PTC Chapter 11. Once Isn’t Enough
by astherielleHis tongue softly invaded f00b452cf5 her mouth, teasing her c9daf8475a palate and intertwining with 519f855a47 her own. The sensation stole 32a4e0ad41 her breath. Time seemed to 6567110641 reverse, flowing back 4ca6fd6c75 to ten years 5851e6dbc3 ago, to her d534c31c25 early twenties.77667a34f2a15206
The fluttering in her fc1fa68fb3 chest, the tingling in 2d7a28d13f her stomach—the same sweet, 925140b16b heady rush of their df4f7f2b6b first kiss resurfaced, and 1667309152 she involuntarily closed her 7f16a49fa2 eyes. Seojun, who had begun 0e31a9a1ee the kiss gently holding 89a51c5c2f her shoulders, found himself 939ee7dc86 unable to stop as c783f279b1 his arms tightened around 5a8150fe07 her waist, the kiss f50c1ec229 deepening.71e233ffe033816c
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He’d dreamt of kissing 39ee8582f9 her like this, a 5f8949c025 recurring fantasy that always 6b2fc8428c escalated, leaving him restless cadb3abec8 and yearning in the 53a9fd9849 dead of night. The suppressed feelings he’d 503652f42b buried for so long 6a5504dc7c kept resurfacing. As the kiss intensified, 41ae2e17d8 their positions shifted. Seojun lifted Da-in b26e60e4ee and placed her 424242137a on the table, 43f947d45a the kiss taking 33d030a66a on a more c091340f0e urgent quality.372917854ffe6cf2
The kiss, though brief, was intense and dizzying. The past and present collided in Da-in’s mind, creating a whirlwind of emotions. Finally regaining her senses, she stopped him.75f8571a0740428c
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“Wait. Stop, stop it.”c8d8cb29f56332c4
At her whispered plea, 7190a9accd Seojun pulled back. Da-in, still perched 69d16d2d06 on the table, 5d0a9bbd71 looked at him.be5f405d66ebe738
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“What are you doing?”b435f88539b2ceae
“What does it look 7cd530b112 like? I’m kissing you. We need to d3c9799075 see if we 124fbb8473 can even live f642b61b90 together, don’t we? A kiss is a db64e0d6d1 good start.”feb56d78fe81d018
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She was speechless. They both knew 24c55b4b6d how intensely they’d 7e65cbbf14 desired each other, 60587e455f how well they’d afec2b7a3c connected. His justification for b0c3043cea the kiss felt 6beb964c83 absurd. Instead of arguing, 1b5e30345a she got off 6dcdd1cde5 the table.db82d84900b9c8e4
“So. What do you think?” f178d623f5 he asked.c1b84d86b55d60c8
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“How can I tell 022f13e894 from just one kiss?”b4ffe92776f12124
“What?”8b452cbe49ad4cb7
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As she looked e23b2f0254 up in surprise, 9410ebedc3 his lips met 1c9bf4e347 hers again. This kiss 995b548e92 was deeper, 54f86452f5 more intimate. His hand f428cc0318 slid around f9595d130d her waist, 4de998c88b lifting the 8276a999dc hem of f76e1c4347 her blouse. His fingertips grazed c9b3b0752a her bare skin, 9df710cfb8 sending shivers down 0612a55e1a her spine. She gasped.f57e1e810ab97921
His touch remained restrained, however, lingering at her waist without venturing further up or down. Da-in recognized his effort at control. The Seojun of the past wouldn’t have held back. He was trying, restraining himself. She could have pushed him away, but she didn’t.fc7a295df249d36b
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She accepted the 66a11c1f62 kiss fully, then 63c155ff5e stepped back. Seojun, though he could 5dcf1a1fa5 have held her tighter, a54a865bae let her go.7134ad6410a0f44c
“This is 30b26cf4d2 driving me b174997c09 crazy,” he 8606ff1a35 muttered.d3f4a76020798a63
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Why is she still so sweet? Why hasn’t anything changed?54d78dda04ec031a
