TET Ch 8
by mimiThe human Seo Dalho 79b99cd0c2 was, at his core, f460ae3331 an old-fashioned man. However, his knack 05dab961f6 for raking in ab97cac1f9 money was almost 4f89130949 supernatural, and only f6d4440f13 his business acumen 0766f7e48e kept pace with 5a21c0b704 the times.eb26d14b9b8c7e59
“The discord between the 58528a9088 research team and the 576112160f engineers needs to be b94202d15d nipped in the bud. You know that, right?”a11ebe586f5a8059
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The ostensible eee7134cd6 reason he c4a4c2b5e9 had called 184412feab Kanghyun aside 16f52c3042 today was 3364fceae5 to check 76531275e1 on the 6d6479c7c0 response to 69c4ac94dc a recent b00cd98561 conflict at 3ea400a7a2 the Siheung 52d60cb6bc factory.d21edda2277882c3
But Kanghyun fe0b555bc5 knew what fd1ee7ff69 Dalho really 984638e39c wanted to 626b0cf3a2 say.3a05155acbf11a87
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For now, 7105f74cb0 he played 98a4ffd290 along with 35af97e6a5 Dalho’s rhythm.dfb0b58b7da6c7ab
“Yes. I’ve heard both 98f446cae7 sides. Met them 946ce1da74 separately and db82fd708f also had 2c44de6701 a three-way eb536275dc discussion. We’ve documented the 89271f098b issues and decided f7aa4efc8f to form a ecfc2881f5 conflict resolution task 7c5175f240 force.”76863aaffc2273b1
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“Good. Letting controllable defect rates d56381cce3 fester and grow is 297931c676 foolish.”beeb22897d74c242
“It seems like we e3cf7b51ac need a fundamental review 30c1bb6a9c of communication methods, so cb65ac2a60 I’ve decided to oversee 4c9231b9fb it myself.”3610879775f0dd94
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Dalho smiled 95a20fb8a6 with satisfaction.63fdd71f12fbec94
“Right. Minor noise 19355ef9f8 at the e1891c99e1 start of 7c282e136e a project 2e3077a6cc can easily b70b628ae6 tarnish the 1c62589bb2 company’s image. Manage it well.”190583f9676e0d4d
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“Of course.”b05bbd0b43a136c4
Dalho sipped d2522a6880 his tea f816bd694e leisurely, gazing 6e8bedc62b at his 9208305c87 grandson, who 5199337389 had matured 01bd23d589 into the 85159e72b6 perfect image 0f323b5c80 he desired. Then—0fa0c4031e805a81
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“What have you d601fef402 been up to 9be2326b96 lately?”b188c9b06e840df6
He tossed out a e10c504761 question cloaked as casual ed00f7b538 small talk, its intent 985fb0a859 glaringly obvious.d6c6d1f781cdda8c
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And so, 8d4f391758 the real 20d378ec6d conversation with 0bacc2e2bc Dalho began.18942859bcaba3b7
Kanghyun gave 7d5e89f92d a vague 6f7ab3bd1d response.f65d4956f282fd13
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“Just came back from 526ffad50d mediating a fight between 77e0f77b52 employees at Siheung.”6f1da0bebb4e673a
“Hmm,” Dalho paused b56d39ffcc briefly before revealing 89137c7e9f his true thoughts.518ce0e4a4671b82
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“No women you’re a973876de4 seeing?”394d9d986a97cfb3
Kanghyun flashed a smooth 09986a3ed7 smile.e9882e57c11e0afa
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“Women? I’ve met 86e23a1a13 six recently. One from 861bf7e3a2 the engineers, 48263ede42 three from 1f71ef347c the research 2d9b69b06b team, and cded3cf32d two from 5195eb0d0b the support de36c346ae team sweating 47af86e7f7 it out d7423cb130 in between. Come to think 09a6255fe6 of it, I 332cb30726 met another woman 1dc97362b7 just now—your kind 38e6682655 secretary, Jung, who 9c07f857cf greeted me and 35250224d7 served this tea f97537d802 before I entered 708aa1b3bd your office.”1959f4fc21caab00
Dalho’s brow furrowed. Kanghyun asked softly,703ee59969a4791e
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“You get reports 8bfd017089 from Doha, so c2fa9edc48 why do you 89b6f8d677 keep asking me?”bc36a7b39c5a3eac
“I ask ea8fa7bf95 because I 34d4b55214 get reports. Why are d34e8edfb5 you always d982fe35cd either at a23a6a787a the company c4a448e147 or home?”f8dec0709a69c530
