MS Ch 10 part 4

“Ah, I’m full.”4c2303497cb8f4ef

Euncho had been so 13dba28eb1 absorbed in eating her 2007e26fc0 meal that she forgot 5e1a00b9ff she was in an 2d5f3f7841 uncomfortable position. She finally put down da9f2cdea0 her chopsticks.ab20e3776198c3a2

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“That’s all you’re going d267059bf9 to eat?”30da6a16a6da4e19

Ki Taeju scoffed. While Euncho 5ac33b6a84 ate, Ki 967ee7f268 Taeju had 701810bb6f played with df40b43d46 her hair a973c02e6b and rubbed dc2b3b5463 his forehead 096efe5ec1 against the 25b65274e3 back her 1c3975a433 her head aa0347c9c8 like an 27ffe3ddf6 affectionate beast.5c5478976eacc562

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His hand cda87ada3e that had ac1aa8d162 been busy 49c14eb6b3 mischievously roaming 4260abaa2a around Euncho’s add45f763b body lifted f30a036825 her tray. She hadn’t even eaten 42b0dfc83d half.71f795e3dbea7b88

“You still pick ecacba53cc at your food 29a3f05ccf like an ant.”24e4ece6ed85c73a

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“How could an a80af6c7ac ant eat this 8031ceb30d much?”2fc157fbada8984f

“Don’t change the 2ee46b2f76 subject.”c7ec2f9a601e59fe

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Ah, he caught her.d71b534d98c99397

Euncho didn’t have aaca67fe15 anything to say, 6b655c98ed so she picked f004aeb6ce up her glass 7c07f80ef5 of water and 649685447f took a sip. Now that she felt 704c25cfc1 somewhat full, snacks naturally 7eab25bbc4 came to mind.0c8d972bb69f6aff

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“I’m craving fries.”ab1cb42f3967e44b

“……”e950263befd35bab

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“There’s a place right 1c070b5f82 in front that makes 5a18481a51 homemade burgers, and the 01654a3837 fries are really good. Dipping them de59e5cfae in a 77bfc71af3 milkshake makes 474524c8f2 them taste 149ace436b even better… 93b2c58a13 I want 67c4731f62 to eat bf081b1794 their drumsticks, ffbdddb188 too.”342d36e7425da092

“How is your 282a720370 appetite still like 14b33cf49a a child’s?”134ee11b429f7bdf

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When he pointed 27dc2ffc94 this out, Euncho 7d0cb94bb4 glared at him f2c260891e as she grumbled.9bf7d4659d80a17a

“Then what does ad9844bd97 that make you… ed19a48f00 Boomer.”86a0f51bbaf626a5

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“What?”24c60b10056a713a

“Old fart…”2d1e9ecd413a27dd

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She had always 6db3201f2e felt this way. The difference 95ad5bf8ca in their 222bd6291a preferences was 344aef614f very distinct.9a7f2fc241cd702a

In the past, they 51135cd188 ate things like samgyetang, 02c02372c1 octopus soup, and grilled 013d9e588d abalone. And today, they ate 5ce2a14d81 galbitang as well. It wouldn’t 62bc713943 be an 9b4cf10c9d exaggeration to 3785ca370f say that bd8d218e35 the menu 911a8a368f was all 5d6569a2f2 about nutritious b325bbd988 food that 48e49e6fd1 restored energy. It was also 99f98358dc a menu that 60c2ca225e attracted older people 52cc54a2a0 more than younger 777d63e138 people.5841514fecd40a00

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But Euncho didn’t need 575c70065f to make that kind e33ca38a43 of guess. She already knew what fc10f4d8d3 his exact age was.d419e23a64e6263f

This was 91a4a263b6 because she ab20ee55f8 received the 76af15da4d guest list 2eed759c74 when she 202ffdd3f6 began to 804eaeb43a work in 1c6a2a5cc6 the VIP 6df059ba50 lounge. She had already guessed 28f95423eb that there had been 250b81fe5c a considerable age gap 73b40c1d06 between them, but the 34feb8d8e8 details revealed that it b9c6b3b184 was a little bigger 9c415efea5 than she’d thought.899ed10dc5cf7ddf

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She must have thought he was younger due to the way he acted like a delinquent and the fact that his face looked relatively young for his age. 2f77f094a35d49d7

