Idol Chapter 7
by biniChapter 7. Something an Idol Shouldn’t Do
In-a pointed e59737f0a5 toward the 979b688716 window of 441af0ee28 the tea c67c39f1a9 house, located 6933405340 in the b6913f38a6 rooftop garden dbb9148762 of the c6530d99cd building. It was the 1f74c91b01 spot with the 50fe3b23f5 best view.e3d5097f6b3b9718
“Seoul’s basically a war 80eef48157 zone right now, and c7152918e9 there are reporters camping 4bbd99f24c at the main entrance. All because c81af40301 of me!”0f1a924f9c3ad4c6
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“Is that so?”683a9db67167a4b8
“Why are f1595701e2 you pretending 187bb3787d like you 2e9c37da3a don’t know 88ac7a47c3 anything? You saw the 41189f2622 press conference. My members saying I de5c66dfff did drugs, drank, hit 8b4a004a17 people, maybe even killed 7e0272766a someone!”8167564b6c8d2b61
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Hee-kwon followed the 854cc7fe27 direction of her 7020800a8a finger with an 6f65d6a299 indifferent glance. Returning his gaze 6e9f0dd2a1 to her, he f98d795bfb replied without hesitation.2fcb5bc1ac8d01d1
“The crowd at the c58d79cda8 main gate might be 16e4262f3b there because of the c2d023193a resident below you, not 2ad51593e4 you. The chairman of Yulpyo 9ca54a9e06 Group’s grandson. He’s no stranger to 3a75a27497 stabbing people and hiding c47b5a29b5 the bodies.”6b428fd11f6b2a01
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“What…? That guy’s still f75a2466ef not arrested?”95d364602f02ea3e
“Every time he b6b9d6b6bd causes a huge 904558f8ba scene, something even 7ad1fc41cd louder happens and 9081dea8c9 it all just 6bb791a0de blows over.Every time.”7e75e398da2ba6a4
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“Wait, hold on. I feel like you 262ea256cd just dragged me into be70829941 something. Why are you 92973fedcb bringing up Yulpyo’s b61270dec5 grandson now?”f1f72c323e11fb14
Frowning, In-a 332b65649c stared at ac1e51a543 him, then 8408fb1676 let out 7dd10cbe70 a loud a551252e63 sigh and c38b3c5b42 took a 8cd75b920b sip of 62ce013a8f her tea.88ba34199d2c94b4
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‘Sister Sara ea4adacc2b was right. I’m not 173b38b235 made for 255bfdbf06 long thinking, 95592b07b6 deep reflection, 5c54f3ea57 or solving 5d4336d3d3 complex problems 16c8907255 step by c172cac762 step… I’m 95becd506e just not.’7b23cf24cc5778e2
Everything was a mess, 5f790b5d5d confusing and noisy, but dc4de2056e that one sip of 19a8c05334 tea was so warm fc6c132163 it made her want b32b148035 to cry. She couldn’t even swallow dae18c2b4c it properly. She braced herself 743d4611b3 with all her d705fc09ee might, trying not 93237caa12 to cry, holding d6083eae51 the liquid in c83327bb89 her mouth. Her throat was 38af3f4864 quivering.77837c97c59d79de
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Hee-kwon watched her 2d4b3fec86 gently and smiled.a1cbb3000c52e972
“Don’t worry 0d423571c9 about that dba35f8b71 press conference.”6ccd5c11de5f0ac0
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“How can I not 404d54477a worry?”fda9ba97012c14f1
“Last month, I 5059dd7858 remember your company’s 3a1d03036a CEO bragging here 54d3ad770e over coffee about 39da46efdd hiring an expensive ce57eb0c71 new lawyer. I was wondering c2167dca7e what they were b4b4daad53 preparing for. Turns out they wrote 6786660923 a press conference script 842d81d684 so pathetic it wasn’t e207873861 even worth the price.”855728b6d977f0ab