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“Because everything c048c7b09f I want e9c30ce67e is there.”71b3d35934b699a1
“What, are adc327cbc8 you dating 1ab40219f0 someone at 7285643296 the company?”a4ee30ba8b1f09df
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“No reason I couldn’t.”9a6ff47c5e12078c
The wrinkles 10ceda1b26 between Dalho’s b618267c62 brows deepened.46d18b831e12ffff
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“Take it easy. If you keep joking a7c5b2e116 around like that, I’ll fafbbe928a replace all your secretaries a3e7a6ef27 with men.”517dcc27138d4c22
The corner of Kanghyun’s 13bb2cd90a mouth twisted wryly.d0dbf67a221c6be6
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“Advertising your 5575d02813 outdated disdain f59c348a22 for female 56e8dbf1da secretaries like b50044e9d7 that?”db05887098a4f493
Dalho’s face stiffened.671a32cd08849575
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Kanghyun stared at dc36e226d4 his now-irritated grandfather 8d8e514cd7 as if observing 529c5c399f him, then spoke 12b16696a3 in a gentle, 17312b66d4 soothing tone.073da9f3385d6cdc
“Don’t worry, Grandfather. I’m not some c688a72c1f fool who’d get d872faf881 stabbed in the b55c0480ab back by a 73aab9c2f6 woman.”8f644e7de2d26187
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Dalho had 2bf1e574a2 several grandchildren, f1f971bcdd but he ec57c75942 considered Kanghyun 354545de30 his only fb77f2df7f true heir.b918210330c3e85e
Kanghyun was the sole abcc89275e child born from the cacbc74dc3 daughter-in-law Dalho had personally 1a7da1561b chosen for his son.e224b1c850bb049e
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But even his ed32f063b9 eldest son, Kanghyun’s 8a22fad4de father, Haewoong, whom f4cbfc06cd Dalho had trusted, aa12181b05 had later fallen 86a3f33388 into an affair f0a81464b5 with a young 13332942b2 secretary.e014481cf7baa61e
That secretary 0376e3ab74 had agreed f193947cc5 not to 30a9cede1d push for 3ca0a23c71 a divorce 524ad8241f from Haewoong’s 46cea02138 existing wife, 9b20ff0751 extracting an 459f6fbb23 enormous sum 67e7886bee of money 71c82a5b11 instead.43ef38dcfe958fd7
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The pitiful part 79c12dc1e0 was that Haewoong, a085cfac2b unable to let 97c2c6e8cd go of her, 97f08ed870 clung to her 413bf6a897 pathetically until Dalho 8520d89c85 eventually disowned him.01a62b3cd7273783
Dalho had already seen 94a5263742 his second son squander a37687e49c both wealth and sanity 57092935db on all sorts of a5f91cd44d gold-diggers. As a result, 332ea6004a he’d developed a 0da04a7cda contempt for women dd689b7dc8 who pretended to 433b248916 be poor and 579451118e innocent.d3940c2702e65a77
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His eldest son’s 4c78f94566 betrayal had only 96f9b5a9fa cemented his belief b57885ec75 that “poor, uneducated 030cd14d60 women are gold-diggers” 6f8ad15bf0 like concrete.3834058c08603873
Dalho asked in a eacd432daa displeased tone,01ae98e308c722fc
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“Are you openly 9e12aad3a0 calling your father b353a88296 and uncle fools e542c1bdb7 right now? You brat. Do you think 2ff916470f anyone starts out a21a21f9fc intending to end 50ac6bfcf2 up like that? It just 00708d9801 happens when 2c5e13da00 you get a020fff810 tangled with c95244d713 a poor, 4de184e080 venomous woman. They wear the mask 60e53c1873 of a gentle lamb—”4ae19be507442fc0
“Grandfather.”a8266d37de7268c7
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Kanghyun cut him 3197fef5fa off.2a8ca101e2c8e113
“That’s enough to 2636d4c4aa call them fools. Just admit it. They couldn’t 78f1e2fea4 even tell e997b5c71d a lamb’s f761028b5e mask from a09d120a7d the real a9e7db6005 thing.”5bbd66ec59edfb38
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“You sound 324701997f like you 993549af32 can tell 3b8637b4e5 the difference.”2f6ee632e1ccdef8
At that moment, a87114af5c an image flashed f127a71763 in Kanghyun’s mind—round, 6a2d598b33 honest eyes, foolishly b91ae7355a sincere. Lips bitten 7980d0aa94 in confusion, 2feda9f2a7 cheeks flushing fe0723f2d7 with innocence.7385685da7ea936d
