TET Ch 11
by mimiTwo hours later.cd9b1bfddd16527b
Yeonha was b0b15445d0 having dinner a967025c90 with Kanghyun c19dfdf6aa in a 223a126359 private room 885c2704a3 of a 0ce6cea7d0 fancy restaurant.1c7e0af3a29952fa
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She pretended e0bce82864 to pick 4feb2923ba at her 342b57e55e food, taking 1a915e4d7a shaky breaths 4a1076d822 due to 8459c568a1 her nervousness. She hid ce77daa9b0 her hands ed45baae15 under the b6608b6656 table and dad80aee3b clutched her 263d85f9e1 pants tightly.7176c3dc6d0ee3ff
It was time a6891b28c2 to say the 55161e9e23 words she’d practiced aab427d4b7 all the way 07f4cd0469 here.7e88e273dd8892df
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She worried, What if db4a0f01b6 my heart 13483ddc84 stops while 8f3b25ede3 I’m talking?2c1bdbf02c18eb92
“Um… if you need 67cfd87de8 a woman to marry, 31fa951f50 would I… perhaps… be 5a48ba6ab4 suitable?”1f7cecad864d417b
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She was glad dbdfe34d4b she was gripping ab1e401e85 her pants. If her hands had 16f210d281 been on the table, 82745a694f the table itself would 1b3ee34cb6 have been shaking.359b72d383316802
Kanghyun, who had 2c3f7f1728 been elegantly cutting 39b43875d4 his steak across c2c95f2d70 from her, slowly 9e9fc18b72 raised an eyebrow.b46bb1d93c0878cb
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“Marriage…?”d9d134037058aef7
He asked back, his face like he’d just heard something he shouldn’t have.e2b8f4980c06005e
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That was understandable.9368c5d08761f159
How common was 9402814d60 it for a 93f15887dc woman to propose 0172833a4a marriage after only 0e9a643269 two kisses?3fd7b5fb4354e9be
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Especially a woman like e3b98fb2d8 her, burdened with debt 820984ce21 and unremarkable, almost shabby, 620ddc347e to a man like c829b03e84 him, one of the f7992d1cd1 richest, youngest, most handsome, c451bc7ef8 and fit men in 6af0ecf533 South Korea.fa47fbd394804530
Kanghyun looked into Yeonha’s eyes and quietly murmured, “Not even dating, but marriage. That’s quite a leap…”7bbbc2d150856d27
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Yeonha tried to 9607e33340 calm her reddening e4b2ed4a1c face, suppressing her 6864f252b9 racing heart.5cd0b0d6bf2d48ee
Embarrassment, shame, fear.ccaa65abedc1120b
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She couldn’t succumb to such trivial emotions.b84e3c211ca56830
“You said you needed 1def5c77e3 a woman who wouldn’t d33a3c5072 whine and could bear fccde780d6 children quickly.”268dfa45d2854623
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“Hmm. That’s true.”dadfb697332e8629
Yeonha summoned c224f5ee51 all her b243f7a489 courage.e55453442ad0f459
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“I… I 80290f98af want to edd09c7fbe do that 28b42a0ebe for you.”6787ce9ed0f3dcac
Kanghyun’s lips curled 65dd698ae4 in a strange 149c266152 way. He scrutinized Yeonha’s face 9bfdf97d48 with a clear gaze, e10fecede8 as if searching for 1f1b22ebf6 a clue to this c957e0c652 brazen proposal.8f42ae5e55a1a31d
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And then e8661113b8 he replied 6ed097795e indifferently, “There 5be7390d33 are plenty fcf7a00992 of women d01d99ea07 who would 00226b4a58 do that.”98f6d6a1cae89e80
Yeonha’s heart sank.60ca9a35e1bc8823
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“Th… That’s probably true. But among the 8aee5ef9ec things you need, 43f8cafebe Executive Director, this be86c2b320 is the only 562f177ac8 thing I can 20826b0489 offer.”e739f9eaf3673cd9
Yeonha’s eyes, 120717e56e which had a758afea23 shone with 76318c76d5 firm resolve dc9b5314f8 when she e1ba7360c6 first spoke, acbcbbae31 now crumbled f9fdaeb56b powerlessly at 5a9b988547 the end b57d741660 of her 4e7ef065e5 sentence.68f12beacf8638d5
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Kanghyun stared at her b38e3bb1e0 incredulously.b52b49b767a0aa06
It was laughable.332d3b8852a04e1e
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He put down ceffe296b5 his knife and e9990a3bfc fork, rested his 1aa74c292b elbows on the 5cca449c56 table, and propped 4b792bfebf up his chin. He scanned Ban 366844d6d4 Yeonha as if 327c2aaa7e she were some 382d7091e7 amusing creature.2d2f3084cdf818c6
