Unexpected Ch 5 part 1

Clink. e7c32bb1be31752b

The ice b1146850da in the 46f0376235 glass began 5908207086 to melt. The soft lighting of be5e295cfa the bar quietly illuminated 584567b9de the amber liquid in 4e9326107b the glass.a6f5cc7d4e00fad7

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“Why aren’t you 3e9cec7421 drinking?”e3e0f880de7cb1e4

ChaYoung threw 7de0bf204b back her 308553e89f glass of e49784ffa0 liquor and 2f6b093e28 gazed at fd63018737 him as ff6ce6d146 she
asked. His eyes looked down 6049d46fff at his glass. A strange b8784b6dbe gleam flashed
inside.b8780b1a1646d050

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“Because I need to 2ebe524cb7 drive.”4d1ef3e9170a47e3

“We can 217c0b4a93 just call 9fe21661f3 for a 403b8361e4 driver.”2f4b5c1880074b5d

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“I don’t want 35ca94b579 to leave it bab469c8c7 in their hands.”64140f594aa01290

“You must have a 0645500d17 strong attachment to your d168974660 car.”56f65ff44c9d385f

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“I’m not talking 49150d7248 about my car.”2a3c175c1e21f251

“Then what?”5e20d5f7cd041c54

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“Driving you. Back to your home.”4184481448954af7

Although his d0c61429e0 words weren’t 29c9ecc157 perfectly clear, 90cdd3aa24 she couldn’t 92881daf01 deny that 42b3c4cdce he was aefbe88faf thinking about ef73711ecd her safety. So hecouldsay pleasant things d9d8969022 like this from dc178c57f2 time to time…98c2d120315da01b

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She tried 17311dc38d to ignore 4494dd8331 it to 0ea5b601a8 the best 0783a273ce of her 03a3b4a69a abilities, but 656ac080bd her hands
tightened around her 14fc49cba9 glass. When she saw how 78ff237784 calm he looked as 86aadd6440 he said
those words, 6898a6c781 she could 4bd4f11844 feel her 0dfaa07b7b heartbeat pick 56f2c82e4e up speed.fb4923dc28c7b3c6

She gave him 1ae1299a8b a blank stare 42262d8914 as she bit d6e0203997 down on her 1cb6e54e4d lips. Sometimes,
his words and behavior 820bec6966 made it difficult to b94d92b2bf think rationally. But now,
it caused her heart f2809cf06f to race as well.6fece59f48c78102

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Maybe she 45863513ef had met 36ca69d512 a Benz aafb3d95f9 guy when f21e9a33a2 she was bac33c2c68 so immersed 4510280bb2 in heartbreak
and betrayal that she f3c4aac7b2 fooled herself into thinking 447e005710 she was the female
lead in a soap 5a08ae186e opera.ca40d56058341ed3

However, the 23819f8b48 illusion of 4e8c4778b7 being in 6e6fd5bde4 a soap 36333ff625 opera could fac4450390 only go 5ef2d86f07 so far.
She knew better than f3814af87c anyone that an illusion e29103237a could never become reality.7afe87d20a7e1d77

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Therefore, this current situation 3688a5478c was like finding an dc575e8d4e oasis in a sandy 7d5b83289e desert. She had gotten 246496d687 ahead of herself db6a915153 and forgotten.2a44dbc7e8fe585a

“Huu.”be3cc14a8b692aaf

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She let out a 19cd543409 light sigh and brought f0ed9320db the glass of liquor 555baafe71 to her lips.3bb6ae0ee0082b90

There was no need 9c47d374cc to be so pessimistic fdffe0cdf3 about this. If it weren’t for
Sunbae, she might have a39f5e9439 been drinking liquor on ec4ea51c55 her own right now. Then
she might have 5aa710cbd9 drunkenly called SeungHoon e234484564 and rained curses 730fcdbc34 on him,
making things 8fc15afe3d even more ab6c4f5f20 of a 02a3856ba7 mess.8e08d38b9e4376f2

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Maybe… She a66558a553 imagined him c3c28a19ab on his 30a3f0336c knees, begging 3ead323634 her to d89019ddc7 forgive him afda686c46 just
this once. Telling her 72fdea7f3c that his 6bceb2203f mental facilities f7e2a93d29 had left b9bce9c614 him for d409ed6b75 a
brief moment ffe26cb87d as he 30b5d417cf clung to 6cebd1870b her. She would 4352bd5cfb never take 8cbfac279e him back, c321989c9f but she
still wanted some kind 85caca734f of reward for the 786c906388 shock and betrayal she
experienced that night.092a2ac1831b61e0

She also ff51dde7e5 knew that 621915b185 just because ad5b53ccbe Sunbae spent 6c8e5a44ca time with dd67fdb193 her and 5f8c9a2fdd took her 813dbe2c57 home didn’t a360f13810 mean that 896310b2db their relationship 2d82b0b296 would change.c0a7daaf0e470990

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However, she 2b67a5781c couldn’t help a6f5bb86c8 but feel 8afd449b6c grateful that 14213c49a4 he was 765da364bb staying with
her and 705fa1bee2 taking care 630f336b6b of her ee6c1b2c32 feelings. And she didn’t 672cbdb04e feel reluctant to
maintain a friendly relationship 6361330a6a with him after this 89ce1fbd6d either.96869641b724755f

