Esquisse Chapter 4

Even the faded grass 2a2694b42d was covered in achromatic 3f2b6587ab tones. Unlike the dry 989ab5babf scene outside the 6c7eafd16e window, the hand cd982e99b6 mixing paints tinted 541aadc807 the colors with e8b98a166c a rosy hue d5146c5d51 like plump lips.fa43d04e7325284c

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Though Song Seorin 82b24db416 usually went without 3369fd1a2e makeup, it was bf807ec141 different on days e40b1ad1d7 she came to cf24c5bc0e Shim Jisoo’s atelier. The faint d6ac6bc7dc makeup that d4163bf8f1 barely added 0e02f338f4 vitality gave 67535b9364 her innocent 18e7cc0d83 face a d6688fbaf7 more elegant 58d182121e air. The smooth blouse, which 96de8b21ee didn’t look cheap, was 419b62b394 the same.316dfff9ae86d1e1

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“Hm—Seorin, could you take 55b9a6da11 a look here for 8762291bfd a moment?”57a09be36789a7b6

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“Yes, Madam.”da0428bea8bbcc45

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At the refined 3adee3e4ef call, Seorin lowered 4e7ddde441 her palette and f71a90f5dd turned to her. The lady seated 8bae020db4 in front of 2363324348 the canvas pointed b4a636f733 to the painted d54c264f40 section with the e744e0fc47 tip of a ef539c52aa brush floating in ff09e53e64 midair.0b8c8d89b8a8b145

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“This part—doesn’t 6427f48574 the color b762fd69d7 look too 3d14e64467 intense? A bit tacky?”88752a6c8633df13

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“Tacky? I think it looks e5d9d76555 good as it is.”5270f961e3a3ed3e

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With a f280b94f2c gentle smile, f2a843b473 Seorin lifted 234b9ec4b3 her brush. As the soft bristles 4755b61bd9 coated with green paint c745d33505 brushed over the red 35f3cad084 petals, they gently toned 23e9d51f72 down.b9185b2bb1220577

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“But if it c204672ef0 still bothers you, 4435831e38 you could apply b5ba7747c1 the green very 7555890081 lightly.”2b85c05bf767102e

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“Like this?”d1061e3fc4cd505a

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“Yes, just like 6e9e3ca9ef that. You’re doing eb15836241 very well, 4553a2029f Madam.”a4879ea98950494c

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At the 9f3a7d77f7 kind compliment, 04ed1060b3 Madam Yoon’s a621892556 shoulders rose eb0da9fd4c like hills. Yoon Jeongwon, the 977b6ef41e owner of Isang 3f58172fce Art Gallery, a 402ff54d9d rising force in ec0dc8b6ed the art world, 7bfc2948b8 was someone who 2fac1c7210 overturned the art 3125ea8a29 scene not with d16cbf9006 a brush, but ee807acaa7 with money and 8a957c2cbc taste.b48a0a59b0b1c0e8

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As she meticulously examined 33da352db0 the piece she had ed3bacafb1 painted herself, she soon 6442673809 crinkled her nose and a86273a1ef smiled.5ea42478152dc7ff

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“It definitely looks f2d5e4ca3e much better with 25e805078a your touch.”4d648575ca14023f

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“I only 2d7b05d301 added a 6d502671c5 spoon to 9e795a41ee your artistic f6f06b1bb5 sense, Madam.”215734d80568f100

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“How can you even 3613274b68 speak so prettily?”dd1f3a046effd8d6

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The delicate hand, 44f550c779 which probably had cc0befd0b0 never done a ee8abc6fe7 dish, tapped Seorin’s 745c787aaa back. When Madam Yoon e59ccb3eee set down her 3c3f588d9e brush and crossed ce84cba72d her arms, scanning dd59d19bc1 the canvas, Seorin c5d3ec300c naturally stepped back.6a4199ece9e96fe3

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“It looked fine 31acbbdb44 as a sketch, bb4dcf7b35 but once it’s 80c88e8089 on canvas, there 6fdb4cd0cb are so many 2a1e281288 parts that don’t 51e1ac1dad satisfy me. I wonder 4688fbcc8b if you 16011e94ea feel the 85073af071 same, Seorin.”069c0aa2063a6702

