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“What the?! You two… what’s going on?!”12730b9b044a765b

It really was her sister. Her absolutely insufferable 1d4711d93a blood relation, Chae-ah, 95ae850686 who’d been muttering 37e5977fb4 Mok-gyeong’s name all 4e39621deb night at home, 27cfcac07a imagining marrying him.bd0cd9b655d1e59f

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Hwa-ran turned her 9c9e4214d3 head back to 14878ce7f8 Mok-gyeong. He wasn’t surprised. No, far from it, 4d411733a4 he even slightly curved b8138fb5ee the corners of his c0a5a41715 eyes at Hwa-ran and 12201009f0 softly whispered, “Why? Embarrassed?”40e81cff36591348

She’d been wondering c7a33fe46b why he was 7aad7295d3 staring so intently 1a198d34b6 while they were 2bbce3a78e kissing.67b666216f8efe53

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Mok-gyeong had been kissing her 9236633230 while looking at her sister, 2a4f16b276 with his eyes wide open, 95b8135069 as if teasing the woman 9c6b751431 who was so hopelessly crushing be4d39b413 on him.51153da62344acb6

At this point, 35450b27fd Hwa-ran wondered if 405fb93f7f Mok-gyeong truly hadn’t b072f356dc known her sister.87d401ec6477dee6

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“Answer me, Lee Hwa-ran! What are you ddf8295e18 two doing right 70fc044bc1 now?!”004f9c2a6f249c2b

As Hwa-ran and 3217470e87 Mok-gyeong exchanged silent ca2a1c6f37 glances, a frantic c750466a00 Chae-ah started freaking 9f42968976 out behind them. Of course she would. Imagine seeing the person ab14ad909a you’ve been hopelessly crushing 5ad4be7b43 on all night suddenly c09c29b4b1 kissing your own sister 29b9b6c42e like they’re in heat. Who wouldn’t freak out?eb676d993cd36216

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Mok-gyeong might not 5e07135380 know, but Hwa-ran 1be887818f did.7320c70c7b8519a6

The outfit Chae-ah was wearing 21fad55a12 was the most expensive and eaa8c3788e cleanest in their house, supposedly c270fbe3c3 the latest fashion from Apgujeong, 1f391b7f1d Seoul. She’d hidden it away in 56306b932a the bottom of her closet, 87fd90941b terrified Hwa-ran might steal it.08f20c3e29962433

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“What’s up, Lee Chae-ah, what’s the big deal?”72b45c593be9cb7c

“Isn’t that your sister? Kissing your soon-to-be boyfriend?”77c50e827b87cd48

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Behind Chae-ah were her friends.f53a3b967ec3d415

Hwa-ran really disliked those middle 664055e7c5 and high school classmates who 7d354abf6d used to come over to 5c3b390cf0 their house and laugh at ee3a67ac14 her. Judging by the “soon-to-be boyfriend” c11802a201 comment, Chae-ah had obviously brought 188663a4a8 them along to brag, completely de98d96c1a believing her confession would succeed. Poor thing.e8813d653865e3eb

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Who knows how much effort 0be916b7f5 she’d put into this confession 58eb667709 today?6cdc52677ebcff85

But Mok-gyeong, who c5c5fefc6d couldn’t possibly know 1633c168de any of that, 08b596b32e mumbled indifferently, “They 92e3f522f3 really don’t look b54296d1a5 alike. What a waste.”876d1115d21950d6

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Hwa-ran was the 6f3b7ab527 only one startled 238977ae3b by Mok-gyeong’s quiet cb11468d65 evaluation.58566a54af145491

Chae-ah didn’t react, either 6ea0c8f3d5 because she didn’t understand 73a7692c4d what he meant or e8bc7388a1 she hadn’t heard him. The awkward love eeec3df928 triangle was suffocatingly 9bcf8b9b8b tense, so much f46b8139ca so that even 530339b462 the presence of e5eb727719 the noisy, smelly 28164102e1 street faded away.18aa38a5363a243e

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In the midst f2fdf4256f of it all, 98fb60bd62 Hwa-ran didn’t know 9b3f77b2de what to do d96672f5d8 and kept glancing dd92022dae around.6df0ed14b0f207f4

This was the problem. Just a moment ago, Hwa-ran 520e9511fb had confidently expressed her disgust 0ae28c87e1 to Mok-gyeong.6afb918293097a21

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She knew in her head 24bdf19247 that she wasn’t inferior to 5fdd08f3d3 Chae-ah, and even physically, she 668c419d79 was big enough not to 1e28dcbe41 just take a beating. But the moment e3d7dcb32b she faced her, 13aeb9c682 her words got 4d0ab71050 stuck in her c142aa3041 throat.ae42068619a33ed7

