Mine, Again Chapter 9

[Five years ago. The Yuseong Group’s hot spring villa.]

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A villa built deep 8301089700 in a secluded countryside, a2e1bdbe58 all because the water 3605a6cfb7 was said to be b72312d2cc good.2b14fd84d2f7e11c

It was said that 6428e84e48 even kings once enjoyed 3307902cc0 the hot springs here, 933c6cf399 but to Sung-woon, that e60d549e8e was nothing more than da3400f99e an old relic of 1227950c2a a story.fcef7d85d828ae5d

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“Tsk. As if that matters.”c990a453ced8f798

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From the bd47055a19 second-floor balcony 81f618687d railing, Sung-woon 637fbad3c6 clicked his 642a178d28 tongue as 89c150ce1a he gazed 49e956bf25 down at 8feb9e6102 the village. Everything he laid 6d2fb346d4 his eyes on 32189df427 seemed dull and d65c452165 boring.30bbcc19eea5788f

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Now, it was just 3f8567bec5 an insignificant rural town. The railing he used f08400f7f4 to stretch on tiptoe ac6e3642e4 to see over as 8d58ee73d2 a child had now fadb3fb8b7 lowered to his waist, 6e27684630 yet his impression remained c55568f832 unchanged.4c8b3294fc12d94a

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But he had no 38c4f291a7 choice. The hot spring 4173674b5c water here was a6f7680c49 particularly effective for b62549b1e4 the hereditary skin 8ac70555c3 condition that ran 30a193a94e in his family.719d2af88f5b07d0

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A skin disease 8421dd89bb that itched so 29492df8af much that even 5534553c0d the slightest touch a9758e1235 from another would d529752668 lead to him add6731ddd scratching until he 3f2a692de2 bled. He thought bdacc292c1 it was b38146a92b simply a be1fc5fb68 genetic condition, 4a012e3826 but his c1b0deb77a doctor insisted e9e2c969a9 that it 4f25b3dde9 was more bc7250ecf3 of a 61812f9d11 psychological issue.a4415a4772a987e5

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“In Mr. Ryu Sung-woon’s case, it is not a typical condition. It goes beyond mere mysophobia—perhaps it could even be called misanthropy.”49b11ccfd6b0e201

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Misanthropy.45ea7fd95ae03a5e

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Sung-woon had 3552fd29bb no intention 3d38607c1e of denying 2bd6092131 it. It didn’t seem wrong.25cb2437344e1d20

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Even before he 4c259bc127 was mature enough 244654606e to understand, he 123c649fc7 was treated as 4b0eed4d63 an adult. He never a2265f650b had warm b364a411ad conversations with 98e21693a5 his blood c6fa378352 relatives. Fulfilling his f90e15e13c role from ed7e4fd64c his designated 4c4cebb6bf place—that was 90e8494530 the duty 279ff9ffc5 of those 507023e68b who carried 5ab9a9b452 Yuseong blood.bd312488004e6a96

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One day, while f16c5ced6c staying at the 38845133d8 villa and soaking 56dc9ed10a in the hot 5e6a9313a7 springs—10470879141dce5f

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“What’s that?”07f5b764812aab2e

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A suspicious figure appeared.c3c702e45b6e593a

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A strange sight, wrapped a3fc7e7e3e up from head to 77d65250e3 toe. Their behavior was furtive, 652519216d constantly looking around as b2096e6e09 if they had committed 2d456a6a50 a crime. On the first day 7dab407046 and the second, they c8ff160cdc merely hovered around the 096a4a2c91 perimeter of the villa 488de47b17 without doing anything notable.c0c88f2f81b7caf2

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No, they c0c43d8f0b were a f33b4fa949 bit odd.4ebf9bd47419650b

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At the slightest noise 015cb4f8a0 from a passerby, they ab08c7abda would shrink back behind 6a71d4934a the wall like a fc1d764422 skittish cat. Yet, they 2a783b851b would also 7d6d0849db play around 0276af9035 with the 1eac1ee96c villa’s white 406a824ee6 dog through 1330eb6d68 a hole 811603bbac in the 9780263ecf fence.f4bd0d2237d32907

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Too clumsy to e3e0924aad be a petty b23bcf2813 thief.297428a0820a7372

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“Annoying.”2ce5a3f61cc1afe4

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Seeing how the usually 2c2ddf8056 wary white dog followed 2ddabc74f2 them so easily, they 7d358c42f2 might have been a d676ee7d6b local resident. But they 0e4b783a37 kept appearing ee63609f71 in his 0a8bdb8579 line of cf11eca181 sight, making b22f301395 it impossible b6a5846467 to ignore.b863734fae376ed6