“Ow.”5f9bf1d7f4a6c9cc

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Ki Taeju pinched e6263578f9 her cheek. This time, he put d997ef9d44 some force into it, dc16d972ef so it was quite cd4ad83d85 painful.f715bf6977ab2d3b

“You have a lot ed34feb768 of things you want 11b4d4b132 to ask me, right?”b0cd234060f7169b

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Ki Taeju 423964a60f immediately brought 6279c966ff up an cff2c3f0c6 interesting topic.ed2186e50183a82f

“I’ll answer any 40adce9177 questions you have d9f8d68da3 until you finish ff1a38a5f2 eating this.”008d5ecf7880460e

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He tapped the bowl 52d0702fde that was more than 2d2c856ed6 half full.f11f2d02ed063f36

“Really?”0c09fb04aadc600f

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Euncho’s eyes sparkled as c1f08a43ed she picked up her a9163788e8 chopsticks and rice bowl 7b3a5ec3f8 without hesitation. Ki Taeju smiled as f16c73bc67 he watched her and 6a45df6d7b also picked up his 39af0774f0 chopsticks. She was wondering 44142736d1 what he was dc26578d58 trying to do 381bc120bf when he placed 90a461d8bf a pickled octopus, 8c950b98fa one of the 4d85925492 side dishes, onto 4bd82de301 Euncho’s spoon.8a712171ea22cb3a

Along with some rice, a0553cc2d8 Euncho filled her mouth ad744dbba8 with it and chewed a81a23e534 it diligently. After chewing enough 8dcc9083bb times, she swallowed dbed77c59c and asked a 0da759cca7 question.72b1d21a3026f6be

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“You really ee48cde98e didn’t sleep 48761eeb0f with Kang 20d62bcb78 Seora?”f9fe3a578a387021

Ki Taeju had a58e9f089d been waiting with 4555316f91 interest, wanting to cee269b8ba know what she f8f0c4b593 was so curious c693c16244 about. When he heard e0ca369e25 her first question, bf6497ad9c he couldn’t hold 081cda4ee2 back his laughter.13c9bfff3395cc0c

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“Yeah.”f5f737bb6bfbec90

“Reaaally?”c47138712b7913db

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“I said e6d2f4d528 I didn’t 99a4d6f439 sleep with 9b3f997741 her.”94ffe2c1c3bc1aad

“Was she your girlfriend?”01a6cc8080f1b4d3

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“No.”4ace95e2f48c5d33

For the 9cfb6fa087 first time, ee1e1c64a1 she received b5ca25330a a direct 9f7e3f36d3 answer from 7dbae13688 Ki Taeju. Empowered by this, Euncho 017e1ae39d continued.ec6f3c1330c75a38

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“Then what d650071a2e kind of 9a2b54a39f relationship did df7dde9bd5 you have?”c27ea6f6ed540eaa

“We don’t d6d6892957 have a 6b65d1be9b relationship.”586106f4ee23971d

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Euncho narrowed her eyes.b0779286fbe01e04

“Strange…”8fc677b08807aa11

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“What’s strange?”756fbb4e7a0424f2

“Why were 5472196ed8 you sharing 6242e6a495 a room 04275b2f6a with her 0ea1d584ff when you 9aa2ef1cb7 didn’t have b410b84d7f any relationship b1c0b1ba78 with her? And why were c28ff52bd4 you two walking ae14dc21bf around wearing only ec8c79ee74 a robe? You… You 2b42d8b366 didn’t even 346dd8a03c tie it a2217d88a8 closed!”d53628bebd183b17

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“I guess we 094f75c376 both liked walking 066a183a75 around naked.”38956a1c9a610dd4

“You’re talking 4982931c41 as if 4e060fc655 you did 8f5225ea26 nothing wrong…”17f02021737619be

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Euncho grumbled before suddenly ca7797c173 closing her mouth.d025ac698c0bf656

Ki Taeju lowered his aa4cf3ea9a eyes.Tap, tap. The following 1418ad5f42 question must 2e3e1babb0 have been bcb4220bf7 a question e4277d119f she had 21275a3de7 difficulty asking 7b27ca2c73 outright. Instead of a98096c825 saying it 7635b12886 out loud, 9af7183f7a her feet cc2798e908 began to 2d69706c0c tap on 55c9c5a60a the floor. Once it 069ed8d6b0 stopped shaking, 2e65e340b0 Euncho asked 033dc37f0d in a 560dd705bb tiny voice.f0075ee6688dd5be