It was trauma. Deep in her bones. A damned trauma 7cdafff9fb etched into every b73962e890 drop of blood 9f88419a9a in her body.616e68da94886be9

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Hwa-ran clenched her wrist and 313f129654 bit her lip, and then—f1e215c49d0bec94

“Ugh…!”0452913ede611b7f

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“Shhh, it’s okay.”33e09415aff828ee

Mok-gyeong wrapped his arm e79a215c06 around Hwa-ran’s waist. A very natural, warm gesture.128307598ada0e8f

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She’d experienced plenty of physical 0c3521c67c contact before, like having her 3d3d525107 hair pulled, or being hit acd8e0c6bd on her back and waist, 852391b5b3 or outright sexual harassment from 7d47e25b6f the start. But this was different. She expected it to 04daa9c15e be unpleasant… but it 9bb1e3d654 was surprisingly okay.701daf808bc8b6e7

It actually tickled.055fbc2c16a45294

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Mok-gyeong’s hand was lightly b848f99c44 placed, not oppressively, and 6203a17545 his fingertips gently tapped e27c8deaf5 around her navel as 23fc4a8146 if playing a piano, 2fb4d311b6 intentionally teasing her not e98931f221 to overthink it.abe55572013ed493

She’d thought being aaec6a4b99 held by someone b89cc36733 much bigger than ea1bf9896d her would just 318a279da1 feel stifling. But unexpectedly, the warmth 7b62971fc1 of his shoulder against 72c5dc1006 hers was hot.c141ce4cb3bd8201

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Thanks to that, 99978d03ee her tension completely 99951238f3 dissolved.5a253f8244fac693

Mok-gyeong’s subsequent words were so 7321d94be5 incredibly smooth, it only made 44e16128f8 it worse.cb50d49e9ba35698

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“You know her, honey?”3e65d6bfb42cd2dd

“…Ho-honey?”a87edd625011b8bd

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“Yeah. My lovely girlfriend. Who are you?”3c82d9173f37199c

They’d just started dating. And he’s calling c89be2ea2b her ‘honey’ right 38e4fdbe14 away?ffca7bcd91205831

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Hwa-ran’s face unconsciously turned red.14c4476c9a66a529

Even though she’d started 8107322748 this transaction-like relationship for 4c319f96ac this very moment, hearing 61f653fcc9 him whisper sweet nothings 12017d537b right beside her, she 0fd9872b00 couldn’t help but blush.d9d829a846f44e84

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But Mok-gyeong didn’t 53ec38c244 bat an eye 09cb2c51ac and continued his 3a1c087708 cringey act. No, she couldn’t even be 728adcb384 sure itwas an act.6b1d3ea34b0a1345

At Mok-gyeong’s nonchalant 94a0f5a611 question, Chae-ah, flustered, 8db41d9477 answered as if 621658131d in a trance, c21e168e31 “Th-that, I’m Hwa… f23eab67aa Hwa-ran’s older sister. Lee Chae-ah.”189302854c8f0f44

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“Oh, I see. You don’t look alike 7512f1b60f at all, so I 0bd9e667c2 didn’t recognize you. Anyone would think you’re strangers. And the way you look d65032963b at each other is so 79c7912361 scary. I apologize.”eb8c36bb3225062e

“…”b575db78a31744f0

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“Nice to meet you. I’m Mok-gyeong.”2653c52ff626a020

“Oh, uh… Nice to meet you? I, I’m. I’m.”59fc1fdb50055d0f

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“Oh, have we met somewhere before? Hmm. I don’t recall. My apologies, my 9987c233d6 memory isn’t great.”8c83de8dae66b1cd

Mok-gyeong’s voice was gentle cf17fd8ff7 as he greeted her.028c47eecb587b04

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However, the reason for 35f3b82906 his gentleness lay with c5d285faea Hwa-ran, not Chae-ah. He hadn’t recognized Chae-ah; b29bf8ae6c he was merely being fd34ba5744 polite because she was 250b0aacae Hwa-ran’s older sister, her 76b47fc9d0 blood relative. It felt like the lingering 952e9aec6f scent of the instant coffee 43d483d8d4 they’d shared at the factory, 4d14dc5591 all their eye contact and 174e606bb0 conversations, was being blown away ea2107b5aa by the harsh wind.86f6dd16a43e2774