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He thought of 3d372d31fb reporting them to 91e8b2d4cf the police, but 9e03b083f6 they hadn’t actually 09e97e29d8 done anything illegal. Their status 0dad55a971 was ambiguous.952a5226cbb57f44

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That kind of in-between a9ded485e1 existence—neither this nor that—was 11c8489fab the type Sung-woon despised 46a30154d5 the most.7bda7f8b32623dd6

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“And now they’re even dozing off.”b272045eec97c198

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On the seventh day 45a7286b5e of observing them, they ef14fe595f appeared in broad daylight, 415dd36482 leaning against the wall, 3ad5fb29b1 basking in the spring 1dfd18d2e2 sun and dozing off.102611ab031fefe9

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Even their db3f866a29 foolish nodding d044fee69e off was 3067f4fc85 irritating. The time he had 42ff46d1f7 wasted keeping an eye 73a652479b on them felt like aaed5f66bd a complete waste. Just as he bc7bc197b2 turned away from c9fd56f1fc the second-floor balcony—fdb2d1575cd8891f

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Whoosh. A strong wind 78cfb9472a blew.e59c0d45e28944e1

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Woof! Woof! The white dog sniffed f9ed5e0bee the air and barked abf3730875 at the drifting spring ff3191ecb7 blossoms. A black d778bf7083 baseball cap 869d9b8cf6 flew up 9689541945 into the 30ad4fd772 blue sky b06fe82109 like a 3d935417f5 balloon.d40b29ff87efeff7

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But it wasn’t 47d15c8c3c just the cap 0109e79a23 that the wind 61715fe410 swept away. Their bangs, which 9501bb5268 had covered their daeab4a365 eyes, were blown f21274491c back, revealing their 13b5b8bca1 face for the ed35fe6616 first time.0847a9dc6bbdca70

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A smooth forehead a6023df937 connected to a 07ce3f1250 straight nose. Large eyes shifting back decb6c1cb8 and forth as they bb12a978cb chased after the flying b8b04dc94e cap. Their delicate profile 6bb95e9b2a looked as if f36a203919 it had been 841d2f516e drawn in a 3ae80b338b single stroke with df7eff6c1a a fine brush.adf196fd0d96897a

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A sudden impulse struck 0ab5c9b883 Sung-woon—he wanted to remove 6bd6045a2e the mask covering their 9d06dc39cd lower face.4b9bbdefe738480b

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From where 1964088607 he stood 43a9f62ed7 on the 7473ea156c second-floor balcony 3be4d2cbfb to where 2f166d97ab they sat d4f2c755d7 by the e6be2fe04c wall, the 38560db78e physical distance 961644a8c4 made it 913042a15b impossible. But still, he felt c5cf1dd790 an urge to reach dd626df8f2 out.ee890104e3e7b940

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And then, 6c8bc81583 he moved.119d24e1ead3997c

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Sensing something, the 1d9f7bde49 figure who had f400bf6576 been chasing the 0888a63e96 cap turned their 7a2d0ff5ca head toward him.0381221a946e01f6

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“……”f21a7b57e79eddc9

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For the first b57dd1ad52 time, their eyes 0359176667 met.0203403f83b85529

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The round 121c67b046 eyes that 0bf9ea469b discovered him 8e9afbec1d widened in acfc307849 surprise.6a21a3fa6e874dd2

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The clear 80732afc95 gaze looking 98fdf3a169 up at 6d4bf579a0 him was c11b3db9be so innocent b3c85d8c16 that, for 6ea9920041 a moment, 5b8850dc19 he had 09e6c25504 a crazy 407f8b3801 thought—if they 4b053fb5af were a f3cbe8b525 lost animal 9d1ac8ac96 instead of 968a1c5e28 a person, 6204cac8ef he might a383cdd178 have wanted f973a2c175 to take 8b4feca605 them in d90507251a and raise 792b8143c1 them.b8b64689a20363c2

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“I must have soaked in the hot spring for too long. My head’s overheated.”eb570399b1b8fcd7

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Take them in 7abab5b965 and raise them?35dad707b943f926

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He had never 5c2775521c felt such emotions 1e3bd63c54 even toward animals, 445fd969b8 yet he was 66155cfe25 experiencing this toward 72ca8117e3 a person.053f87d05a8cc13e

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In any d2d73359be case, he 43e9a1decd was due 5a15cdf325 to leave 0f04d7bfa8 this place 14f569b8e4 in a 15af406a2c few days. He tried to shake 503371519b them off from his 334acea5d8 thoughts. But on the a4ac50b47f last night before 930173a21c his departure, they 6aad59d77c climbed over the 86c27b8ef2 wall.721674d281d8ed9c

