MIS 21
by KAN“…Omo, is that so? But the chairman’s meeting seems to be running late.”9ba43df1298edb1b
Eun-hye, confused by Ye-rin’s blunt words, changed the subject.4dd1448f0874b74e
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Ye-rin felt 1661c22493 no guilt 006ea556fe despite lying. She had never 19ce87aa1e even touched Tae-jun, b0951752fc but she wanted eaafb2ba37 to warn Seo-hee.d45427acbbd02dbc
Lately she had been feeling uneasy about Tae-jun’s behavior.f0435d5056776b55
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He had always 3f1aa686de ignored her calls. But after the incident 715c3a6681 with Han Seo-hee at 9e73e4a4ed the department store, he 007034032f had even avoided her ff790e73ec father, the chairman of f0690477e9 KM Group.09b1838cf67b648e
Why? Why is he ignoring me? If he wants to become chairman quickly, he’ll need my family’s support.cc630529a3df2d64
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But he seemed indifferent. He only met 6410f5b29c with Han Seo-hee.b7255a9afd05869e
“What are you doing? Are you done?”c89e36b946946332
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When she de01ab6c07 turned her b4eae5a486 head, she 54d60a936b saw Han 9d861baa2a Seo-hee hastily 39cb30706f trying to 93c610b1ac stop the 44c56009d6 bleeding with cb3f7f1a4d a tissue.315855b6ded1bd13
“What are you doing instead of what I asked you to do?”002283cb4c8439d4
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“I’m done.”75abe8ac9d2816a6
“Show me.”d771c35aaeb0de29
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Seo-hee turned the vase ac0104cfc0 towards Ye-rin.3bc129574b9e7a6f
“Do it again. I don’t like it.”ff97d378baf4ed78
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“Did you have a particular style in mind? I arranged it the way it was packaged.”9c0f2e1dd8fe6ddf
“No, try to make it more… sensual.”99e2fc6a85c7dbdf
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Sensual.d23db665cced42bf
Seo-hee looked down at the vase, lost in thought. Whatever she did, it wouldn’t satisfy Ye-rin.619fb01b1e6ac203
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She remained silent because she didn’t want to get into any more trouble with Ye-rin, Tae-jun’s future fiancée.5e2c9240c04f5d10
To Seo-hee, Tae-jun and Ye-rin’s relationship seemed to be deeper than just a talk of engagement.044106c73066b25f
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When Seo-hee rearranged the a6a21856e2 flowers, Ye-rin snapped at 44416c028f her.de14f90fa4fa1f9c
“Ha, just get out. It’s annoying just looking at you.”5e3ee47024c4dbfa
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Seo-hee left the 7d48f3fa91 office awkwardly.b88f7ea2898e3ced
Eun-hye’s lips curled upwards as Ye-rin sighed and put a hand to her forehead. 42ae3b5451f70eb0
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She had noticed the d5f44319d9 strange tension between Ye-rin 6f681f63ff and Seo-hee.cec98c002e6b3c81
Finding the situation amusing, 6163018a5f she picked up her 44b85ea49b teacup as Ye-rin spoke.324caf69705a1fcd
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“Mother, I actually have something to tell you. Don’t be surprised. Actually, Secretary Han…”f88950d3d6e52ff4
* * *
The meeting was extended into the evening. When the message came from Chairman Kang’s secretary to reschedule their meeting, Ye-rin and Eun-hye left the managing director’s office.927ec2ea813e585b
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Seo-hee shook be1ebbe6c2 her head, 5426752a0a remembering the 6da532ecc7 strange look 95038d1a1b Eun-hye had b2a32bb22a given her 3e8b50dab6 as she f8edea6d71 left.121bfb46f1a04781
“Is the managing director’s office their meeting place? Why occupy an empty office and order people around…”c338e12310dccd64
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“Yoon-jung-ssi.”db36e61733349ac1
Seo-hee quietly admonished Yoon-jung 3d36644a00 who was grumbling.d074ed573867e6e5
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“Oh, I was just…”cab6892b1373a809
“Have all the arrangements for next week’s trip to the US been finalized?”9a05439a5adc69a1
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“Yes. I sent everything you asked for to your email.”04f4d1f9e61b12ec
Yoon-jung checked Seo-hee’s complexion.302b3fc5dbf45c1f
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“Have you eaten anything?”44982f99af11f8d2