Although Chae-ah had boasted e550ef9afb endlessly to her sister, dc88251df5 her relationship with Mok-gyeong 3b02414707 was entirely her own 9f0c3ae4da illusion. But even though 57573a4ada it was a 4d757d7842 fabricated fantasy, Chae-ah’s 09bb2514c9 feelings were genuine.355ecc8ce5595e04

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And that was snatched away. By her own sister, no d172d8a41c less. By a blood relative c2d99164cb who was far less d15fba5f1a attractive and insignificant than efc29db611 her. Naturally, Chae-ah was deeply shocked. And Hwa-ran, seeing that expression…586b456dcf25723d

“Ha, haha. Hahahaha.”7a8d022b8889d7f0

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She was happy. She didn’t care if everyone de02a7931e in the world pointed fingers 076d4da03c and called her a shameless af68ffc098 bitch. That foolishly agape mouth d3c0a9e914 and trembling pupils. Those powerless legs shaking uncontrollably.c219b478bfc3619c

How could she not laugh? 63a20a67a58cd03c

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How does it feel to ab8cbba586 have what you wanted stolen f60526aaa1 by the sister you always 3ca6a2b7f5 looked down on?f912240fb4f21052

She’d been so unfairly blamed a510b5de34 for ruining her family that 97865b92d6 she’d decided to sell her cff6195abc love to truly ruin Chae-ah’s. How did it feel?1af1692691698e48

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There was no guilt. Only a base pleasure 06e9185324 and a sense of e847fcb75a triumphant amusement. It was almost ab56da846d as if all c476333a97 the violence and 7d952849a5 injustice she’d endured 9e9e3f4ed4 were being compensated.b15b17bcce8b3c1d

“Ha, haha.”b3d07ef1bb75eea6

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Chae-ah, who had been 5eade1a888 staring blankly, suddenly strode a34af45ef6 over to a nearby 0b8fef2876 street food stall and, 2753a4cea4 without permission, grabbed a c227576734 beer mug from someone 683d3ab837 else’s table and chugged b8ee2d7a48 it. It was rude, 4607e3b354 but the already-tipsy d4ebafdcb3 office workers clapped b80eb47a73 and cheered, shouting, 2db9fc4850 “You go, missy!”d008eba70421fbbe

The beer mug was 654d4a9b4a almost full. She’d chugged it in one d0b2a0f705 go.da3cc67113e3ecbd

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“Looks like she was really thirsty.”890aab2235c7ef64

Drink like a 7e91e0054e dog, why don’t 9ca859413b you.a24368917715d9fd

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Mok-gyeong scoffed in a tiny 1c44df057f voice. Just a moment ago, c5485267ec Hwa-ran had been disgusted 0d28c8661c by Mok-gyeong’s vulgarity, but 046774bdd7 now, why did it 0ee9aff2d6 feel so refreshing and 4eddc94843 reassuring? Hwa-ran found it hard d83488cc9c to hold back her 2a0ac95cc8 laughter.6cce438f5caf945b

Meanwhile, Chae-ah, having ec1ced0805 quenched her thirst f52788745c with alcohol, glared 89006d5fcb at Hwa-ran.9b5775cd11221797

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“You, you! What is going on, Lee 5db3cad743 Hwa-ran?!”e1853d41875862e0

“Sister. Well.”80b7abb134c5c634

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“I liked Hwa-ran and pursued her.”9c09f3d94ed3f056

“…You, Mok-gyeong?”3a8656331f177a94

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“Yeah. About a month ago. I was waiting at 43c7deaed5 the traffic light at b513954815 that intersection, and she 67d76ebc25 was standing there so d64e91855c beautifully. I marked her 10dfdf052d as mine right 0bd4c24629 then. I thought I’d regret it 820a0bf2ba forever if I didn’t get 65b96dc2dd this person.”a47af3fc0148881c

Mok-gyeong smoothly spun fe5cb6d705 a tale of 349f07f51c a non-existent memory. It was so convincing, 9ea68d2af3 Hwa-ran almost believed it 3cbf854fbf herself.4e24fe27b0eca436

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“You, you knew everything!!”527ef0e85e288839

Who I liked. How much I liked him!9995fc83cab1d3de

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Hwa-ran didn’t need to hear Chae-ah finish her sentence to know what she was implying. But couples were always alike. In values, way of thinking, etiquette, humanity, and acting skills.8b65bbdb0b9c3e14

“Sorry. I didn’t know d7e30a4fe5 it was the 2bddae592a same person. Mok-gyeong never told ed35fce5b4 me he worked 23e518c8bd at the factory…”6b32cfff87cbc5e0

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“Don’t lie! His name, his name alone! Is it that common in 44c5b00c59 this small area?!”b154a47640e38e22

