Transmigration: The Narcissistic Cinderella

There was no way Moon Jiwoo was able to go to her apartment after that happened. She had an idea that Sookyung would try to find her after she had disappeared on him like that, and the first place he would try to look for was her apartment.

But after that outburst, she was totally embarrassed, and one of the things she desperately wanted to hide away from the male.

Thinking about it for a while, Moon Jiwoo came out with the conclusion that, although it was wrong of Sookyung to play with her like that, she should have at least expected this much, seeing how rudely she acted with him back at the Underworld.

After looking at that in such a way, Moon Jiwoo's anger towards the male started to diminish. It was understandable from his position to seek for revenge, and even Jiwoo would do the same.

Moreover, it was her fault for letting herself be played around by the man like that. She should have controlled her emotions better, and due to her inadequate effort in doing so, she got fooled by the man.

The humiliation she felt right now was enough to make her determined to not see him for her entire life. Fortunately enough, he did not laugh in front of her in that instant.

If he had done that, Moon Jiwoo would have been forever scarred.

Left with no choices, Jiwoo decided to go over at Youngjae's house. She bȧrėly had any friends, and fortunately enough, the male lived on his own. Therefore, she hoped that he would be able to give her a place at his apartment for a couple of days.

Since her mind was not at the right state, she wanted to do the thinking part after a few days when she had managed to calm down considerably.

She did not want to act recklessly and make a fool of herself once again.

Standing in front of Youngjae's door, she took in a deep breath, and extending her hand towards the door, she rung the bell, waiting for the male to respond from the other side.

Nervousness began to form inside of Moon Jiwoo as she thought of what to say to Youngjae. Knowing Youngjae, she knew that he would not be able to decline, but intruding on him like this did not suit well with her.

Moreover, she did not want to make him uncomfortable due to her.

The door before her was pulled open, and she forced out a smile on her face while her eyes fell on a familiar face. Seeing Youngjae stand before her door, she turned back to show her bag to him.

"Noona, did you come here with your backpack? What's the matter?" the boy asked— concern was clearly shown in his tone.

"I am sorry for showing up like this out of the blue, but let's just say that something happened. That's why, I want to run away from home for couple of days. 

If it's not a bother, can I stay with you for these days? But if you have a problem, it's okay. I can always go and stay at the hotel."

He shook his head and spoke out, "A hotel doesn't sound that safe, and of course, you are able to stay at here. But there is a problem?"

Raising one of her eyebrows, she enunciated, "A problem?"

Before he was able to continue further, Moon Jiwoo heard a familiar voice, and her eyes fell on the girl behind Youngjae. Yura had her hand on his shoulder.

"Oh! It's you, Unnie! What's the matter? What are you doing here?"

"Noona wants to stay at here for couple of days. Just share your room with her for the time being, alright? There are only two rooms inside of the apartment, and that's why, Noona, you have to live with her. That's okay, right?"

As her eyes moved from Youngjae to Yura, she vocalised, "Both of you are staying together? Then, I don't think it would be right of me to intrude on you. I will be taking my leave now then."

Turning her back on the male, she was about to leave, but before she was able to leave, she felt a hand on her shoulder, preventing her from doing so.

Looking back due to the contact, her eyes fell on Youngjae, who spoke out, "Noona, I can ȧssure you that it is nothing like what you are imagining. It's just that Yura had no place to stay at, and that's why, I took her in. Just treat her like a stray cat at my place."

"Stray Cat?!" she exclaimed.

Raising her hand, she hit on the back of the male's head while glaring at him and stated, "Yah! You are the one who is a stray kid! And, Unnie, you don't have to mind us. I am perfectly fine with having you here. Plus I won't be bothered by this brat if you are here with me."

"Wow! Whom are you calling a brat?" He voiced out.

Showing her tongue to the male, she just smirked at him childishly.

Moon Jiwoo let out a chuckle and said, "Then, thanks for letting me stay. Take care of me!"

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Taking a sip out of the beer in her hand, she started, "Now, how do I say this?"

While she was seated on the couch beside Yura, Youngjae was on the ground, and his eyes were on Jiwoo. Even Yura stared at the older lady, waiting for her to start talking about everything.

"Just be honest about the entire thing without leaving anything out, Unnie! I want to know the unfiltered truth," Yura spoke out.

"Unfiltered truth, hmm," Jiwoo voiced out, "Well, Sookyung and I. Yeah, I mean, my current boss, both of us were dating few years back, but things happened. It was not possible for her to keep on dating, and I just ended up breaking up with him.

He didn't know of the reason why I broke up with him, and you could say that the way I did it was quite cruel. After what I did, it was expected for him to want to have revenge on me.

I guess, that's why he returned as my boss. He made me work that hard and started at me with those cold eyes. I thought that this was his way of taking revenge on me, but it appeared that I was wrong.

His intention was not to make me suffer by making me work hard. It's complicated to explain, but I guess you can understand. It's as if he wanted to see how much of a fool I am."

The only thing Yura was able to say after hearing the entire thing was, "Is he a sadist?"

On the other hand, Youngjae went completely silent, and his eyes remained on the ground. But Moon Jiwoo was too absorbed in her thoughts in order to notice how the emotions of the male shifted.

In order to make herself more courageous, she lifted up her can of beer and took a sip out of it, knowing that it would be making her feel better.

This was the first time she was talking about what happened between her and Sookyung clearly to someone. Although she left out some details— which wasn't appropriate for either of them— this was the only time she told about it to someone.

After a while, Youngjae raised his head to stare at the girl and he then voiced out, "Do you still like him? Oh Sookyung?"

"Oh Sookyung. I guess, I never stopped loving him after all these years. He was an important figure in my life and is one even to this day. No matter how much I hate him and want to kill him, I don't think I will ever be able to stop loving him in this lifetime."

"Oh, I see," Youngjae vocalised, "Why don't you try to just move on from him and go after someone else? Who knows! You might be able to find someone better than him and will be probably be able to fall for that person."

Moon Jiwoo let out a chuckle and stated, "Trust me, I know that there are men who are better than him. I don't even know why I love him that deeply. But it can't be helped. There is no way I will be able to move on from him. I know about that without trying."

"Still you can't be too sure, and judging from your story, he doesn't seem to be a decent dude. Why don't you just try to give others who like you a try?"

Shaking her head, Moon Jiwoo said, "You will understand about it when you are at my age."

The entire time, Yura's eyes were on the male, trying to figure him out.