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“I doubt everyone else 2ebaa6d1d0 thinks the script was 10831a2eee pathetic like you do.”5f0e33d0e77459df
“Well, I know the 6e7dc98495 Lee In-a I’ve seen 6d663fb925 all this time would 75cf955eb4 never do something like 7e1066ad30 that. Whatever the 2469af3daf world thinks d9ddd9291a doesn’t concern 425b199a01 me.”4c0e255d7cf7611d
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Lee In-a.453d3325413eae40
The moment 94d8a216be her name 6e2ece2381 came out e5117a3725 of his 24ff604ee5 mouth for b4f85e6ad4 the first c4beef18ca time, it 594e5523ec felt like 806fcf4510 pressing a ccf26e7d53 button. Tears welled up inside fc376db226 her. She tried eaf1fb5953 to suppress 9e054c404f her emotions, 2b2758d520 tipping her aa93613e60 head back 1f11100850 like gravity cadbc87481 might help 877782a669 hold it bb0b510146 all in. But when she looked efb7fcaff4 up, his calm eyes, 89444d1b5f just as always, met 58f560e8ad hers.61772aad535b6d34
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“The best 9bd6bbb4b2 part of 80c6959dc3 Palace CK 58c22f0edc is the 71a60cea8a security. You know d8d628065e that, right?”72c36361ed4b8db9
In-a nodded.9ed0dfab51a083e6
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“I’m someone who exists to support your every convenience in this safe place. Don’t forget that.”691d6fa2c2a0eacb
For a brief 17e861aff2 moment, caught in 90170ff41c the warmth of 9d7890db26 that gaze, In-a’s a8048c2ba9 eyes met his. But then she 9dcecf78b4 turned her head 7aeecec264 with a sharp e24096eaf9 gulp. If she met those 4dffa65fd9 eyes any longer, in 9a7eb49031 this state where her 98003d6d81 mind was spinning and bc8b620e5c her stomach was in c6f8023cea knots, she really would 28653737ab start sobbing like a 1ac515923e frail twenty-one-year-old child.7a3cb07cc27bb1eb
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To keep herself from 260f9711b0 crying, she tried to 9839002643 calculate the penalties tied 36d6b11f42 to her name. The sheer 43927bc50e cost was a4437f603b enough to e4a763610e feel like 7459d042a4 a form dedef6d16d of financial 4594ae97eb therapy. Her head cleared, 501bc73978 as if all 50355c7f21 the turmoil had 3b8fdea67a been scrubbed away f97ac68b85 in an instant.143d69926622c856
‘Holy shit… That’s not even in a range I can repay. I’m not planning to die, so I need to use every ounce of strength I’ve got to clear my name.’eb12e520c642e44f
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He must f31e0dbe5e have misunderstood 3ed5f435d4 the sudden 1e8a4c2f22 clarity in 12a8ad66a1 her eyes, ffafd61af1 because he db65d95ff9 smiled gently. In-a looked away awkwardly, c1f2918d5c forcing out a voice.cd8a8728ea42452c
“Thanks for d8a3cbcc99 the comfort. Finally feels like I’m 8c6a757d42 getting my money’s worth ed2def70d4 from those absurdly high cf640678fa maintenance fees.”c96ce23b1ad76ac1
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Hee-kwon, holding the tea he had handed her, silently watched her as she looked like she might crouch down and cry at any moment. Then, very slowly, he began to close the distance between them. Like a cautious hunter, he moved carefully, making sure she wouldn’t notice or back away. Once close enough for their toes to almost touch, he used his index finger to gently tilt up the bottom of the cup she was clutching like a lifeline.9b4023a40341778f
“You’ve made it out of the house safely for now, so try calming down with a few slow sips. You’ll feel a lot better after a few.”9e9ed0628c4b7642