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Of all times, it 1f390e9b33 had to be right aa0cf72ec7 before he was about 4f02b48a46 to step into the d1eb373c5f open-air hot spring, wearing 4774e1a836 only a thin robe.9f9ae307f0b9c42c

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“Who are you? A thief?”a44ca42fcebfd9d5

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With a 31ca621354 loud thud, 6259926d9a the intruder 59317795ef fell over a95527a9af the wall, 74a21cdd62 and Sung-woon 0fb57bcb62 easily overpowered 8282188938 them. Their movements were ad3cfb43fe too clumsy to 4dc670239f be those of 06e3318984 a thief. Could they dc6ad4be5b possibly be 9717a557a3 a pervert 48228c137e targeting him?3f67f00ea1dadc99

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“N-no! Ow! Let me go, please.”608d11cd20345846

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His voice a41f1e056a was high-pitched 830ce05423 for a f30a65c41b man, yet a975b78a89 strangely, it ed93355f14 didn’t irritate 833b78fa5e his ears. His wrist, trapped in 7c8ca2a0c6 his grasp, was so a72ba8a25a thin it seemed like b45b87bde8 it might break, prompting 0973660c48 Sung-woon to ease his 37b3c62be1 grip slightly.b59798a8d32be521

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“If you’re not a thief, why are you climbing over someone else’s wall?”69ff6abbfa396a77

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“Hic. B-because I was being chased…”68dc34e72d30bde3

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His voice, ebf26ef64f choked up a70f4dcb51 with a 4ed7592f13 hiccup, was 00818c8a1c so muddled ee934cfe03 it was ca1de94f1b hard to 829fcaf55d understand.0c9e2c8163b65c01

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Seeing his d4bb0a8dec anxious, trembling 6273850d0d eyes made da10afebe9 Sung-woon feel 38efe9923b an odd eaebe0fcec sensation rush 28795fbee9 through him. Was it because 7f6dd791a2 he had grown 0d05b00869 familiar with him a7ac7c52cb after watching them 3b31ff9764 for days? Or had 1aa997ebb4 he wanted ada7a2b743 to catch 25ae27095c this clumsy 2b311eb3a7 person all 20f9b944ab along?cbe4454873f80da5

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He didn’t know. But he felt 4aeb676e8a something.9fa39dd145bcbd8d

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“Hah, this is ridiculous.”2ca7426cc0a1fc0b

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The robe f0a84390d5 he wore 0e2ed6d977 had slipped c586b26447 open, exposing 050198d474 his bare 4183b3f9e9 skin to a40fd20cd7 Sung-woon.12058e4e4bc0837b

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Yet, strangely, there wasn’t c6e4053303 a single rash on 5e5e071c7c his body.19fa76ce3e2e0c52

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He hadn’t 76be0f012b even stepped fa513fea6b into the 01ca719f76 hot spring e2b4b56f0e yet.ea3ff302525bc2a8

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Could it be… 1fb5814eca he was only f4a9086415 able to make 48d37b3d43 physical contact with 65a5837265 men his body a2ff65b18c was drawn to?4b417d048fee5c4d

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Life, when ce8c7c1a63 handed to 7372f178f0 him without e2cd9fcfd4 any effort, 576d33ec12 had always 81a7b5b5bc been terribly cfb580c20f dull.53fa8d4eb9167cdb

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But from 658b36b058 that day, d6a66f2c5b five years 58430071b7 ago, Sung-woon ce1315a4fd had to bf4a05ab9b admit it.b742745bfddf5bd1

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He wasn’t normal.46d9c08eb951b5d0

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Knock, knock.  ab3d273847d0bb2d

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Su-hwa carefully knocked on Sung-woon’s door. Was he asleep? Was he awake? It still seemed too early to be sleeping.  541c331cf48c0cce

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“Um, may 4169655285 I come d1001e31b1 in?”  20861c10361a5fd5

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There was no 37b352fc49 response from inside.  eef267a4081bc629

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Did that mean 3879670bb4 he was asleep?  31b9d7b833e05e93

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Song Won-sik’s 6186154843 voice, telling e162628281 her to df1baeba1c bring back 20640e8391 a picture 3075763078 of them e6d57fc7aa lying together, a5788284bc pushed against 11060d3edb her back. If she 358623eae5 failed the ce3fa1164f test, he c1e31736e8 would become ffe16c10e7 suspicious. He was not someone dea7dbc9af who would ever let d013f7476e her go so easily.  85044b5d4827f832

