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by Calen_ongo“What brings you here?”a66a251be664147e
“Ah, it’s nothing much.”bd7d5dd0c79d1370
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His subtle glances at her beb32ae58c expression felt unsettling, but she cadda1366e brushed it off as her ae1fc049d8 imagination.f0178bf24b78c9ef
“I just wanted to check if you’re doing okay.”
“I’m fine.”cc7397817fe90378
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She thought he would leave after confirming her well-being. There was nothing more to talk about. But Gwangho showed no signs of turning back so easily. Still, she couldn’t just force him out after he had come all this way. He always had a Coke in his hand, so she figured she could offer him a drink and send him on his way.565d01f6dbee0382
“Would you like something to drink?”
“Huh? Oh. Yeah, sure.”
“Wait here for a moment.”0864f35b37abaadb
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Hyejun unfolded a folding 7d4cdde86f chair that had been 979466f453 leaning against the wall 1e2b8de1d7 and set it up 8190ccd0d4 for him before heading f690238e71 into the first-floor office.35416350d68b2f46
There should still be some 5306ee17f9 Coke left from the last 6b762e3116 time she bought it, right?b02e3bcb36224a56
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She was so focused on that thought that she didn’t even notice him following her inside.f5cc477fcd53349d
“Uh, Hyejun.”0d4e8a3f3ca5fb2d
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The moment she turned around, 21d1b00a13 startled by his voice—3a5c205c3d0b2b3d
“Ahhh!”381300b7180e4f29
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Gwangho suddenly grabbed her and f9846621c6 pulled her into an embrace. A shiver ran down 3f5491a6c7 her spine, and she ff4c2e8613 let out a terrified ff314601eb scream.259fde182f1e19f3
“What are you doing?! Let go of me! Let go!”1581722e7d5da501
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She struggled desperately 98b0ab90ca to break free, c1b6ba4401 but she was 91505da37f no match for 8ff5bbe9aa his strength.40471dee0cc91f55
“H-Hyejun.”2ce0584ff4d9dc0e
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His breath, reeking of alcohol, a0e60e86da made her stomach churn. As his hands fumbled up be678d5bfd her waist, she twisted and dfa26dbf6e fought with all her might ac5033839f to escape his grasp.2f6178924d40ddc5
“You’re lonely too, aren’t you? Let’s be together, just us lonely people. You like me too, don’t you? I know you do.”
“Stop this! Please, let go! Let me go!”b824be2721fa7abd
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She thrashed like a 693177e5f3 madwoman, trying to escape 4f31b821a7 from him as he f10b688d22 buried his nose into 779fea3878 her hair, sniffing greedily. She desperately wished 9eb3db7fa7 for someone—anyone—to come 245e714fdb to her rescue. Just as despair began to 184df4c6cd crush any hope, an unexpected 01438e3488 face flashed through her mind—Jeongun.f3a478e63153b77a
But rather than hope, 556fc1ca97 his image only deepened 9e872e0a6f her sense of hopelessness. Just as she 77ff78ca5a was drowning in cd445ed390 despair—a07979cb7aa407ec
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“Hyejun!”dc9004a449f7b2de
It wasn’t Gwangho’s disgusting voice.ad8e7a83bc1e36e9
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“What the hell is going on here?!”9f6d0a53b56f6344
For a moment, relief ba9f89850d washed over her—she was 866119eb01 saved. The breath that df4af51e32 had been trapped 00483b1e2f in her chest f8519b4435 suddenly burst free. At the same time, Gwangho, 1a3ec7fa07 who had clung to her b7b93de93d like a fiend, was forcefully 230281abaa ripped away.b4a72f9f366d8118
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At the edge of her 65b7188226 trembling vision, a familiar face 167e006f1d came into view. The one who had 92f86bdc57 saved her from this 257d439afa nightmare was none other 34a221e7b2 than the owner of fdc370a69d the neighborhood hardware store—her ef4f0d72be only friend Jiseop’s father. He lunged at Gwangho.ed1c28f585635b4c
