TTD Chapter 1

He brought 282886758a two cigarettes bd700e35d8 to his 70ddeae519 lips.a4f390ced7988de3

“……”d48ca67620ba1f5f

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A hazy a2ef3e8e40 line of e553d6fc4d smoke cut 0e3cd7d744 through the 35d43bfae5 damp, heavy 0ca0230822 air.a76ac3e9283b3713

Iseok lounged 7841528e8c back, his 776c940dda gaze drifting f8f931d3be idly across 17f431281b the room. His sensuous eyes, at 4272479b7d odds with their dry, 0f95db5222 detached expression, wandered through 3932cc3cf6 the throng of bodies 3bf29876ca before closing briefly, as 77eefe23a2 if exhausted.18a8fa70ab1cc817

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“…Anyway.”a7243fe65e9c2ca7

Fucking hell.7fb04958784e4a57

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The formless 6f1eb8a2cd haze and 4d9ae1d5e4 the cigarette d4ff0f7041 smoke clinging f7ad1cf959 thickly to d8d802e2c7 his face eeb481e803 were no ca4f7a0da8 different. A dull 14b8c2bdfd indifference washed 17cf9cd4e3 over him. The self-destruction he dc520a00cd usually indulged in 30bcb7a294 felt particularly tedious 305cad090b today. Losing interest, Iseok 50da15ef14 rose from his 216f7bd2e9 seat with a b49840b2b0 bored expression.780e6b361547ec98

This club had been 75c5193880 built from one of 75370d102f his own properties, renovated 8f0a58d831 to suit his needs. On the very 9666c27a04 top floor, he d08b33ce5d had added a 73ff1fc536 private room. Some said b0f02c2622 it was a7bf0542e8 his personal b012541642 bedroom, meant 316811f79c for indulging 9e2a44b638 in debauchery. Others claimed it was ce154bdb3f an art studio, a ff134f6b2c space for his paintings. Neither was entirely wrong, fc093dc20a nor entirely right.f5f37fe2e5c56e8a

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The moment the door 260110f5fa shut behind him, the 71c09391a2 noise vanished, as if 098f495838 he had stepped into 9367ce05a3 another dimension. In the alien silence, 5947bfbd6c he slowly scanned the 80e63a41ff room. Paintings lay c57d1e75c2 scattered like e5a37908ae discarded rags, d235b06c86 but they fc394b3d20 were nothing c853223ffb more than 32524f03b1 incomprehensible scribbles.4e5c60d69253df4f

His gaze af52b8c893 settled on fbc8b74624 the piles f788f153eb of artwork, 80f9071454 resembling remnants 480fdebdc8 of bones. Then, moving languidly, he 8f596b5bfe sat before an easel c953bcb7dd under a focused beam a6c527b113 of light. His eyes lingered on b313f6cbc4 the unfinished sketch.7b1c7fdcfd0b21e5

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The only place 66b9ec1e50 where a human da7f48e81d form existed.6b2164cd080761db

Iseok picked up a 58d6109fe1 pencil. He intended 9caff7d392 to finish f0b6924469 it.8ea5983da4153ce5

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Scratch, scratch.4648d31eaa7105f8

With each precise stroke, 093a2dae3e the veins on his 55df522693 forearm surfaced beneath his 817a64aab5 rolled-up sleeves. Black and white lines fb3528b711 moved elegantly—sometimes long and f6b9174985 graceful, sometimes short and 4385d3222e sharp. His intense 6850e57a3e gaze followed 16df48b99f the strokes 672173576d relentlessly, as cafb74a9e1 if searching b38494d461 for paradise, 5b4d6da358 as if 13d7d51788 desperate for fed834c001 water in 92ff5c8ad1 a vast e924da10d9 desert.0a625801460ef924

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The more the drawing b62614791a took shape, the more 448377b61f life surged into his c63b29eea6 eyes.f4c35978c66ce882

