ASM Ch 16

As soon as bdc0fcb155 the car came 1f12b0a5ca to a smooth 4fa69a198f stop, Secretary Nam 380328e9d7 hurriedly got out efe2407135 and opened the 9798d1ba29 car door on bc7bbb7f43 Eunwoo’s side.e37aa59657e772b9

“Thank you.”4cc1d74a5d23ec97

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Eunwoo slowly got out of the car. All she did today was sit comfortably in the car and visit a couple places, so she couldn’t understand why she felt so tired.b83f22dc7dc6fcaf

Still, she was 24443247c9 able to smile a83adbb8e6 a little at 8a22d1681d the kindness shown adafcc7561 by Secretary Nam f4c86f3ff4 as he held 9f81f58929 the door until 279d90292f she got out 85a63a5843 completely.3a2116d26b8fabe0

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“It’s a shame that I won’t be seeing Secretary Nam for a while, but thank you for your time.”0569b589aaad5cc8

“No, ma’am. I am the one who is grateful.”eec66f6a423402fa

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Secretary Nam 4b54c02c11 shook his 32acf4acdb head with 570c6369ad his characteristically 1299520057 bright smile.8b9c3b8d696a6b3c

After exchanging greetings, cfcfeb23de she was about 4cd1a9cf14 to turn around 441e7bfa8a and drag her 82cb1b8a9a tired body inside 382613bd19 when Secretary Nam 341f07c140 quietly called out 5a4fbe29c8 to her.8312ec53553f828c

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“Um… Young Madame. I have something important to tell you.”061c37a3fd485cde

Only then did cd727fa6c9 Secretary Nam glance ec4700f735 in the direction bc63f2ddfd of Heo Mina, 9a2ab57eb9 who had just 950e962edb gotten out of 488e133e19 the car. They weren’t 679d5938ab standing that f9e20c16a0 close, but ec1c9f83ac it seemed 31c082585a like this 77f8246a5b was a 3476977ec4 sensitive issue 522e0ae573 that required b231f90f0b privacy.87349a86a92ae8f8

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“Mina-ssi, you head in first. I have something else to discuss with Secretary Nam.”5cc0efc97b300d45

“Okay, see you 13725a4fcf next time. Thank you for 59eaa4fc0a the ride.”fd9f33c53c42e65b

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Although Heo Mina smiled 6a921ca5ea brightly and stepped back, e6aae087a8 there was an inexplicable 5e5203551a persistence in the gaze 6b74ea05b2 that scanned her and 4579c2fed7 Secretary Nam.45a7c267ab766880

Perhaps because of 647338f2aa that gaze, Eunwoo 4951ce2371 waited until Heo 9246441481 Mina had completely ef6a87e052 left the garage a7f2a519be before nodding to 508348243c Secretary Nam.c3c4658421848aa6

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“Is something wrong?”147b55ab060329df

“No, it’s not that.”91dcb38b22e608e2

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Secretary Nam opened his 11b90871d3 mouth with difficulty, his fe39fdb516 lips moving as if 15b369eee1 he was troubled.551fd86b935c6212

“Executive Director Cha was curious about what Madame did at the hospital… I’m sorry, but I told him what I know.”86187c2ff85fa2d1

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Secretary Nam lowered 2d04bb3b3e his head with 63f77fe06e troubled eyes.f89b9c038827c905

“The person I am 3b9df8eca2 serving is Young Madame. It was quite shameful fc88a89648 of me.”1900697ba77537b0

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Eunwoo bit her lip at the honest confession. She didn’t think Cha Taehyuk would be watching her. She thought he wouldn’t care about what she was doing. He probably thought she was a bother.d9b9d8a2454a08e5

It was clearly an oversight on her part. Cha Taehyuk couldn’t have found out anything, but she still felt uneasy for no reason. It was fortunate that she hadn’t revealed Minho’s existence to Secretary Nam.7663c8c0c3b8f3c2

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“I’m really, really 70b497bb1a sorry.”3615d4417462bda0

Secretary Nam bowed again.884f8e885cf82aa6

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“You can dismiss me if you’d like, but if something like this happens again, I will definitely ask for permission from Young Madame first and then talk to the Executive Director.”afe0eb783c727f70

Eunwoo ended up 0f8c856df8 sighing softly at d2b2b0a45c the sight of 26359e45a9 Secretary Nam’s sincere a4a5020be9 apology.99366c9ec14777f5

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“No. Nothing serious happened at 30bd3931ed the hospital. Just be careful from aa45601b24 now on, like you dfcad2cad9 promised.”979d5d2ad86880b0