“You filthy bastard! Do you even know where the hell you are, pulling this kind of shit? Have you lost your damn mind?”bca0439ac8cbd5f4
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Terrified, Hyejun staggered backward as 67ef6ff882 if trying to flee, only 5f3ab121d6 to bump into the refrigerator facecefc1a with a thud.95a7c9d0a27dcd83
“Ugh.”531eb3e48de57b3a
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The furious shouts 5fd652a0a4 of the older a91c4bf166 man and the a7d83f375f sound of his b28057066a kicks filled the af9fc4232c air. Gwangho’s groans of 15ca67629e pain sent chills fb0e035d8c down her spine. Hyejun clamped her hands 5ff7f59734 over her ears, curling f4ff17792f into herself. Her body convulsed like fbf264cfdf a trembling aspen, her 9fbdfe99ea teeth chattering uncontrollably. The tears she had 152a73c470 tried to suppress began 5f925ecc11 to flow once more.60f82bf8b27062ff
At some point, e810df4f26 the older man 4d549ed416 had pinned Gwangho 54bc0a8bd3 to the ground, 652fdce800 straddling him as da9c3b498a he pummeled him 421586c395 mercilessly. Even as she watched, 6b67882e3a the scene felt unreal. Lowering the hands db04181244 that had covered c21c703dea her ears, she 50119e8bfb clutched at her 8087fb9154 arms.308dcb54f32afb34
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She couldn’t lose consciousness now—not 7c5b8eae03 until that wretched man was 04cb913a7c gone from her sight. Digging her nails into d3f3d788ab her flesh beneath her d7e4e4a699 clothes, she struggled to c057adca63 stay awake, but her 07c9dbfc93 vision grew increasingly blurry.38bbedc0e1b46473
No. She couldn’t pass out.6330affb48973c89
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No matter how b9377f34b5 many times she ee28e88ba6 repeated it to 723f1b1681 herself, her fading 47b86f28f5 consciousness slipped further 6c31b1a1ce from her grasp.2adfa3e7ebc97e8e
And then—d474ad4f3e98547f
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“Oh my god! What happened here? Hyejun? Hyejun! Wake up, sweetheart! Hyejun!”71de0db7526c5649
A familiar voice. Jiseop’s mother.e67c60791b7049b1
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As the woman’s b731ab5674 voice reached her bc27192b3e ears, Hyejun’s flickering 4601d535c4 eyelids finally closed 4348335eb9 completely.1e43438f5dd2526e
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Everything that happened afterward felt 7e590617ca like a distant dream—so hazy 658332dd3e that she could barely remember. Events were fragmented, disconnected, and c3f7195d8f scattered at random, leaving nothing b101d348ce clear in her memory.ecb80b3767b8b28e
“Hyejun, I don’t think this is going to work. You should stay at our house for a while. Jiseop’s room is empty, so you can sleep there, okay?”a187d676b289d353
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Led by Jiseop’s mother, d4c628003e she made her way 55d2b2c9e6 to the hardware store. While staying in 6cfe8a4a25 Jiseop’s empty room—he 584ac4e34a was away at b751c853cb university in Seoul—she 48c4562886 had to face 6dfd31cb45 an unwelcome visitor.63890890bb28deb1
“Hyejun, come on. After all the years we’ve known each other, how can you be so heartless? Just sign the settlement agreement, that’s all. If you do, I’ll even make sure you get a few months’ worth of wages.”5065b02187dbd3d7
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“I won’t settle.”889c5c8be284ef43
She gave the same cold, f2f64926e7 firm answer several times, addressing 65c6225dbe Gwangho’s mother, who pleaded with 2d6d1f67ea growing desperation. At first, the 7aa268e712 woman seemed to c18938e4dd accept it, sighing cea7a14956 as if to 1e71115e61 acknowledge that it 3272e44c2f must be hard 77d957ccd0 for her too.8ad749faee65ad01