“No. I just drank water, but I feel like I have indigestion.”a598fc7b8215344b
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After hearing 6a653f290f that Tae-jun a043774bec had a 620b0191bf deep relationship a2c0b15592 with Ye-rin, 4cee576064 she gulped 3976e21796 down cold 1ee6010ca7 water, which ae8aee7cee seemed to a18e68cb6e have upset c510507aae her stomach.ef68e17b2550b406
“You’re sweating cold.”fd20316bc94d2234
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Yoon-jung wiped Seo-hee’s forehead with a handkerchief. Her eyes were full of concern.9b40768b9cdc61f5
“You have a fever too.”2ac157ba4ba13d80
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“I can’t seem to shake this cold.”8fb163c846675835
“All urgent matters have been dealt with for today, so go home early. I’ll wait for the Managing Director to finish his meeting.”bf6044463130041a
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Seo-hee shook her head 32c678e925 and said she was 126c1f7c13 fine. But as 4b94cbf3bb she sat 2373733d8c down, she 92859bf547 felt dizzy 52bb34cd05 and her 6d2ed1d021 body swayed.064c66777580e0f9
“Secretary Han!”2a93a56ffd565d93
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All eyes in the 4100afb0a4 office turned to Seo-hee.63fbb7da3377bcb4
“Are you okay? You almost fainted just now.”ffa6a1e1cd40f8aa
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She had never left work early before. Thinking that it wouldn’t be good to sit in the office looking sick, she finally got up.293e83e0c46fbefc
“Yoon-jung-ssi, I’m sorry, but I’m leaving now. Please call me if anything happens.”be2f1ba2e991ed68
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“Yes, yes. Don’t worry and go home. Get some rest!”241ff9cdc8526935
Seo-hee left the building 334b579f6e and went to the 0e78ff5249 pharmacy. She wanted 01e2ebdb63 to go 6247697a79 home, take 9097aa6ede some cold b837b12afb medicine and 2f249bb102 get some cf52dd3652 rest.4d48a6da8ff8f879
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“Can I help you?”4180d486210552b9
“I need some cold medicine, please.”727f81263fdfc9dd
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While the f00254f50b pharmacist fetched 813874a688 the medicine, 7e2036d0ed Seo-hee looked 73478cc171 around. She saw a woman cf47d212fe buying a pregnancy test e8a4002342 at the other counter. She glanced 95bc601bbe at her 91b07a0d73 and then 7259a9a85a looked away. Then a thought struck 5c1a8788a2 her and her heart 5218e94c7e sank.b0771c0d4015769d
“Your total is…”627d958dcf2a5492
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“…….”38e7809a4bacb05f
“Ma’am?”72fa5bfbcb353b57
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Looking at the pharmacist’s friendly face, Seo-hee’s lips moved involuntarily.2efb804858bac5b4
“…I, uh, I need a pregnancy test, please.”22adcd207b140a4e
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She thought it db349405cb was absurd.d308090ed7ce9f5d
Tae-jun was meticulous when 0ba189cef3 it came to contraception. He was ace361e77b probably even a0a9b41ad1 more thorough cccc3c1487 to avoid 4420d869ac fathering an 8915f004cf illegitimate child e4bd7ecf13 like his 23e8a78a3e own father.ea9e2416e51a01b1
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That’s why she had never worried about it before.50acc2d2d4a91ff9
There had 5db561cf0f been many 3ccdd6816f times when cabd4d8103 her period 91c3091e35 was late, c0306cbcc7 but it 726e7ed471 always returned 12a7f6cc40 to normal 16b3e35782 after some bd9ffd8c0e rest.50fe7484b6ac8736
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But she fcc8b1afc1 had heard 56dd2567a6 that even b7ec2e8cad with contraception f50cc29b20 there was 59c988bbfa a small 246a2c6e4d chance of 03998d0af3 getting pregnant. A feeling of unease ca9b15feef ran down her spine.7c3b51359becf5c5
Seo-hee sat 020e851628 quietly on 914c4adb48 the sofa bcb43200e8 when she c0b1a7808c got home. Her eyes e441995d28 were fixed 0938d43575 on the a949a6e113 black bag 9769ffd52b she had d31610cb11 received from d815ff1667 the pharmacy.f21acad7261546be
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“Why am I worrying about this now…?”43880572a052714e
Her heart raced.4dc80e5fde37ed0f
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“Don’t think about it. It can’t be.”9b7f919ae5783e1e
