Late at night, when Taekyu came down to the first floor of the detached house to make coffee, Suin asked him for coffee and sat down at the table.
“Is it okay to have coffee at this late hour?”
“What about you?”
“I don’t think I can sleep tonight.”
On duty again? Taekyu, about to burst into laughter at Suin’s question, placed a cup of fragrant coffee in front of Suin.
“What are you doing this Saturday?”
“What am I doing? As a resident.”
Answering nonchalantly, Taekyu, who was brewing coffee, looked at Suin, who was silently sipping the coffee.
“I heard we’re having lunch at the main house for Sunwoo’s birthday.”
“Even your grandfather?”
“Of course. Why, are you coming?”
What? Are you inviting me or telling me not to come? Taekyu grumbled, and Suin laughed playfully.
“What are you doing, Resident?”
“If the family is gathering… I might bring someone.”
“Who? No way.”
As Taekyu was about to say something, Suin drank a sip of coffee.
“I’ll go out for a while.”
Out this late? Suin’s loud voice echoed through the dining room.
Taekyu, who had parked the car in front of the hospital, looked at his watch. It was eleven o’clock. He’ll be down soon. Smiling while muttering, he chuckled. Around five minutes passed, and as Taekyu, looking at the snow-covered scenery from inside the car, noticed Narim in a white padded jacket, he rolled down the driver’s side window.
“Over here!”
Narim, smiling, ran over. Slowly but surely, Narim’s steps didn’t falter. Taekyu couldn’t help but laugh as it felt like a snowman was walking towards him.
“Did you wait long?”
“I waited a lot.”
“Just come on time.”
“It’s a joke; I waited five minutes.”
“Well, it didn’t feel like a long wait.”
“Just one minute feels like an hour.”
Satisfied with Narim’s smiling face, Taekyu reached out and fastened the seatbelt for her.
“Shall we go eat something delicious?”
Taekyu couldn’t help but burst into laughter as he watched Narim eat ssam (wraps) with gusto. Although he didn’t want to eat anything in particular, the late hour left them with no choice but to come to the only open restaurant.
“What are you doing this Saturday?”
“Well, let me think. Didn’t you say you’re working that day?”
“At this rate, I might have to threaten and ask for a day off.”
Already caught one runaway guy and brought him back not long ago. Now’s the chance, Taekyu said, grinning.
“Well, it’s the most challenging time. A lot… is it hard?”
Narim placed two pieces of meat on a lettuce leaf and a smiley face-shaped wrap in Taekyu’s mouth.
“So, I was thinking, how about we go somewhere that day?”
“Where?”
“On a date?”
“That sounds good.”
Narim, who was happily smiling, seemed to recall something and, putting down her chopsticks, raised a fist above the table.
“You know, the person Yoon Sunwoo liked. The wife of Professor Yoon. Right?”
“Why bring up such a good atmosphere…”
“No, the name sounded familiar from the beginning. When I was a high school student, kids I’d never seen before kept pretending to know me. Hey, Jieunjae. Like that. It just reminded me of that.”
“You were quite famous at school, Mr. Eunjae. Beautiful and good at studying.”
“Isn’t it a good thing to be compared to such a person?”
“Lies. I dyed my hair because it was annoying.”
“Huh? How did you know?”
“I happened to hear it from a friend who was in the same class as Narim.”
“But this hair color is my original color. I dyed it before entering school because I didn’t want to explain every time someone asked about the color of my natural hair. Because of that, people got confused, so I changed it back. It wasn’t troublesome.”
Tsk, even Teacher Yoon confused me with her. With a mischievous expression, Narim took a sip of soda.
“So, you’re not meeting me because of that?”
“You think we look alike? Do you think we look alike even in your thoughts?”
Although it was just a joking remark, Taekyu’s expression was unexpectedly serious.
“No, well, at that time, I often received such misunderstandings—”
“I didn’t like you because you looked alike. You don’t look alike at all.”
“……. ”
“You’re more beautiful.”
As Taekyu’s car stopped in front of Narim’s house, Narim made an uneasy expression.
“Be careful going in.”
Even though he said to prepare for the next meeting, there was no progress afterward. Eat, drink coffee, and then it was always at my place. Today, as usual, Narim opened her reluctant mouth in response to his same words.
“Am I just going home again today?”
He just silently unfastened Narim’s seatbelt.
“Are you pursuing a platonic love or something?”
“……. ”
“Really? Is that so? If you’re thinking that way, our views on dating might not match.”
Taekyu, who was smiling wryly, reached out to the back seat, wrapping a scarf around Narim’s neck.
“It’s cold; let’s go inside. We have to get up early tomorrow.”
“I want to be together. If you don’t like the hotel, let’s go up together.”
“……. ”
“To my place.”
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!!!