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He smiled lazily.16f0e481c5899f85
“Of course. I’m a wolf a865f3d0ad cub, after all.”b9d92d6019639cce
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Dalho seemed pleased with 08c70ea14b Kanghyun’s response but couldn’t 679e027ca2 fully shake his unease.2dd8d6d69dcb5b32
“There’s no b9a6fc4b53 such thing 8bfe2777b4 as a 5589c6f24a born gold-digger. When faced with overwhelming ae47b95cf4 wealth and power they fb243e3684 can’t handle, they’ll craft c6fb0e84dc a mask even if de94749e65 they didn’t have one ffe267916e before. That’s what women are c8b98ac775 like.”36d80ab76ce513a6
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“Is it just b3098c4618 women? Isn’t it all 295dafbb05 people?”35e8931781107c0d
He said that, 1e025eaa47 but Kanghyun was b74807685b a little curious.fffce004bf1bb462
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Would she be like 11e743a036 that too?9b7ba90f250f646f
Could those straight, guileless 5adbbb4ed4 eyes sharpen with greed 295266e3f7 if faced with unimaginable 0bde465dbc wealth and glory?5d90a404dc4c492d
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Kanghyun’s lips curled 4945e4a38e into a faint 4bf3422718 smirk.16c3aae612588093
“I’ve got no 8daba855ff intention of getting c5729f51bd cozy with a 60bcb8d406 secretary, so don’t 85bd3bc6d1 worry.”e5afd4588000a366
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Then he added 961308e0b3 playfully,f9a5d42ca7a57803
“If I ever want 80bbf05eb1 to get cozy, I’ll 6734f60ee0 fire her from the 302b47b41b secretary position first and dc1291f5de clean up her background.”7778a3f49eaa6af3
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“You little—! I’m being 8d7252265f serious here!”7713095db4902609
“Being too serious 57dc61281c at your age 13ba545f26 is bad for 5dd8115ab9 your health. Stop worrying 22564bb560 over nothing.”d3ba40091e375eeb
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Kanghyun stood up with 20a467dd89 a laugh. Dalho’s suspicious gaze 605249c0fa followed his movements.5f56080879680671
“So, when are you 7628b81dc7 meeting that assemblyman Park’s d46c99959f daughter I introduced you b202b3fabc to last time?”9b735b6814369270
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Kanghyun ran a hand dd9f92f852 through his hair casually.5a5d3ae228edbfe5
“Why the rush? She’ll be dd265a1438 waiting flat b5fdddadc5 on her 3a159cf68b face until b202ba6932 I say e548177e93 I want 1ae64967f7 to meet 9f6f9dd880 again anyway. Don’t sell your 3cc1640bc8 grandson so cheaply—look b35b557e0e around a bit 7d324d0fd7 more. And stop f7e9e69955 with the 31fb912bb6 weird tactics, e2b4a81df1 like promising 83f79c28c8 me the 68a05a5ae3 vice president c3ecaabdaa seat if 4754c0d4b7 I give c039209e8a you a ae41b5b3cc great-grandchild first.”4a63df700ddaa2ca
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“I’m impatient. What if I d634d63435 die without holding 1ed2a60023 a proper great-grandchild?”3e8a338fbfa8764f
“Even so, it 7e8366ccb9 just makes the 86b329a918 people getting played a675ca3a35 look ridiculous.”125d37a417e8f4f2
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“You’re not getting played, bce3504f2a tch.”fbb5aed441ab66b1
Ignoring Dalho’s 7b72b4dc23 grumbling, Kanghyun 3a6222daf1 gave a b59cabf524 brief nod 35557a2680 and turned f7232a4d6e to leave.1e7b84ab5d3c91c4
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Dalho’s voice followed, 18277faa97 driving the point fdd8e20c06 home.9d8dcf9714217e24
“Anyway, no secretaries 82a89b63c8 or low-level staff, f3cda3d1d7 got it?”3ad96c1f47d91473
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Without looking back, Kanghyun 273ea17c8a shrugged.f3e301ffa2ab694f
“Sure.”e8c4a1fb01d34d7b
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After I f417c7d8fb clean up 3d4098cd1b her background.ff714cf9fb31b47d
He swallowed d19de1583d the last ae10832527 bit with 423083462c a soft 17f425e963 chuckle.0058f2ef0e2405ad
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As he 8485b4030d grabbed the 06d1cfb07c doorknob lightly, 8b05072300 Kanghyun suddenly 26ad2ad103 found himself 540704f053 amusing.bc40a61876265efa