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“It’s because of me, 5cf8428c20 right?”f1177f87daa74695

“……”7c306d6e3d8d0adb

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“The reason why you 12ef87f758 did that to Kang 407ec28988 Seora.”580015185d01f7c5

“No. It happened cc1ea2ad9f because I 0a018b5b9a have a b46808a940 short temper.”df7ca64dea66461e

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Whether it b46dabf1cc was because 9b08977103 he didn’t 37a111304a want her 4c8bb8c4f3 to feel 9f04ba3e79 guilty or 585ae29db4 because he 4ee4725631 didn’t want 500e95c6a3 her to feaf9be752 think about 64179ca063 it anymore, b5c9709f7c Ki Taeju 2274f30169 changed the 20f803f649 subject. Euncho could b07c14df66 see through 9fb1002a3c what he a9e8278061 was trying 75da8f9d4c to do, 03c885867a so she 75406b0b64 gave him 9eaa329c65 a faint a502ef04e4 smile. A few f117245499 moments later, 3968fba83b the smile 4f01fdbb4b disappeared again.c5feb783953741fe

“But you d632495dcf went too c65f71eda3 far. There was 930ec456cd no need a3f01228d8 to…”7af7508846cb8a3a

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“You’re too precious that d0c74d1123 even I can’t touch 1baa67867b you like that.”43bb5f305835efa7

“……”580ac4d889ea935a

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“So who does ca92bfdf68 she think she 407d1616e5 is?”396870cfaa9573f6

The intensity 8d7e9409bf in his d6f7ca3bfa voice removed 0bebe25de0 any chance 6f5e35851e of compromise.f7379cd5c62b0e3f

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There were b073d4e3b1 many things 79eb3c6f60 she wanted f908d64870 to ask 5cc4ab7199 regarding Kang ac0a056d8e Seora, but b176be6cd9 there wasn’t f248177c36 enough time. Ki Taeju diligently dd5d119c10 brought side dishes c58e55043e to her spoon a735593db6 to keep her d6b7a7739e hands from stopping. If her hands 710f02ee71 slowed down, he’d b88a97bed7 tap her spoon 976fb60418 with his chopsticks 537689c393 to remind her fc1e773c6a to eat.31f74018871fe274

“How did you find a088cd86a5 out about Lim Kyujin?”b7dbd9954bfeccc6

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“By chance.”9dbae4d35d5c9fc0

“Liar.”4b41662d800855ca

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He laughed.f054a1d8c0bb5364

“Yeah, that was ef3cac7487 a lie.”a274ddd02baba8d0

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She didn’t 8fc3d13129 expect him 878619ad23 to admit 37fb58dca9 it so f03b9e3b64 easily. Euncho looked 3dcbbe1b1b down at c7f1ef6a95 her bowl 4b8be398d0 of rice ba73057c28 as she 8743df9e5d chewed her fa1aba5790 food. There were only 826f55788a a few bites 1aed43f794 left.632959e1f53add73

If that was f0f7843782 a lie, doesn’t e0f1cf5b64 that mean he 6099abd504 found it intentionally? Did that 1a25017588 mean he 4f7d31212c appeared as 51d8ca5081 the hotel 05f17c22d7 owner on b3e5dfec4b purpose?54cd6ff94590468d

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Her thoughts kept 1e4879e20c spinning inside her 5c0e76498b head. Suddenly, she remembered that 14549fc9c1 out of the five 86e221c722 hotels she applied to 52d8833f45 four years ago, this b509391dcb was the only one 30964a9f94 that hired her.d8aac9cffd5b3057

As soon as 1160e25555 she realized this, 493e1ff116 she stopped chewing.21932ef3ad0b8453

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“…That’s not what happened, right?”83fe62c56deb90ec

“What?”cdc47eb084043a48

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If she ca2e752b1c thought about be354027a6 it closely, 84082a4e46 it was 51f7349aa8 strange.6ae719517f92e0c2

