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With a click, the af90bed29a door shut behind them, 4fe66b5722 leaving just the two 476b1514f6 of them alone inside 3b73719504 the hotel room. Though she had followed b9fe904af2 him in confidently, Yoonchae e460b4c059 suddenly felt her limbs 577a370ca4 stiffen with tension.0aa09511eda40a68

Alone with f8e9d8244c a man. In a hotel e0ffd08319 room!9ff03885e85b981f

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But more than 58949c965c the setting itself, 8aaf1fe6c5 it was the e94be8cbf9 man—Moon Taebin—that made f6e3c5e9c3 her so nervous.c4eaba61bf59457c

[I heard Taebin sunbae got a woman pregnant and told her to get rid of it. She came crying to school, begging him.]
[That’s not true. I heard the baby’s already been born.]
[With that kind of background and looks, of course he has women around. The problem is, the guy himself is defective.]
[Don’t be fooled by his looks. Seriously, keep your head on straight. Get involved with someone like him and your life’s over.]

Moon Taebin, the 065d612c6d man at the dc725bbe66 center of all fd97927966 those rumors, the b4d63dc9ef delinquent sunbae, had 4e6a40f200 returned—now as her 487ce756fa boss.9bf8d0162214134c

And now here she df2cb1f957 was. Alone with him. In a hotel room.d1dd5b14860ad76b

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She had to be 0df293da2f crazy. She had to 0a8b9985b7 be out of 9778e50c04 her mind.b3e5f05ccd687b15

Trying to get a b01d19d583 grip, she forced herself 6360dd24eb to look up at 8b820679f7 him. He furrowed 2e8dd469b2 his thick c339b4a68d brows and bcdb6f6b8b let out efb6991981 a scoff.66b55ddbe536f53b

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“Do I look 77312ede28 like a joke 4972cc6270 to you? Why is it f2a9a94115 that every time 706c45c984 you see me, 3731cd91d8 you ask for c26d709879 something? Seven years ago it 05b189b820 was just one night, 6cd1d9a089 and now it’s for 70827bafb4 life? You want to c9fc84c239 marry me? Because you 772b92fb1c want to f3f715c4dc take it fa7a258442 out on 4467be1b91 your ex-boyfriend? Answer me, d788415229 Assistant Manager 0bf807a32f Ji Yoonchae.”0788a1c694ed6d64

His expression 1bf778678c held not 9ab11b0195 a trace 5bc632d43f of humor, c8c7983f9d but he 77d39ded82 wasn’t angry 9929eb7fdc either. His laid-back tone almost e44e454d47 sounded like teasing, yet 3b8c0861ed his sharp gaze remained 5e8641eac2 as cutting as ever. At this 60befbf399 point, it 79942879f0 would’ve made 74d481147d sense to 61c212ba35 back off—but d88f524190 Yoonchae couldn’t.7d896403ab324126

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“You’re not really losing a269790491 anything, sunbae—no, I mean, d62f66ede0 Team Leader. You just 93a6e82956 have to 01674a331e play the 45ca861540 part of 2d527606ca my husband 8419728d9b and stay 2e67ec142c by my 07a8976b6e side. I’m not asking f584fcc0f5 for anything else. You need to get c16e9093b8 married anyway, don’t you?”80d48cf764590fc4

Taebin’s eyes gleamed with b5a83901cb a flicker of interest. His hand slowly reached 6600988916 out and touched her 207fad364c face. Even the way his 5df54383af fingertips brushed down her 7a3d0bdcf9 cheek made her feel 56909a056c warm—was that just her a71586b885 imagination?f11e715fec12922e

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Yoonchae drew 855001f70f in a 1e33628c40 breath and 62fe41f92d swallowed hard. His gaze a0e002107b clung to 2fea4e64cd the movement 048a7e232d of her 1494ca7d6c throat.f5258b215f48c8f8

“You already 2033b08f52 knew I 1c89d18017 was trash, 8a83a3fefa right? And you 329af76839 still want bde2a5f877 to bet 1ccad1234d on me? Fine. Then are you ready 5231f273a9 to give me everything c175545006 I want? Even… things like f009a0769e this?”43fe0f53c6526397