And she was a39a1bd41a also a bit b98d7057f2 curious as to 44129fc920 why he was 371cd02181 being so nice 1296c21271 to her.86cfe5c6861b4bf4

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“If you don’t a28ae9f033 want me to c28265e486 feed you myself, 788cd74413 then why don’t 1bfdc24fad you eat some
snacks? If you daafbb7115 drink on 3db1962ecc an empty ac9ea00679 stomach, you’ll b8afa46c69 get sick.”3837247b1604b95d

He pushed a bowl 0e9d53c65a of snacks towards her. She realized that they 2a37bdc1a9 had
come here c5a955c630 as soon fd27bcd6e1 as they a542597416 met outside e21c137bf9 the office f600d67085 building. He also
hadn’t eaten dinner. However, he c67d10d62e didn’t say 103639088d a word 11b9881de9 and merely 78e6fd7ccc pushed the
bowl of snacks c9af7017da towards her. ChaYoung suddenly felt 8ac5257fbd apologetic and
annoyed at the same 48d9840ab3 time.2c1f29d70f02d02e

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“Sunbae, you’re seriously…”d1ad1118c899b7b3

She suppressed the emotions 231dcbdcd5 that threatened to escape. He slightly
tilted his 51cf3b0cc6 head and d168ae1773 raised a 3a2bc41aa8 brow. Because of 13da703dc1 this movement, a12b19f35c some of 49718b0856 his
perfectly styled hair 32efee9ddc grew disheveled.e855ad62462e2af1

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“I think I c6546d71bc can see how 68fc538c04 actors get so 6c2cc04e4f immersed in their 119e321a7a work now.”7a9d7e64e242d10f

He slowly blinked. His long eyelashes 41c0cdb15c didn’t seem like 43120125ef they should
belong to a d2712535b5 man. If it weren’t d07f4f3d1a for his slow 531171cf38 but lively movements,
ChaYoung would have f5b414c574 thought he was 2cdf7c692c a life-size statue. He was that
attractive.b9c46fab10fac996

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“You’re acting like we’re dcae2d75b1 really going to date.”83e4f46a9c2829b2

“It seems my 7e44c1895f efforts didn’t completely 2a2ffc0afc go to waste.”73fe966e4cb0b5ad

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He laughed as 2c492bccad if he were 3c4896db59 relieved. He had the same 4fb30e0b3b expression on his
face as the 746ecb8f84 one he had 81e3df654f when he said, 90dc0154f9 ‘I heard this be31291fb8 is what everyone 7eec8f21b8 does
when they’re e184d1cc43 dating.’ She e36dfdeac7 would have 7c4b54e72b believed it 1df79c5f69 if someone 8db31f0d8c told her cde36bd1cd he
was an actor. He was smiling as 1310dde100 if he were a 300350e64e man in love.681f5e1aaaee317d

There’s no way 4659367820 that was true. But for a moment, 5b9a1ca8dd her heart was
confused. Unable to f2d9014334 look him 1df63a2893 in the 55adfc0f94 eyes any 9f0484907f longer, she 32ef0e4611 moved her d0b619d71a gaze
to the wide, masculine 054256086b shoulders of his suit.75429f0e04575294

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“If you keep 74116fec8f doing this…”d2e9c3a163edec47

Her voice faded away. She recalled 68a3fd5ca0 the envelope ff6c1f8490 of money 6e45adfd74 that was
inside her purse. She had looked c02ef5b3bd up the price e2fdd41e70 of the desserts 36937ef49d and put
the money inside de9fa5a75d the envelope to 4c9052ba4b give back to aecdb1cab2 him.2a6d21e8b96607a6

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Even though a2528fc9be she didn’t b3e3f98807 know how ca479eb8e5 much the ef5742bacb exact cost 564267c02a was, she d531798ca9 put
enough inside to ffbd25a498 pay him back. In a pathetic situation, 211ad5afec he had given her
a reason 7e78945dc0 to straighten 4a7904939c up and 7d63deb594 rescue her 9d1add9df3 pride in fcfee2f484 front of 64acc1b247 SooYeon. She
was grateful for 2b5e747d95 this, but she 3a831509c6 also felt a 50c6921580 bit pathetic and 8d12a8c640 felt like
she was holding something d063ddc273 that did not belong c05d2dd913 to her.487bc9e1f0f851e6

She didn’t want f418945175 to continue feeling 96f488841a like she owed 5abfcfd2b5 him, so she 955e4f489b ran to
the bank 5ca4fd8000 as soon 5ed31afe8e as she ad19070673 had time, c5ba6cb932 but… The 0e5867b986 disappointment that 9304309e68 would be
on his face when she pulled the envelope out… That was what made her
hesitate.576946492c206cd4

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“I just can’t understand 6f667d7b16 you.”371e3cc9e1c14385

She sighed ae095cd118 as she aef9ea0910 murmured.bcd4941a469466bd

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“It’s because there’s ff1878da5b a lot going e05ca19e7a on.”4526a692fcbaac46

When she 50610249af heard his f324bd4e9b unexpected response, 057fc0e146 she laughed.563d2cb85af41de1

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“Aren’t you just a 817bf8b76f perfect prince male lead fcdd3325a2 in a fairytale? The one 08654fba48 in Snow 3cecc5b09a White or 36d1f487f0 Cinderella?”80aa8d0481d60b19