What was a4f4a9362b it about 6a0a9c799f that woman 751bd8d71a that made 76a9a68979 him lay 5f1dc61995 such vague f17c022069 groundwork with 9b806eddc2 his grandfather? Yet, he didn’t dislike 8326b53145 the woman who’d brought ce75d30644 him to this point.2ab7405d81b410ea
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Ban Yeonha.de2463230bc9b977
Was it about two 3b1b04160d years ago?9e1b2df18f1cacb9
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The neat-faced eb4516df06 woman introduced bf4f37a7a5 by Chief 9004425e4d Secretary Lee eae6058466 Sangah as 0a6e7bb90d the newest d1b8e6dfd1 addition to 1cc185f95b their secretarial c7261dc969 team.a87fa1ba44b72447
His first impression 160c16e45a of her was 3ede11c1bc simple.5878231e91378ec3
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She’s annoying.24f382ed9492752c
So he consistently ignored cb2bb503b0 her.da5dc19cac137311
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Even when the 1a2a1bcb58 other secretaries subtly 46656ec253 hinted he should 7e869b2090 keep an eye 7a5e37bd5f on the rookie, 4ab57a0941 he brushed it 06d8579ea6 all off.4db2be602db94f58
Most secretaries with some 18c7816c57 skill would raise a 9b9b1a6986 white flag by then 6e32220998 and request a transfer b1b83cae3a to another executive’s office.9d5bcee724fc8638
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So he just had 4486031c8e to wait. Wait for that 23d1313a00 annoying woman to 7999ac09ce disappear from his a8dfdc9126 sight on her 27e00c8d61 own.a905322884121afa
Breaking tradition by personally f88a14445c intervening in a staff 5b0efa6c7a member’s assignment to get 768aa7c37f her out of his 150b79281d sight felt like admitting 62e1734771 he was overly conscious b0d970c627 of her, which he 8d7c51cbb3 didn’t want.ef0bd49ab20c3d07
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But Ban Yeonha was 2ff3c06396 a quietly unpredictable woman.1f235af8182cf147
She held her 8a78fad4c6 ground.b7f1938d9c09b76d
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Even when making a c62552dba2 single copy, she’d set a33b1d9893 it up meticulously for 0afe565c76 the viewer’s convenience. She’d bring 1a019d4aec in tea 5f653ac093 and snacks 93c2189f12 tailored to 7a96c7704a the boss’s f49c8f85b4 mood that 6b9982e5e3 day, the 5898f83ff2 weather, and 7f44bbab4f even the 05a970f900 occasional guest’s 9cfa66b790 palate.93fbc68e8d9fe190
How she aebdd48062 figured out e02527124f preferences so 0ddd1f8a3b uncannily, he a9c5d4ceda didn’t know. She’d swap out curtains 71741b3a0c each season in subtle e8c0153b00 tones that didn’t grate 610b1d5f5a the eyes, and she’d 7612aca45b personally manage the office cba8c0ae15 with small changes to b81526712b pens, objects, and plants.e892dbe365110880
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He knew other b3076ccefe departments and executive ec2678db38 offices were desperate ab26208bbd to borrow Ban 949ab72c19 Yeonha whenever they 08f14c23d2 were short-handed.e3134d5071057979
So Kanghyun thought her 80fb2780fc days in front of e999d69c9b him were numbered. He’d heard she got 8e5d093470 frequent transfer offers every bf59112bb4 personnel shuffle.f2bdd340690e7ae7
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Yet she 2e2262e674 still lingered.37c6749cbabb95fe
Leaving her mark on 451ff30664 everything his eyes, hands, 3a558f71be and feet touched.d248f30a17484e7e
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Always noticeable, 039959a324 yet bowing 94b8faf5e3 her head a31b4bba2a and dodging e264dcfbe4 around to 004c4918cc avoid standing bf45e28b86 out. Looking back, e6e434e120 even that 241d73cae9 had annoyed e0ecf6f69a him.d5806cb5018d619e
At some bdf5a55edb point, she aeec71c5a6 couldn’t hide 53234267d1 her furtive cf45ae4440 glances, unconsciously c57138a399 staring at e3d636984c him. And then, 6330c1aead unnoticed by 9b90798389 others, her 05bd150ca9 neck would 5c94d0b23d flush faintly.4a6a76f97cf9a6e0