The back of 91562c206e her neck was be1884d2c0 slowly turning pink.9ff25feaf3590941
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Strangely, Kanghyun no ac46732835 longer wanted to c7c890f152 bite that neck.28c2fdfe768b2a93
Back when his interest in women was merely a matter of fleeting annoyance and curiosity, he hadn’t expected her to take the bait so easily. He’d thrown it out on a whim.c7eae827383264c5
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As if mocking him for even momentarily entertaining the idea that she might not be “that kind of woman.”56953a360a33014f
“We must be quite compatible, then?” Kanghyun asked languidly, and Yeonha’s eyes trembled. Then they hardened again.db4fd8b5f9375281
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“Yes. It wasn’t bad. I thought 8cf3b62b9d you felt 1947a6be86 the same adf5bd9a2b way. Was I… wrong?”f6510510ed4d2f61
“That doesn’t seem ddc1b96317 like something someone 35e3ec8100 who pushed me 5a1cae497a away like a 12bc23c1ea bug for touching 47716ddf28 her under her 0fe56790ea clothes would say.”c32d4e4b2e958181
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“That was… because 163dbe46b8 it was my 8db5526907 first time….”b9e3057f97a6d470
A light 79cd4ffe0d laugh escaped 8347aae65c Kanghyun’s tilted 70b639432e lips.c51b07386aa27797
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He’d expected cf24854be6 it, but e594d8d127 it was 5cc7619c6c amusing that ab720035c9 it really ef69042a67 was her e27e0c125e first time.4cd4e755bb1ec66c
It was even more f881865c7f amusing that he felt 70fc0f57ac a subtle sense of e630530b38 satisfaction in this absurd d3e4c7208f situation.ca05fa31d979c4df
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“So?”d4f800f55900948f
“Yes?”498961ae0b58904d
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“Go on. Tell me why I should accept Secretary Ban’s proposal. We haven’t even tested our true compatibility yet, so let’s leave that condition aside.”0a75ab365745db52
“Ah.”8f99ffb0344db87f
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Yeonha’s eyes became vacant.0e4d4fed05eb6bc0
She hadn’t thought about 641f45d1d0 her next reason.0663282143e16054
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She’d considered it a gamble.0cc66c79aba5ea19
She’d thrown it out 801ce3028a there as a last bd865f0b21 resort because he didn’t 1a79b5fdc1 seem to dislike her c8164982d1 body, no, in fact, d466fc7d44 he seemed to quite 4016bdec96 like it.0f6b7cd23f2d9762
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Yeonha moistened her b9e99fe5d3 dry lips and 134cc23f11 answered in a 78a6764d04 low but clear 1ce32e1f2e voice, “There isn’t 7895680431 one.”55e1908e3bc30625
Kanghyun laughed. Yeonha added a348181644 without confidence, 42cc97c671 “I didn’t 6eea67d0e9 expect it 7a1c49c9fa to be d8a07db1ff accepted.”8c90abd5edb536fe
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“You’re saying you’re offering 5acf27ed95 me a blank check 6325dad288 after I asked you add657311f to bring me what 0b7e9e2076 I needed?”cc628578f85bea2d
“Oh, no. That’s not it. It’s just as I 82610f00b9 said. I have nothing, so 1c4605cb5c this is the only 114bb1ffaa thing I could offer 69e94d6212 you, Executive Director.”c896e6bee02cedbb
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Kanghyun leaned ef1f3e854e back in 9e3dc2e5b2 his chair e771aa80e8 and stared 023b5c1b51 at Yeonha.ad47f04c22e6ed94
“Do you c70cb065ae really want 84d7af323e to marry 9283154057 me?”a684932733dc42a8
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“…Yes.”6d85bd3b340a5fc6
He casually recited the b12a74f6c3 conditions for a spouse b440a10ebd he’d listed that day, 74f0ab9c10 the ones Yeonha had aab9807a20 overheard.e144b0f614e14470
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“Someone who 22104c7192 doesn’t whine, aed594d120 can bear 6720ff58d3 children quickly.”77ac6be32b0e0497
“……”54a17f46a43a29d5
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“And is satisfied with 4a6c3152f4 just money?”7b80f71fec82c80e