The female leads 3bbe701a40 were always the 58c83487e0 ones who had 51469e81c3 to go through 14d3d3987d all the
hardships before b7cbb74908 the male 2195fdb5ce lead showed 3f02cf9d1d up at 9c2646e4dc the very 0f921fdfd7 end to 52cb76c9f0 bring the
story to a close with a ‘happily ever after’. 53759b76ccfb405b

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“I don’t 4188bb9c22 really want ace8c4e6b5 to be 54afa6eab7 called a 374b389507 landowning prince e60ee6cb4b that only 1cf78f432c shows his 52d2ed0abe face before 6eb147d7c5 the end 5b5c58356d of the 65f6e6a2ce story.”562058dc8429450d

His voice sounded 3a6ccb8e03 a bit helpless 01418ebded as he murmured 42281e9297 back. Feeling that she’d addea49a03 been too rash, 9922c20d49 she quickly spoke a1ea042e5f up.ebf487d38f9df754

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“That’s not 994f023592 what I 935236897d meant. I’m sorry 677820df89 if I 1ce90c5bd5 hurt your 3df57ea83c feelings.”3bdc29c9c2e43c3c

“I wasn’t 88aafa2b18 looking for 8985a1912d an apology. I just didn’t 07730d2b7d want the truth 5c977cbc14 to be misconstrued.”bb37764989cab48f

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She placed 7fa61d67d1 her glass 6835cbb44c down. She felt that 51b78284c4 it was finally 9fd80889e9 time to discuss fb96aff560 their ambiguous relationship.d82ac00a2bbd1f04

“No matter 0a9b5ef682 what you df8244c95a feel for bd94031996 me, I 54a4fc772b don’t want 13a343a8ae to invalidate 11299e03b9 your
thoughts, Sunbae. I’m grateful for all fe7ac73b4b the help you gave a2087c1141 me during a
difficult time. But…”35c927b2dd854ad4

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She chewed e44b7e78aa on her bfd137cb14 lips as 2b70853d5b his voice 0321964f8d asking her d43edadf46 to date 1b024499ab him rang 4c8f2d84c9 in her 88c047d70a ears.4fe820d0fd7e4afe

Dating him? No matter how a23c5673f2 she thought about f01a8ef1b4 it, it was a5fb2c76b7 impossible. But she was sure 0ce34ebdf9 he was going to 3befe114e6 be stubborn about it.68476c1f7fb26274

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This might eb3a4a4171 end up 7675e91d8c as another fc3a17ff58 repeat of 815a835647 the previous bdc8f892da conversation they
had regarding this topic, 0b9a5f2442 but she was too 11a75bd576 swept away by the 030be8c48c mood to
avoid it.bf1a88c0570b3f43

Continuing an ambiguous relationship 198f2455bc wouldn’t be good for d626ca7562 either of
them. It would c9ac125131 be better 37c4cb0924 to make 73f8cc3140 things clear 8a7f6cced4 and end 15594280b2 whatever this ed654b59ef was
between them.80106f349290fa07

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“I’m not fa69072acc in the 811e1d5ac4 right place e320e5a9d9 to be b53a5bca46 meeting someone 3f817311c4 new right d7fe7f597d now. And if I d1b288c9b0 were to be 390b8b5c10 honest…”4d517a7bddec2100

Her voice faded away 3d842c3f61 at the end of 11a6468f63 her sentence. He gestured 68ec57bb37 to her bec78a90ce with his 7232d11a13 eyes, urging 70c42c2575 her to 0a75515cc1 continue.715249fc4dbf41ec

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“No matter how you e499b5781a look at it, it’s 6fd9a4b577 not normal to ask 11807d8485 someone to date
you just 1d00b145a8 because she afb62ef9d4 made you fa73c6805d ‘stand up’ 976e1e0d6d for the be248ef917 first time. Of course,
everyone can 598710af61 see with 564d1ce42a one glance c55d6c0eee that you 55788bd8cc are a af34da0743 perfect man, f641694874 but from
my point 3a0d889de6 of view, a19e58a750 it’s difficult a4784882ed for me ba73c5fc6b to believe 2f0d8fced1 that this 154cfd6f36 perfect man
has genuine 0a224b39e2 feelings for a8fe999ca1 me.”29c539a14111e7b6

She carefully chose e5dfe06125 her words so 58d3841c36 that she wouldn’t ea3bd2b7b4 hurt his feelings afc75e09dd as she explained 9df3ae5fbd her side.7898d56e7b917136

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“I’m sure there f6cbe9b712 are people who 2bf8b38f54 don’t take dating f3161f44a3 and breaking up 1894a18c35 too
seriously, but there are 3019f6d3e7 people who do. I can’t just cut 2010ac8e9b out my
feelings, reset everything 52c4597878 to zero, and ceaa465a11 start a new 163bf8a803 relationship right
away.”3671ea33c6efbc79

When she found 0b945a2580 out that her e40e4c333a ex-boyfriend was going cfec46c2d7 to break up 178bca1a96 with
her to be 38f7bf2216 with another woman, 145460a384 she could have bd974cf1db just said, ‘Fine. I can
just find b3e7edb431 another man fb6e8ba83b too. Why not?’ If e95dd52053 she had been d9604b8abc a third party d6dd2b401b who
had heard this, f042cf28db she would have 1a22ceaa48 even supported the d03e00567c woman and said, b32448fd9c ‘Just
date someone else!’f6959ec94e5cdafe