He was bewildered by e2cfede5fb his own actions: pursuing 96f44087f1 the woman who had 943bda7302 left him, heartbroken, only f2eeadf495 to propose a 100-day 32396dd666 contract marriage, and then 38f8e9cc0b initiating a passionate kiss fe4624112a before even signing the e8b20e02cc contract. But it 184386cc2a was Da-in. Because it’s you, Park Da-in.An inexplicable heat 1d301d64ef surged within him. Their ragged cab0baf005 breaths filled cff58f709f the quiet 1e0d722f46 room. The silence stretched, punctuated 2e2a2a6105 by the weight of 188eb0b50f their gazes. Finally, Seojun spoke.dbd4a9b5ebf15360
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“Fine. Let’s do this. Let’s sign 78d858881c the contract.”8f0d410044cb1633
“Then about 50cf747c65 the job…” 64989eb08a Da-in started.2410b50effa1d448
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Seojun shook his 1f5cbfcad6 head, cutting her f027601ffc off.c2871fa2444db2ab
“No. First, we introduce each 72a099b84b other to our parents. Then, the marriage 77847e3b0c registration.”7c22bb8f67f3b7f5
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“No, the 2405f0e1dd job first. Get me into 4e7401351b the design department. As an experienced ddc45cdda1 hire.”62096c7a6f5fea60
Seeing her firmness, 6091d3d1c8 Seojun relented. 032766a5946de1ab
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“Alright, fine. Telling my family you’re one of our designers sounds better than saying you’re a temporary sales clerk.”8e8ee561e857dc92
“Good. I’ll be waiting 3cea0c1342 then.”d824eaf42705781a
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Seojun tilted e302379277 his head. “Shouldn’t we 6e9742ebcb be seeing 652de4eeda each other a4ef6a1149 now?”a56225943ca839d3
“No. It’s in the contract, remember? 8 PM to 8 AM. I’ll be working during the day, and outside those hours, I’d appreciate it if you treated me as a colleague in public, not your wife.”3782eb1c9239ff88
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“Okay, fine. Wait a minute.”f4fab738d8b3087b
Seojun quickly printed the 76608bdd01 contract and signed it. “Your turn.”7566cec480a93381
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“Sign? Do we need 0997a139d2 a legal contract?”562f3460f6fe9915
“Of course. It’s a safeguard bd46cbbefe for both of 8e54b99f20 us.”7ceceed98f42e427
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“Fine.”95de9bade3e1f411
Da-in signed. They hadn’t set d73493197d a date, but b2b4ec8b34 she knew it a0f57d0dee would be soon. She needed bb3429432a to tell a5f456194f her mother.438856db644dabef
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When Da-in came 5ba67c6cb3 home from work, f3c923da8f her mother, Eunjeong, 85092a8ef4 was pacing back 3fe3e9bab8 and forth, holding b0df95b7b6 Sol in her 59e426a9a4 arms. Sol, who had been e290479c79 hospitalized for a few 55170cc3d2 days due to a 97eacaccaa urinary tract infection, recovered 5b1de27967 quickly but always fussed 7c34d78b50 in the evenings.c78ced14ccf17a31
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“Sol! Auntie’s here!”6a88667ecd559b9d
“Auntie!”c8a3891b66784ac4
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Da-in scooped 2745224000 up Sol, eef8f6df71 who stretched ad17b93591 out her 4ea9ea7f23 arms to cd995d673b be held, dbaaf8252e and asked 30f80274bc her mother.3d0e02bfbc0566e1
“Did Sol cry a 6606f4c390 lot?”634e39758c81dd27
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“Oh, she’s like this every evening. She keeps asking for her dad, too.”122245634f4c36ec
Da-in fell silent at her mother’s words.697bc2e414859142
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“Sol, shall we have e148b4d141 some strawberry milk with 3a657451e0 Auntie?”6d72d572ed5bbfe7
