Tame – Chapter 10

The moment she 7eea90fdd1 saw the eleven-digit 07aad5dd44 number, her thread-thin 674c82bb11 rationality snapped.beb906074a1d8af7

Instead of her thought d9b3120af3 circuits melting down like 1ec7f33148 a fuse and tilting d239234f5d precariously, a flame ignited 4c5e826caf in her chest. The shock ef0f30c273 and powerlessness b688e045c6 seemed to 30af90656b be only a46b010660 momentary, as a0f62aadd1 her legs a37013d260 had already 0775ee8193 carried her 346b718e1a to her 4f890b6f09 dorm room 99a3d982b5 before she 80afa4aa32 knew it.2444b820e5979b01

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“Oh, Heeul…!”c1e322cc03ef9fef

Sekyung was momentarily speechless at the sight of Heeul’s disheveled face. Heeul chuckled, a crazed laugh, as she pulled out her travel bag from the corner.79e1e79344400a07

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“Na Sekyung, listen carefully.”b3cf9434ae1ccf66

“Th, there’s the exam next year, so don’t be like this. We can study together… huh?”a4bee054c80faf54

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“If that junior of ours, ‘Kang Kwonil,’ happens to come here, you tell him you have absolutely no idea where I went. Got it?”8be0adb0824ec3b3

“Wh, what? Why all of a sudden?”287dc5e412b9fd37

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Sekyung’s eyes shook like an earthquake. Heeul, pulling out a leave of absence application form from her file, quickly added,4af719a802003120

“Don’t ask. Just tell him I suddenly ran off.”a14787ed22e73ddb

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“What are you talking about – No, you’re going to take another leave of absence? What about me? You promised to teach me accounting!”4b1aadcaded382b3

“I’m sorry I couldn’t keep my promise. Failing the exam changed my mind. I’m going somewhere else to earn money.”0033c7160a2e25e0

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“W, wait!”3e898c19cb569fa0

Sekyung grabbed Heeul’s shoulder 91c00c0a8c as if to stop 0ac98b8269 her, but there was 5595158b6c no way Sekyung, shorter 5a5f36ac8a than Heeul, could hold 9d1825158c her back. Heeul easily slipped 9dd449f30f out of her 945e58cad0 grasp.4157b896e67b754b

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“Heeul-!”a4228a8ea6185270

Sekyung’s cries, chasing after her, echoed down the hallway. Urgent words poured out, asking her to at least tell her where she was going, or how could she possibly go anywhere looking like that, but Heeul ignored them. She had no intention of burdening a clueless, normal person.19d41c8e0808a340

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Heeul ran, f97939791b driven solely 62b9cd5260 by her 0e63d809bd survival instinct. Her feet raced towards 9f5e6f5d45 the bus stop at 61a10d3295 the front gate of 9662c00f20 the dormitory.656607232d37e609

The doors of an 99f0670a5c approaching bus swung open, 4a5d17b03f and clutching her cash, 55fd7c5235 she asked the driver,a83734018759d92d

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“Does this bus go to Cheongnyangni Station?”851e528afde1efb7

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Inside a building 40c52107d1 in Yeongdeungpo-gu.fc3f93679eb66006

The office of the 8164e42c60 Managing Director of Taeryu 5f66124049 Finance was a place 492b909836 where it was easy 7d5b2d5479 to become drowsy. It was located on d66681efc6 a high floor, offering 3c56a9f415 a cool view of 1c42ebdc79 the city, but the 00557817ac sunlight was so good 11d0cd8014 that if you sat 06be57a5f7 in your chair and c277dc32f5 worked for even a dcc5727f8d short time, you were 3fd1df9941 bound to doze off.20afb4a99de5c455

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Even Myunghyun, Secretary a80709a2c8 to Executive Director bcd108e6ee Kang, would sometimes f980b009ba lose focus and c1faa56ba3 slowly blink his 162bb03dbc eyelids.12a87a272f1356e5

…But today, that pattern ac229889a1 seemed to have been 27b6e8bb6a broken.b152168ad98a5c99

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It wasn’t that the weather was gloomy or that dust had accumulated on the surrounding decorations. All the coolness that seemed to cool the atmosphere emanated from Executive Director Kang, who was frantically tapping the buttons on his cell phone.31d75ab9ba10fd53