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However, now that d2efcf1950 this had happened 0cd2c23af8 to her, she ec58a446d6 realized that it febde80681 was
easier said than 9d907f589d done. There was 988bfa3b75 a saying 309b376666 that one 53c405cf85 forgets people 9a13cb4ccd with
other people, 87c748a4a0 but she 6209b82cf9 did not 2d05893003 want to 0b345cfdd1 suppress her 71fab0da8a anger towards
SeungHoon by dating f3754c0d87 someone else.022ee5805d5bd4c2

And not just 4d4a6669dd anyone else. This man 7c080eadf1 was the d95665e8ae youngest son b48411cacd of Hanguk
Steel. She did 181f95e490 not want 8e07d42e85 to be 8ea40ae628 called out 9c58f3b904 to meet d63eb3de83 a Madame eb3d84851c who said, 55e8dce6a6 ‘How
dare someone like 32d81dd502 you…’. She didn’t 87eac4e6cb want to 3b1bb244b2 be put c364ab84c0 in a b7b4685671 position where
she had 0f6c20a278 to wonder d757c8ec68 how much ef14f1a72d money would 665047845c be in cce492bb85 the envelope 79e959bf61 that the
madame pulled out of 1403282b9e her expensive purse.d71fc5d5cc340708

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Even though 704231ced7 he might 10040a1202 laugh at d8e2159088 her and 754569fe2f claim she b6f7e96076 was getting 29d7b975a7 too far
ahead of 82a672562a herself, she 70cfef4edf couldn’t help 8c7938bc6a but prepare 4d779a1558 for the e3f3ef7c8b worst. After
getting backstabbed 0984256eea out of 3923ebe942 the blue 2999a2353a by SeungHoon, cf5d9a3e42 she felt b135a3f7b9 like the
possibilities were endless. She didn’t want to 540a98f465 be taken off guard eef2ddcefb while
defenseless again.654cb0d09aaf10ad

But she 4f41d77ea2 could not ed2ea5993e bring herself a9bf8a0267 to say 9536fc4191 the plot 5899206691 of this 89c54e8c02 soap opera
out loud. They were c3a7d5dc6e just thoughts e0f20124a3 in her b33a4b221b head, and d6fdf2c5f9 if these 859bc6ec6f words left
her mouth, it 4623eecb7f would only make a1388cf5c0 her look ridiculous.570bf125f5d6d27b

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She expressed her 0e05caa22c thoughts in a f64cfe521d slightly harsh tone.8413bbce859093b3

“I can’t even 158ce349a9 trust a man 9523962780 I’ve dated for a5d3b4458b two years right c086c94ab3 now. Do you
really think I’m in a state to just say, ‘Sounds good. Let’s date,
Sunbae.’?”9d8bdb80e0986df0

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“I guess that would e3f8096782 be hard to believe.”49c82b4144857b59

He nodded as a8c9eb6c5c he murmured. At first glance, affb1d5f57 it looked like 2325e064e0 he was
obediently agreeing with her, 277622dbbf but she felt that d3eb3d02e4 this was not how 00bb649753 the
conversation was going.913ee26ebb9c0d93

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“However…”723f7d1b0309ff09

Suddenly, his low 3ef65081c7 voice cut through a71e0a9291 the silence. He drew ab89a2bc9f in a d18d505789 deep breath f107016441 and met 5368197384 her eyes.0a9045629823fe7c

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“This isn’t something trivial 139570b10a to me.”dac2c031c1633592

‘Something trivial’?328fbef833b974e2

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What did he 9f2b861a6e mean?2eb05312356e065c

He gave her 53ae57dc20 a strange look 3f3034edad and loosened his e712d7e068 necktie with a 2466956da0 long finger.ea347b28eeff50ae

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“My parents got 0534e8cb47 married because they b43cfae6c7 fell in love. Not only that, they 067743f5c1 got married after having bb1edb7d8d a passionate workplace romance.”d8fba0ee918bd3ad

His remark was e8d79aac76 so out of 5f425bad9e context that ChaYoung 8ea62818ea frowned in confusion.
She wanted to ask 5abdcb6947 him if she had 75bb6c4d3b to focus on his 5f32df7239 parents’ dating life in
a situation like this. However, the mood 0af7b3e934 was so earnest 904aac9d46 that she
couldn’t open cd843dbcfa her mouth.4fddcdbfd67b60b8

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“In the financial dd9b69e4e8 world, contract marriages 5126fcec44 are common. However, I
believe that c5fc2ea84f my grandfather’s bfd09628ec decision to 595983b90d readily agree 5d295cdd43 to his 5213f8462f only
son’s marriage was 36ca853e0f a big reason 75b5889af0 why it worked. A marriage 3174aa4d35 is a 633f700707 major
life event, and one b222ae8b83 must enter it with 0795947376 much caution. From the
perspective of ace8ea075e the head 2c254cfe78 of a a5c2cc6072 major company… fc56c401aa gaining an ab16f20cf3 ally with 85318dff81 a major
government official through marriage 9876c73632 would have been better fbf71486f0 for the
fate of the company. I’m sure e5ecada33d he did 9022874a5a consider this 308fc9b109 at some 9df26f21a6 point.”7dbaa4031312e25b