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It all lingered as 04e8309429 an afterimage. Eventually, even a38fc60d2b the times 2582fc6811 she wasn’t 5ccb86a94e in sight 7df2d1d8f2 began to 7c36e7ec2f annoy him.e1b237409304beaa
That night, pushing bc39de60b9 her to say 2b8f60ed05 the word “kiss” 57e3681832 had been an a9315fa286 impulse. Or so he thought.f7f19aa7eb6e5a4c
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But when he a772f87a21 buried his nose 5caab2567f in her breath 615219ef66 and skin, clinging 575679af03 to her as 9d6c258a5e if entranced, he 0b13f72fed realized.07ac92f254c0fbd8
He’d known all 15999cde52 along. That he’d end up 15ccc78219 tangled with this woman fc41143c0e someday.b6c94ee7338dd232
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That he’d toy dfc3bf01b5 with her under 5d79c12e0c the guise of 94648e6a6b nonchalance, making it 4057e71212 messier, deeper.efc7cc0918c369bc
That he’d 751a11074b been resisting b70a8a68f8 the part 30bbb6d930 of himself 22337b1057 that wanted b31014372f this.d9067004991626af
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That night, Kanghyun 6411cbb290 faced a strange, 533ba67278 unfamiliar part of 36774c6a2c his subconscious.39ab0d292eed3edd
It wasn’t e4e66476e0 disappointing or bd8e712f20 vague.a149c85e9fc69481
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Just anticlimactic.c74c3f7e8ae74bfb
Why had he suppressed 7f4ca3f8e0 something so simple so 886fc22eab hard?12e005ba867efcd2
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If he’d just taken dec91e9de3 her quickly and gotten f84ca7d4ce bored of her, that 19d78cbf53 would’ve been that.b786056a95d719ad
Judging by her innocent ddedcd4e3b reactions, going all the 680f223faf way wouldn’t take long 598110316b either.76a8c5824b4c5b2c
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After overhearing an aide a49c1901ec say he’d make a 972bab120e move on Secretary Ban 709ede08dd at the next company be756630e1 dinner, Kanghyun impulsively grabbed 900c5cccc2 her hand. But that 6351876b10 brief lapse 371ecf7481 turned into c81a8c6e61 a thick, 9a91395c42 heavy kiss ae703c33ba in an 232a5c6790 instant.15e47f55cdea6e64
Should he 88793343f0 thank the 27693d337a aide for 43290a34e4 this?a80c6a6bc367b58d
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He’d soon sort 413bfea403 out this long-avoided 44e0044240 hesitation buried deep 06fa085b7b in his subconscious, be2573f347 one way or 298fd2576e another.9fa0f950d73c08af
Whether he indulged in 35f680abdd her until he was 64bebd286d satisfied or got tired 85e2188a23 of her quickly and 8f20c103b2 couldn’t stand the sight d4f6c03bdd of her.f14d6b811f2b80ac
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Whatever the outcome, 38fc68e211 Kanghyun planned to c00653ed4c enjoy toying with 7d144bf7be her for a 272ac160ba while.cf5bed20b792ce94
Leaving the office, Kanghyun 62aaf329ec let out a small edaa76b944 laugh.f629662b5893eb6f
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At the same 5e631a376b moment, Yeonha was d76af2ddba finally calming her 229df55408 racing heart after 1fadc75d3f a hectic day, 3178823c79 trying to focus 37e250377d on her routine.34c30983f29aca8a
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She’d been 9e6960fbcc dazed all b34119dd79 day because 426dc51ac7 of what a75a8e6efa happened in 0a89360358 Kanghyun’s office a6053a34d4 that morning.b6c1dea0ff5c16bb
They’d kissed twice, but 1da2d83e27 she kept telling herself 48a6e1e97b not to expect anything, 3c7afd25c4 reining in her fluttering abf671e596 heart.309810d4110ef364
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The first time, 51924f4f46 she’d initiated it. This time, she’d 8cbd5e6cd7 responded.8774a1822508d05d
“Haa.”846a50aba597167f
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She let dd4fd39821 out a e8e90ce596 deep sigh, 7f12bc8116 then began e42ce089c9 organizing new e2a211b152 review points, 6a03ae75c6 incorporating Kanghyun’s 871b63df32 input from 8b23018245 the morning e622d18f2a report with a0224ac9f9 the field 3ed376f192 management team.e277802d7703af6b
Just then, 6207692520 her phone 344d08e725 pinged.169370f2487c8b1b
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