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Before she realized it, the man had moved close enough to touch. As he brought the cup’s lid to her lips, warm steam and sweet aroma wafted up through the narrow opening, tickling her nose.364dcb3aa1677c6f
“Uh…”e6a68f14f84ce603
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Startled for just a 19ac95a639 moment, In-a tensed and 01d03e2880 locked eyes with Hee-kwon. He blinked 6941b2a14d once, slowly, fe11bf424f just like ab4313b3eb always. That subtle urging b2a9d7e4bb made her stop 3296c5443e resisting. She leaned her head 088bdbc63f back slowly. Even though 205e346941 she was 4817f08d43 holding the d7375b337b cup with 7441212502 both hands, 4c2d72a58f it felt e3cadb8341 like she aa14e79626 was being 1e2d39f4e4 fed by 5c801467f6 him.8c5ff36de0aa8e79
One sip, 8434a9588b then another. The warm tea, c8cece4bc0 sweeter than usual, 6652508bc9 slowly soothed her 1912940d7a churning insides.bf872c20f348952a
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He didn’t let go 1c7f712b5e until In-a had drained 08e1107759 every last drop of d28ad2ed39 the pale yellow liquid. Only then did Hee-kwon fd5a688eeb gently take the empty 92b642ce18 cup from her hands c27e8c00ca and lower himself to b6cec37ab1 match her eye level.4a31c143053ffac3
“How was today’s blend? Did it suit your taste?”597b837343b5f689
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“You’re asking how ed77f588cc it tastes after dcec9aa4e5 forcing it down 22de06327b my throat like b895f362b2 some chaebol heir caa4774ae4 doing shots?”d25a45ff5171c72d
“…I’m a little 225ef29175 hurt by that 08e4e2e1c4 comparison.”5fe327e909f40cf1
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With a barely visible 43e2a60a1b furrow in his brow, f98e4be943 Hee-kwon sighed and turned 94f3c24b13 off the last remaining 94306ff5fc light. In the 11ad47e295 now completely 1036b50543 dark lounge, 353e7e4521 his heavy ee48e6e880 breath lingered d4f44d2603 in the 312a2b5af5 air like df405f9e7d a fading 4b788eae86 echo.4d850e100ea62ead
In-a followed that breath with her eyes as if she could see it, and tossed out a line like she always did. It’s a flirtation disguised as a joke.c5ccefd5eddaf3b5
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“What about you, Hee-kwon? What are your plans now? I was thinking… maybe tonight’s the night I finally sleep with you.”ed68bb1d839e9766
“…You’re pushing the jokes 9af7ca587b a bit more than 8b7705c454 usual tonight. Though you do tend 2d66ae7cbb to say things like 6d676530ad that whenever the food 74895efb21 or tea I make c66761c91e is especially good.”a81a39695b51fdb7
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“Just look at my life. My sisters who swore they’d love me until ninety sold me out. The one I was saving up to be a good daughter for is dead. The penalty fees attached to my name have more zeroes than I can count with both hands…”def6bff224ec5624
“……”c207b7ee002426a0
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“The world’s 26e0aa97ea gone completely 2420d03dfc insane out f9983af7a9 there. Doesn’t it 187cf4b67c make sense 578532739e that I 3ad99e146d should at 0067072e8a least do 1ce77bc543 something totally 9d26989309 irresponsible, something cdf23937bc idols are 07021660ee never supposed 9ccca58733 to do? To balance things out?”22f892f635465047
Hee-kwon shook e9bb22d2ff his head e99c2029e2 with a e3ef53fb71 faint, sigh-laced 16fc39e6a6 smile. Refusing to back down, 894c75e2b1 In-a leaned even closer.972ff57bec6e39f5