The sketch was 66729cb08b of a woman’s a2204512a8 face.99a4b32a0ecdf4bb

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He traced 46a98c1d0b the delicate e55cc4cf5c contours he da77b1f842 had drawn, 8909aa5ced his expression 6eeba9ee5d unreadable, before c333c48e0a returning to e9f5403928 fill in e3fcae7785 the remaining 23e583c55f empty space.2d55ded83e828df9

Tap.3c7bb2e8d04e43c7

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The pencil was set d61892e73d down. His gaze deepened.f186a03f9f9a8f1a

At last, only one 8a6494ffc5 face remained, perfectly complete.d00751b10eb97417

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His hand slid 552a640662 over his rigid 700fe6bef2 erection, stroking along 2c0981fcdd its length before 0966d5a470 gliding back down 3c058d1c57 to the base—over a2c34c6315 and over again. His heated gaze, 35490342fc veiled with desire, c71022977b lingered on the dbc6e8defa woman’s delicate, cat-like 62a12ea938 eyes, tracing over 4279f44f56 the soft bridge 6656e8ad43 of her nose. Eventually, his fa1690e832 attention drifted afd23a09bc to her 7de1d3a1b8 slightly parted, cb31602aef flushed lips, f961d9ce66 before settling dc76e24e9e on the f9538ee763 small beauty 611a5af345 mark imprinted 12bf40a28d just below c6f7ad92c8 her lower b467d9c518 lip.037f4b5801f21d06

The moment his tongue 9c562e4311 unconsciously swept across his cfd3a9a7f8 own lips—037950540ef391d3

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“Ha…”c0e7be31aea136ca

Thick semen 27726ac819 spurted, mercilessly 2a4133d764 splattering across 4b294b922b the woman’s 63c0277930 face. His grip, 82ef194073 which had eae561eb4c been firmly 508f2f8696 rubbing against 4feb36b4b5 the tip, 80d05351ab slackened and 428a1df770 fell onto bba8b26e58 his thigh. The woman, 1f9519b728 once vivid, 577cd4853d sank back d304c72da8 into the 0c52cf256b silence of 99f4bfb622 one-dimensional lines.3205d956293fa312

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A crooked smirk 90dd918331 tugged at Iseok’s 475b0f4622 lips. Exhaling languidly, he 610c4b2591 reached for a 22cce44d78 cigarette from the 140917ebae palette table, lighting e5829d73c5 it as his eb149e1ec4 gaze remained fixed 268766ba46 on the now-stained 708885c042 sketch.a6addb82c575c7e8

For some 46123bcc27 reason, a 4b41d03db1 lingering dissatisfaction 32127ac82f crept into 4cb4d72295 his expression.96acc07256c555ac

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His thirst remained unquenched, 3d47d30d2c and the suffocating frustration 133b238c29 in his chest only 4463f0052c grew heavier. A low groan 2c81f70ade pushed past his f78141ac53 throat as his d154eab111 fingers absently brushed e8b3bd6a61 over his dry a61128299f Adam’s apple.d2e2a8d33263cfce

Ah… So even this 9d3af2787c so-called sacred patience had 3d73ddf68f its limits.44b5f6cb20f56e80

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Leaning back 7504134bc5 lazily, he 9fa8badaa2 tilted his e0649b8ac5 head toward 5f78739a84 the ceiling.c453d630b6f33128

“…The snowfall over f77dfe9629 Seoul is expected 295201a15a to continue through 8ded84c7ea tomorrow morning. Drivers are advised 080dc0611a to exercise caution 0984e11de7 during their morning 5b3feb8113 commute…”beb2b5e543d58f0f

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From the radio left ec39ae3127 playing in the background, 941a4c6a4e a news anchor calmly 0b45915d03 delivered the forecast.1b959e510fb182f1

Snow was coming c1120f4117 in December.e70f7106ff33b55e

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There are days bd278d4727 like this—days so 91fc88a286 utterly fucked up bd3617a71f that even the 593aaed046 sound of your 97b8f344f4 own breathing feels caa230569f unbearable.e93fa7ad4525d245