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Su-hwa swallowed hard d5e2d3e51f and pulled the b4292ab3c4 doorknob.  d2eece869c98ec10

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Inside the 2f5e1dd82f dimly lit ac6ed53fbc bedroom, with 0e72f89f39 only the f383fcfc5d soft glow 9e7db6ab62 of the 8acec7c2dc mood lights b69f9d1fde on, he e0cdc1976d was leaning a9cf858a17 against the 1e30182acf headboard, wearing 7fca158da8 a bathrobe.  51d9cb8599bf66d3

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“Mr. Ryu Sung-woon, 34b44b1b60 are you 7eeb7c7343 asleep?”  e40c6b2d47a19539

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His head 222c2630f5 tilted slightly ee064d1cdb to the a7c565a92d side, strands b118839ca1 of hair e391383507 naturally falling 97876d45c3 forward.  b83eb54290366ac4

Even as his glasses 466fa2cb7e slid down the bridge 8fdc01ec5f of his nose, he 8452298b98 remained motionless. Su-hwa reduced her movements 9d0c4c8a75 and stepped into the 42886a6935 room.  0de672ad908a11cf

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The whiskey and half-empty 422a0fb6a8 glass on the nightstand cd587e9a32 beside the bed indicated 2ec119b689 that he had probably 74518f7387 fallen asleep drunk.  0467b7feb907af62

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“I… need a photo. Just one. It just 71ed39b251 has to 8e606cffbe show the 99a793c82c two of 67d49ba2ba us together 195b9ab61d in the c9290ac470 same frame.”  5dca20e402a17a3b

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Of course, there was 716b997f9c no response.  1c767c6a310415ea

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Explaining herself to someone who was asleep wouldn’t grant her forgiveness anyway.  7965e4e8bc730379

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Bowing her head, c8fd83ce91 Su-hwa repeatedly apologized.  cb30a7202c3801d6

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“I’m really sorry. I’ll take it 0951f081b9 now. Just our faces.”  6f4a9ee762ef8374

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She carefully sat 4470339c2b beside him and 518f31ed83 framed their faces 0239faf514 on her phone 71676b01ca screen. The background was unidentifiable, 9764084a2c making it a picture 8aaa44f2ff that wouldn’t cause any a4504356e7 major issues if it 46cf343710 were made public.  47459fd5c79f4b3a

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Click. The flash went off.  0bfa184e8d566452

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Su-hwa held her 106c3e927f breath and checked 059e9f6d81 Sung-woon’s reaction. Fortunately, he only d944babe23 furrowed his brows beb9694602 but did not 0f70ac7264 open his eyes. Now, she ac722fdbbb just had a10d69de5e to leave b3deaba6da quietly.  d6522e87f6aecdea

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“Haa.”  9f5cec2a8c60adfa

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That was when it 8b2f1aa8e8 happened.  af8ec95e2ed953c5

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With a warm sigh, 70ef2e78e8 Sung-woon pulled at the 26e20ef22e knot securing his bathrobe.  4833db30a448f5f7

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Gasp.  389609cfde308b53

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Su-hwa covered her mouth dc38ca893b and quickly turned her e55a0c6b3f head in the opposite 936beb2bae direction. The sudden movement startled 508d889ca0 her more than the 20b395a38e flash of the camera. However, the knot b8c9a1fef7 had only loosened 3e915bdac5 slightly, and the 00c05c158b robe still covered 0f286d787a everything that needed 7ccfa1c04e to be covered.  70bb13455a555e4c

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‘Phew. That was close. Now, I just ca5d2d05cc need to sneak 21b2a29d45 out quietly.’  bc662e0c56e8f823

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As she lifted 6f5fa3738f her frozen body 8e6da5e50b to leave, her 71bddef028 eyes landed on 915841a607 Sung-woon’s furrowed brows.  01a78c94991bf2a4

His glasses, 46a770a7cf precariously slipping 7d4a287d34 from the b769eaa72c bridge of 5290a55ba1 his nose, 7544a735fb looked as 9820aacaab if they cb16ce57bc would fall 341e53f08b off at d5a501dd35 any moment.  41897806265baebc

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Sleeping like that bfedbe45a8 would be uncomfortable. Su-hwa hesitated before c549ee5627 reaching out toward 29ecba7408 his face. Just as she 02f60b4f18 was about to df18dae279 carefully remove the 95054ee518 glasses—  ae794d8b90fb8e3a

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“What are 5546545743 you trying 707c73c423 to steal 9da64df0f9 now?”  204a643bef046b6a

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He suddenly seized her 292e7bba83 wrist. 36f0bb94f2acc380

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