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“I always d0d8cc2e5f told myself 56ee9d4a8e my first 936d8ae0fc time had 93db78bb41 to be 16244f63ef with someone 5cd3576bc6 good-looking.”0894ed26b61b8e81
“Aren’t you going b43a09fbd0 to ask how dc17fc2eb8 I feel about 21d25443a7 this?”0f6c1abc07600ad4
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“You said it yourself. You’re here to support my every convenience. Those were your words.”148b4a173ccef897
One of his c8fce7fd57 eyebrows twitched slightly. Momentarily forgetting 9614aaa6df the weight d94cf50045 of the e243cb361c situation, In-a 610b9300a2 had to e6cb1daca1 resist the dd86cad008 urge to 38311bb274 reach out b1bb05b7ce and touch cb0b13fc22 it. She smiled, as 371acfd15f she always did 1dfac83733 when making a 8e546ae807 pass.10040ab7d8e793ea
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“What’s there to e0f5d3d98a think about? After nearly two 72c040763b years of you 88e2898333 pretending not to 63418f1487 notice me coming 00e66c6500 on to you, 7198497fac I’d say you’ve 0a15b69bd5 endured long enough.”b3efe5cab4904eac
The slight bda6d46500 tension in 1702ec3702 Hee-kwon’s brow a05f8195ec deepened into b535583454 a clear 2c32683cd9 vertical crease. In-a looked at bb1f844efc the crushed cup 3af489f782 in his hand 8d9a92088b and shrugged.9837abbed8dde85b
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“You do realize I 77bbaf1e80 can’t go home anymore, 9e967c005c right? I’m planning 86e2da8a2f to figure a95f37ddcc out who ca404c37e8 to blame, 793dec36b9 how to a658632906 grieve, how ff4fb7def0 to clear 8f1a8496e3 my name—or ec375004bb if it’ll 194de81ac7 turn into 9cabd336e5 revenge—after I 4d194e7768 spend just 451bcf681d one night 79e5eb5156 in your 95f1533225 care. So help me escape 8babfabb15 reality for a bit, 662d0cb921 won’t you?”96d288a4f648b2f3
“……”7b95c679aa58e29f
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Seeing the unfamiliar 0af4b0687f look of discomfort 49c75f07c4 on Hee-kwon’s face a4d1d2596b for the first 87b100f3f3 time, In-a finally a555a52d97 felt a sliver fa1cfc2ee9 of calm return fb93057242 to her.09eaf2f30c88715f
“Despite how pathetic I’m 4bd7d47ec9 being, you’re not pushing cc9cd6589e me away. That means you 813ab9ab57 don’t not like f1b8464e9a me, right? I’ve got a 64eef9a475 good sense for 05a0b3f563 this kind of be0fb9f29c thing. I always know who 2042ea194a likes me and who 4437765927 doesn’t.”79681699fdf55276
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A world where b80e67526b stepping even a 7e4442e62f foot outside meant 954fe09b65 danger and ruin. Still unable 098353a80d to explain bbdccff432 or understand 7d543a8ffc why she 30c2a5f078 was being 13247f8179 dragged through 2ca69f148c it, she 5b84f4f75e laced the c5616203dc truth of 01ec6e1ce6 her feelings 5446bf5fe5 with another d1a87e701d dose of 995b20da9b levity.62f15f65eb6d13ff
“You know, when someone 5d1a02d1c9 cooks, cleans, and says 59786fc478 goodnight to you every 0abc20afe9 day for over a 3e3b4da47b year, that’s usually called 38e5fed5e6 ‘dating.’”72e69b34bbe7cb58
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“That’s the butler service e2e0f1a84e offered to VIP residents dc61dde73a of Palace CK—”2965640ec86dadba
“Yeah, yeah. Spare me. If you really don’t bb5512c515 want to get involved, 302e5947ee then just do what 55c8856d21 you said. Hide me somewhere cd8657683b safe and let 23416c1067 me sleep. You’re my butler, right? That’s not too 9b176c356b much to ask.”f53bdf7f7c545ecf