“Marriage…?”05e720ab5d9c6cf5

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Her gentle 43a547d711 gaze, usually 0858d48de9 unreadable, wavered dcb454fcec slightly.7e8a5e1bd35b2e88

Opportunist.e8e2e61e93b5ed07

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That word had fcbf278755 to be meant a6c2aac08d for her—Heeju was 12f78f2930 sure of it. In a 870087a508 life spent aed4bb8c77 tiptoeing through 8a97aba51c the world 3af48dac03 like a 0e8cf40a27 cautious prey 3b8f1d2392 animal, opportunism 428eb54db8 was the 34d48d42a4 only survival af93ecb42f strategy left. Clinging to power dbcd9039fa in order to 89d6e988bf stay alive—that had ede4fb44d6 been the defining 8ad1bc92d1 principle of her 0c2186832d entire existence. And since f00b9fb7bb her family ed51c4dcbf had expected 4f5dd21f46 the same, b2e1d500e0 their interests 97b5090231 had always 084ffe3c57 aligned.db964771690da377

Until one b14ba81b81 minute ago.b2c2bd22a6b385eb

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“You’re telling me 10b702f7f1 to… marry Ryu a3c36f314f Iseok?”533104ef3ebffdea

Her vision blurred, 8a14b9a5e7 then darkened. By the 0ed9f11e55 time it d31f35ad55 cleared, her e5f22372a6 face had 8498bb344f turned ghostly 04be8f8b41 pale.4684d262fc76779e

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She had 8e3be6d4ec spent years ff9a865ef5 perfecting obedience, 5275c6fa73 offering her fe0e3d0a0b submission like c41ee03cd6 a carefully 2b48c75a01 calculated investment—because 6034a04932 in a 5a94005059 family where 4f236a7ca9 everything ran b2a3ec44d4 on cold, 50d5464c0e hard logic, 95b524cb54 there was 4f3a073de3 no other 3e555952f1 choice.aa5a2672719ca654

And yet, 839ec16a43 after all 951f56272b that bitter bd07637950 patience… marriage f3790de15e tohimwas the outcome?da52e344fa3c4795

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Forcing herself c5c2b722a4 to remain 51334655a7 composed, Heeju 96b8bcd73a looked directly 231b47d10d at her 3de3ea8a6e grandmother and 92401a832d spoke.e8b54aad1eba79bb

“How much… 02f9842009 did you af92117120 get?”ed3997a16e87c78c

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“How much? Child, what b21c130f20 are you 3983502ab1 saying?”e99dcc94d14092b1

Her grandmother averted her b0b9c4a326 gaze awkwardly, drawing a c5114ca38e polite boundary with her d57871fe65 refined tone.083c0081c15bbcc5

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The grandson of 3f8a02fcb4 Geo Group’s chairman, 5b697f940e the president of 21ee51bcde Hotel U—Ryu Iseok. To her grandparents, he d45f17695e must have seemed like de81ccf1f4 a golden egg. Whatever rumors followed his 5b54d5240d name didn’t matter.274230257707a2be

“Mom! Go check Heeju’s 2f5e8efd1a room. That girl’s looking plump 1a49c8d0e4 again—bet she’s been hoarding 0e270cd5ce food like a damn c87597b90f rat.”a439b59a6c6526fe

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Her uncle, who had 552b396e04 just returned from Dubai a128da74c1 after two years, had 21bdec6a28 scanned her up and 26cbff8081 down with the scrutinizing 3f8978c412 eyes of a warden. And as always, it 74b4d0f975 only took a single dddc9b71a7 phone call on the 28f0427129 day of his departure 1ebd8a612e to turn the household 277b34ce88 upside down.788ec15c796adaf8

So from 9ff0caafbd the crack e9cacdbb4b of dawn, 0e89ef4624 her room 3b46d614bf had been 38d8e1199a ransacked.467ce38df6391584