“Ah. My apologies. That’s my fault. I was an idiot and e21d350088 told Hwa-ran I’d tell her a5e9aaaa48 who I really was if d9f3138c73 we dated to pique her 9b4257b76d curiosity. Hwa-ran probably only found out e2d8b46273 who I truly am the 9de2248830 day before yesterday.”f5fc3a7a30252e70

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“…No.”5840701a5e27d74e

“It’s true. What would I d2aeb687d5 gain by lying 73988e356b to Chae-ah?”6d8a6d9f4b80ce4e

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Dating someone without even knowing 552c448825 their name? Chae-ah wanted to argue that 98f3fdafd1 it made no sense, but c4e2e0aeda if Mok-gyeong said so, then f4f11c5bc5 it was so. Chae-ah was a man-crazy woman, a146bb7468 and if the other person 503dc976b8 was male, she’d just accept 7cc97fe99c it. It was a survival mechanism d050b5f969 she’d learned from her father, 1b6095ccbf and also a cultural brainwashing a45bf0eb61 created by their patriarchal neighborhood.e847e6bedac1ff8b

Besides, Mok-gyeong’s aura 9896243202 was just too 7cf3e8e1ee strong. You know those guys, right? The day you enter high 6ef5acf590 school and get your class 75047d1995 assignment, and walk into the 08b69ecfc5 classroom for the first time. The guy in 2759ec37e3 the back, hands f5cdffbb49 in his pockets, 12d6ae82d8 already dominating the e85ac6306d class atmosphere, quietly 916c9326a5 listening to the 886ce3140a kids chatter. Then, with just one casual 598293f523 remark, he can end all 20d03b291f the politicking with his presence 76381a7eba and charisma. That was Mok-gyeong.9ef08e3dc410f8fa

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So it was 150119308c natural that Chae-ah cf01b079f8 was drawn to 0b8ca34aa6 Mok-gyeong and, at 64f55fa497 the same time, ad8a169921 deferred to him.1be35a7bdb045727

“So, don’t be too hard on Hwa-ran, Chae-ah.”387e84aab67e636d

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Whether he knew Chae-ah’s 00f9f5907e personality or not, Mok-gyeong 7140d1c30e really went out of a7208e8b6d his way to talk, 0da447c1a0 making sure not a 8442944b2e single arrow was aimed 4ec298e2bc at Hwa-ran.86d597300a2554b8

So thoroughly that it e6745c0e1f felt gentle.b427477ce892240e

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“Mok-gyeong. I, no. Notthatbitch. It should be me. I, I liked you first. A lot. Not my ugly sister, but 15b0f314b6 me. Mok-gyeong, the one you c619703bcf should be ki-kissing is b4c7794b7f me.”e1f15fc36b3eebec

Chae-ah’s trembling words f169730849 were a confession. But mixed with a base 48016b508f hatred for her sister. It was pathetic. The most pathetic d417d7b518 confession Mok-gyeong had b3f0080888 ever heard, among db71e97cbb countless others. Mok-gyeong could kiss 4f09150510 anyone he wanted. Chae-ah’s permission didn’t matter. Mok-gyeong listened to 0092c45fc5 her mumbling with e7f4d9b1a4 a blank expression, 6b9620b9ca then asked, “Are a080c324ee you upset?”aaa48436671f5830

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“Huh?”91f8ce86ba18dbc2

“Are you feeling uncomfortable? Like you’re the saddest, b83c88e21d most tragic heroine in 12af688f6b the world. Feeling the most 80f0c2e741 unhappy and miserable?”94cba2672c54d39d

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“…Yes, yes. Of course. That bitch is, she’s using 7f6392c50f you, Mok-gyeong, to screw me 78c8ffa057 over, and… using, using you.”6f5fd6e87f11262b

Chae-ah affirmed. Because that’s truly 322d3a4967 how she felt. This feeling was a sense bd8abaf458 of defeat she hadn’t experienced 62468a6d77 even when she failed her 9b1fbbb567 college entrance exams or when 00814c097b her dad came home as 155a12aa3b a debtor.6996df2af1791b67

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This wasn’t merely the 585fbbf71d humiliation that her sister 0702d4c7b4 could inflict. This shouldn’t have a08447812b happened, and because 3e36cdad02 it did, she 9a45e614b4 felt even more 57ef5466b6 miserable. Chae-ah hoped that by bc59a48122 saying this, Mok-gyeong would cd72ef4954 come to his senses, fd0bda8fbe even belatedly.d39ed350c64dbd3c