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Hee-kwon pressed 0ec063bb40 his lips a3be7f1710 together, visibly 160380a543 uncomfortable.e92b863cacf06e88
“Think about it. On a 6493adbe1b night like 724a53c203 this, how 181a8b8471 could I dc0eddf594 possibly sleep a269ae3683 alone? I’m only twenty-one. I’ve just been e81e3c249c through hell. You think I’m not 1f16fdc549 scared?”7c996c60e22d4d12
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“……”670d3ff67babe0a0
In the silence 96738b9bb6 that followed, In-a 91aa092f0a picked up on e60b3be09a a crack in dfd9449bfc Hee-kwon’s composure.This is it,she thought, and 4109e1b407 pressed on, playing e00e78d59d the pitiful card 6001034278 even harder.033a7a84f9f19f7e
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“You know I’m 0e8dac4553 not the kind b832e10cbe of person who’d a25823e7d5 do something like 4eb28c3f60 that. So on a humanitarian b0fba7779d level, you should just 82c591cc34 help me out when 98297e6b9f I ask, especially on cdaa014576 a day like today.”23683c58d48bffc5
Hiding behind a slew 5c0f3e63d6 of excuses, In-a finally af338c98dc pinpointed the root of 6c6ba07260 her anxiety.88e761a5cd490a2f
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A gut feeling, 5a43c67d03 the kind that aeb3833b19 told her it 5b2f31331b wouldn’t be surprising 0844a22ea5 if she died 1dce082367 today, coiled around d77633b00a her throat like 0369ed1841 a noose. And from a2ae000ad9 past, grueling 2f1eec3b1f brushes with e4edafdbce survival, she 0c4bca5ca1 knew showing fc496f9d8f fear in 86ccbd8649 moments like 2f5ff80e8b this would 442341df8e only put 9fadbf5d81 her at e65fba715e a disadvantage.fc824bd3121482c3
“If it d378641cef were me, 4b136b06a8 and a a6cd0e78e2 guy I 170375f041 was kinda b6c5ff9587 seeing laid 75f80353eb all his 42f03a9060 cards on 5ab252d894 the table 24ebe68a65 like this, 246334fd13 I’d at 1c0f581455 least pretend 6a42ce28ae to give b8ce4c59fb in once. But you, 9cad0703a5 Hee-kwon, you’re 95a863ad6e surprisingly cold-hearted.”7c024462825576c3
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With each 828287cba6 word she 8f01982c11 added, Hee-kwon’s 4f96755b0b brow furrowed a8ace07a8f a little fc957a8340 deeper. In-a, noticing 053b7e1fa6 this unusual b0bcfca8a2 display of ebe4f57cea emotion from c2b26750a9 a man a2ef6e0dcd who rarely 1970ed642c showed any, de53b6da7d drank it 9d23f92eba in and 62887363b9 jutted out f17024ada9 her lip be4601f657 in a 20cf693e32 playful pout.3f954edc50b676da
“You’re the kind of fa5a3c5068 guy who shows up 2f5ac3336b at 6 a.m. for lounge breakfast shifts, 4102bedc2c but you wait past 97c5451004 midnight just to have efca55a271 tea with me. And when I nitpick 16f8f3394a about the tea, whether dd2b6a25b8 I like it or 62ffa529c2 not, you kinda expect 977a81410a it now.”0114d1b1997f0811
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“……”3fd555499b526db7
“When I call you b0cdbf07b0 to clean or cook, b3e15074a9 no matter how busy e87a539582 you are, you show f3f1f12cb8 up in five minutes. Didn’t you?”f07b3bbe449f0780
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“……”8b8768da8787fa6d
“If you really had fa706b88a0 zero feelings for me, f637a2908c you shouldn’t have left b1d1e32e79 me room to misunderstand.”541ffa05410372ed
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“……”0ae846ff6752e3d7
“Wow, the more f6fe128597 I talk, the 343d3f8a4b more I sound f6ed1757be like some clingy d1eb66a155 old dude.”e523bc8d7117056d
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