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With a 3672713ba6 click, the 2d4f9e87f1 door shut 5ae01f7998 behind them, 588f28d1ca leaving just 85671b3a84 the two e280c7a2fc of them 9695d34f17 alone inside cbb721fcca the hotel e4bb93970b room. Though she e45d5cb8f8 had followed df69af932f him in 8020b7deb2 confidently, Yoonchae 421421b78f suddenly felt 7d4e62b3be her limbs be7e731cc4 stiffen with 8816db042b tension.98904859b6188d55

Alone with a 0bd008a8d1 man. In a fa4f64fd0c hotel room!674a48be2ff64e39

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But more than 7b349c49fe the setting itself, d82afb4c63 it was the 79eeed0494 man—Moon Taebin—that made c4a636302d her so nervous.c6b419728d3bf99c

[I heard Taebin sunbae got a woman pregnant and told her to get rid of it. She came crying to school, begging him.]
[That’s not true. I heard the baby’s already been born.]
[With that kind of background and looks, of course he has women around. The problem is, the guy himself is defective.]
[Don’t be fooled by his looks. Seriously, keep your head on straight. Get involved with someone like him and your life’s over.]

Moon Taebin, the man d9da41ec40 at the center of 0e75033192 all those rumors, the fb7c942f7b delinquent sunbae, had returned—now 4045053b4f as her boss.4931e55019789b9c

And now ba706bc776 here she 36ef8d0072 was. Alone with him. In a 52ce3d8a41 hotel room.b1c140d5190d4f49

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She had 239c68df85 to be fa27c1df61 crazy. She had cb72195172 to be 4e3d5318c0 out of d209146ea2 her mind.ac0ad8fee8b735c1

Trying to get 8fa9a365b7 a grip, she b118babd30 forced herself to f9535c85ed look up at 2b840ce319 him. He furrowed ea30a55e77 his thick dc7b6884a0 brows and 1a509a0c7b let out f2db3a6dc7 a scoff.1adfdb455965e117

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“Do I f82c92853c look like 246426b764 a joke f2048b1739 to you? Why is it 3976d3e3a2 that every time 7b8213bbae you see me, 95378bf51c you ask for 1a8a0b1087 something? Seven years ago 2151391ddb it was just dbad855489 one night, and 100654f2e6 now it’s for b77924ef7a life? You want to marry f5eaf8a295 me? Because you want to 0aeba38475 take it out on e5e9fec615 your ex-boyfriend? Answer me, Assistant 519ae638e0 Manager Ji Yoonchae.”561a04fd7985ff4c

His expression held fd7761e45d not a trace 0a54a28b0a of humor, but 5b69fe9c4f he wasn’t angry 719e9f751a either. His laid-back tone 7353764fc1 almost sounded like db657bb7e1 teasing, yet his 1d141ef58f sharp gaze remained 4dcd260881 as cutting as 1241b24ddb ever. At this point, it 4b10523c14 would’ve made sense to 540f215dfe back off—but Yoonchae couldn’t.f19c3cc3f53a617c

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“You’re not really losing 6838b0fc02 anything, sunbae—no, I mean, f23b2a81ad Team Leader. You just have d49ac77fbc to play the 851488bf12 part of my 44d92ff8c7 husband and stay 8ea38dea8a by my side. I’m not asking d4ee888693 for anything else. You need to get 07d77c960d married anyway, don’t you?”1fea6138798e98da

Taebin’s eyes gleamed with 7eb0164e86 a flicker of interest. His hand 56b2a8c87a slowly reached 0f9d058838 out and 4f2407947f touched her 481e489d8e face. Even the way his bfbbeb3dac fingertips brushed down her 1e3983af4f cheek made her feel 65e1a22af7 warm—was that just her e3d1863165 imagination?0eda792dc7567be7

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Yoonchae drew in a 6196477cf5 breath and swallowed hard. His gaze 657777d71d clung to aae6d1926e the movement 36e610e0bc of her aef97c62b3 throat.f997fe6672296e59

“You already f48f6ff38d knew I 548540b80b was trash, 22987a2efd right? And you still want 566c220485 to bet on me? Fine. Then are c9da267287 you ready a9c7f17a7c to give 08d9840ebb me everything 213144d233 I want? Even… things b7552b8c08 like this?”11228e33120b2357