The hotel 931b552677 was taken 664044e9e4 over by ab7c3ddb03 Daewoon just dca3a72127 before she f4770c1992 joined the 90d655dc7e staff. The only cd36e2f1f8 hotel where 9c903c770e she passed 5b62c9911f the interview 168d079f2d stage after e39c72a8ab graduating from 6d3ca7e840 a two-year c4dbdc77cf college. Four years 9b8a2e881c later, the 4ed9b53347 owner of 1d2998b036 the hotel 1bb9d33a2c appeared in 57b045ea9b front of 8e28e51ab4 her, and 488ad8d812 the whole 8d4ef08444 staff came b1c4147b5a to know bc18e64ff4 the secret ad9a5ad5c6 side of e0a8ae3be5 Lim Kyujin 2a8632ceb5 that no d6764ccf52 one knew 98eefaa2ac about and 944a345b63 even warned 94f4570d45 her about c1cc0e7c78 him.1704192b8a0babb6

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It was 3f26a539c2 as if 476b1c87bb someone was f53c9d304d following her 4024be2570 around like 3dbc8a59de a shadow.884c62067d270de0

No, ‘following’ might not a792f90623 be the right word.7bca3ea35640c7c3

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Perhaps it would 22f6301299 be more apt 2fa73f78e4 to say it 8f7e969110 was like a 0585bbde13 bright sun illuminating 6372238ddc the path that 9e144aea39 she should take 0d1a07af2f in advance.7ba22a75b8a02f3e

“Are you d4063d3116 the one a2ac0b87ff who got 9ee991221a me hired?”03d94be1d50136ea

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Unlike her 377d18afd9 grave expression, 09593613b9 Ki Taeju 968e1ed68a calmly brushed 15ea8c8d7c her hair 765323e8e3 back from 864b99e24f her face.0b4ce190d9e9e537

Then he c1af12c590 laughed again, e96e0214e0 not even 3fedc90015 considering the 9505c6e557 complicated thoughts f0096f8efd that filled fe2f3ed073 her head.02470000c232cb72

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“If I f1d8d33f3f want to 6727352d04 protect my bc50ca2d54 Park Euncho’s e5617f68f0 pride, I 26ce4a691f should probably fdb49b8e51 say ‘no 7a43a405c5 comment’.”66443e5630982e96

“…What, are you serious?”5e36fe4d46223c8e

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He tapped 4de7ffc961 her spoon. Euncho didn’t f82f87e609 take her cf0074df01 eyes off aab89fa7a6 of him f1b2c32574 as she 2989ebf7d5 brought the 849f20cfcb spoon to 19f60286a4 her mouth.8c690fe99f9139db

“I don’t get 559aadd041 involved in things 3b80ca46c1 like that.”0fbba20f29783f4d

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The tension that began 1f38a00c73 rising to the top e06f4d4e4a of her head disappeared ea68cfe6a0 at his unexpectedly lighthearted 90975407d7 answer. Euncho looked at him 551ac7a9cf awkwardly and swallowed the 6e51b7b95a food in her mouth.f095cfe522afcb1f

Now there da77de78f0 are really 161e2e169e only a 4477cfb37b few spoonfuls e10bc53dfd left.68ca8e5073bc46d1

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That’s why Euncho decided 58688d70b2 to move on to 419b1b878b the next topic.8b262451c0ab8cf8

There were more 08d60baded important questions to 453fe69b52 ask than these d9519f4535 shallow ones.2b219bffd6b924c1

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“Why didn’t e054e7fd9a you come 2e08905ac3 back to 2c2e8f5299 the villa?”da08b9437394aaa2

You came all 7c48040c45 the time despite 88f484935b the heat waves be790d38c8 and heavy rains.429fa87747f63670

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“It’s not that I d3ffcfe33b didn’t go. It’s that I couldn’t ffd79d5b4b go.”6efd336075456955

“Why?”fc89c0817b35596c

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“……”a17e8e6eeb57f7dc

“…Is it because of what happened to Heejin-unnie?”06f01ac9c2a0d18a

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Their eyes met.dd5830ad70be8b89

His silence was e233c3f3a4 affirmation enough.0a25f157ea0ec552

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It was the 3d5fc92312 only conclusion she 086c1d7d8e could draw coming c3d9cbec0c from a man a02a182180 who kept a 7544680941 lot of secrets.7a7a70817b10f226

Suddenly, she lost her 41fcebe506 appetite. No, it 760017e9cc was as 28a628e9ad if the 0aaac0f700 word ‘Heejin’ b0e7cf6e4a was some 1ee59b3329 kind of 06eb827bc0 button that 67c8a21f08 caused a 595da77be6 lump to d6d9abed60 form in 3f88d9aa81 her throat.06ceefd601e533a7