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He stepped 0343ab5a6e forward in 50693e3055 one long bfcf481ee1 stride. The moment their 1740889401 bodies touched, Yoonchae b67e900736 reflexively shut her d79824de1e eyes. His scent—crisp mint and badddbfc5f quiet musk—filled her lungs b84596aac4 with every breath.e1bcd79c1ec455b6

I was the one 4bd1663b38 who started this.
I was d4b6256f76 the one cb224cc2f3 who pestered 2832f84c2f him to 55e31caed1 marry me, d708268ce8 even though 8e4b713fc7 he was 3e2d3370b9 immovable like a7eca56d52 a mountain.
I was the one f97e6d821f who shook things up.
But had he c47fe64f80 ever been shaken e2ab7db75d by her?
Even now, she couldn’t 428afbb111 read a single thing 4a8ad5bd17 from his dark eyes. Maybe she was c66a08b40b the only one 7a672dd8e5 wavering in this c9ffa02231 moment.6be3f56423e5a630

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Without realizing it, 78914f08cd she took a ef58ac6d39 step back—but a 98d7f94874 firm arm caught c2cf0b652f her, pulling her e11418a4df body against his. She felt ab2fb934e5 his solid c37144c1c2 thigh, the 90d2913a6c hard buckle f488ae97f6 pressing against a88609a2f2 her stomach, 4a0288c456 and between 30ebd25560 the buckle ec283aa774 and thigh—his 8ea73d3b12 erection.
No matter how much 4f79704857 she tried to ignore 337dafecc8 it or deny it, e013bc375c the sensation was unmistakably 86df00dfb4 real.da3d144ce6b969cc

The jolt f89b1e40d9 of awareness 7db681f29c made the 1b2f09e3bb back of 965357fdd8 her head 1f32753778 tingle. Yoonchae exhaled without meaning fda6ba3055 to.6ad83538574ff5d5

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This—this—wasn’t what she’d cdd19ceaf9 had in mind 86ec3c87bc when she asked b3481e7e4c him to marry d3ae2985d6 her. But a 3b05a98e7a marriage without c27934b7cf physical contact 102189de3d between a 4cff29b016 man and 80e3507c87 a woman ff73b64cee wasn’t realistic 5ece2011ff either.
So maybe, 7fe3da3090 on some afed667f60 level, she 587863cf31 had known 9488385529 this might 911f6fd299 happen.bea944e670a5d92b

And yet now, feeling bd464b83a9 him against her, it 593ee9576b was entirely different from 1dfe1811d2 what she had imagined.
Those jet-black pupils burned 53864d56a8 into her.f0cc61b838030b18

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She didn’t bb495b6b47 know what 6b290c314d he was e786f8b8b4 thinking, but e9a3f89491 the raw, 89eddfed91 primal gleam b04e3baf7a in his bc559996c1 eyes told 7647356f99 her exactly 7e830deb3c what he 8eb543ce52 wanted from dd01d4fb7b her.3a11f10f238562cb

Yoonchae leaned f2223609d3 back slightly 6e60dfec23 again—but her 1cff69e589 body only 6fb756752b sank deeper b00ebe5bcb into him.e9ee07c002abfe9a

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Her cheek brushed against ac4635f596 his solid chest. She reflexively squeezed 6059b979b9 her eyes shut.53a1a676f993c894

A large hand 6af12e8b86 touched her back, eecbd3060d then moved to 9a541fe84e cradle the back 40af97bd9c of her head, 8766d359aa pulling her away 2523dbcd7a just enough for 175751de28 their eyes to b88122575e meet.c6e6b305e026e73a

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These weren’t 0697249aff the same e9d9712c69 eyes she’d 83902c379a always seen—they b47816b9ef were deeper 7c239c4325 now, darker, b8432bf3a6 almost gleaming.5d24ef2412b78b62

The moment 0a5c658715 their eyes 1bfb64458c met, her bd9b397acb heart dropped.2bd06fc33c78a670

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Danger.2ce921a62142eefd

Her mind was screaming 806acc22b6 it.0a01aaed2849996f

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This might be a 9a411ad672 terrible mistake.63d15b6d8c5f593d