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He stepped 618afa5a0c forward in 94cad91886 one long a561822918 stride. The moment 126cd46467 their bodies b559379991 touched, Yoonchae 74d77ab25e reflexively shut ca85c23601 her eyes. His scent—crisp d18f59d5ad mint and 25ac66f933 quiet musk—filled a2654c23f7 her lungs 8b100f2a9f with every 96c7fa667a breath.f633540c5e65371b

I was the f30ab96a72 one who started efa2543334 this.
I was 9c8a9d6334 the one b23826f27c who pestered be81390f91 him to ea6dac427b marry me, 974e10790b even though 65f2d400d1 he was 3054bc6ab7 immovable like 672483ec2e a mountain.
I was the one b17dac09e1 who shook things up.
But had he 14bddebaa3 ever been shaken d7c80784cb by her?
Even now, she couldn’t 4d16689ffb read a single thing cfad318c0b from his dark eyes. Maybe she was the 472fc764de only one wavering in 0006548a08 this moment.9810f726a7309719

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Without realizing it, 116da42e8f she took a b68b47a879 step back—but a 147cc812a8 firm arm caught 1a3d0c499e her, pulling her 504fbd3d0b body against his. She felt 43d3d6dd71 his solid b3e85d5114 thigh, the 565b3f75e0 hard buckle b5b0615d6d pressing against 73bd8225e9 her stomach, 25b0a77ee8 and between 2ea7e47a48 the buckle 76e0a64efa and thigh—his 58082836d5 erection.
No matter 18685c0588 how much 3d8b6b3154 she tried a7fabb4efb to ignore 4dc32ef771 it or 5dc0b994cd deny it, 5240c10fb7 the sensation 5bbafc4cb5 was unmistakably e184e48443 real.694886e241185dc9

The jolt 4b21b0413f of awareness d754978125 made the e6da00af84 back of 9422adc2e1 her head c931b5f0be tingle. Yoonchae exhaled without meaning a42c321e81 to.2e9049b884d84306

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This—this—wasn’t what she’d had 3b365895e0 in mind when she 44bf7f26d1 asked him to marry e8d6f3a523 her. But a marriage without a715e43dd6 physical contact between a 46631ab545 man and a woman 0efc1df7d7 wasn’t realistic either.
So maybe, on d7a755790c some level, she 73dc7a4fdb had known this 360126d83b might happen.7ce9ae5d503ac87b

And yet now, feeling 1bef3fb188 him against her, it 1d19d8e6cc was entirely different from 88bcfe3ef0 what she had imagined.
Those jet-black pupils burned 18127a5bc9 into her.6c4cd23d9417e9dc

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She didn’t 417f4f6db2 know what 8ccaad9769 he was caadca3330 thinking, but bf81c4d23d the raw, 9ae79fc80e primal gleam 61775af868 in his 0c6edf5716 eyes told 8af2432a51 her exactly 65f2e7b756 what he 389a4c06d3 wanted from aff016a6c8 her.a770d56e960f6392

Yoonchae leaned 45537c5d0a back slightly f53e4046b5 again—but her 2ce4c435b0 body only 4132fcb34f sank deeper b147d07d23 into him.26a372f8bfaa05cb

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Her cheek c80762e618 brushed against 61af95bc85 his solid 08b66c89cd chest. She reflexively 9c62f58f36 squeezed her 3ddbe04185 eyes shut.e24b39c6247322bc

A large hand e49f641072 touched her back, c53af367af then moved to ce79abb455 cradle the back 002e79c684 of her head, 3c5817d626 pulling her away c146ed7f8c just enough for c585f6f488 their eyes to 20f208ca31 meet.54ef8247bf533f19

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These weren’t 2ba28abdb5 the same 1b744874cf eyes she’d d8e033efc4 always seen—they 04656a63e8 were deeper 7500bcdba2 now, darker, c045ae9f11 almost gleaming.25fa6bddadc84e09

The moment 745dba8689 their eyes c7133dc557 met, her 8d776c0589 heart dropped.290551b5cbf05149