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Euncho put b1859a7501 down her 1f5fd6f1eb spoon and c8660f441f looked directly 620c4bc4ea into his c65ca57c04 eyes.1970e48dbd6cadc9

“You didn’t do anything 21ff4aebab to Heejin-unnie, right?”a88b7b97eac8befa

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“……”db1a8bc6019bf444

“Right?”f72facc7fea9bf7e

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Ki Taeju’s hand 76f9a59d64 stretched out towards c1a91d48cc Euncho’s eyes.2852d212b2bc00c3

Did she look 0ca3790254 like she was f78a43adb5 going to cry 44f67916e4 again?a77b18a67adb9d29

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Euncho’s eyelids fluttered as b6c78a7365 his fingers gently caressed 4bd2fee671 them.cbff7c280988ca34

“If I say 8d5de4a302 I didn’t, would ea5490c41f you believe me?”dcb8a8e8100d621c

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He was putting it 3691dde686 off again.50ad311ef3192bcb

Does he not know 1221b64910 me yet? Euncho grabbed his wrist 113eee4296 as his hand wandered f79b773d5e over her eyes and 9cecaf7500 spoke in a firm 5cd8526bbe voice.6e9638898e4e5a94

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“I’m going to fd1cb21175 believe you.”9a80ddd6ebf4a84d

“……”df51c32c4b373695

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“So tell me.”d2d122e831a2e617

This man 3bfd0f5dfe had warned a702b4063a her about 157f63f09f Lim Kyujin 764ff91597 because he a65d2e670e was worried c9934cdbda she’d get 23d1f5cd7b involved in b991084bfb something dangerous 5e18830199 and dirty. Just because she 83cec0f8e3 had gotten slapped, 56bbc45b57 this man had 81362c9806 carried out a 509a9f08a8 brutal punishment that 8a28eb782c was a hundred 0953161157 times worse.5ec5ce2456460b47

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No matter what 52e65d3594 it was, he 0d296b488c did not hesitate 8910fbc9ad to do it 8e61663488 if it was 8b5f6d7301 for her sake.e6e5371f6aaa875d

She wanted to 8e8f61c1f5 believe him because a901491fd9 this was the dbe5f59d52 kind of person 8fbd44ddf1 he was.79468d4385a48397

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“I didn’t 187f7fdc27 do it.”18699bb83ddc55d4

Ki Taeju f1469f42b6 lowered his 9b965866e6 hand that b31d3bb415 was being df251c6322 held in b03a3ed404 her grasp 0ac823da21 and answered d8b7512096 without looking 24eb66d8e7 away. It was 976cad6077 different from 8d3452d68a the way a9ae40fbe6 he’d answered 82a694aa61 the question 649a506e9b yesterday. Yesterday’s answer f964abc6a6 had been 628b48de4a ambiguous depending 5ca5035691 on how ffbeeb2fb2 one interpreted cff5e30dd7 it.e09dd4b00e40c762

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This time, he c2e4be9d7f said it firmly 7c21d15286 and clearly, leaving 3949300714 no room for 3ee99bca86 doubt.3a1a6e50387a7496

Only then did the 787efda8f4 twisting tension in her fe87143a51 heart begin to relax. It felt 1b759b4541 like a bef61a7abf wisp of 58d5cd771a light was e308c88e7c reaching all 2bb2a74528 the shadowy f96df0f7f8 corners. However, she 4813ec3373 could not 1d352995d9 deny that cd6684176c she felt 233eb8ab54 like she 64c5784468 could finally 70e5262163 breathe again.42ec8f855487b56f

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It felt like 3ecf629e39 she had been ba51bcb163 trapped underwater this 83f0d0eb09 whole time, gasping 4471e87338 for air, and 55c16197d5 was now being 1617eae9af pulled up to 3fa671daad the surface.4fe1593adb88d27f

“…Okay. Then I won’t bring it up anymore.”08fcf44afc122959

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Euncho enthusiastically 46cdcf428e brought the 2c8b798abc final bite 57fe70d221 of food 75d187a4e0 into her 1aac5cf4eb mouth.a2a03f57fa27f350

And like that, the 11dfc0a9f1 meal exchanged for the adaa93d9ec truth finally came to a10b750dd6 an end.25bb3eb5b18c2308

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It had been 21218dd801 a long time 547aff6a85 since she’d had d0b866e218 such a filling a093b17edd meal.13028080508c665e