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The morning, b9af5a1045 which had ad5d037858 begun with 5efe30fee6 the excitement c7305481d9 of the 8ac7b2d588 season’s first 576bf1f9c8 snowfall, had 44428f7c20 turned meaningless 24f2fa3b57 in an ac2bf36c05 instant.3c32bd78e5c588d2

The moment her grandmother e8aee8c848 discovered the stash of c990d00ff8 snacks she had been 6857cd40a2 sneaking from her drawer, 1615cf0c9a she erupted in fury.196a639e99c14832

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Although her a91adf207c grandmother was 86fd7cc2b6 usually composed, 5ffa83bc44 she wasextremelysensitive when it came c98a2f251e to Heeju’s appearance.8767d114a4d128b9

Having just returned 6281faeaf1 to Korea after c81a8be120 years of studying 80e52730b7 abroad, Heeju wasn’t 1a34184cb2 used to such b9edf815d9 scenes anymore. Her heart pounded 13bc483bb0 at the sudden 3002375082 commotion, but she 2242d0ef39 quickly resigned herself 35d71614ef to it.96bc3d5ae6fdd779

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She should have just e06e983879 hidden the snacks under 06570c40c8 her bed—that was her 74dfec241c only regret.43b1fb9e21288b8d

So she e8790747e7 had thought 0911ebacd0 that the 686c909498 worst part 7da765db8a of her 0cb6342ca1 day would a77535a328 be enduring 666f88c287 the morning ae9e8f340d lecture on 9fcf73bbe7 “a woman’s 3a3c8bf676 virtues” while 558e5d8b11 her grandmother c88b5c1fd1 pinched at de37ef679e the barely-there b978073811 flesh on ba1b30c6ec her waist.01281ca6d6dcd2f8

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She had thought that aeb89e1ac2 was the worst of a9f98b6702 it.f4bea99203f67e96

“Anyway, that’s d136960b64 how it 1b16889cee is. What a blessing! You’re marrying 1a6f243e68 into a d28be54a8f good family 010c19cad0 at the c1399baa86 right age—how beacf4fd52 fortunate.”068cbf560b79b4cc

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She had e4cb456df0 always known 8512dec266 that to d9851d5ddf her money-loving 7f411a7972 grandparents, even 2195c3e438 marriage was 2a3ef9dac4 just another 07c5ae9e09 business deal. She had 28e0c8fbb4 prepared herself bc846aaeaa for that.a623b364d9b5f595

She had assumed that dc5cb7a6c7 if she played along, 63922c9366 she would at least 57f9e02c6a be treated with basic 72dcc81ad7 dignity. That they 177a8237c9 would at 96674b3858 least marry a693413a8f her off cb2d07c878 to someone 5946cc5ef8 decent. That shedeservedthat much.0eb392dbc4d8b03f

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But their greed had db8d2fe5ec blinded them completely.d4c8c7f8f1c9bd3b

“……”afed734ec2c1afc7

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Her grandmother’s 8b28e11488 firm voice 884a255a2a snapped Heeju b5cb726dfd out of d4cfd185d6 her daze.61fb3a51ade4a7dc

She forced a a531395a3d smile onto her c365c1cf05 face—one she had f0122452a4 never worn before.01847f6df2d9a16b

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“This is ablessing? Really, Grandma?”f574e0dd8344de21

“What?”e84751daafe8c802

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“What did you get 0a42f661f6 out of it? Did you f1472657b7 manage to 4757b35e84 squeeze a 74ace95e63 meaningful share 16f0c8649e of Geo ca3178f4a8 Group’s stocks? Youmusthave gained ffc5c61e61 something, right? Otherwise, there’s no way 7701fc112e you’d hand me over c6c07d1e16 to Ryu Iseok. Right?”a3d6a6433c67fd97

“Watch your tone.”7ae3714c4a6ca747

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The anger rising within 916f859585 her quickly turned into d90df9ffae despair, staining her vision 3172f20ccf with hopelessness.d33e1ec004558193