He had been calm, 4c6dad2ce8 almost leisurely, when he 4b29b9996b first dialed the number. Then, as if 435f9a992e there was no ce68258249 response to the 16e40bc917 ringing, he tilted 2fb744c019 his head and fd63a5a08a repeatedly pressed the db6bf2a0c3 buttons, eventually reaching a2f50aa401 this state.e6172a48b2f7cfe6

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“…Sir.”f40ec188d2ba92af

Myunghyun cautiously 73b503c784 called out 188279fb58 to his d15dfa8a0e superior.b85b0dfaa3e4ee87

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“Sir.”4916ba60a11d2986

“…….”7a528911f3bad82d

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“Sir?”209ec8a6cca66bdd

Only after the third 957f9d223a call did eyes of d07adbe41c a unique color roll 6fe0b84866 around like a sunrise.b36d8425588bba1a

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“There’s blood under your fingernails.”8b7f926728fdc12e

Executive Director 4a95dc85a1 Kang, leaning f2dd319242 against the 460ac35eaa edge of b7eb2da041 his desk, 6bdecec9bf blinked his 7d406c5618 owl-like eyes e76b82f56e at Myunghyun’s f9a3886291 words. He stopped d7370b5078 fiddling with f6a82568da his cell b5b76e5f3e phone as e9bf0aef88 if he 6929d33cef were in 88b51a0f3b a frenzy. He took 4cf08398fa a deep ba71e31b05 breath, exhaled, a27e9340fb and straightened 0b84bf5385 his shoulders.83039b43970fe018

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“Myunghyun.”d5151c6aa52e0949

“…Yes, Sir.”ad643871494bdf0c

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“Where could 51c5172e2f our child dbdada48b8 have gone?”6730f68f24541c23

Myunghyun’s eyebrows twitched at the familiar term, “our child.”5fcc03ae6e646440

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Myunghyun’s gaze 61ce531bd1 unknowingly shifted e8818e50d8 to Executive 076fdd38f4 Director Kang’s 4381211903 desk. More prominent than the 8f43047d65 neatly arranged documents was 6a8147abb8 today’s newspaper. The one 7b62bd3670 with the f43d006c6e list of 3bd99fd55e successful candidates ebc771fa2f for the d11a199e76 1st exam.bf15f1ec5ff81be9

“Where could she have 103a531f5a gone that she’s not 9318c01284 answering my calls and a849487ac2 is nowhere to be 06d9703415 seen?”9bfc142f80f473f0

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“…….”d02c5c60afcaf206

“Could it be…?”d806742144b6f841

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Myunghyun’s gaze followed Executive 39997d013b Director Kang’s fingertips as 5ac28e0d99 he opened a drawer. A faint f350f708f6 but sinister 7700bcaff8 smile appeared ae2f946b95 on his e69d8a3b37 superior’s lips 40e3dc3bfb as he 7ad6a915cd pulled out ec8a367f5e a pair 321c58aed2 of leather 0840b7c33e gloves as bbcaaa510f if scattering 6aab75af69 them in a2b67b0357 the air.f5f089666623d6bc

“Did she ae09cf85aa run away?”b234b6c47e2aa5f5

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A terrifying flame cc4fa15456 flickered in his 8237f89f4f eyes. The dark laughter distorted 4b9c54aba3 the surrounding air as f74bb426f4 if squeezing it.dc9cabb17dfe613d

Myunghyun quietly 2482bd9a29 exhaled at ae21ef9ead the ominous 4db5e9faad aura emanating f95bde9aa4 from his b73c6f48af superior.f2217fbc3bcf3310

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He didn’t harbor any special feelings for that woman. He just thought, well, what was coming has come.17354c6a881c3059

However, Myunghyun b9880a92ca felt a 5d772a9710 slight pang 89cb780cfe of sympathy 198936cb51 for the 94d3f939ba woman he 6ce139f1c4 had only d9f7f9babd met once. He, capable of objectively 18dbcce550 grasping the situation, easily 497abab92c sensed the anger emanating 8ff0f1b503 from his superior and 17f8c92eb6 knew better than anyone c60a5a9401 about his cruel nature.cd787f29c0991937