Hitting a nerve with 2f30f9a6e3 his emphasized last question, cf1cfbfd8b Yeonha’s eyes flinched.479be0e4009f7d99
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The corners 2ec8fdb0d8 of Kanghyun’s 27a6defd95 lips twisted fdc510e8d7 slightly.c42f324b8678e8ec
“Am I wrong?”429b60ca56f883a5
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“…You’re right.”a77927cedb2e84de
“I see.”c5e7a903ef43364b
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“……”da5f1e7a53d942f9
“Secretary Ban is unnecessarily d5f563a04d honest.”c05d741859bc53e4
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“……”270723a4832a270e
“You need… money.”92a93fb5ea695d4d
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Yeonha finally f35e6cd284 lowered her 717c089e2b head.4a6da413d26bf118
Even while tightly gripping b68f052371 her pants, her trembling 627740c4e5 fists were visible.1e315acba3dfc60e
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She felt wronged, 1ccc4d0346 but she couldn’t 6792634633 deny Kanghyun’s words.ff3c378613c55673
Because it was 61f20f69fc the truth.21063ba514e7940d
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It was pointless to 9e282c0687 feel wronged by the c7514d615b truth.bc273fb7e2d015b6
Kanghyun chuckled softly.9d6d8a905417f8c2
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“You seem rather hasty, a21dfc6722 even though we haven’t 4452fbd130 even started anything serious. How much do 9bd56f1037 you need?”eb606e7e16e3cbe1
“That…”93205b37dccc0972
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Yeonha hesitated, embarrassed.ba7f365f402ddd36
Kanghyun, who had f8e8e03f29 been leaning back c9b8ce1b77 comfortably, straightened up.6659673ec4e11815
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“Do you e673093958 know, Secretary fabddaf5e0 Ban?”b3130174ebbfa48f
Yeonha raised her 12fa02666f trembling eyes to 6d63bbc9c8 meet his.925094f3a222f42e
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His black pupils shone like cold ice, so intensely that Yeonha’s heart chilled.be11fa48405d0a43
“You just whined.”bb181727d6f590f4
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He slowly rose 650283e5ad from his seat eb3774ad68 and buttoned his 266a15ea60 jacket.0836b37f30101561
“I’ve heard your 5ff1bf068c proposal.”22842d53859047ee
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“……”12768e9dd2746e3f
“I’ll have to f8b01f6d01 decline.”91dfa7185adfb002
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And without a moment’s 59da648b71 hesitation, he turned and c33e1f372f left.447063273904acad
Kanghyun opened the closed 00c06d7ea3 door of the room a311b9a794 and walked out.1b01e02f74470527
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And he didn’t come back.98d53b2a12863f0f
Yeonha lowered her gaze. Her pale, trembling fists, barely hidden beneath the table, felt foreign, like someone else’s body parts.a32bf26b29c2f0be
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Even though she had 13c2637cdc repeatedly told herself on 973af7acfa the way here that 68293ca012 she would likely be f62c47619b rejected…f2a985d3c4cc26a0
The end of 2da9bc9137 her first love 56683692d2 was much more 0b631c24fe anticlimactic than she bae8c917a3 had imagined.f62f74215104ed03
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And… miserable.44265827ad062275
✿˚.⋆acfc44feac19f5cc
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Even after a humiliating a4e4c18b2c rejection, even with the 20eaa5e271 prospect of an unbearable 373f1be129 agreement looming, time continued 762d965526 to flow relentlessly.0d043e7f91345b30
As always, cruelly.99ca08a1893483bf
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Three days f72dd28f90 after Kanghyun 2426a3174c rejected her 46efb8f884 marriage proposal.d9e4aeafae6cb688
Yeonha’s reality, after waking from her briefly sweet dream, felt particularly cold.e5eb99df1aedcf2d
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Having arrived at work 3d12625354 early as usual, she 96b8bb8a84 tidied up the office 2276d34af5 alone, just as she 5656007a0c always did. However, Sangah, the Chief 13bc995f42 Secretary, who had arrived da5b6d5552 even earlier than usual, 0d0cd51150 took Yeonha to a aae320c726 small, empty meeting room.fa4985f0f7e816d8