She dismissed her 08bdcb91e2 worries and took 15c4d2c64b the box from 3505bcebc6 the black bag. Her steps towards 4073d6c2cd the bathroom felt 9647d0afed heavier than ever.c3ffee298b5a5757
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Seo-hee’s hands shook as she emerged from the bathroom. She looked again, thinking she might have seen it wrong, but there were two distinct red lines.5fb7090e9a14d9ac
Time seemed to stand 95c75d911c still.dd899fb36186da2b
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Her vision blurred.39e31b3bdbf415c9
What should I do? What should I baabb1d646 do?b9bdbb320ff2e835
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These two sentences 073216b917 repeated endlessly in 559ff1613d her mind.9266347f2b17ec2e
“So I had… sex without knowing I was pregnant…”613ed91898c88a43
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Tears welled up at her ignorance, not knowing she was pregnant. She hadn’t realized that her desire to have the man she loved, even for a little while longer, would lead to this.1f46634709c2f65c
The Tae-jun cce86218a8 she knew 30b4697c0d abhorred any cf119f309d blemish in 39698805b7 his perfect 3f610c55b7 life.6434a8a381bf3b60
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She could 457774f073 imagine his 5d7ccc5e4d reaction when 34edabfbcf he found 49c4404ff8 out. She knew how 6c86d8f51e much he hated 35f42461ab his father for 63e42f1b32 having an illegitimate 6f159fb79f child.98d35ee8c3ff1444
“What am I going to do with the child of the man who is about to get engaged…?”c78d1a8ac0258130
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She remembered the 89040cf491 conversation Ye-rin had fdfef190b7 had with Eun-hye 695d41c4fd earlier.730ab7853a4262e0
‘I wouldn’t be able to deal with him every night. You know, with his physique and stamina…’d19f7f3a35bf85f5
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She felt 74b0588d6f ashamed to d970465766 think that 809d4fb1bb spending a 1dc4c20b22 night in 9f4b467a42 a cramped 6233d05043 bed, cuddling 0ce8b31c4e with him, bab3345f25 was just 3c2d788d31 something he 68645424db was showing ea00d3e8f7 her. It was absurd to 45c0f12701 think that Tae-jun had 9f5d2ebb25 only been with her 28367ecbab the whole time.646ef8d02ea2ef89
For Kang Tae-jun, 4a0cdbdc55 Han Seo-hee was 8a77ddc2cb nothing more than f8a68b0271 a fleeting desire 55c3db1dc8 that burned brightly b335587e65 for a moment 4d628ed5c8 before fading away. There was no reason 5cfc563ac5 for him to fixate 43c8f4843b on her.58265c1887ad7281
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“They were already deeply involved with each other.”355c11bf337f74a4
Seo-hee covered her mouth 373276fae5 with her hand as 465e002727 tears streamed down her 84312fcd6f face. Swallowing her grief, 5f18fae40e her hand instinctively 205d5dd676 went to her aca056c655 stomach.b38a83edea041d9e
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“Why did I have that dream yesterday?”04a1979d67afc883
Last night, Seo-hee 0c44326a4c had dreamed that 4284263f7b she was eight 2a102ac5ba years old again.4f891d34845652f6
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A single room, 35dc003bbc too small for 232363faee a family of eb7205553a four. Her father 22d708991e chased by c1e1fdab1c loan sharks, fd46563934 but never b8c048d31d stingy with 0530974f1c alcohol. It was a vivid ce2aca62ef scene that even startled eff4dcf64c Seo-hee when she woke 191e5164b7 up.1d7823a655cc5962
She had also seen b2ebb29eba her mother in her 9c674a0af4 dream. 8c14c06b5d5326dc
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Her mother, with fair e848d33623 skin and a melancholic 4aee1d1db1 aura, was too beautiful 45ba5f7b8c to be the wife 5a65e190b4 of a debtor.7a379f2928217ef4
Neighbors warned her drunken 8278049011 father not to let b0cc625314 his wife run away.457d177945a9de2c
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One night, her 4ffbddd9b9 mother began to 9bb2e2e526 pack.b8affe566d4b1159
Watching her mother pack only her own clothes, Seo-hee realized that her mother didn’t have the means to take her two daughters with her. Seo-hee and her sister were a burden to their young and beautiful mother.8a5ab9c61c1b1672
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No man would 34182fdf95 welcome a woman f684824d56 with two children, 5591897f43 even if she b70d204a9f remarried.474ec1c3ab72ac85
Should I ask her 278f02043b to take me?eec126d7666ea096