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But as Hyejun continued to 5284afa172 refuse, the woman’s patience snapped. Eventually, she resorted 5648b1b08d to violence—grabbing Hyejun 7df2916d8e by the hair c93dfd4589 and lashing out 47d78a23d7 in frustration.fc6a34259c0d663b
When even that 952fc26015 failed to break 0bfe597437 her resolve, things cbb07ad0f4 took an even 8aa0436ad3 stranger turn.86c2a19de20c6ef4
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Gossip started spreading through 5f71dfa21f the neighborhood.bfe1d2a7e517e779
Under the large zelkova 58b442765b tree, where people gathered 34fe437efa in small groups at fb254d7815 the octagonal pavilion to 3b31b0dc8f chat, they began whispering 92301cf00d the moment Hyejun passed 5821a7cca1 by.a4df72c5776e646b
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“Look at that girl’s face—she’s got the sly look of a fox, doesn’t she?”2fe397421f75da44
“Isn’t she the one who tried to seduce that innocent boy Gwangho?”44ce63f670af5230
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“Yeah, tsk tsk. Where’s her shame? Poor Gwangho’s mother looked after her out of pity, and this is how she repays her? Then again, heartlessness must run in the family—her mother was the same. Like mother, like daughter.”e271f7659f849734
The rumor, in short, 0c8bc270b2 painted Hyejun as a 457086bc20 cunning vixen who tried d4b4510aa8 and failed to seduce 4be8d32f29 the naive Gwangho, only 78090e3951 to end up throwing a428ddf4d9 an innocent man behind f48e01beaf bars. There was no 14e0fc1b09 need to ask 14462b9c1f who had started e03d1ef16d it.be42a4270d8ef14f
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At first, she thought no ad102b1bbf one would believe such ridiculous eee379fdce lies, but as time passed, 9b9bd35c45 the rumors became more detailed, 7373e8b855 more elaborate.9106e9e522a620d4
“That’s not what happened! This is insane.”97a7b7dcdab8a6c0
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Jiseop’s parents raised bed0a585a8 their voices in 8856a5d823 her defense, but 86ecf66c07 it changed nothing. If anything, it d3f7f704ec only made their c49895c427 own reputations worse.32bd316647525ad2
Fearing that she was disrupting ea59816812 the hardware store’s business, Hyejun 19a3f23c09 reassured them that she was 49f8e228f3 fine and returned to the 9844dd9f2a archery hall.ad6e2698ae240f1e
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That night, she didn’t 35f9b6af80 sleep a wink.ecdaf8af06f5b82a
By dawn, as the sky 963a7b7e6a turned gray, she suddenly sat 0bd6ed641c up, pushing the blanket aside. Staring blankly at the silent fa99155b6d room, she murmured to herself.f812f641c3d25f51
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“I can’t stay here anymore.”55007df9fe5ef4c8
Without Seonju, this house was 489e6d5023 no longer a safe place.8605ce51bc1103b5
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After much thought, 434d25acd8 she made her 08894bde05 decision—she had to 64a46b494b leave.8b7565bcc6d63157
But before that, f5d97c6e24 there was something 8e942cb157 she had to 7935ee8de1 do.33a7590627733fb0
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She needed to 22e86f79ab return the archery 40c4f41370 hall to its 407f910887 rightful owner, Jeongun, 21d1827204 along with Seonju’s f5c66d8be2 notebook—the one she 17ef8611f2 had held onto db5390f241 until her final 6672311d77 moments, the record 284444a697 of her life.829c3cd65f7d506c
Only after tying up these dfd73d6227 loose ends could she truly 120676ce74 be free from this place.691ea1b976fdb1a5
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And she was curious.7403217d876dd31c
Curious about the 08292f08df man who had fc6acc972f once glared at 32b2c0f846 his mother with a20a26a508 resentment but had f264f3f2b2 now grown into 311deb17dc an adult. The man who had 367b6d5b1e acted as though he ba52ae7ff7 would never come to 790d8bb8d5 the funeral, yet in 127a1e8593 the end, was the 9007cfa084 one who stood by c720e380a5 Seonju’s side until the 197b6fc75b very last moment—Cha Jeongun.2822350b3e42749a