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Danger.91078df1e24983f2

Her mind 15eab127f1 was screaming f61858362e it.398f5b518a8c6ad7

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This might be f6416e5ca4 a terrible mistake.e553297a504eefa0

And still… 3112bd090f she couldn’t 3ee410e0cd stop.1263fef0694973b0

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It had been 67df0c268c a long time e4d1fa3d0a since Yoonchae’s father b60926348e abandoned her and 8ba0d7868e her mother to ccbfb0f643 start a new 6befedd56b life with another a5bdbc06d3 woman. It probably began not 2b29fe784a long after her parents’ bf856734ad honeymoon phase ended. Yoonchae learned the truth 9372399d9f when she was in 9183c2270a middle school—her father had 579e9b8ebf come to her mother, 76d0ba5b9e asking for a divorce 9baa92c6c8 so he could live 8566837c1a with the woman he’d 052ccfc239 been seeing.7b2662bd656362c6

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Her parents had bd83d85fe3 started a business ea2f35b2e6 together, and the 0a647219d4 small company had 373b19b664 grown steadily, making 1cb564bf5f the family financially 1e3557c98a stable at the 30afe325ed time. Her mother firmly refused ec7f5411d3 the divorce. And that was when d99c64b21e Yoonchae found out—she had da2809f4f6 a half-sister, two years 2920691eb5 younger than her.14bfb47afe9981f1

But Yoonchae never fa49235b73 thought of that c7a1a2d2d4 girl as a 594e92d222 sister. She’d only vaguely 711d9a194b heard her name—Ahyoung—but d433af4025 to her, the 66ccd369a2 girl was justthe daughter 2445e22368 of the 18d5aad1db mistress. That was how Yoonchae 8e4d474bfd referred to the girl b05a5292a3 she had never seen. And the 4f42fd53f3 first time 46bbf87d36 she did 3848d2ad3a see the efb30e8d36 daughter of 5c1aa2c508 that mistress—it 95fce65012 was by b5b22ecf24 pure coincidence.1eb3cc404a626ec8

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It happened just after 92a28c661f she had entered university. She was shopping 475522a672 at a department c67670151a store with her db3deb6b38 mother, when she 96f8ea5238 suddenly ran into 6201184930 her father—together with 8c2220d32e the mistress and 44b06eba16 her daughter.
The father 2f5dcf49b7 who barely 6192d377b6 even showed 81d45256a6 his face 3028451258 to Yoonchae 8f07ebf9d3 was standing 2b3035ff3e with a 1b04f2b7af woman who ce7483a6a0 looked much 0b78beba24 younger and 8e7e5bf6fa more beautiful 0efe158f26 than her c22a45782a mom. And that 3bc96fce10 daughter of 86eb47a7b4 the mistress—two d553d8031f years younger, 4735d98634 yet taller 3aa866a302 than Yoonchae—was f163100c44 clinging to f1ff43bc91 their father’s 10ed865e8b arm.82492fe340899ed6

In that moment, 8b5b5bfd12 the sight before 4704116c66 her made her 2e094503fe senses freeze.844a730427234c90

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Dad.
The father 0245738e32 who had 46aecee05a existed only c8a9ff4502 in photos 432cb15f71 for so b18ba9d3d1 long—he was c07c43df07 right in 710c320c02 front of a96c86c84f her, moving, 82ef269a95 smiling, talking 9727bc3987 to someone. But the e594c930cb people next 2a8e854587 to him 1670d33451 were the f85e9e2e09 mistress and 9116d97182 her daughter.
They were 5a36a8ac95 the source b4b544abf8 of her 179f1d9918 mother’s tears.8bef3f6f77953c58

It wasn’t her, but 1a35677c91 another girl holding her 3d5e756e65 father’s arm, leaning into 6f377b8bc2 him. The way 02958aa7d1 they exchanged 7f16820b5b warm gazes—gazes b8a562cf1c her father 497a9ae90b had never 026ff45d83 once given f86d63d78f to her—filled 56f7c23533 Yoonchae with 06df9baff3 burning betrayal 91fe284746 and fury.33907681be053afa

