rooftop apartment was, as the name suggests, just one room. A comment from an internet user advising to be prepared for the heat in summer and the cold in winter crossed her mind, but getting a house with a view of the Han River at this price was impossible.
“I’ll take the lease.”
She finally found a place to live. Her heart still pounded as if it might burst, but Ji Na tried to ignore her feelings and explored her new home. For some reason, Jin Woo kept coming to mind as she gazed at the sparkling Han River. For a long time.
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!!!