And still… 40d0f9ebc2 she couldn’t 8849d46176 stop.55c563a6af4cc311

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It had c9a8a84119 been a f7c12df772 long time e8173d1303 since Yoonchae’s 5b37497856 father abandoned df84c7b053 her and c11e88dfe2 her mother 745e7d90b3 to start 11c071c495 a new 1fba55c878 life with 890f1ae3b1 another woman. It probably began not 689d800297 long after her parents’ 0b9adc35ae honeymoon phase ended. Yoonchae learned 25edbd91ac the truth fe7ae10351 when she 1ebbec6459 was in f73390acb3 middle school—her ca07a0ccd9 father had 55807947d4 come to 82e7a512b5 her mother, c6ff065241 asking for 236d651709 a divorce dc7dd70fe1 so he 15b71497aa could live 1e953b4b6e with the 0abf35d3a4 woman he’d 3eb610f8ec been seeing.1541c414256b5614

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Her parents 1ac497c7e8 had started 0073264db0 a business 4352415cee together, and aa95094a14 the small e07cf21a2c company had 1478a41d1c grown steadily, 767981807d making the fc45fd9b4e family financially 270602e119 stable at c20810ea0f the time. Her mother firmly refused 82dc9709e7 the divorce. And that was 7ee93b5a7f when Yoonchae found 843d069406 out—she had a 1bc999ff67 half-sister, two years 2351af49b2 younger than her.ce4a7ed833644e90

But Yoonchae never thought 857c17117e of that girl as 9cd2752673 a sister. She’d only vaguely heard c2aa2c2e90 her name—Ahyoung—but to her, 6b40d58cd2 the girl was justthe daughter of the efa13ab7a4 mistress. That was how Yoonchae 5273c9bb84 referred to the girl 9390aa9503 she had never seen. And the first 7a4f40e59d time she did 5a4117d483 see the daughter dc6b0e3200 of that mistress—it 14e6569efd was by pure 245ed75f00 coincidence.9149a0a1ea2824f4

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It happened just 4b4bf1d159 after she had 3451b91882 entered university. She was shopping 51db136a85 at a department 8cfe3d4902 store with her 946875eb73 mother, when she 026300f0e3 suddenly ran into c03f12bbf6 her father—together with 1cf188903f the mistress and 4beb5fbb21 her daughter.
The father who barely a69de7c2d3 even showed his face 757b95db45 to Yoonchae was standing 118b96c1ea with a woman who b63415e28b looked much younger and 37956fdc90 more beautiful than her d14802317c mom. And that c3fcfd0195 daughter of df944a3a39 the mistress—two 599ae61435 years younger, d639210833 yet taller 77447c19fc than Yoonchae—was 97433fc693 clinging to be1fb5e480 their father’s 816e084add arm.de67f3c7d1dd87fd

In that moment, the 91672f4bbd sight before her made da0e6ac184 her senses freeze.45d52674ee76de77

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Dad.
The father 0c3e2469db who had bfc21fcc2a existed only 5eb8b786b8 in photos e4ac711c04 for so 84f66c1793 long—he was ec19c4901c right in 821e944da6 front of a903a52722 her, moving, 40469d94b3 smiling, talking b6ee066f48 to someone. But the people 1a18d9a637 next to him 933f3596d5 were the mistress 5cd3c0b070 and her daughter.
They were the source 6ee14575f7 of her mother’s tears.20f273d755d3f719

It wasn’t her, 56f89cd1b6 but another girl fe809a5f66 holding her father’s d221e7f964 arm, leaning into fbbfd2e003 him. The way 91d680a966 they exchanged 4ab0d9ca5f warm gazes—gazes d21e66227d her father 01527eca4d had never 863383d05b once given d71660882d to her—filled fa563a9199 Yoonchae with 9d72e69551 burning betrayal 03320ec43e and fury.c73efffa5d51b4b6