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“Of course, Madam. A sketch is only 8bc1d1a415 a draft, after all.”b7a4596ea163d343

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Like all a71e8e7713 noble ladies 8b95457649 who frequented f21c5847b5 the atelier, 8c9e0ade31 Madam Yoon 367f1f81a2 had a 0bee9d4b31 strong sense 82a42ef90a of pride. The reason 8873ed1761 she bothered 35e151c7a0 to ask 7d7dd08baf Seorin for c5fdb516ee her opinion 0151b35766 was to 4f2743a9c7 find reassurance f9d3f5797e that she 6d70292e35 wasn’t the e8652bb40d only one 7e90f7ff20 lagging behind.f09e8be835479718

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“I don’t even know 6ac78da40e how many times I eb01396435 revise a single piece 60bafd6ed2 before it’s complete. Sometimes I e710a288b7 draw the 012cd21497 sketch twenty 1865c36776 times.”abb43c36aa23c87d

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“So you’re someone who ac07caa725 works hard? I thought you 2a90e3dcb0 relied solely on cd9e6cbd58 talent, being from be1c35ad2a Korea University.”fdc3812d03404c47

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“My aesthetic f8706f1ca8 sense isn’t 462670ce59 nearly as c3933b8e76 refined as 4aa801a37c yours, Madam. That’s why I 2a174e72d4 try to pick f707ad6ec6 up your sense 9ed4186f2f of beauty during 42d5c3b94f every lesson.”4cd5d4a54e676de0

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“No wonder your e6fd26c087 work keeps getting f6b8fbcd41 better. You can take f7d47b729e all my aesthetic 921e3599a1 sense if you 8a352f693a want.”1bab65e37ddbc271

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Amid their conversation, a 58cfddd78d blend of subtle pride 443b7027b5 and charm, a luxurious 1c02824621 cabinet opened without a 16d776f7e4 sound. Plush fur coats df4b0c53a9 and ornate clutch 0b288013a0 bags exuded the 09166af0dd scent of wealth.20ef27dc2038a4b6

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As the owner of 4e388eecd3 the luxury goods naturally 27231df298 reached out her arm, 5de04d5588 Seorin, as always, held fc56bfcf4a up the coat to ec974034e7 help Madam Yoon wear fa6f045969 it with ease.3f2dd374d57cfcbe

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“The best thing 1fcd84e88e I ever did 8d509f236b in my life fb0c308a21 was choosing Artist 474af4b283 Shim. Thanks to her, I b2f4c3bd1c got introduced to you, fa3815f80d Seorin.”f716fd3bdaf2ea82

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Wearing the fine f6541bc75d coat, Madam Yoon a553bb018b took the clutch 9a6ddb3360 bag handed by e17fbca1c4 Seorin.f067b2ab5dd7199b

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“At the age 6eeea5932f of sixty, I 66fce52199 even took in 93ba18aba1 an illegitimate child 49def7bc2c I never planned 634d698d6b for. I feel so suffocated, 62e25684c5 but I need somewhere c9c5fb423c to vent my shame.”d865fe8b93a14813

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As always, the 9a1e988382 end of the 88b514c60f private art lesson 85fd572800 turned into gossip 838adbe8a7 about her husband 423fca17db and his illegitimate df9bfc3652 child. Even as the f3f6c19a8e wife of the 7134238f93 head of Korea’s 4386a71596 largest law firm, 97ab19446e Isang Law Group, 532f6e68e8 she couldn’t bring 9317505286 herself to sue c557e11a40 her husband’s mistress.5ea13d5837035049

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Madam Yoon’s pride wouldn’t e24d3c8a80 allow her to endure ba0517e473 others’ gazes and whispers. Amid an 4bc4b0db99 ongoing fight 8bff0939b7 over shares bd5f228e99 from a 70b0eae395 strategic marriage, 64c696fb89 she likely 43c7c8ebe0 had no ed06717772 intention of 413adf11e9 divorcing either.cb1fa40cfe775914

