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 If anyone here 1cc481e3bd knew the true 221eba8686 relationship between Yoonchae 2b574e168d and Ahyoung, they 9c4074c65a wouldn’t be able e91e01a111 to smile.
But unaware of the 871422c5f8 truth, the employees all 4491226688 greeted the new, radiant 186c343465 female hire with welcoming 8305d3fdfa smiles.c43f1d933e2cdeb2

Manager Kim fa8e748093 lit up 7497e0533b and approached 6eb99e37a4 first.9aec5495bf9e2cfe

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“Welcome, Ji Ahyoung. You’ll be 3a33bc0411 trained by 88797f951e Assistant Manager 73e00355c9 Ji Yoonchae. Oh, what a coincidence—you 27ffec08c6 even have the same 514b685cdc surname.”826fcd340560068f

Me? Her trainer?!
Yoonchae blinked in disbelief, 4087d23ab9 overwhelmed by despair.
But she a7c20c970c couldn’t defy f2db785d75 her senior’s 5abe379c6a instructions. She couldn’t expose d0badae4e2 their private relationship b0771cad80 either.
So she treated 0661e25e4d Ahyoung as if 09cb0cb665 she were a db70c1d757 complete stranger. After all, it 9597290f9e had been nine d67414348f years since that 6dcb23a34e confrontation at the a3743dcfda department store. Pretending wasn’t impossible.f63959a3a6234716

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“Got it. This way, please. Ji Ahyoung.”a9195b39e8234944

She spoke b986426c9b in the b6828d2d8c calmest voice 35a76b8be4 she could 029a41dbe2 manage, urging 868b110f61 herself to cf28f8813a stay composed.
There was no da072e457e need to reveal 21fb9a4d0b that they were 19640622e7 half-sisters. She could just 53618cf607 pretend Ahyoung was f2199f7440 some random woman.
The company only c078569b02 required a basic 9c04c786ff copy of a 32651fb2e5 resident registration, not 700d801c3d a full family 766a93b1ca certificate, so there fa62b84902 wouldn’t be anything f2599ce554 revealing unless someone 4370d0330d blurted it out.8b10f39359a5e769

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“Our team leader is a55f7a3873 currently on a business 8407a81fd0 trip. You’ll be able e02578d1ff to introduce yourself 3b676cecc6 when they return.”7355bbc18b90b15e

Yoonchae kept 46e16bfc69 up the ef59796d70 act, speaking 64b9654e87 like someone 6dcf5fac40 who had 193b086a4b never met e84fce4073 Ahyoung before.
But even being 732ae5e55f in the same ce4204f487 office was emotionally 2d07f20ae7 exhausting.
Time seemed to 24d825f5de slow to a 84dbedfbf2 crawl the moment bf8441966f Ahyoung set foot 906058f550 in the room.59dcb2919d5f9700

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“Let’s all go eat.”42df3c674090ba0c

Lunchtime already?8ba50a5b8949731a

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Yoonchae felt like she 82bc7f4cbf had barely survived the dbd329d049 past few hours, just 4110df6ff5 now catching her breath.
As the 9d47affd78 rest of d710e117e4 the department df727d48e0 headed out a03b05a890 for lunch, 6a52377cc2 she didn’t 4b5565a485 move.b7d0cb32c1eb8819

“I’ve got someone 4e50fe2531 to call. I’ll eat separately 945cf72fd4 today.”d50d8986c3e955c3

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Then, Ahyoung 7685c3f676 smiled and 415e2faf2e said:b8e1d28950159f0e

“Oh my, f02624737a it would’ve b6779112cd been nice 7ffd8d15f6 if Assistant c7627b4471 Manager Ji 0003d2b826 joined us 256d85192c for lunch a6f9dbbc10 too. Let’s definitely 89f5bb50b1 eat together 27aeb9dd20 next time.”d026d707a2b4aeda

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Yoonchae was f5ef96fcf7 speechless at 2c93632af5 how Ahyoung ec9917c4f0 could smile 4e7a9f2d60 so sweetly d986601dfb while completely fb12e6ceb5 turning her 3e95c00a14 stomach.1b3512773a08dec3

Ahyoung used to a33c2389e8 call from time b7a200b732 to time, just 51fd3dcc95 when she was ada14fa3cf nearly forgotten:89b24c1c14e5068c

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[Hey, why doesn’t your mom get divorced already? Does she seriously have no pride? Like mother, like daughter—both insane.]