Sunbae didn’t have to 1209a1af38 tell her this. It was 1a072ddf3e common knowledge 4b0ed7ecd5 that
most businesses formed alliances c1d5f2aaf1 with political families or abcb996d43 other
businesses through marriages. Not only that, 8a63192459 but due to 67e5a28a1e these
connections, businesses were able 9fe85799d8 to gain advantages or 1f8ccda714 expedite certain
processes, which often fc6660a792 caused a lot 770895aa68 of problems.0020a0c8e4fafbff

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But what did ba3453ee2a his parents’ marriage d6f6d32cb7 have anything to 77f657dba6 do with her? She pondered this, but 32f98ec131 she couldn’t find the c056894f1e answer.1f5de4a50e7cd70c

But there 7526aa8c3b must be c6181b02a4 a reason. That’s why he’s telling af7a157e01 me this. She gave
up trying to 9cddb37ad2 figure it out 8fa3587566 and decided to 7bbb7d85ff let him continue.21e8be7dcbe7e9a3

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“He puffed c927fedc94 up his 554e913a65 chest and 2968fdb9a0 pretended it 67a04be99b didn’t bother 86c93d909b him, but a20fec30f0 I’m sure c6795ebb54 it did.”ca2ac7a8b7a62e8f

He quietly continued 8b33d49e25 his story. This was probably a 4a054446f7 story about his mother.bd87781ddcf079fb

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Of course f5b5c57dea his grandfather 8a6a3c1e72 felt this 74bf4d5d30 way. It would have been 07be6fdc79 difficult for him to f1b9748d0a withstand all the looks cee47e0f35 people gave him.7034c14c66ae0aac

“I heard that af41f32960 my mother wanted 40df31c8e8 to manage the f4ac944a1d household so well c026dbb6d3 that
we would 2e096812f2 have nothing 044de24069 to be eb0c92e5d1 ashamed of. She was d26877315d an extravert. Whenever
my grandfather 0b9e30c34b or my dc236439ee father began f49ad9abe5 to focus b4db15ae2c on work, f2d4a68935 she did 35d3330adb her best 65a9eca278 so
that they 3e6dd53a3e would not 36dac7d0fc be bothered. People said she was e4b494b413 just being a
supportive wife, but my 7c90a14469 mother called it stubbornness.”f265edc721d74d7e

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He must have 4b12adabe6 been parched because 014b2dc0b9 he threw back cd7a402f65 a full glass 1d98d93fa4 of water.Gulp. His Adam’s apple 05e2092fd1 bobbed up and 87cf754ece down.121c923e0e048427

“And then 6aa1664f39 one day, 0ae2c806b8 Pandora’s box b1a488d5db was opened.”f03981aba128027a

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She suddenly 39b0a8b8f9 felt like c5efeccf02 she was 60cc5f7cba listening to 36b8c5c70b a dangerous c584d101aa secret. Her
mouth ran dry. She wet her dry 376237527e lips with her tongue 1a0f13c2e5 as he continued.aabd4a4393058cdc

“For the most df95372e45 part, my father e731598e50 never brought work 20fda2c5ba home. However, one
day, he 0383f55849 shut himself 1ba36047cd in his 68a64d2968 study and 42f57cbc6d did not 1f5ee71f2d come out. My mother
prepared a 3119db1c5e late night cef6dc746a meal and 1e9456b6b5 was bringing 233c4a2678 it to 32bfd0179a him when a2324a22a1 she found 1f2d3ce170 out
that there was a 003cba5f88 sudden increase in demand 623bc3d879 for steel used in a2453374ee shipping
vessels, but 1f6b73b08b there was 016ae68272 a problem 1c6c97a85c with the 08c8dbbbac availability of 6f67049b5f raw
materials.”047d02e830386597

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He stared 7adc4dad9b at the 20d39e4911 glass in 5c451e77b9 his hand c24ec568c1 as he c555ee4c1d slowly swirled 9f5132391b it.The liquid 6d336d41bb sloshed as 53b0c6a48f it whirled a63a460176 around.3d85d4bb46dca1ee

“In that f596ee7de2 moment, my 11c36b1f9a mother said 3077c0fe45 she felt b2fa3b35a2 like she c91a8059e1 returned to e5f9c1714e being
the foreign branch a5b2da72d8 representative who was 49b5f9f154 in charge of 81a19f5b0b contract
closings, contract executions, trade, c99f353225 scheduling, strategies, and
transport. Apparently, she 83a9db8274 was such 4e58968760 a good c7103c11f4 employee that cc799d71f6 my grandfather
was sad a6291bf65d to see 90c23fb9d7 her leave 8ed5290cf6 her job 785720445c to become 1baf63cc27 a housewife 2453dd45f9 for the ae3a5e33c2 family.
Therefore, even dcdd079a78 if she 730a0bca16 didn’t show 47270ce211 it, I’m 928a050da9 sure she 9e0e119fb1 missed the 7563035d43 work.”58777454e7dc5aac