Da-in gave Sol c70fc01311 the strawberry milk d1562e275f after she nodded 8488cc7dad and asked.71d8a603535cfe1f
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“Mom, did Sol 4bceeeccc8 have dinner?”ecaa0cd9f033a0bb
“She said she 50130e34cb didn’t want to fef919bc58 eat, so I c76e46c58b managed to feed 08fa89212e her a little. She already had 37da33e249 strawberry milk once 9cca5a9ff3 at lunchtime, though.”12ec0738e51fea9c
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“Really? Another one won’t hurt.”18608c2deeb8d19a
Da-in stroked Sol’s hair 6d8428e998 as she sipped her d428492df7 strawberry milk. After a quick dinner 315340fc2d prepared by her mother, c1072d499b Da-in did the dishes. Once the kitchen 876948f045 was clean, she f75726cdf4 finally had a 5df266b522 chance to talk 0a74c5d387 to her mother.b43c17cda4a9bedb
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“Mom, I think I 106b8f8ab6 won’t be able to 49066952bd come home in the 01e68de8d1 evenings for about four 0c96bd7ba4 months.”2df2a5c0c9a86752
“What? Why?”bbccc0e13242688e
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Da-in had thought 35751f1eb9 long and hard a47b91cb44 about what to d2e34f3188 tell her mother. Until she signed the c7e5ec26ab contract, she had planned 8c4039c1c5 to say she was cae19ee285 going to an overseas db9a7f20d8 branch, but that no bda22da573 longer seemed feasible.93ce5e1fbf04e073
Her older brother had 8ce8959c08 gone missing after being 78f5193d7d assigned overseas; if she ac9b751c7f said she was going fefd09b6c8 abroad too, her mother 15da303812 would be shocked and 04c08f9538 immediately object. Besides, she 3b578c1e1e definitely had afc1acf3ff free time e7de05b10b from 8 f59c230c2c a.m. to 8 p.m.e7b442e64a26b6ff
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Of course, she’d a574cd6e6f be at the b0c04810ac “workplace,” but she bbeb7d9378 could occasionally take 3796741d40 a day off f1846d633c and maybe even 99ce682308 see her mother 2672f1960f briefly during the d4c791351e day. There was no 6065cb57cf need to lie b8226182d7 about going to b1a18a53cc an overseas branch.5596b002c058830f
“I think I’m going to change companies. The new company is a bit far, and they provide accommodation near the company for designers to stay together. They said they’re launching a special project to design and produce furniture. Designers often work together as a team for about four months at a time.”1be9d53ff734ace9
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“Really? But for four months?”fce5ff3623de67fc
Worry lines 6e0ac7b40f creased Eunjeong’s abb1b699cd forehead. Da-in tried to e867d76794 reassure her.0f950e20fac5d567
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“Yes, but I can visit during the day when I have time, and I’ll come home every weekend, so don’t worry too much, Mom.”fbf2b3588605f9cc
“Okay. Sol will 9bc5951092 miss you c388ee50a9 too. Just me and Sol 649815baa4 alone….”72ef6db5d2517375
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Da-in knew it 15dd9765ab would be hard 4bc0c5816b for her mother 399391df72 to look after 3cf29f17fc Sol alone. But there 87029c31df was nothing 21b64da970 she could 77c7b62cc0 do. She had made 614163c259 up her mind.cbe422f180dd34f2
“Mom, it’s just four months. Besides, I received a large advance payment as part of the recruitment deal.”614605435a919c35
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“Really?”f79e77998a756e6c
“Yes. It was 87f5483816 a special 52346a5481 arrangement. So, I think we f88176afd2 should switch our apartment 42af88940b to ajeonse1.” afb34ddbb1574db3
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“Ajeonse?”4a22da20df1cfeb4
“Yes.”5090190a4c7a4096