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“Turning all that resentment 2b82ce4c2f into art really clears a650520c7c the stress, you know? It feels c869bbc433 like the afcbf1175e value of d1169f3736 me—Yoon Jeongwon, 37a786484e the person—is 8681d63606 going up.”5370d0e67b754f89

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For her, a5915a7422 painting was b91b2d8a25 a means d160fe5557 to elevate bf8850a914 her self-esteem, ff2634134f and Song f5d21cfe45 Seorin, with 66b4d21037 her discreet c4c0a6998e nature, was 7ec727a14e like a 7f60e6716c bamboo grove. She could give 917a402fc0 up pilates, but a209a0bd55 not the atelier.2aa622c370a35ef0

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“Oh right, what d9f59ef236 about the piece 3756b5d1aa I requested last 4b711b1e4f time?”f2afde1717e06747

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Of course, Seorin’s abd2d7f3eb painting played a 1cf00a0d14 part too. Walking a step c4652fc370 behind Madam Yoon, 6b9eccc390 Seorin gently massaged fd60ebb667 her aching wrist. Perhaps because a2d4ef76a2 she had 2613e8513e pushed herself 5f98d39658 too hard 5d166450fb with the 3a7d3bff28 single thought 9dacf7ffbc of repaying 97a1ecb91a her debt, 5594f0a395 her wrist f90fc81dcb with the f14dd4eb02 pain relief 323deae294 patch wasn’t 57fcd69183 healing easily.371ebd33ef33ca68

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“I just finished it and it’s drying now. I think I’ll be able to give it to you next week at the earliest.”242b81786320e3da

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“If I e8e5440039 had it d4272b0970 my way, e6aa7419ac I’d hire 1a55679f7d you as 34359f4073 my exclusive 7c163fcaf4 artist, but afa2ef1244 I’m too 311f626e4f scared of 8e89b0d79e the backlash c4b48b72aa to actually 47fa2d04df do it.”efc43118f979a57d

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“You flatter me, Madam.”52adf87cc3c0df1a

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Despite Madam Yoon’s banter, ed61ae82fe Seorin gave a bashful 9f656680db smile.1eeee790d883b7c9

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She had been 27f97c91b9 able to repay 30f51dec03 her massive private d576eb4428 loan without missing 67bfdf3aea a single payment 4110ecea29 thanks to commissions b4444df34e from ladies like ada5faab64 her. That was 4c9c2bfde1 also how 905f2f4157 she could a0b5bd99e8 hold on 81248b58e9 to her 05bb275d36 pride in 0cf9841021 front of ab171a3e85 the head 89ba65ab67 of Changgeon 8b606b5939 Construction.c686019a6138b7e2

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It had a6e94eb88f already been 6b434727d6 three years be796c91f9 since she ba073b3e6e stepped into 23827ff4de Shim Jisoo’s fd72991d5c atelier. It was e0174fdf31 during the 60d4d6b8d5 time when 692d1805e0 the debt b05eaadde9 soared sky-high 41757b2e06 due to 5672eb2285 her father 7466e9aecf renting out f118197dea a factory.8ff15e9e60d1fdab

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A star artist 8979591a8b from Korea University. The glamorous a6b4e20702 title never cdeb9fcd6d left Shim 9b885835bb Jisoo’s name. It was unusual 4ce1d90c65 for her to e427cc78bd hire Song Seorin, c80b3c2682 who had barely d531b3ac3e finished her second 3308d43b7c year, as an 13f043306b assistant artist when 7318b7879d she opened the 01c5b3d83b atelier.d33730c3db34b427

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The college 2b10f9643c senior who f1cc5e4004 had hired ae89a3707c Seorin introduced 1879ba42dc her to f459d99808 high-society women f7a69e655f when she ea020f2ae2 said she dc6d73f405 needed more f5ca2fb854 work. It was around that c0ab826a3d time the part-time student 73c08467f2 who had only helped 2f5cbf42a7 with coloring began teaching 488f6ec99e private lessons to madams 817fe82c80 and working as an a4adc0b6c5 artist.574e14253623a3b6