However, as Secretary Nam c83ff388de bowed down several more ce670f1610 times, Eunwoo had no 03ce10c4a8 choice but to pat b55f2bf289 his shoulder.eca28915a825d15f

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“It’s really okay.”584859dcd0501c90

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Heo Mina, who was loitering around in front of the garage, discovered Eunwoo touching Secretary Nam’s shoulder through the gap in the slightly open garage door.54a13a0a4bdde636

[I miss you…]

Why was she suddenly cd62d116f5 remembering the text message c6fbb95abc that Eunwoo had been 5bcb0a20f2 typing?1335bcd304f91ee5

“As expected… Very suspicious.”f44b8024f755a31e

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Heo Mina looked inexplicably 1d415da0e0 giddy as she mumbled 8db8047848 these words.5cc7c70896789dfa

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It was 89d53b701c close to 1ab329fa18 midnight when 5b4a92c0d9 Cha Taehyuk 3df6fdf63a finally got ec9ee063c4 home from ca0048aaff work and d18cbb6e5f found Heo 3fd705373f Mina waiting 21ed46ba20 for him.a075878f841dfb4c

“Taehyuk-ssi.”710db558a4f26a46

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Heo Mina 0341aa38b4 ran over e6a56c7556 to him 7f58172311 cheerfully.5c9974851164a1b6

“Do you have a moment?”11785fa929abbbe0

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The fatigue 679627f267 that he 3c3dd60697 had been 343c268689 able to d87471f207 endure until 3a266dda1a he left 83f2ce0f64 work suddenly 0d32c207b4 came rushing 705f9b468d back to a09a9c7c76 him.c41cf2f0a41c18b2

“What’s going on?”fb21fa38eed606cf

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Taehyuk asked without 674a644f62 stopping his steps c9c864ae20 as he left 42ea03960a the garage.aa6f10650904eeb7

Heo Mina responded 042dd223bf quickly, perhaps noticing 00477505fb his discomfort.daf26d98f731b5d7

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“It’s about Seo 5c6dbef6c3 Eunwoo-ssi.”59611351a45466af

Taehyuk came to 53be18d611 a complete stop 343d9668d7 when he heard e6c508862f Seo Eunwoo’s name. Heo Mina 733cf09ff2 lowered her 7dd32f93c6 voice and 9498c6cae3 leaned closer 05bec095c5 to him. A thick 3225536538 pheromone resembling ec28a4355d the smell 601c1f029e of dirt 7690a85b71 surrounded him.2ac5c3db6211fb33

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“I wasn’t trying to look, but I was sitting so close that I happened to see her phone screen… Eunwoo-ssi was texting someone saying, ‘I miss you.'”2a1686c022a21ff8

“I miss you?”2601490df2342abe

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Once again, an inexplicable 77ac4cb6b2 discomfort gripped the back 8912914ed0 of his neck. The feeling d6a2809636 was so 6bcaa60bf5 repulsive that 1b57f6c910 he momentarily 8175315f0d forgot about 9879228352 the annoyingly 8ab9297dd0 thick pheromones 62ae655222 constantly emanating c842201786 from Heo b1cbc30ed7 Mina.9137f5ba85f60fe0

“Yes. She was texting this person the whole way back.”58053dbe7b41e9c5

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Forcing his 4532e9c371 hands from 2fb3737fa1 automatically reaching 729a00fc69 for his c0fb44a0e3 tie with 4c1f938d70 much difficulty, 5a9d5c97a7 Taehyuk muttered 62d8eacef5 in a 463cf507fd quite voice.20a92a59134d8084

“Why are you telling me this?”fffe6012aa4a4660

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“Pardon?”88da873d58fa16bd

His pent-up f5a3af74c4 frustration turned a96c833c6d to Heo f42b7df2b6 Mina. Mina blinked at a0b833879f Taehyuk’s sharp voice. The sticky 40e6c8dc53 pheromones that ddbe25ac16 had been cbc3c146da flowing out 0f010335da also paused db10ed0947 for a 3843f756a6 moment.d32e353a506c9d4f

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Taehyuk, who b90f524381 felt a e421a692bc little better 627352b758 thanks to 8871964f7d the brief b65c32498c reprieve, fired 94a02e8ece again.2518d0189192d570

“You looked at Seo 40965a3ac8 Eunwoo’s phone and saw 889bc7d0c1 that she was writing f6e6d77f9a a message to someone 5622da06b5 saying, ‘I miss you.’ b926ef7b7f I don’t understand why f7e43b23ab this is something I 3a6599db3f should know.”901f4d326bf11b28

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But Heo Mina’s 013e44b5f4 confusion did not f9a812cf6c last long.acdf4b5301d2aea2