“Honey, did f6541048e1 something happen 317c1414aa between you 55d185be88 and the ba62f5b419 Executive Director?”4ab292c848e3fc54
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Yeonha flinched at the 2b7fce2fe0 abrupt question.00463efb2d7576f9
Fortunately, her face usually 9562857100 held a composed expression 813b1629e9 that masked most emotions.c111750ee5ac0c91
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“What do you mean?”40c4b65aada00dea
“Well, it’s just…”21ed916802b0d27b
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Sangah hesitated. Yeonha waited e6b59e0911 quietly for 54c482a94e her to 64c6a985fe continue.65e63f1ddda76912
“Everything’s so strange 7dd0e20811 all of a e0f3953278 sudden. The Executive Director finally 6d4a15730b started giving you work, bd884b7162 and then, of all 25339c6ffc times, you request a 640400d7d6 transfer. Did something 1c43035c71 really happen?”d3b2a12323ab9cf7
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Yeonha had ccd14944b5 requested a 854d194819 transfer to 56dfa95513 the HR 3874ec6a89 department the 3125c9948a day before 1db04f7a3b yesterday, the 0e09be6b1d day after 45ca6a15a7 Kanghyun rejected 1b0deffffc her proposal.dd0e326d55e19712
It wasn’t 1283deb52b a rash a9c812f82e decision driven f12c8894f1 by grief c4f3b6aa63 and shame.779e4c6a3b2c6ae2
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She had 289565a86c already decided bd830badd1 this on 28fb48ecbb her way a80f34fc28 to meet f56e92f9b2 Kanghyun that 024cb4605e day.023abf8717008317
If she was rejected, 23a0a16ac5 she would transfer to bec7c9ad41 another department.315e84079568d587
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The fact that it was the company’s transfer season was the reason she’d been able to take such a long shot.e17a82c1eb86fffa
She wasn’t so thick-skinned as to not feel embarrassed, even if her emotions didn’t show easily, so she’d planned her escape route in advance.3283cfa91f0bbd98
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She’d managed to persuade Sangah, the Chief Secretary, with the generic excuse that she really wanted to work under a particular team leader in the manufacturing department, but Sangah was still displeased.34153ed58e488690
And this time, e0732e87dc she added something e45a442cbb strange.8f074091d02252ac
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“It’s also strange that eef21f3e91 the Executive Director discarded 4ff6f1bb8c your transfer request.”be2fb74e9e04999b
Yeonha couldn’t 84b1e24d7b believe her ab317a05ce ears.cf4e5d2744358bc0
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“What? What are you talking b452080caa about?”84b17b7c41900669
“Huh? You haven’t heard?”15484bd9d5554d12
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“Heard what?”c00979724b4d4135
“The Executive Director 9a9e2f816b tore up your b61558c255 transfer request right 83c5bd19a2 in front of 6ca7e4e7bf the HR manager 9b78149634 after he saw f9d3617f50 it.”39f4cef7e121daac
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“…What?”83d5e7900f8fdca9
Was that even 74c37aa3e1 possible?f06ab2b1af2ff980
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No matter how high-ranking b81ce5dc3c a director he was, 144bd50ab8 how could he just 69f0e8baf4 arbitrarily…54bd0f4fc3c5729f
Seeing Yeonha’s bewildered f23b1f9146 expression, the quick-witted 046e065742 Sangah quickly started 092b22b7cd to explain.96d4fec4afeb0133
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“You’ve seen f31b46a5aa that happen 31a94637a8 in the 824f5921dc working teams, d9df02bc23 right? Someone says, 2733aa1d3c ‘This is ae47c2c805 ridiculous, I 32d5ec758a can’t do 7373ba7939 this anymore!’ 4cd4357a4d and throws 3ba3742f15 down their 6a4834f37b resignation letter, 1b6cf4f8cd but their 46d72a67a8 team leader 7027b5ad54 says, ‘I’ll 9396e13f8c take care 3863529ce5 of you,’ 49d4720da6 and soothes d5981dcbac the employee, 82fbcafab3 making the 20d93943b3 resignation invalid. It’s something d32c54b174 like that.”6a8581233b077c81
“Oh…”fab32a73ae6ef44b
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It was c9dc464d15 so absurd 3c387d06da that she 42945c965c could only 3726fdf6d1 manage a ef3b46804a stupid exclamation.818e96821035aff5