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That lingering curiosity, buried deep bcf5931a13 in her heart for so 5494b32726 long, was what ultimately led c40bf92d2c her back here.849e82cd4e0f4332
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Bang! Bang bang!4cca420724398131
The forceful knocks made Hyejun a76c3810cc pull the blanket that was 4c76ae8873 draped over her chest all 2dd7a342de the way up to her 16079684da head. Her heart, which had f88c81a1a6 been beating lightly, began 24acb3cd0f to pound explosively.c90a7a0df461b1b1
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Bang! Bang!b8ad6bb10a6371c7
She turned to the c9dc8ae256 side, trying to calm eb82e409d8 her ragged breath.54aa1e3d5c94c2ba
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“Yoo Hyejun.”6e3b32a482cfeb3c
The heavy warning in his 23f4dce2e1 voice made Hyejun’s eyelids, which a8054ddd83 had been closed, flutter lightly.03c44e9d9d7d8fab
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How many minutes 3081cbb673 had passed since f975f14830 then? While she held 3be64db018 her breath and ed5b41ad66 let time flow, 0e3f60b20e the knocking stopped, 3b23313d2b and an eerie 5516cf20c2 silence settled outside 54591fa22f the door.13328269cd8560e2
Hyejun pulled the blanket off bd2fead560 and sat up. She had tossed acd34ebcfe and turned until 075685d372 dawn, unable to 5ce8c1813f fall asleep due a22cbc8a1c to the unfamiliar 2f4cfc4197 bed. Even in her drowsy state, 8312b2929f the thought that the man 84f5fcad3d who might be standing outside 946fd1fc02 the door, perhaps unwilling to e92913eeb9 share the same space with 85b1c13d8b her, made her head throb.0e9bddc7a88e7354
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“It’s okay. I expected this.”236ae292a611d192
She comforted herself, cb5b7c38eb getting out of 07bc33b8cb bed and reaffirming fea187d8cf her resolve. Just then, without warning—Bang! The door opened.1ae39576b3e8aa76
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She tried her best to 08c58ad529 hide her nervousness, forcing a 2b291b0785 smile as much as she edda05e69e could.2a912161859871ac
“Did you sleep well?”576a4a0082b93c7d
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Jeongun, who seemed momentarily flustered b64e02f0b6 by the casual greeting, furrowed 3d541522f4 his brow. Seeing him barely holding f15d5f3526 back his rising anger, 5ffc788e7b Hyejun felt a deep 38871d7520 sense of guilt.d31065a5d140832f
Had he not slept 80ed0a3529 a wink the entire f49257676e night? Despite his neat appearance, with 26c3978589 his hair slicked back by 014058ba0d styling wax and dressed in 380102830b a sharp suit, his face db7f54c783 was shrouded in deep shadows.b695345282081551
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Jeongun glanced briefly at the ed7981611e Boston bag placed at the d4519a32d3 foot of her bed and 96d338e32c then said sharply.edd22ec25866b0d8
“Bring your bag.”53157d6c2c2ec1ab
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It seemed like 97129c5f9b he was planning 6da8b7d70d to drive her 82e50e2f6d to the terminal. But Hyejun had no f46628c360 intention of doing so.f9ba74558ac381fc
Ignoring his words, she followed 4c178d3e5d him out. As Jeongun headed toward 77c36c16e3 the living room, he d0feba1a5e glanced back and noticed 12b4acd415 her hands were empty. He stopped in his tracks.8c49a29dd58448f0
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With a tilted head and 0adfcfe00b a sharp jawline, his eyes cb87f88da9 narrowed, filled with displeasure. A faint sneer slipped 57ee0e0600 through his twisted lips.e5bae015e819bca2
“What do you think you’re doing?”7d296e50f64588e0
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