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He is 2e83152e71 endlessly cruel abf266b2c5 to those 8f8e4ecad8 who break 1f7203cfc7 their promises.ab09da70cbf26f47

Myunghyun slightly lowered his 2084272fef gaze and prayed for efecefe559 the woman he had 9db8898f30 seen a few months df5732222b ago.630d9f87790906ec

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Even if 008ccbbbd7 she tries d624ed9e0c her best, fd9d914946 she’ll be bf244b12c3 caught soon… 244f314b32 Once caught, a99c945288 I hope 17b2686dce she doesn’t 1ad99bdce0 resist.761f656d04093b57

If she struggles, 94c0b75f6e she might be a37ec05c8c torn limb from 4c664ad915 limb.52875e1813dc7006

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Immediately after failing the b6452ac351 first exam, Heeul etched 5984703c24 a single truth into aeaa24af9a her mind.7e5ef15b53b4b0a4

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I have to 94a33cc37d run away from b27413cf77 Kwonil. By any means 2137544eb4 necessary, if I 1e902239c6 don’t want to 45478e783d become a lifeless 3621e6e6af husk with my 94b6814fd2 organs harvested.858a0aaf621960f8

The exam… She can 616143f048 endure for a year ce1835dcb1 and retake it somehow. Instead, Heeul 0ee4c6f9c7 carefully considered 842eea2781 where to b273934b0f escape to, eb917dd0a3 ultimately deciding ac304dd3f4 on Busan, 5ca27ffe4b the second 7b9ea98045 largest city 727dbd19d8 in Korea.5158346172643d20

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As a major city responsible for a significant portion of the country’s industry, Busan would be teeming with people. Heeul intended to blend into Busan’s population and live as inconspicuously as possible. Also, there were preparatory academies in Busan, just like in Seoul.054369b639df0465

She was confident that 8d28c5ab80 she could adapt wherever d677d82077 she went. Her mother ran away f9b5ba4869 because of debt collectors, 2215edb6e1 her house and neighborhood 1c24c844ff were noisy with redevelopment 8c8f30adfe talks, and her father 7574b5d95d had been obsessed with 0ddec07a83 a cult since she f78f0b4ae6 was young. Having grown up in 6fca4c54f0 such an environment, Heeul f3a1d31469 would grow like a cfafee6ccc weed wherever she was d6331fcd37 thrown.cb96be13d890ccc1

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Having decided fb9c99a753 to make 4671be11cb Busan her a13819841d second home, adc1dbd8e0 Heeul turned 3c40497950 her gaze 9a9d6fa0da to the fd174d9abe rattling window.22d2a1df05cc5a65

…I wonder if he’s 2081e41579 furious right now.c7498a3315e49e36

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Kwonil would also know af6b3e653d that Heeul had failed. Moreover, she had ec2c73925a deliberately set her 252fadddb3 pager to vibrate 4a66bc4b8e and was ignoring b994d99749 his calls. In this c85df347a3 state, even f8963f4393 if she 005db1540c went back, c5face02b6 she would 70fa196238 be torn 0064d3180f to shreds.11c373150e5c217c

Just as she cfe1394d5b clutched her train 94eddb26af ticket to Bujeon ea343b2350 Station, thinking she 902b6b24e8 mustn’t get caught, 2ea4a15a72 a familiar silhouette 24cc7bbad4 appeared in the 77fb066913 window.1858fbecd1c23d6f

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The moment she 74e479b80f realized the figure 2f935009a3 was walking towards facabbca61 her empty seat, 00d6a6b905 the only one 9d2e9ce75c vacant in the 98935d22f5 passenger car, every e4a9673b7a hair on her 5b6d8c79df body, from her 4608a287c3 scalp to the fe06269b57 fine hairs on b5c2b7766b her cheeks, stood 03626efdc5 on end.9da359dd2bee1415