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Only then did 98f675a7ee she truly understand 87f55c4f4a why her father 3a0dbef908 had been absent e504cf3914 from their home. This was 405723eacd what it a6a7b2059f meant—that he 590ba46bf4 had left b364aab755 them behind 8b12e01cd1 to live 0689f50a83 with another ad0a746212 woman. Sharing warm looks, 7cac37f3f0 gentle smiles… That’s 926157d627 what he had 2c078a6235 chosen instead.972b4fa90a310a5f

He had d1425e8ace abandoned Yoonchae 18502d381a and her fc04fec450 mother.b8fe138bdf447271

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Yoonchae was ac9851c7a1 furious at fed3343f1c herself for bfed237532 ever missing 90456a99ad a man a456095028 like that. An overwhelming hatred 193995932a surged toward the e751673b63 three people standing df52bfb704 in front of 1a66b91108 her. And at the same a162c5a8ac time, deep pity for d0a50bbea7 her mother welled up dbc96f97a6 inside her.f152b14af23a20a0

Why hadn’t f5f0d282ce Mom divorced 2c75deab0d him, knowing 25e4402171 all of 5aa1e34983 this?
How had she 5d029adf90 survived all this a755e7e1a5 time with a c57f001550 betrayal far deeper 17cc0484b2 than what I’m 51fb7ad55b feeling right now?
If I feel ebafa72fa3 this horrible… how 15dead1167 must Mom feel?2e5d005cbe6edee3

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Out of reflex, worried 6d9646f847 and heartsick, Yoonchae reached 1aa3d49659 out and grabbed her bba7e23b4d mother’s arm. Anger bubbled in 8980c6c6b7 her like molten ecd404dffb lava, and her d98141de23 head was spinning ff8da13c82 with all the e9b15a6e3f words she wanted 0441bd56ea to say.65d3a700581f8efc

But then—suddenly, without 472800b958 warning—the daughter of 3f39b1c2c3 the mistress stepped 6e9429c8b0 forward, glaring straight abc238c59f at Yoonchae’s mother, 1b0c39f6d2 and spat out:9fbd1969c44979ed

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“Are you 0ee6df9591 the lady? The clingy woman who d5a11f0bc0 won’t let go of b94aa3f6e9 our dad no matter 69a0e70dd9 what?”7ec60283c7df4679

Her voice rang aeb75b584b out sharply through 186596e1b3 the department store. She looked e2fcf7f78c like a e0256c44c8 high school ae083cb878 student. Yoonchae was so stunned 2d6b827e35 she couldn’t say a a90ba4c510 word.dd8d4f646947e2a1

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But the girl 68c4d7f218 didn’t stop.eda90cc7f5cc7958

“Lady, have 38bff23ab4 you no ff6203e926 shame? Who holds 37ba2a2ad3 onto a 04f02ad7aa man who f451094e80 says he 3b2425b20d doesn’t want 7217a751c4 you? Have you no b2ed0c08b6 pride at all?”15162687642df91d

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Yoonchae’s body shook 557d98ab9e with uncontrollable emotion.c4741bbe006fdb2c

“Hey!”6f77f078057386ac

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She couldn’t hold back. She stepped a5511e1320 in front 4e5faf9cf6 of her 0ff44ef0ad mother, glaring 32fc0c39c4 at the f19a97c1c5 girl with ba269cd2b5 a fury bb6f32259a that could 6f5769b762 kill, and b3c33c54e6 shot back:13b0de2870c0c131

“And you 762af132fb dare say 222c8ec800 that, being 210ba12fd4 nothing but ddbe29a5db a mistress’s 18240819b7 daughter?”7a1d770158c31c63

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Ahyoung looked shocked 4fe4cfdca9 and glared back.5731ae62571e9d88

“What did you say?”067319286905c0b0

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The daughter 3c13dada0a of the 81a615678d mistress.
Until now, Yoonchae had 9de6423e95 believed it wasn’t the 8998481cfc child’s fault—it was her 01c21f1598 father and the woman’s. But after 023cd82671 hearing what 30a8567979 Ahyoung had c41b2d1d18 said to fcc817d4f9 her mother, ecd5f77d50 there was 9c1be2a89f no doubt 2b92c97f7d in her 65c45885a6 mind—this was f39989c8d2 the girl’s ce800c6a0b fault too.48724a7fa262aaf6