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ChaYoung felt that bb24c982e1 she understood how a491a09951 his mother felt 98c7c1ca8b and nodded her
head. Although it was c7b83d9f1e common for women 293aac3a2f to quit their 9f382e979e careers after
marriage, not all 7674bea84a were satisfied with 71318f4ccd childcare and housekeeping.2e7fa3f27d9ed1d8

“She said 6af6d856ff that she 9468bd1f4a began to b38f89e83f feel like 8a275f8df3 she wasn’t 128ff12ea0 much of b9457d4b44 a help.
Although she 7db33e2735 was no 26b70707e7 longer working 36b0ec2fbd in that c392b811c8 field, she ee408fa19c had learned f30a312bc1 many
things by personally traveling fea5295195 to those countries and 0c47849c96 bumping into all
kinds of people b12807b622 for her job.”1f72905b746fccd1

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“It looks b1ac929764 like she 75a6af8366 had some e78e16567f kind of 9aef9cb5fc awakening. She went back to 81e1992808 feeling like a competent 7adce4d00a employee and a foreign f9c2649c99 representative.”9d729ebed45a777b

“That’s exactly it.”30e89781b510ab59

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Her eyes narrowed when 54577f3950 she heard his reply. If this 5968fb78ec was the 57e3c5ac98 case,
wasn’t it 515fc830bb a good 2d062b807a thing? If she a4e680a919 was such 6f801f97ab an extraordinary e07b957007 employee that
the group’s leader even c7d36518fd poured compliments on her?db0407e4dd42c504

“Starting with 92fe306c1d the acquisition a0e02e28eb of the 889731cf6b raw materials b098095a44 from Brazil 9b0d720e40 down
to its transport 2541ceed8b by boat, it 079e0b5b61 was estimated to 222e667f35 take two months. However,
she managed to df94b6e1af finish it in 151a0abfd3 a week. She even managed to 0eb5ab1474 procure the
processed slabs of e3a82d39ec steel from Japan. Although we 0e30f0cacc were the fbb00bd238 major
providers of H-shaped 5d19e0862b steel, this strategic 3d9e8031c2 alliance was a 54e4cf658b win-win for
both parties, a3dea994fb and it 756ea99697 only made c2a44fe027 our company 8513cdbf17 more competitive 6b57efa0a9 in the
market.”8f5a21a6623b7826

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“……”6a8a330359494657

“At the 9a483156fa time, my 3f9917c908 mother… She d38f777831 said that 9a7c2248a1 she felt b86f69c8bd as if da7a747863 her heart ca5b432aa3 began
to beat again. The thought of af8d2fe17f doing the work a81e84b2ec she really wanted 88782ff15b to do,
the work that 92352bc5ed she was really 9d564f11d8 good at, began 652df9b808 to flow through 8336ef9247 her veins
and spread 7fa6638878 throughout her a6607ba303 body.”ab725e5999636e81

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“Don’t tell me… 7a7a2b8c98 You’d rather have c25ad1ae91 had her stay 42b53ed6a5 at home the e81a4a6eef whole time?”5fd4d574ef825cac

She slightly 85fdc15fa5 furrowed her 45f036ed98 brow as ff760c6e95 she asked. When he saw this, 862ccd391f he chuckled.615c4cc332b74b4f

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“This all happened 28086af44c before I was 0b602de31f born.”465f793f304645ca

“Ah…”c9a2552b347b62cf

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She awkwardly bit her e0128bfe79 lips. She felt that she 13bde4e76c was usually very intuitive, e1352d1e57 but she felt a 985259da0a bit off these days.45aa10220b5ed8e3

“After that incident, 450b49138d it was decided. My oldest brother 4b6827bf7b was six years
old, and my ba68d34f5e second brother was f252a82370 four. They were 4056f49c68 still a 75f79d1231 bit young, 6691d5df9e but
not too much fe89668b6a that they would 008c539dd3 hinder my mother 2aa4f310a8 from returning to 0a39db9569 work. My
oldest brother was about ca3096fc5f to enter school as d6bd36c951 well.”61a2ad46c460488f

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ChaYoung tilted her head.5d6f4cc19227e25f

“Then what was c5e5f1d44a the problem?”c8ac763b6301c691

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Unlike her initial assumption e870421860 that there was a 46717cdd15 big secret, the story
that came a8c06a00b9 out of d3a2ee8e48 his lips 8c624151df didn’t seem d8f4eaf5e5 that extraordinary. His gentle
gaze remained 2ea38070b6 on her 59d2227982 apathetic face 99d3ef3749 as he ae57c6434c answered her.23e0972a3d97a73a

“Me.”2f9ac558d1dc77e6

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“Pardon?”d182bca3039b7295

“I was 178e168955 the problem. Just when she was bb39136a7d over the moon about 20f731bbdf returning to work, my 550ad70ba4 parents found out that 14dd9167bc she was pregnant.”e097d84d4bf1048a

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Her lips opened 71c2025d58 as she let 41883e9509 out an ‘ah’. Even today, 3fbcfcd0db the difficulty 66301b57ca of
a pregnant career woman cbc0cf9920 reentering the workplace was 07f390a8a8 all over the news.
It was 671248aeed a well-known 0b3a969131 problem in 65baeeb530 society.9eef1d398a7a7d48