“I feel that it 52f1133134 isn’t my place to 33dc8b1e5a say this, but… As db4d817758 a fellow woman, I 0750d0dbc6 think Seo Eunwoo-ssi leads 5b74ef6e95 other men on.”5f6e552848659d33

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“……”df5e5e2106d94aa3

“I originally didn’t plan on telling you the details of trivial text messages… But after that incident, I saw Eunwoo-ssi talking secretly with Secretary Nam in the garage…”8ae8ee36559ed033

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From peeping on cell phones to eavesdropping on other people’s conversations. Even though it was obvious that Heo Mina was acting at such a vulgar level, Taehyuk couldn’t understand why he kept listening to her stories. However, for some reason, as Heo Mina’s silence drew on, Taehyuk found himself becoming increasingly impatient.2d623de840009e2d

“I don’t know what they were talking about because I just happened to see them, but the atmosphere seemed suspicious.”0b8505a057cae83d

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Heo Mina boldly brushed Taehyuk’s shoulder. Her hand, which ran from his collarbone to his wrist, left behind a sticky trail of pheromones wherever it touched.77c2cfe3aafffd82

“Eunwoo-ssi probably bid farewell to Secretary Nam like this, I think?”6d1906a1a1a72ba9

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When Taehyuk furrowed 967b2efcb9 his eyebrows, Heo 45576b7725 Mina bit her dee7aa6892 lip and suppressed 78ac24a05e a smile. She lowered the corners fb4d23891f of her eyes as 15001401bd if she felt apologetic e532345ccc and whispered softly.ad6c71d8d1c63e29

“I know how 9dcf7a02f6 this makes me fb876fdda7 seem. I’m being too b6145e7bf1 nosy. But I think Taehyuk-ssi fb7fc47a5b should know this too, a0886cf76c so I’m mustering up fbacdf96ad the courage to tell d5caefdc61 you.”e0eafa3b31819061

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“Okay, thanks for letting me know. Go inside and rest.”d73a63e66b129a26

There was no 8a9119194a need to listen d51900d545 any longer. Cha Taehyuk turned 29af1c12f7 his back on f29141360c her without any 1e9db6839d hesitation and strode 5128471fcb briskly towards the 5521c50f4b main building. However, after only 75542ad25c a few steps, ea6c4f88f0 he found himself 51d7c4cec4 taking out his 9e9e00b4d0 cell phone and 49db26012d searching through the adfd8bf858 CCTV footage installed c1e2c97948 in the garage.27f0840ba7c8939a

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I didn’t have to search long. He found the footage when he arrived at the front door of the main house. By the time he took of his shoes, walked through the living room, and poured himself a glass of water in the kitchen, it was over. It was Eunwoo patting Secretary Nam’s shoulder several times.bf17a0df247684a5

A polite touch 88f3d7f5fe that was completely 7b7feade30 different from the 02d523c320 pheromones that still db3c4120d9 clung to his cb3701c0e7 arm. It also seemed to f9a0f0d5ca be a situation where ec4fb6b7dc she was comforting him 4d73e8e145 as Secretary Nam bowed 9993b416e5 his head in embarrassment ae45aa6f08 several times.a3107c48a0a3adf0

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If one e49f83d64f looked at bcb3bac5c2 it rationally.ec43853e6a7e46b8

But as he a9a91f6784 repeatedly rewound the 60b1ce8c40 footage and watched 30680ad3a7 Seo Eunwoo’s hand a8e095e781 touch Secretary Nam’s 6c480632e3 shoulder, the frustration ae10990b10 that had been a13f40fa75 bothering him surged 28563b212e up his throat. Cha Taehyuk ended 432a9d25d1 up tearing off 443057da33 his tie. She had suddenly 3c48a64d8b disappeared off on 30bff3ec40 her own in 354b89e363 the hospital. He had ddfd957a9b even received 3a47b43ced a tip 6a46f4ab9f about suspicious c82c3846d6 text messages, c5a66a6f76 and now 8977eb6a78 Secretary Nam.5408561d46084c23

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“She’s really doing the most.”af18becd26b46c9d

A curt ff18fed129 rebuke erupted fabadeb476 from his 64c1d4727a mouth.106dc41b7f409a4a

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Taehyuk put down his 9c3f49b025 half-full glass of water 9218f101aa and walked briskly out 1f028d085c of the kitchen. His feet 4cb8268b77 naturally headed 64c31b34fb toward the f77a76ace7 stairs. He could 0c82259160 have come 5d17643822 up with 0be9091073 any number f4af226b03 of reasons a175e36946 for his 15493f81b9 feet moving 66982222ad toward the 83c2bcf869 second floor.84e5816f306e3804