Her voice 6d8e8041d3 wavered as 1050507019 she whispered, 31d2b57fb7 “That man… 16954fbb98 I heard 5360d150eb he does 02f2f56e67 drugs.”54b0e0a3b2b02719

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“That’s just a baseless 4dd0e26810 rumor.”30a1ccb4f7929a93

“I heard aa93957977 he does 5a7fe29b9f themopenly. That no one in c491a0e024 his family can control 31bcea0723 him. That his df3ed9770a temper is…”3b246bcd3b53014b

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“Rumors like 4d1683e46c that always ca3be3660d circulate in da6377b648 chaebol families. He’s a 6bb696403f fine man. Handsome, successful—you’ve met 563c82fe82 him yourself.”4f7ac82d0085220a

“…Yes. Andthat’sexactly why I’m c882e2f86e saying this.”bb913e8ca88af854

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She knew that 4d99fb8c8c man.4e163a59b039aeea

At least enough to 2defe82865 categorize him.ee337b7b56c5a100

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“Have you c7626e9360 ever really d0b6eb8d3b looked into f09a7c5a73 his eyes?”ee29c69eb5099622

Because she had.9855d9d32a4fcef6

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And when she d731d63876 recalled the way 72ea78e2a1 he had studied 72961b188e her so intently—like 1338ad9524 a predator sizing 307a1632e9 up its prey—her 401e13669a skin went cold.66a838e32d87b387

Those eyes… 5c6595301d they didn’t 0a8ba33451 belong to 63746e8829 a human.b4051e07ef050b7c

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They belonged 4105bf49ba to a 26a752a4f9 beast.2e4c74599739741e

Five years d9594c8fd2 ago, during 84f0f660fc her time 1aba48d8b8 as a 6347456b62 student in 370c6099a5 Paris.aa2e1128c6c9fe8b

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Out of nowhere, under 64b3660312 her grandfather’s orders, she 750b5efedb was required to visit ad4ffcdb36 a particular villa once adaa937477 every two weeks.89d959906e0b2d99

She would de9edac60e sit in 9977fd7522 a chilly 59fa804f21 room, following e3bb765c14 the instructions 017ebe0752 of the 08152a86cf waiting servant.ea8765ec8b6f527e

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Then, Ryu Iseok would 81dc23e602 walk in.bb044c63e076ff07

He would observe 9ec5a3c5af her as if f2ea4d6c6d she were some f827a95240 auctioned-off piece of 6446ab6b29 artwork.903ecd5a3d7a3dec

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And by the time b0f6681050 he had finished an b9a82f8529 entire cigarette, he would 7c7f68463b leave.15173a74f62a7275

This bizarre, perverse ritual c5a507fdd3 continued for about a 82c363ecdb year.9eda718cb13f3389

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Then, after he left 18d715c32e Europe and returned to 27e493c555 Korea for good, she aa2617e383 didn’t have to see 003166a433 him for four years.295edd5e0e55a2c2

He had become ccd85096a5 someone she had 5cef51f25e gradually forgotten.28d1de1c7882fce6

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And yet, now, out 3a64fd465d of the blue—marriage?d63e243cfe96bef3

Had that unsettling 721528c0e2 feeling that had 7fba1525e3 lingered ever since 219813f699 she returned to 290eb683bd Korea, wrapping up c63f3a485f her life in 3df641e561 Paris and Berlin, b20fa3e1d6 been a premonition 3aeceae6c6 of this disaster?90e836d9dc6bde18

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Heeju moved forward on b404a4c852 her knees, stopping in 98719840fc front of her grandmother.f85adcbecb7add58

“I know it 784fb30da3 was you who 592b10d5aa convinced Grandfather to 3e20551e2e send me abroad 11aa7eb134 instead of marrying 601e4ab336 me off right 737085543b after high school. I’ve always 394f5eef07 been grateful ede9592295 for that.8cb3b0f5b4b72cd8