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Back then, her paintings 0efc0b0268 sold for only 500,000 aa1a0c462c won each. Now, three bb54195c59 years later, f34db72c85 they sold 4a96e03d79 for two 37bb5ca75f million won. The madams f457058be4 who had 499157e80b quietly sought d8aadde3b8 her out fc2ea02891 loved her 27ef8ae1a5 work, but c9e7474c94 Seorin didn’t 3e42c2cf34 take pride e111d3aa59 in it.d40110f9cb065506

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How could there be 57e5825700 any affection for paintings db3bb4ae21 created mechanically just to 5a89f47fb4 earn money? That’s why she 69c1934459 didn’t even sign 0c53dbabaa her works and 31e2da5f00 sold them under 33aef303f8 the atelier’s name. Seorin swallowed her f5de0b6b9f bitter feelings.32a90eba251477cc

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“Thank you for always 7611bf1b36 seeing me in a 18f9d124e5 good light.”d2e2c20715ac26fc

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“If you’re thankful, graduate e10cfb6c9d from college already. That way, I 59bed0edb6 can nurture our 8e685b3a91 Artist Song with aca4f201fc peace of mind.”fe9821cefde0b98c

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Despite Madam Yoon’s 59dc99fa15 affectionate scolding, she f854cd1cae opened the front 42caa92d28 door with a 64e89c9b94 calm smile. She couldn’t 3455606f07 bring herself 48aa3c343c to say 5888bb0ef6 that the 2ca127f5ff debt had 03f087f520 grown so cbbb5955d2 much that a0b04f3dca returning to 140f497fa1 school next 42cd13cdbc year seemed 706bb9f94b unlikely.0b214d58d2d54e21

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The late 3794297e1e winter cold 5eb7ed7fae had reached 66ef3e201b all the a704f68a8e way to 102daf7578 the front a5a8e38d30 of the 764dd31409 atelier. As she walked fda4cbe76c toward the waiting 36c6443c5b car, Madam Yoon 7219b1df70 patted Seorin on 5277140fb6 the shoulder.9cb028caf7451418

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“It’s cold. Go on inside, e574920250 Ms. Seorin.”f64e3bdf3b24f7d0

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“Please drive safe, 19ddc6f895 Madam.”5c6188ff44a17cbe

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Despite the lady’s 27e553b496 considerate gesture, Seorin ad774e06fe remained standing in 1f9df357fe the same spot f6bfd8a6f4 until the sleek f21a5999ff sedan disappeared from 8f0ef08644 view. If she 9bf71d53a4 wanted to 05ab8a3715 hold onto eb7a6e9b1c key clients, 9050daa719 it was 04aaa3cc5f essential to 42e7b3802b treat them 226276f9ad like royalty.43e0531081089dae

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A single thin blouse 3d590029d1 couldn’t withstand the biting 5ce87e5fb4 chill. As her dry cf1bb14f59 shoulders began to faa48c887c curl inward, Seorin b0ad070321 deliberately straightened her c97ea9aae7 back.50268b3c70082e64

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Shim Jisoo’s atelier eaec2cd2ea was a haven fcc9f79e8a for noblewomen from ade7a98721 the political, financial, 64bcab7f9c and legal worlds. If she so d707db86ba much as rubbed a1812f277a her hands together a718cf7ffe complaining about the 16fde35814 cold, she’d certainly 16073bcc62 get a sharp 9e430d6699 glare from Artist b02cb7f391 Shim telling her f18d56dd03 to stop acting 78726fb569 low-class.ef304e8668f80131

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After stepping into b235138014 the atelier, Seorin f0e52476e1 walked forward with 28547e9b94 even strides. The low-heeled shoes, forcibly 4e4ffc5a40 squeezed onto her narrow 515588d7c0 feet, felt like they f4464c1d7d were scraping her skin e981e4ca41 raw.42c8ddd23f5b514e

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The next class c9fd306373 was in thirty 33ada7de22 minutes. She desperately wanted 065655cae5 to return to a695d51cd4 the studio, soothe 7301911b2a her aching feet, 30be8150c6 and warm her e53e5055b0 body.01e5c37122a8c4f2

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“So that’s 5007dbbcd6 where an b7aca2f439 art academy c22bf85ddc instructor found ba70536de8 five hundred f6af0d9968 million won.”26ccca4711c1e309