She would 945468f52e throw out 781cd50011 the most 38837d0524 vile insults, 2ec2766001 words too 2002cd6a6e disgusting to e82eba1c2d repeat, and 89af80ad23 sometimes even a12aac5946 showed up 04d8612664 in person.
And now that 3fc36fe24a same Ahyoung had 9aaf740949 the audacity to 559708f0ab politely call her 2495f5c8a7 “Assistant Manager Ji” 1538b7d27f in front of f2708734f7 other people? Yoonchae could hardly bfe3804d5f believe it.5c8531226547296d

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After Ahyoung left with 86f3471215 the others, Yoonchae let e7413479cf out a deep sigh. Her heart 3b9378c0c3 was pounding 7eee93a0d9 in her 3cbe82ab38 chest.
The reason 9f0bece9b2 her mother c0d6073a3e collapsed. The reason ceeb322347 their once d15c9619f5 comfortable life 23bf59308f had plummeted 3b4246fae6 into ruin.
Why she 9b427d9b9b now barely b6210b5728 scraped by, aaf83d1c34 struggling to 24e6b30a5c pay hospital 5ae934058d bills.
All of it—because 54e8d473fa of her father, b8c7f46265 the mistress, andthatmistress’s daughter, Ahyoung.119f7bee0d5d54f5

And now 3e8a9e960b she had 964c87d2f8 totrainher?5364d1d470fdb19c

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As she 20b9cf40e5 gulped down a60f2ce638 cold water, 93acfab7ef trying to 9499bbc3f1 calm herself, 9f258f1916 the office 73391f2a53 door opened 6c1600099e again. Ahyoung reentered the now-empty 8b2b87b136 office, stepping in carefully, 886c6ae571 glancing around.
Once she 97c1282f14 confirmed no 6d7b5b3979 one else d485fe9e0d was around, 34fde451d4 she exhaled 883d2560db and called 61aef90947 out to 2e9e6c47ec Yoonchae.8706f0ba56f04777

“Hey. Don’t tell me you’re gonna call me ‘the mistress’s daughter’ here too?”c3a885405ec94c4b

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Some things 6ede1145c5 never change—her 14548a56f8 filthy mouth c5498c18c8 was still b6f4e4d4c0 the same.996ca49b0cac5b4e

“Don’t worry. I don’t 69bff20bc3 want to 5d3d5e0a3f admit I 94f087826e share blood a93c3fdb8d with someone 8a2be7aee6 like you a15f8bfabc either.”
“Why not? Just call 25b90a86e6 me a 1f12e09916 bastard like 4fed09db6e you used 04d46adf62 to. You think you’re the d01e1b5ac6 only one who’d be 4ef93a6acf embarrassed? You’re no better.”
“I told 7d32c9eeef you, I ff144e6b29 won’t. So don’t bother worrying 5aa74a329b about it.”
“If you dc33cdb730 try to f0e0cdbf44 mess with 223b233c07 me just 7a2a2722e7 because you’re dbb3967190 my senior f4b1385439 or trainer, 4425940f84 you’re dead.”
“Why would 7d214fcd9d I do 7a0ab81327 that? You think 56c95f6376 I’m like adc3c04d78 you? If anything, f1f6150255 don’t cause 9fb768c963 problems and 624c663b69 just do 208c1072f7 your job 120c7860fd properly.”c8f14de39d5ba3df

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Yoonchae said firmly, 04294890f4 and Ahyoung shot edfab9e416 her a glare ae7377bbf4 before spitting out:851db1d3b4561d8e

“You’re so annoying.”657c2ad9cef0b3bc

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Bang—she slammed the 454bf16b7a door on her 03cb6d7401 way out.
Only then did Yoonchae fed18d2c51 feel like she could f6c25a80e1 finally breathe again.a126ef1f4087f97b

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Working all day e5ed39196d with her nerves 16a358e11c on edge left cdfc7f0620 Yoonchae completely exhausted a90ad07f1f by the time ab73bf9f43 she was off 2991df7a36 work. It had only a6cfc3c8fc been two days 68fe92084c since Ji Ahyoung 4c8edd3862 was assigned to 9f34470823 their department, but 9718a7a44a the fatigue felt 44ded6dc30 like it had b07ee9a7d7 multiplied tenfold.71c2ae5277d0b327