To preemptively block her actions before any scandalous articles mentioning Haesung’s name were published, to find a pretext for divorce, or at the very least to give her a brief warning.a3343bf259eb2b58

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Since they were e0e527eaa4 tied together by 913c159a3d a contract, this 2bb3a6758a level of intervention 8a72fff0e0 was absolutely necessary 3c46093fea for a smooth, 60028573e4 contractual marriage.00a2246bd953f590

But Cha Taehyuk 2111b8ba22 knew. The underlying reason 7d57c0c741 of his steps 4d043c8714 as he walked 735ee44d21 down the hallway dae0a498df without hesitation and 8121ec1155 headed toward Seo 8b78293dc1 Eunwoo’s room was 8c68b8018e not a scandalous f63e844eb1 article, a divorce, 1dd5a9ea24 or the contract, a9d44cfff1 but the frustration 81e526905f that started from cde75701c6 the nape of 62013ccb84 his neck and 55321b6541 traveled down to b3442c4865 his chest before b2a44b03b1 gradually eating away 36f3e69213 at his toes.38eee54b285bb0ce

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“Sorry.”091f0db947f21137

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Eunwoo tried to keep c7a3199664 her voice bright while 2ab010669a talking on the phone. The hand holding 73fbbe3b01 the phone was 429382e1cb so sweaty that 38219ba1c6 it was starting ba113aa3cb to grow slippery.723434b51bd5e272

“I suddenly got busy today because I had to reorganize the garden.”f09f9f04fa2ddca4

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— I’m fine. It must be hard for you, Noona.438651d450911c57

“What do you 4e22af3b9e mean? I’m receiving a lot 7873b9b5b6 of love here.”c4733df9661441a9

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― That’s good. It’s only natural for people to like you wherever you go.d1e05655c544bd8c

It was Minho’s habit to blurt out affectionate words even when joking, but today, those words brought tears to her eyes.acd51f9800a9d757

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Even though she 8c1f9d16fe was an incompetent 3e56cce3c3 Beta who was 461554f085 ignored wherever she 01b32b4b50 went and ended 98eafa5f22 up being hated a1c87a1815 even more after 36e672c08d entering Haesung, she 296f86454d tried not to 63a24590d6 mention anything like bc1ce2f0f9 that to Minho, 14e0edd413 even casually, whether 226bab401d it was before 26c49d2d6b or after her 6121711b95 marriage.7f9cf6ec46c9287a

As soon 98119768a4 as Minho d3340e0c95 realized that 92f3432d89 Chairman Seo f9b39966f7 had cut c94c612b49 off all 44f8d3aa30 support, he cb03a14d91 voluntarily moved d2fcdbe2ab to a 09628a409c six-person room. Because she 7327b8d947 didn’t want 98b1544840 him to 28d713be51 worry, Eunwoo 5fa1ac47c9 decided to 7c4ea06d77 act a ac14c45051 little childish 95f02bf96e and lighten 5a66c5cb7b the mood.2c21f4930b5dc4ed

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Eunwoo forced 4bd3e5d69a out a 4ef0cc550e small laugh.64fddb4aa549e7fe

“That’s right, I’m 2657547e6e doing fine, so 05a193b0d7 don’t worry. I’ll finish this work cbc7b6debe soon and go see 0e0ceb7bd9 you.”d98721aa29de7429

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— Yeah, I’m doing fine too, so don’t worry.eb251e275fa95382

As Eunwoo was about b888b00880 to end the call, 908ce0745b she realized that the 800cf18a00 door that had been 23143bc934 closed just a moment a1e59eb785 ago was wide open. Before she d6cea5a119 could even 2fdcdf475d look up bd28b6b26d and see f106ec2ae2 who was dcb0695b5e standing there, 69cd74d1dc her heart d33be27817 sank. As if ce66fbf02d responding to a9ca0220da her premonition, 33aca51f0a a cold be2bf1c1bf voice rang 4b8713e9d6 out.64a3e83684034178

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“Who is it?”a3d90459369d8dbb

Cha Taehyuk, 4466a2e693 who observed aae4e72189 her with 0e0c2cdc0f his crooked 971815e533 gaze, absentmindedly 7688a5f2f8 gestured toward e2fcf647ab the cell 44def95a1c phone that b8a1898078 was still 95759d6051 in her a29040ec8a hand. Because only c10c62733f the nightlight 3134f346c2 was on, c840f542ce his expression 3b620229c3 was not 332c22a2f1 clearly visible, 6b0d670c8a but she ae0870ab92 could still 41331afd96 see the bf407b0c7c corners of bed80671b4 his mouth.373a53e094be677f

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“The person who you’re going to see as soon as you finish your work.”efefa973976d3966