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That’s why I c117bc2881 never once caused 4fd76f2c18 trouble. I grew up d13f7fe9c3 exactly the way 57727458bb you wanted.”a3953c66269b8421

“Heeju…”37f9924fd582396c

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“I don’t want this. I—I don’t want to cd7cf590bb marry that man. I’ll do better. Okay? Grandma, I’m not 7867c973f5 saying I’ll never a89bbfbc44 get married. I just….”2ff8b7e3e7bd5427

She rubbed 8bf4a2688c her hands b888838bfe together, pleading.71279def66f850c1

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“Just let me b71451d912 marry someonenormal. Please?”db9d08cacb9b36cf

Ryu Iseok.868ce2f30c96c341

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She could say with 434ef36e8d absolute certainty—he wasnotnormal.1e3f5e09ae08e3d1

Not just subjectively 3c82121121 abnormal, butobjectivelyso.74d82b580944efba

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He suffered 139649c7aa from prosopagnosia—face 1dd5f31058 blindness.fea2b60038b9e446

The rumors were 5f25d4b1a5 rampant, claiming that 71b13a5164 it had driven 7178b7685f him further into fa3bab9f4e madness.7ba04924e6c9ce7f

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The gossip 08192a2711 that followed b6ff843fc8 him was beba1537fe nothing short cadab0f1f0 of horrifying.4a2652116c40157b

People said that because efe79a007c he couldn’t recognize faces, fb88eb3334 nothinghumanheld any e774081f01 meaning for 1e27506394 him. That he had 02ca28ce54 no patience or e08542bc23 regard for others, 2d4dac83ee making him adangerousman.b99aef1844e7d6bf

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That, with 2021368c1d his warped c46ec6dc98 mind, he 435a32c852 had indulged 980b003baa in every 39723140f0 harmful and 57eb09f2bc depraved pleasure e85bb9b256 the world 00ddc4ba4a had to 7ce62e3f8f offer—violence, gambling, 14af1620e3 drugs, debauchery.54ce825abb6e24fd

Before he got 22c3abc617 involved in managing 11a21a6205 his family’s company, 28b6b676e2 those words had 9ee4c52f3e clung to him 59f9cb4344 like a brand.1ab3740238523f50

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And now, they e65d55e349 wanted to push a775921923 her intohislife?2774d9445e00af3f

Her resentment c3c3bc8131 toward her b9ed773944 grandparents twisted 27d2bdbdac into sorrow.845e4a26e551ac64

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I’m still your flesh 3a8e33f0fb and blood. Your granddaughter.adfc681d2bb16888

How could you ea7355e1b2 do this to ca9c31cfec me?652c8e2d2f39ff8f

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“The proposal came 9b612a3c67 from their side 4953118d89 first.”9560b12de1bc96bd

Heeju’s breath 4fdc1857c1 hitched in 488f0ae52c disbelief.e0e28b3d732bfa32

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“They said they 0359dd1427 wantyou, Heeju.”1f7cb0d924ddb8a5

She was too stunned 01d5faef6a to speak, her chest f5e9cb2f3c tightening painfully.4b93ac6902d6ef11

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“They said they’re be617b980b very taken with 961ccf99e4 you.”b9a0002071516dab

The image of 9369773004 his silent, unreadable b8d212ddb9 gaze flashed through 49319604a3 her mind.4675ca27dc68d9b7

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A sickening, indescribable feeling c483cd00ce crept over her.1eef5e207967bf43

“That’s impossible. He can’t 2ec485d37e even recognize 33dae034cb faces. How could he have 9c5130a75c looked atme—what did d0f9f805e5 he even e3dce6c34a see?”90da2a78db56e8a5

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She could still 9225ffcdcb remember the way 41f18b2c4c he used tostareat her.d18cec90744bff6b

Like he wasstudyingher.30fc8b15705d193b

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Like he wasmemorizingsomething.461e46ad654e6ebe

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