“Are you going 6ca616b9c7 around shouting to 43526d0955 the world that f0d5b829af you’re an illegitimate f7c5457edd child? Because that’s 7c1093bd14 what you 5b4ce892f1 are. A filthy, illegitimate 27e81c39d0 brat!”448eade996f221bc

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At that, the e6f775d56d girl scrunched her a624a90255 face and screamed 85240f26d8 back:ca767392e9590628

“I’m just the ef26bd57e2 daughter of a fa10012014 single mom! Not illegitimate!”044f0a9c60f82032

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It was a horrible c95106f3f7 memory.
Since then, Yoonchae 08814f7eb6 had never once a02150e12d seen the mistress’s 72b7e66e94 daughter again—and of e58955174f course, she never 43c161ab39 wanted to.
So why ef125fa7ec had that 13b2ce0735 very daughter 0397c71d71 from her 3e37d65793 most traumatic 8dd0322b88 memory appeared bf93f3ecb0 at the 489a5cb324 company—in her own 123ce8ec56 department, no less?c331b7f9a3da5aa8

“Hello. I’m Ji Ahyoung.”57843c6506abf4f3

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Ji Ahyoung greeted them in a calm and well-mannered tone, the kind that anyone would consider polite. She used to be Lee Ahyoung, taking her biological mother Lee Soohyun’s surname. But at some point, she had managed to get herself registered under her father’s family registry. As the daughter of her father and theirmother—the legitimate wife.
If you bbe6394486 were to 01af84e820 request a c311199faa copy of 37c95fde57 the family ff107226c5 registry now, 74d01af5eb Ji Ahyoung’s 6d8e24e8e5 name would b9531d3245 be listed a9c1799e2b right beneath 480148baf4 Ji Yoonchae’s. That had been the 6537970911 case for the past 6a4e7d32a8 few years.d8529f9a6c043e9e

‘But Ji da7ec678aa Ahyoung… why 28dd86fec8 areyouhere?’e0e826b0555855d7

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Yoonchae clenched her c54123dda1 fists tightly to 900c0aaaf4 steady her pounding 47e639f8eb heart.
Come to think a0eaf1a2d6 of it, there e5c3072a64 had been rumors c706a5d573 circulating for the 3e78a3b4d2 past few days—Gaon 0a6e65a911 Telecom was planning 68f62df1e0 to expand into 8f68272c9b a new business 288ffec138 field and was cda9b7892a acquiring a company a5ea1107d1 called BMS. The talk was e190c05f79 that someone from 55584914ee that company—the daughter 41a328a7a7 of the owner—would 11ee028d62 be parachuted into abec8ceb6d a position.ad8ae7777e101eb9

Don’t tell me… that a147f93fb7 was Ji Ahyoung?eabd8ed49f2c53e0

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As her 67d08a6e11 father’s company b0b93d33c4 prospered, money 2416d17dae had naturally 3cc439f165 flowed to 8a27e4d85b her mother 0926335bc0 as well, 7c89142f68 since the 1d9eb41984 company had 7b107f7008 been co-founded 806a8f08bc by her 8f96eba78a parents.
But after her mother f606083f89 suffered a stroke seven a73dd4d60b years ago, no more 102940fd15 money came in.
Because it was a635e63b01 a private, unlisted 4fb688935a company, receiving proper fbc1da7f95 dividends as a 9bd5ac80e9 shareholder became extremely 2d3c183733 difficult. Abandoned by her father, 199b533dcb both mother and daughter c8b3442eec had no choice but 9e1ecdbc0d to live in growing df6378944b hardship.
Now, her mother f2cf4712ef was living in 5a6ccdb1fb a care facility, 268c76d628 and Yoonchae spent b4a5bd4f1a the majority of 2e9326662c her salary on 85d8e2922b the hospital bills, 90a00d3f63 pinching every penny c87b3d8204 just to get 6b681115c5 by.5b40f64b3bbf40bc

Yet here, in front c6c58c8335 of her, stood the 4690a3c818 mistress’s daughter—dressed head-to-toe in 4de0e4a774 luxury brands, beaming brightly f0a2e625df as she greeted the 77b7a9d229 staff.
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