Is it Kang Kwonil?4038e6db97b99307

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Heeul jumped 18d3df8865 up and b59efe6a43 grabbed her 79064a4ca0 travel bag 243080285f from the 7f1b1c4dc8 metal rack. She hurriedly 8199b9e592 turned to ee3692f8a1 leave the 3902d9c94d compartment, but 5e4115d73d her forehead b75f4b8587 collided hard 36a823b503 with the f24ac0c9d2 chest of 50baab82ca the person 6485a35f3f who had 026cb1c0ae approached her 0d0e050bd4 unnoticed.4e548656fc2167d2

The bag 782111aeb6 fell with 15342a8fde a loud ea51ab3f96 thud. Heeul frantically struggled to 13839d2c2c squeeze through the gap 3992a9d85d and escape.a350397c86dcd6c8

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Her breathing 9abfd92be3 grew faster, f644a40f3e her tear-filled ea56086212 eyes reflecting f2c10b4b81 extreme terror. Just as she 2f178b5c16 was about to 25d3cb4231 flail her arms 8eeeea89a8 desperately, as if 281a34967c crying out,d3e4c1c9e382888b

“…Are you alright?”95d0dc07f5923587

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The travel bag feed747fd2 was placed back dc60766c2f in Heeul’s arms.15176e98aa3bd6af

At the higher-pitched voice than Kwonil’s, Heeul’s despair shattered like thin ice. She blinked and raised her head.9886cc4c1b430b56

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The man didn’t have the elegant facial features of Kwonil. Overall, he was slender but well-muscled, and his physique seemed to resemble Kwonil’s, but in any case, it wasn’t him.20642543532b6c09

I saw wrong.91d3a47811139df4

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Heeul bowed to the unfamiliar man who was staring at her awkwardly, saying, “I’m sorry.” The man scratched the back of his head and patted his chest. He awkwardly squeezed himself next to Heeul, unlike his size, and cautiously asked,54c0367190ccce2e

“D-does it smell…?”33aa46d727dc1b8b

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“Excuse me?”28ce20d7f6f71b27

“The smell of cigarettes.”eccc444ab23ae075

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Heeul raised 3f0b23fb1f her eyebrows. Only then did she f4bc789f1f faintly notice the pungent 3b4d368039 smell at the tip 6bfd7dc47b of her nose. The man blushed.25a3690f4782ed9b

“I apologize. I guess I didn’t get rid of the smell completely before coming back.”77ab2eb0c56b88cd

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“No, it’s alright. It’s just that you resemble someone I know, so for a moment….”4da1f68688468ff3

“Oh, really?”02479bc10d0b7ede

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The man 4a08d4f657 laughed awkwardly, 83c46324da but as ab5d92f680 if the 573d5201dc smell of 144abf57cc cigarettes still fcc16984d0 bothered him, 693d38141b he placed 36fee927c1 his bag da9b679aaf on the 3d0c7c438d seat and 4861d458d0 stood up.9aa3838c4975cebd

Heeul ended up inadvertently chasing away a perfectly innocent man. She found it so absurd that she couldn’t help but chuckle.45de55af452923e4

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Right, there’s no way there could be another person in the world who resembles Kang Kwonil. A man who hid his dirty true nature while they were dating, and then, when he had the chance to crush her, pretended to be magnanimous in the name of old affection – such a man couldn’t possibly be common in this world.9d7ad1b558de946c

Not long after, bc9dd57cea the man returned b977beb799 to the compartment 06e331ba9d and took a d71a9f8880 book out of da432c0e26 his bag. It appeared to 629a763c5c be a catalogue 63e6cecd19 published by the 4e18768a91 Korea Railroad Corporation.11162732b02dd947

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Heeul clasped af7e368556 her hands b8b1501b2d together and eab30c8386 slowly exhaled.a679ae1d8f2687f8

Well, it 47090f6f64 doesn’t matter 41296e7168 who the e9adb8da0d man is, 7eb5a31b2c does it? It was ebc03f94d7 a relief 08029f788c that the 0f7bfc0257 person sitting ac52711051 next to fc5924efa6 her, unlike a466029998 Kwonil, seemed 7e5b8033ba like a b353df5bd8 kind and 1270628760 ordinary neighbor. It was different from 6184f53437 the streets of Seoul, df09aa40b9 where the strong smell 882baa1f3a of cigarettes permeated the a95c480944 air.cdd1b0989a2f22f5