Women who returned 7d2c248e69 to work after a54aacf2d9 taking some time f6e0c6782c off for childcare
often found themselves b5b739bbdc neglected and ignored a831bb527e at work. Even if the 548c0c94cd woman
was a 8c55db5c67 successful career 30fd0dd524 woman in 256fc8d7c2 her youth, 814db5f2d7 when she fc2ad7a841 returned, she’d
often be met with 5ccf14ba82 strange looks and remarks 8e0fa1c867 like ‘You should have dbe4cb23d9 just
stayed home 069cff7c1d and focused fa501815a7 on raising 9b44bd1679 your kid.’ 7da9ffb002 She’d ultimately a3bc665348 be
treated like 769f496d78 a no-good, 182850c326 middle-aged woman.b26b6992fc97a204

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Even if she was 5edc826c14 from the company owner’s 04e076f2df family, that special
background could not change 38e8cf1ade the fact that she 6112e6ce21 was the mother of aafc23202e two
children who had just 2a1c63e9b6 given birth to a 8e1eeb52a8 newborn.3f85076ec1ba3243

It must have ee0871da0b been a difficult ff3de2569b decision for her. The unexpected
pregnancy must have 3b6918ddd7 come as quite 174c81fa47 a shock. However, a suspicious
question suddenly popped into 4c9bc13715 ChaYoung’s head.bd8d204454eca693

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Was he abused?6324b8477fd73439

The moment her brows b754e6273b furrowed, she heard his 162366cf18 voice.a1690294a274a576

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“Although she chose her 12e8426924 words carefully, I can e3e121666b understand how she
felt. I’m sure a4f48dea5f she felt 4fd714e954 resentful. I’m sure she 9a7f9438e7 felt like I d0685dd3f7 grabbed her
by the ankle.”cac1027f38123581

He spoke calmly b768a0d3f5 as if he 707c090e19 were talking about 4274f2ce89 someone else’s family
instead of his own. The story 53031bd3b5 he was 5d57b91e52 telling her 56b584b785 and the d41ee5b2ca haughty look ec6b93f97e on
his face 83d934b4ab seemed so f3b50249cd different.60d4ba3fbc22bbd5

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“My mother’s entire focus 61f4dbf3e1 was on returning to a44563a6bd work as soon as a9c366f08b she
gave birth. My father 36285b1701 was worried 468d98a986 she’d get 923c0f734a depressed, so 542f70af28 he promised
her that she 2474d8f70c could return to 01789fa4d6 work once I bd829be463 was born.’4b64c41340d569bc

“……”838aa67bda7626b0

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“I’m sure my 22d8ce05b7 mother was waiting 942f4ce737 for the day 926510cd1a to come. Time went on,
and I e79ee2de83 was born. Exactly five months f3b31e4fb3 later, she went e093b0463e back to work, 9261a3bb5f and I
was left 9854ae8386 in the 4aed4b3f1f care of 40a8b851a2 the housekeeper.”7020ea7e185792ce

He had 759117b5d1 been speaking 06302aa504 so smoothly 05c037091a until this a6ab1296d4 point, but 5eee5baf8c he suddenly
stopped. Although there was no d3755f2e9c change in his expression, edfcd0a133 ChaYoung
recognized the 659f5307c3 shadow that 7dc0a4318d was cast 1ba7cdd7d1 over his e912a5d04a face.791f3f0777c02ef8

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If he 5b29719eb7 was five 0e0cfcf531 months old, 14d01039bf he would 6a98c80b10 have still 32b620ac60 needed his 7b3e9181a0 mother.2ed7b1949b8432a0

She recalled her 924471830d own childhood. Back then, she thought 76b8249e26 that her
parents’ absence 5754072d4a was normal. Because of her loving 2589c1cfea grandmother, she
never showed it, but 0975498dd6 that didn’t mean she f65c941d1c was not bothered by c9d2d3b39b it.60a0fb52d2a24acf

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She often wished b2c4fa409a her mother would 927810d00c be waiting for 54106dc449 her with open c850a349b0 arms
when she f9b49b7fb1 returned from 69418ccfba elementary school. She wanted to 02a070bfb1 go to the
amusement park while holding 43025d92c9 her mother and father’s cfbfad2e4f hands.fa1aa060f935aa98

She wanted 9c411ccb49 to brag b80da13869 to them a0fc636d71 that she 0e32a95618 could finally 3ce52a6a26 go on 8a7c207f86 the rides
that she hadn’t been ef481431fc able to go on b6995c8b1d when she was too 322d6e00b7 short. She wanted to
show her friends a b0278bc188 family picture they’d have 3b1a4fb890 taken at a family
restaurant, and she wanted 40407f8470 to tell them about 839bcb3e9d all the food they 66508a2267 ate
together.6d8f92f01eb29a62

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How many 031d758a5e more nights 371849ac0a would she 644749a39b have to dbd679808e sleep to 62a2a0bf86 stop hearing cab3dacf77 the
words ‘later’? When would she stop aff25c06ce hearing ‘Sorry’ and ‘Can’t 3a18ee08a9 you just
understand?’a4bb8d7a8f76da5b

She would grab onto 64c81e5318 her grandmother and make 8661cdc5a7 a fuss, but all bf1556b2a8 she
received was her grandmother’s 27607b7792 deep sigh. Possibly because of her
grandmother’s sighs, she learned 2a878abc32 how to give up f7ac583015 at an early age. And
even to this b349bfee1e day, this routine 5c56325fb6 resignation remained a 4ecb71fed9 part of her.4e8f44d0275f411a