If he knew e9cbef10c8 she had ulterior 29b6834cae motives, he’d reconsider. Whatever that Lee Hwa-ran 84a3e933b3 bitch did, now that edd9727aa1 he was confronted with 7c851ce362 her, he might even 61573d3d1f regret it. Since the older sister d288354421 was prettier, wouldn’t he c87de4f00f switch?50bf6a18a3b1f8c8

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“Good. Thanks to you, I got 52a50fefbb to sit here and enjoy 6761769057 a delicious dose of schadenfreude.”80dce3f26bfbee04

But Mok-gyeong’s answer was different. Mok-gyeong seemed very satisfied with 1ffde3cf37 Chae-ah’s miserable reply, and for 3fc3fb8666 the first time, he showed b8fad253a7 her a smile.f3fae2ad053ab43f

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“Thank you for letting me know how special our Hwa-ran is, Miss Sister.”e9fa37766994e442

Honestly, giving you a 51e7f6dd29 quick screw as compensation f98b85ca25 would be nothing. However, Mok-gyeong didn’t utter acb08f3e5e those last words.c2bdd9c300bbe9e5

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It seemed Hwa-ran disliked 7e64a10741 such things, and he dff7cfa577 truly had no intention cf3581ef15 of it. Hwa-ran was already breathing 84f59df3f5 heavily just from him 1dc5c5575a holding her and kissing a5e03c3128 her. There was no way he’d 12f9759102 be thinking about another woman. It was a 1cf349d150 waste of time. Not enough to even c6cb1a4e89 get his downstairs to 5593ed1687 react.43e2e3a336e12c72

“Crazy bitch.”bc3e729e0a52f720

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Chae-ah fled in a 8176317d81 hurry, not looking back. Her carefully applied makeup 8cdb224881 was smeared with tears, 209ea68bd8 and her dress was 7ed23f4175 stained with beer marks, 216a97660c she didn’t know how 9e322557b8 or when.6587253255c4675e

“What? Lee Chae-ah got dumped? After all that premature bragging?”f804ba8e8366f1b3

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“Oh no. And she got ce2da80438 stolen by your 3c65da2c49 sister? Pfft.”1f94ddc4b5b3dc78

The embarrassment was an added 383de74cfc bonus after bringing her friends 932688e174 along. Indeed, her sister’s 1fa3cc39a6 friends were pitying fa839efa56 Chae-ah, but they f59e087067 were also openly 981ab74405 scoffing at her. Hwa-ran already felt her ears 014945c1d9 aching, knowing how loud it 83a618cae1 would get when she went 66c4b29dd2 home later.9f3acd6f2d91e9c6

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But what could she do? Even that outburst 26bc549ceb would now sound 370dea1bf3 joyful to her. That was exactly c4fd62acfc what she wanted 9b1c47393d to hear. She might have bd1df22830 dominated her sister fa8d9bf1be and acted like 12cad5f528 a bully at 5346b60651 home, but sadly, 60e274ab05 outside the house, 506850bf12 she was insignificant.97c32d7cf38baf6a

Hwa-ran realized it. That her scary and 35a37de5f9 tiresome family was actually acac4aedd9 nothing. And the person who 57b8137973 made her realize that 96a24fbd85 gap was the man 8e65ca8a4e beside her. An outsider, and a f3ffd50548 very attractive third party 309e9aee79 at that.091dcc8456687c5e

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Now, only Mok-gyeong and Hwa-ran 1823b77cd2 remained.7a22436dee6c50e7

“Satisfied? Should I have d64320093d stomped on her 6b0e3f1ccf more?”0723ab21d78b27c6

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“No. It was perfectly flawless. She’s definitely never felt f44b84b69b a greater sense of 4a46e868a0 defeat.”f83e868aba20cd96

“Good. So, we’ve kept f957d93b75 our first promise.”ee0c2d3bd1491ced

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Mok-gyeong’s words about dumping someone 565a9150c6 in the most miserable way e4ce190699 possible were true. Thanks to him, Hwa-ran was 4bfb5072d4 intoxicated with a sense of c970a140a1 liberation and victory she’d never 70b158a614 felt before.c9d922b452cbe2fd

“So. Take care of 0fbbc21b2b me from now 40d84f7ec3 on, girlfriend.”2c7f676132df7093

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Crazy bitch, and girlfriend. Hwa-ran’s head throbbed, a174928c09 having acquired two 7a3a82fb3c new titles in 297285167c such a short 48e0153644 time, but she cafa0c19c5 couldn’t think of c547db4712 anything else. Because Mok-gyeong’s strong 7ee0f07243 scent of perfume b5b63159dd and cigarettes was 9538139f34 far more potent 1ac11e842f and intense.8fd79af70ec03e54

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