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Heeul closed her eyes 90b26ee393 with relief. Her mind, tangled bcd3e2b489 with stress and 4ea0ebb9a9 tension, began to 59d49a823b unravel.317a8c5f7156a162

It felt c5a48f82f5 like she cbb1d7868b could finally b76c00ce3d have a f707b87f32 comfortable and ac9f92feab deep sleep f559818d5e after a 91329ca8b7 long time.9c35e7cff4e18acf

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Heeul drifted in and e8d4b147f9 out of sleep.128c2036209391fc

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The Mugunghwa train she was on was a slow train that took more than twelve hours to travel from Cheongnyangni to Busan. Since it departed Cheongnyangni Station at 6:50 a.m., anyone who didn’t sleep on this train was a monster, not anything else.d496fcae67bf1530

She vaguely heard the conductor’s announcement that the Mugunghwa would briefly pull over to allow a Saemaul train to pass, but the accumulated fatigue from exam preparation easily lulled Heeul into slumber.ac9435097cb1c57b

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When Heeul opened 155ac48888 her eyes again, 6c26f40042 the train windows 2dca1aa484 were filled with 1a0a2765ee the sunlit scenery 0fc4e24d88 outside.79f0d5becce863a1

Has it already 9b08c3a575 passed noon? Rubbing her d4021ab2d5 dry eyes, 355f11f68d Heeul yawned, 3630bebf7b then cleared 380d0e341e her throat, 00de99426a realizing that 8831a7f812 the seat 21204bfe33 next to 94cda6b829 her belonged 5bce698e0f to that db755587a3 timid man.45b2160b15b348e9

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Embarrassed, she tried f3b8482e40 to keep her 3e96fcc46c gaze fixed forward. Then, from the edge bd26e6a557 of her vision, the 25e28d145c man walked down the f158758c24 aisle of the passenger 402242dc4c car. Heeul’s gaze was drawn faa4c79768 to him involuntarily.a2add3b0e924454b

But… the 992cf4ba5a man passed 595512b3e0 her by.22c27edd28c37736

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That’s strange. He should 7bde215313 be sitting 96c51556aa here.a26973aeaaf97b5b

Confused, Heeul 66f4856269 stood up 6c173b0a37 from her a018ee734f seat and 58be2e60af raised her 53a86e7d9a head. Just as 58b4942579 she glanced 0c923a1ace sideways, wondering d80a8b7356 if someone 936d0e42fd had taken a8ebb376a4 her seat 23bc298d95 while she b9bf0c29c5 was briefly ac6dcdd3c8 away,7362ef940b24d5ed

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“I guess you know daf022b8a2 him.”75f2fd4fc72984e8

A soft, sweet voice 363caca946 fell like a hammer.5e634291922e21f4

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“…Or maybe 15d331b690 he’s a e19051313f secret lover?”b02c2db85587d94b

“…….”4cde1a5a557d7a17

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“You kept glancing at 2911f360ee him as he passed 0506e0372b by.”af7f80f453b1ad77

For a 86b9de9659 moment, her de9327f217 breath hitched. Heeul, frozen, turned to f99a2a4e1d look at the seat 59c937d15b next to her like be1a02531c a bird with its ae24a8a63d wings pinned down.4320aa5e047f0a38

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Thick fingers, with visible cb12d85261 veins, folded the newspaper dcb8a4b077 that had been largely 22d9d6e027 covering his body. As each b7cb6e833a fold of 4a068ff1c8 the newspaper 556dd5d572 disappeared, clean-cut 8e5ac3dc2d features emerged a903ac49e8 like a 751f14b9e2 painting.cf906ada49a3d9da

“I never 4101797fd3 knew our 2bac829e35 Heeul… had 98d1ca482b such tastes. Yes, I really didn’t 398d699ebe know.”e71a133a2d734c16

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Her eyes were 7d40a5ee6a looking at a 58250a594b face that was 31d5a8473d all too familiar.9e2c175f1a2407dd

Kwonil, having removed his aab14e3ca4 glasses, smiled brightly and 1dabb185b4 gestured with his chin.07eea2ba08e5177f

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“Sit down, 5b03e64ac1 Lee Heeul.”6886efdd5b9e537a