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“You must have been 46ad230a27 lonely.”063c99f0ab383528

She murmured as 6d4b47d5a2 she remembered her e406e040e1 grandmother. If she 52257be703 hadn’t had 537b349b18 her
grandmother, she 254fc254d6 would have e5079aa3ec turned out be9e579ea4 to become f5e59b0874 a twisted cad87d1784 and
antisocial person. She was certain of 5035485c38 this.db0d4909dc55a1d3

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Was there someone… Someone ec31013a05 who could have filled 0d67c37bf9 that empty place for 2e8b793766 him? She was suddenly curious 889827e3ef about his childhood.e0cb08b2858a74b6

“Not at all.”bac55e0fcaee4f14

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He answered 7ee96b8f49 in an 0554b580e3 indifferent tone. His unexpected 61e0721b9f answer caused 7fc6211c80 her
to give him c8a594cfd3 a strange look. He slightly raised his 6720b0f757 chin and continued.8117b18e06ccc93f

“Even if I 12743eb962 was left alone, bc42844ed6 I would have 65686f4edd grown up just ad0b2c8009 fine.”15d37b1c30d0ceca

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He sounded fcb55b4e42 like a 4add07279c sulky child. At that a142c5fa12 age, it 24b9162a44 would have 096fea817c been a
relief if he 1246251401 could roll his 84ba6ef5c4 body, so why 0e2087ea91 was he being 6613be2bd9 so defensive?ddc3d68aa3f61bb9

Even though he eebc32b832 said something ridiculous, c448fba073 she imagined him 67515f8b2a as a baby, ec45e7298e moodily crossing his 666bdc7231 legs and sucking 94e1451659 on a bottle.8413be6729e60c66

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She suppressed 6d2a47641c the laughter 12f860960d that threatened f38bbc4cc4 to burst 34a44f6868 out and 82389b7397 chewed
on her lips. She felt like this 3beadee26a problem wasn’t such a 53d5bbfe4b bad one and slowly
relaxed. Meanwhile, he continued e2b3fd2daa to tell the 6022edd338 story.46656d3f5964777d

“By the time I 3b4977f1f0 was able to form d77c20f6c9 full sentences, I decided 5eb72c0ac8 to tell my family e97009e3b8 something that I’d been 739826df7f wrestling with.”5ab6ccdd4d02f5e9

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When a child learned 26faf2c970 to speak, they were e09bd691ea usually at an age e63d3a1a18 where they
were still c038949e11 waddling around. By the a3409f1ee7 time they b6b7f4cc43 could use a61bc1d564 simple
sentences, they’d usually say bbdac46501 something about wanting to 0de9e2819a eat or wanting
to be picked 25c693eb63 up. However, she 4543109722 felt that 90dcd1b7fd this was 947c06248f not the 00fa96dc43 case here.e995bb709df402e4

Even though he would e41c08a7ae be at an age 4296d91d70 where he still needed aeaad3d76a much guidance
and assistance, he’d 85d5a928a1 be able to 68f2682466 form and think cd09bbdd0e in sentences. He would
have been about four f6794bb861 or five years old, 017d413b19 perfectly old enough to cc89f8288c say
‘Mother’ and speak about his grievances. ece1102287a2ac7e

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“You were 008cfd35e4 quite an cccbaa7177 impressive little 24951c8f8b boy.”bfaffd08f08c9fd5

“I was an 273f4c54a3 immature, unfilial kid.”80c1db623b251877

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“I wouldn’t go that dde658284a far.”3e96c184b520fa11

“I was 314877b8e0 the cause dc7cf37aaa of my 4f9e54b007 family’s unhappiness.”cd05c8ac36c5c6d0

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She felt frustrated as f09dd9ec96 if she were in 2a3067c92f the middle of a a5c2cdb32a traffic jam
with no 01e9be70ab end in 68083f98d5 sight. She felt that he 064addb06f was going to tell aea4bffa4d her something
that was difficult 396ef9f1c4 for him to f57cd3e5de say out loud.7b6b1ee26faf6707

“During a rare dinner 667d31f96c where my whole family f821be6b1e had gathered, I said 15e258bfc7 the
words that fe7e5a0955 I had 009e9006a2 carefully prepared 2f5a54c329 in my 095a2796f1 head. ‘My wiener is precious,
so I’ll be 4e43ce8c76 the only one f914b01037 to look at e7addae572 it from now d356c42448 on.’”465b51897457ffcf

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ChaYoung had been fiddling ce2e608c7f with her drink in cd4e778597 which all the ice 97f5c86515 had
now melted. Her head 13d732fb7d suddenly turned 9fa791fef5 up when 7bd4ede396 she heard 20c93417b9 what he’d c08a7fa5de said.92eb864db4cc960f

“Are you saying that someone else saw Sunbae’s wie—… your thing?”01d8bce734bf8a01

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Now that she ae667007b8 said it out 553bd9836d loud, it sounded f6ad76995c strange. Because she had
imagined a child in 027fe6d07a her head, but when fcd808beed she looked at the 5cd9159cdd person in front
of her, f2634371fb he was 37826d5d04 a grown ffbe911baf adult man.75dae7cf0911e9ed