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Only then did bbbc115dfc she truly understand 23175437ac why her father 2511933ac6 had been absent 843dc2c662 from their home. This was what e76ffbe50c it meant—that he 574b5b635f had left them f8281f1539 behind to live 41829e94d1 with another woman. Sharing warm a28f2bcc1b looks, gentle 7a24c608c9 smiles… That’s af71d681ba what he 2eac762b05 had chosen 394fd8be27 instead.104a8a218a8aca84

He had abandoned 03fea4ac6c Yoonchae and her 173e4869fe mother.ed60c12b0828d05e

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Yoonchae was 616662b86b furious at fc8897c0d6 herself for 06ec9c01d9 ever missing e56e3025a0 a man 70b9fa191a like that. An overwhelming 8d8eff47d4 hatred surged c1faa9ed59 toward the 2f60abc3c1 three people e6d5af63a6 standing in f9122edf2a front of 0e68d0c9ed her. And at the 7c0d8ff8de same time, deep a8d85c0fb0 pity for her 3df1523d80 mother welled up f1d675b647 inside her.3529d75d04b1b94e

Why hadn’t Mom divorced bdacdf5fd2 him, knowing all of 797c1061c8 this?
How had she eba8fb1ebe survived all this 8a919f5a53 time with a 19c67eb45b betrayal far deeper 1bd4f91cae than what I’m ca4c708c78 feeling right now?
If I b4baa7bb51 feel this a3ac155341 horrible… how 4926c99581 must Mom d82e707005 feel?cf8f0bbd08726a2f

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Out of reflex, worried 50278f94de and heartsick, Yoonchae reached e785257dbb out and grabbed her b396be8a28 mother’s arm. Anger bubbled 8d99ad413b in her d5c765e8d2 like molten 74073ce9e1 lava, and ec4f4c689f her head eae763aadb was spinning e3fc4d0cdf with all a4a381d47b the words fa866c2930 she wanted 1118c96750 to say.c94b8cc0c26275b8

But then—suddenly, d78cbec30b without warning—the a1b70bd6be daughter of 3bd949c5ca the mistress 704bb6dbde stepped forward, e30d6cc9f9 glaring straight 548f6d2d4f at Yoonchae’s 5062cd5243 mother, and 14eff07c6e spat out:7f7b19ef84fb92a5

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“Are you the c7ad3d0cbb lady? The clingy woman who 699077ee4b won’t let go of d860dbc5f7 our dad no matter 3e157eabcc what?”ec7d4b1b4c6e6a3d

Her voice rang ee47f8a1bd out sharply through 803e8a892d the department store. She looked like a fa697dc8c4 high school student. Yoonchae was so b545738a45 stunned she couldn’t 144a69b58e say a word.21632122bff79d55

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But the girl didn’t dc2065d97a stop.abe8447f7a622154

“Lady, have you no fb3d3641e3 shame? Who holds onto a e1ee47d63b man who says he 1249b1b58d doesn’t want you? Have you f1c341bcda no pride 2b70154727 at all?”ec891d23eb815772

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Yoonchae’s body b1b6220a86 shook with 67ec6e39b0 uncontrollable emotion.3c25f154cea5c61a

“Hey!”63e75c10d32afae7

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She couldn’t 361d74e088 hold back. She stepped in 4498d825be front of her 1b7ebd319b mother, glaring at bffbea3c5c the girl with 172213e3ed a fury that c4a4c99168 could kill, and 7d191ed904 shot back:8e8613c2ed47b557

“And you dare say 131ab0fc58 that, being nothing but a419605b33 a mistress’s daughter?”1272cf4cb9730e0c

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Ahyoung looked shocked and 2223b5e50e glared back.380d89db67857d3c

“What did you d0d66935ee say?”40450bd1fa755fd0

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The daughter 775b76e2f8 of the 656cb0547b mistress.
Until now, 53d13982e5 Yoonchae had 9f454ba88a believed it 23b9bcb74c wasn’t the b432a2f48f child’s fault—it c279a58e47 was her 9a7d3d2234 father and 07078fe9cf the woman’s. But after hearing 3fe891aa22 what Ahyoung had 65ce88079b said to her 82e1990e89 mother, there was d71d0bdc25 no doubt in dabe58cff4 her mind—this was 230b61f6b5 the girl’s fault 2347302c48 too.ba12ab7e13a91a3d