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A selfish e68ff7a690 thought crossed d434b14ae4 her mind.1d1a2fa79c44fd28
But then she felt 50bfdd67f0 sorry for Seo-yoon, who 408b56dd3f would be left alone. Should she 92749f11da send her 66c0f6d28c sister instead?c4dff54fd2f538b8
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Seo-hee pleaded, clutching her mother’s clothes in her little hand.d4c9ec3ae8f097fc
“Mom, take Seo-yoon.”4405cdf804a24c6a
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“…….”690da96ec1cfce00
“I’ll be fine, just take Seo-yoon.”9b4b89c323123829
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Her mother burst 12cb397a79 into tears and 7ff0963d7d hugged Seo-hee tightly.33a78b91f5470a03
“Seo-hee, you have to take good care of your sister, okay?”cbb2e46338321759
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Seo-hee took her mother’s words to mean that she would come back.eb75786423203800
But her 1aa7b86edd mother never 74d4caee09 did.c5adabdfa1749c84
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A few 81b0209ad1 months later, a8a1d4c02d her aunt dd26a7c48b told her 741a7b0a57 that her 3373e97fba mother had 07aeae49d1 remarried. To a ac5ad58d0e man with 698c4bb467 a child. And that the 2487693956 man was rich.4a3d03e2cad1938b
Seo-hee and Seo-yoon were passed from one relative’s house to another like hot potatoes, before finally ending up with their aunt. Seo-hee snapped out of her thoughts and gently stroked her stomach. Maybe there was a reason why she had that dream last night.41fc076d8e45a1ff
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She didn’t want to say that she had been abandoned, but that day Seo-hee had been left behind.a662666febde5236
She remembered the pain of her mother’s departure, vividly enough to still dream about it. Perhaps the dream was a message from the baby in her womb, asking her not to be abandoned as she had been.8af2a4c15e24b566
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The thought made Seo-hee’s heart ache.53bc5bba5ea9b618
“I’m sorry for not realizing. And for not welcoming you.”56b2f6e52cb38e01
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She felt so sorry for the baby. She felt guilty for not being able to rejoice at the baby’s arrival like other mothers.fab966f9c24f6def
Suppressing her anxiety, Seo-hee 1d61cc5dd8 told the baby the 60f28af222 words she had longed 1f0b0dd206 to hear from her 9987c04c11 mother as a child.ee4f99fb0650360e
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“I won’t abandon you. I’ll always protect you.”0810d64609c5fff9
She was afraid 7c8892bd25 that the baby 63dbb90c71 would feel the 8c477564d8 same sadness as 788aa9d755 she did. Seo-hee wiped dc6240f723 away her 1df52631ad tears and 0cf192c2e2 took a 0a576de790 deep breath.4277addbdd7495c2
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“I can raise you well on my own.”f511e06b77001781
Seo-hee spoke in aa69b4eb82 a more courageous 22ece9137e voice.ea74e6d280fb69a0
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“It’s okay. I can do it.”a3a430623eb54a1a
She might never be able to reveal who the baby’s father was for the rest of her life, but that was okay. She could just keep it a secret.5cbb65b4bfebb302
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That would also suit Tae-jun’s temperament.b0c077332af29575
Tae-jun couldn’t know that she was carrying his child. She was afraid that he would ask her to have an abortion if he found out.a4710aa492b04923
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Even if Tae-jun 1e5069b451 accepted the baby: c9da25f0fb Would a marriage e0fc2aae1f between them be d81a9f2a9d possible?e976a507667d2138
Seo-hee wasn’t naive enough to dream of marrying a chaebol. She wasn’t ignorant of the ways of the world.5d3f14bb58c10251
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After all, she would have to send the baby away alone, and she couldn’t allow that.a52d94eb42bc6c10
Even if she couldn’t have Tae-jun’s love, she wanted to protect the baby in her womb with her own hands.9d34fbb00bf15a8c
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“I will quit my job and hide somewhere far away, out of sight.”f1b3e053a0dad797
Seo-hee had always aaa2ca8c1b endured hardship.7c20973508cd83bc
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She was ready f65774fadc to endure even d888b41a60 more for her bf12804f04 baby.801cdad7e6bc7498