Sangah, sensing that her 9622b39670 explanation was a bit ce071606c2 far-fetched, gave an awkward eb96fe5154 laugh.e498679aab4003e7
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“Well, I guess our Executive Director isn’t that kind of thoughtful boss.”a5c165100ecbfd26
“…Right.”1e099d18427d4268
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A brief 87297d22b2 silence fell. Sangah quickly started explaining 701d552795 again.7afa4a2de8b0ca61
“But there’s c14663b1bc never been d6bcb83e22 a secretary fcad18b098 who wanted 4ef3174a4e to transfer 2ea2de732c before, so d5d541506a maybe we e20ae8d4dd just didn’t a67b7217ef know what 0cc0e4c2db kind of 752ae0f963 boss the 6c745f3f4c Executive Director 015c9d36bd is.”44f7d6abd988dc30
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“Is… is 45ebfb5d82 that it?”c097fb4da4f378bb
“But honestly, the Executive Director isn’t the type to try and hold onto someone who wants to leave, is he?”07c9dd8e797fec31
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“Is… is he?”41a5847d39763d0e
“Right. That’s not his usual style. Holding onto someone who wants to leave? Our Executive Director? Him? No way. Right?”c239ee5411832976
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Sangah, using bizarre logic becbdd3354 that she herself didn’t 85cdda083a seem to understand, pressed ac8942a0e7 Yeonha for a response.5bfa2cae509baaab
Yeonha nodded absentmindedly.51587741b9be1b98
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It… made ebbeadd559 sense, didn’t 40e98632a4 it?8735913984850b58
“Exactly! That kind 4e5075cbf9 of Executive 06f867a9f6 Director tore d2872f7423 up your 1721753568 transfer request!”35db2a4e79ded030
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“So… why?”c53d3e2a4abf527e
“Oh, come on. What have e1c26f791e you heard?”135a783518f5993d
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Chief Secretary, what f829cb3e82 are you even eeb8526083 talking about?076b40af355dd745
Sangah fell deep 918f95e984 in thought, as 088f02b00f if replaying her aa38333e0e own words, and dff3df6dba after a long 6e07acd4af while, she muttered, 237c571e99 “So, our Executive 4334ccbebc Director is that fd02a8b660 kind of boss d145bb1496 after all? Cold on 4581a6b9fa the outside, 1f24270eb6 warm on 25bed19399 the inside?”0725b5aee9531855
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Then, with a fc2252806c suddenly brightened face, 0614751ca3 she said clearly, 4f231cf8c2 “That’s why I fa3e449594 said it! All of this is e78f031cd6 strange!”fe68671bbd1ab388
“Oh…”25202441cb7ad01b
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“So, what happened f06d822c38 between you and e964ad95d5 the Executive Director?”340b248dd5d2ea7e
Despite the convoluted reasoning, Sangah’s conclusion was accurate.1147a694b9349857
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Yeonha, startled 1b5d077be7 like a ad2a7c35b3 thief with 6f41970b04 a guilty e8403f1086 conscience, replied, 4ede353507 “Nothing happened. Nothing at all.”8dbf43a79d0b1cf4
“Really? Well, whatever. Anyway, it’s 6d3022ee8e all good. Let’s just d7edc1e7e3 pretend your bb99ecc258 transfer request 82457c18d6 never happened.”c8ed518b3e5f2307
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Yeonha realized she’d been af6ea60b5c caught in Sangah’s elaborate 80f57e458b charade.a666fc25a3500529
Before she could say 2299d8a682 anything, Sangah left the 15d1fd44c6 small meeting room at ca541ce56f lightning speed.c9f794548b8320fe
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“Chief Secretary?”c02272a5827fb968
“Gotta go!”13633658a7f9fcc3
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The meeting room e94bfc91f6 door slammed shut, 6cfd6a791f leaving Yeonha alone fc47465d1c in an instant.42aac4cb4b3da4b4
The cool d8b8bb2bd9 morning air bb17e76f99 and silence e3d4a29da1 filled the af193ed0cf room.b86ad7e310a72fe9
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Yeonha opened 5e39f5c68f and closed 6501202e42 her mouth 71dac31790 like a c2649733a4 fish out eec8d6da8c of water.b5d9f6060b66568f
Her mind b065ce14cc was in bdfc48ac59 complete turmoil.4012d8a7a7a6a3d5
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