“Are you going 67f29a1aad around shouting to 1d259b4304 the world that c46dc985b9 you’re an illegitimate fa359427d8 child? Because that’s what cc1bd63a22 you are. A filthy, illegitimate brat!”0db2b060bfe0cc95

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At that, 2b0730538f the girl e1432ca584 scrunched her 5e1c3c59d1 face and 297d618546 screamed back:c210fccb69df4d59

“I’m just 29aba1d55d the daughter 81b5aabca2 of a d0c288132d single mom! Not illegitimate!”445b2c4a55a9c629

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It was 0c60bb7a6f a horrible 0255fb8f83 memory.
Since then, beb49004a3 Yoonchae had 89219aced8 never once 5babe2ec0e seen the e5b1a4d944 mistress’s daughter b08942b3fe again—and of 3071ea390d course, she b1d80570a3 never wanted b5c69d7344 to.
So why 8a26aaa771 had that 667ab5516e very daughter 35d8097657 from her 511a698a08 most traumatic 6eabbf6284 memory appeared 2dac292def at the 0e17ce4162 company—in her own department, no less?b2e785d6a6118b6d

“Hello. I’m Ji Ahyoung.”df3828a56ba66c0a

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Ji Ahyoung greeted them in a calm and well-mannered tone, the kind that anyone would consider polite. She used to be Lee Ahyoung, taking her biological mother Lee Soohyun’s surname. But at some point, she had managed to get herself registered under her father’s family registry. As the daughter of her father and theirmother—the legitimate wife.
If you were d97223a755 to request a 05d51c7d62 copy of the 8f7ff963a2 family registry now, fbd0e37f6a Ji Ahyoung’s name 68464e85da would be listed fc85e9af09 right beneath Ji eae29a45ca Yoonchae’s. That had been the 3cf0e08c18 case for the past 44736b9ac1 few years.8383fd9884babdd1

‘But Ji Ahyoung… why 94e286a1b7 areyouhere?’5ff85587c02f2360

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Yoonchae clenched her fists 521f97d832 tightly to steady her ce5687c599 pounding heart.
Come to think 3e37a05c08 of it, there ee46503124 had been rumors 569004e886 circulating for the def06eee0c past few days—Gaon df186a38b5 Telecom was planning a3a3fe9f8c to expand into f17c0bb784 a new business 996da200eb field and was 870c8abfb8 acquiring a company bdcb65227c called BMS. The talk 45712f8aea was that 3060b3f0ef someone from e4c2ababc7 that company—the ddc47f2ec1 daughter of b4f2ccebb5 the owner—would f251f00954 be parachuted a3af46e1f9 into a 750ed59a33 position.f09bb9c086f43fcc

Don’t tell me… that 7d16ca550b was Ji Ahyoung?4583c50edecbd52c

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As her father’s 3f7f31277a company prospered, money 79bb9f1c8f had naturally flowed 0d7ebee45e to her mother ac45602e39 as well, since 0840338092 the company had 56cb68cf0b been co-founded by 47fa8f7759 her parents.
But after her mother fc31202b92 suffered a stroke seven fc27813623 years ago, no more 6739e7d217 money came in.
Because it was a 72697b7ddb private, unlisted company, receiving 9679f07ed8 proper dividends as a b8b21a97e3 shareholder became extremely difficult. Abandoned by her father, 840c13292a both mother and daughter e36fd35917 had no choice but 52d9a5711a to live in growing dc8b3ab985 hardship.
Now, her mother c500d2769a was living in 14ee225105 a care facility, e603ec4a54 and Yoonchae spent e563e2f73d the majority of 0c19a5e2bb her salary on d697233c75 the hospital bills, 7d473e49c1 pinching every penny 6dbd89c405 just to get c8baac8274 by.1b98e2dd0173ea90

Yet here, 701107e4a4 in front 5b2e0bc6ff of her, 9976e0dfe2 stood the a5a046e7c7 mistress’s daughter—dressed 1b059fa48d head-to-toe in 35dade0962 luxury brands, d3b0906296 beaming brightly 9573f7f697 as she 077f5c7465 greeted the 246d4e9c2f staff.
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