The sound of the bell was leaking out even before she opened the door.
Eun Jae, who had rolled up her slightly damp hair with the towel she was holding, quickly picked up the mobile phone she had placed on the bed as soon as she entered the room.
“I was going to do it first.”
I knew you’d call. Eun Jae’s face brightened when she checked the caller.
She wondered if he had gone home safely. There were a few things she wanted to ask. There were parts where she got stuck while writing the marriage report.
Eun Jae pressed the call button with a very pleased face.
“Yes! Ye Rim, I was about to call”
[You’re okay, right?]
Upon receiving the call, Eun Jae asked back in surprise at Ye Rim’s question.
“What do you mean, ‘am I okay’?”
[Did that kid, no, did that man pounce on you?]
At those words, the dream from last night and the events of the morning unconsciously resurfaced.
When she woke up floundering in her dream, the man’s dazzling face and pretty lips she had seen were drawn again before her eyes.
Eun Jae’s pale face turned red in an instant. Although nothing had happened, her throat felt parched, possibly because of the odd dream. Contrary to her eyes which were floundering in confusion, Eun Jae responded with a calm voice.
“That kid, you mean, the man who’s going to be my brotherinlaw.”
[You really like your brotherinlaw. As soon as I left you at that house, I regretted it, and I thought I should run back in.]
Although she didn’t remember, she was complimenting herself on finding home well despite her body not functioning properly.
“Did you bring me home?”
[No, that man came to pick you up.]
“What?”
Good heavens. How did that man know? Without a chance to ask how on earth that man got there, Ye Rim’s answer continued.
[I called that man.]
Eun Jae froze stiff all over. It felt as though the world was crumbling down.
“That man came, you say?”
Did he come just because you called him? He’s not that kind of person.
Eun Jae anxiously bit down on her neatly trimmed nails.
[Eun Jae, do you love that man? Are you marrying him because you really love him?]
“What’s this all of a sudden?”
[You’d rather meet Yoon Tae Kyu, Tae Kyu has been looking for you. His family is good too, and above all, you liked Tae Kyu!]
She did like him. However, that feeling was just for a moment, a very brief moment.
“I never had such a time.”
[Why did you ask about Tae Kyu then? Didn’t you ask because you had intentions to meet him?]
“Well……”
She didn’t know if she’d start revealing all the stories if she began talking about it. She chewed her lips, unable to find an excuse to circumvent the topic, when Ye Rim interrupted her.
[That debt was 200 million, right? If you take a full loan from the company and combine it with your savings, you should have about that much.]
“Ye Rim, what’s this―”
[I will help you, so don’t go through with that marriage.]
Eun Jae firmly shut her mouth at Ye Rim’s attitude, speaking as if she knew something. She couldn’t say anything.
Did I make a verbal mistake yesterday that I don’t remember? How much does she know?
Whether she might have mentioned the contract or not, she was anxiously clenching her hands on her knees when a clause from the contract flashed across Eun Jae’s mind.
―All information related to the marriage contract should not be disclosed to a third party.
If that man found out about this fact, it wouldn’t be 200 million but 400 million. No, he might even ask for 600 million as he did in the dream.
Eun Jae, worried that the conversation might leak out, glanced left and right in her empty room and whispered in a low voice with her hand over her mouth.
“Ye Rim, I’m not sure what you know, but there’s a misunderstanding, and that should never go to that man―”
Just then, Eun Jae’s door was knocked, and a man’s voice came from beyond the door.
“Is it going to take long?”
“Ah, no, I’ll be out in a moment.”
Eun Jae, who first answered the man with her cell phone muffled by her hand, composed herself and then brought her lips back to the phone.
“Whatever you know, you can’t tell anyone, got it?”
[Hey, already―]
“Ye Rim, I’ll call you back later, I’m hanging up!”
Eun Jae, who quickly finished the call, appeared in the living room with her hair barely dried. As always, the man was busy placing side dishes on the table.
Eun Jae stood in a spot where she could best see Sun Woo and savored the sight for a moment.
The man’s arm visible over his rolledup sleeve, even his ordinary navytoned necktie fluttering in his wake, looked cool. It seemed she had been properly blinded by love.
Sun Woo, who was setting down a steaming pot of soup, noticed Eun Jae’s presence and looked up to meet her eyes.
“Sit down.”
“Are you using honorifics?”
She asked and asked again with her eyes. Aren’t you going to work?
“It’s my day off. For now, sit down.”
Why is he suddenly using formal language again after treating her like a rat just a moment ago? It’s hard to get used to. His damn hospital has many days off.
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!!!