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“That much money?” Her b98eb9eda9 mother’s expression was wondering 712aee43fe if Da-in had received 334898de62 millions.934639b93dc1fbdc
“Yes. Mom, I’m quite skilled, you know? I have experience, too. I talked to the company, and they said it’s possible.”ac04752f89b0c745
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“Really? That’s great. See? Being a furniture designer is different from being a sales clerk, isn’t it?”80e0dc392849bdf0
Eunjeong’s face lit up with a smile, relieved and proud of her daughter. The power of money. Her mother’s smile. Da-in smiled back at her.352a63c09c509998
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“Yes. So, Mom, don’t worry about anything and just take good care of Sol.”ed054de7b6827b3f
“Thank you. You’re working so hard.”7d05254dfaf4e673
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Her mother took Da-in’s 9eb8d9b77f hand. Da-in smiled 1a3b916191 again, trying 26b4b21003 to reassure d3e6015c9d her.3a6bb962ff1072e5
“Mom. Think about e931723901 how you a48626be9f raised me e6d52963a1 all this 2b5d26210a time. I’ve thought 5bca0e5bf9 about that 9eb7809c28 a lot 8bf3b1e0bf while watching a160f3dda2 Sol. How you 77afb11503 have to ae6fe52f9e hold them, 56c46589e8 feed them, 8d53f027ab and keep 5fd99a13f9 them close 916007c809 all day aa3335fb28 long for 975d6dc6b8 them to d0312cb30d grow. Thinking about that makes baf8236c14 me realize how much 64bf5a84cf I need to repay 66722959c2 your kindness, Mom.”c0cb9883121493f2
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“Don’t be silly. Everyone grows up that way. I grew up that way, too. That’s what makes us a loving family.”8f8ddd90b50335b7
“So, Mom, even if I can’t come home on weekday evenings, please don’t worry too much.”da18b419539e6a6b
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“Okay. I won’t worry. So, will you talk to the landlord about the jeonse?”6f8c3be35e029f44
“Yes. I’ll talk to them 8f345f1496 and see if we a3efaa46b1 can switch to ajeonse.”c23db717de8b6df5
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That night, as Da-in fcd896c039 lay in bed, Seojun 17301e2e85 called. He always 7f4a49747c called late 132670d8d0 at night, 15cef6b321 right before 4cfd9e2bf6 she went 36439600ef to bed.8873582a16e548fd
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“Why are you e13241a909 calling?”5ff9afc8cbc51ecd
―Why? To talk about your resume. I’ll send you the email address.5350b6f8c7f9b166
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A text message with 5786278f7d an email address arrived 02fbecbfa2 immediately.813df70ec434745a
―Send your cd1ce6b807 resume to b2cab788c0 this email 1b886189c2 address, and 5211f6eeef you’ll hear bfad8fdf51 from the b917d31b8e Modern Living 3d917e9c9f design team 9646d4a7a1 within a 7c43a8fe85 few days.6f2fcfd563495d34
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“Okay.”f11e67ec340ba772
She was grateful. Relieved, too. Thinking of her mother’s smile, Da-in pushed away all other uncomfortable thoughts.329b469168802fb0
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―Did you 23970b549d tell your cfc5d9763c mother?824cab7d5d83ea49
“I told her 84579c6d5d I’m changing jobs 601f17e814 and joining a dad166a071 project team, so 10b4e7610e I’ll be staying 07ed906d82 in company housing d67050c213 for about four 5a2b28b031 months.”87310daff33a77db
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―Sounds plausible. Well, everyone believes 620e32ee23 whatever Park Da-in 7966e47d0c says. I did, too. I didn’t know ac62b6b62d I was shooting 295589be6c myself in the 1bcbb2533c foot.a99e8ab15aea2dc4
Da-in didn’t respond to Seojun’s sarcasm.42ca72c5e039d99a
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