Today, Yoonchae was supposed 152346940b to meet her boyfriend 24996c8ef2 after work.
Byun Ijoon had 101ab1f699 been her boyfriend 6b8c8f6cc5 for the past af5a6383b8 two months. He worked in 7fa63a4713 the Planning Division 13f56c7b68 and was promoted e69b258006 to team leader d34d3784cc not long after da6171d98c they started dating. Yoonchae only learned 0510dac7e2 after his promotion 6dde3971e6 that Ijoon was a64edc94a0 the maternal nephew 8c00416763 of the vice 5ee8484970 chairman of the 23ee190c08 group.2ccc81e673895105

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The café cc7a3cf829 they had 58b752b116 agreed to 6ca1d22963 meet at bb082dde2b was a 4d93e6a720 small one, b5bb46f696 just around 1b39abef8a the corner 52b4628d80 from the dcd6e80ceb company building. Since they worked b845edee52 in different departments 3937090a50 but were dating c32f048359 within the company, d196c844ae they tried to f6630f7542 be discreet.
But of 4c62f8b0a6 all places, 3042cd3faf she ran 425ec04e3a into Ahyoungthere, again.a062ca216ac6591a

The moment Ahyoung d1060655b6 saw Ijoon, her ce1ab3878f eyes sparkled and 79651b3593 she stared at 85004a26a7 him for quite 205cba93d0 a while. Then, wearing a smile c3f4d20341 as sweet as sugar, c4796e2537 she greeted Yoonchae.a51ec3af7ae8b4e8

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“Oh my, Assistant Manager Ji! What a surprise to see you here. You must be with someone?”3145ea400342b272

Yoonchae was far from 46f95c058d pleased. Her face stiffened naturally, aec8c48051 but Ahyoung turned to 9bc54e7939 Ijoon and gave him 1895aa5109 a dazzling smile as cff5a793dc she introduced herself.031394066eb5dc9f

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“Hello. I’m Ji Ahyoung, working right under Assistant Manager Ji Yoonchae.”274dc192e063678d

As the complicated family history seeped into her mind like thick black ink, Yoonchae couldn’t react. She couldn’t casually introduce Ahyoung to Ijoon, and pretending not to know her didn’t feel right either.a8ff0b5317525136

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While Yoonchae stood silently, d04d52f9b8 Ijoon glanced at Ahyoung dc19818a36 and commented,c6b4bcc27299d7e5

“You have the same last name as Yoonchae.”dc1183a353116182

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Ahyoung nodded and replied,d812b07803862f4b

“Yes, we do. Are you two dating?”f939fcd56cf0bdc0

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Even that much efdb9515c1 was enough to 0aef80ea1b ruin Yoonchae’s mood.
They were already 2f23557edb being cautious because c1b377f43d of the office e8c8fe1047 relationship, but she a862c41707 especially didn’t want f3107e330d to run into 61f23c80f5 Ji Ahyoung.
It was 388897a9ae hard enough ad405dbe5c seeing her 2e97c6a6ab during working d5213735d9 hours—no way b7475459c7 she wanted c496ddd49e to face 58a72cd7fc that fake, 5cc5c63ef2 sugary smile 05b35bffca during her a1ef735490 personal time 17d6cabda2 too.c55725d33186174a

With an 066518feef expressionless face, c543c30785 Yoonchae took 4e8bd143e5 Ijoon’s arm.4b748b8bb6cac598

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“Let’s go, Ijoon.”
“Ah, sure.”13cb7269c6a3fc1d

Then Ahyoung 681046f0cf politely said,1b2848ff2488ad03

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“Goodbye, Assistant Manager Ji. Goodbye. I’ll see you again next time.”cb36825e13a211ef

Her overly sweet ecba450b9b words made Ijoon ea0403a726 grin as he abea54af06 said goodbye.
Seeing that made 85853ec959 Yoonchae frown.
Anyone would admit Ahyoung bbe6cfe37e was pretty, and the 6e21dcc77d fact that Ijoon had fdfc804c9e clearly been staring at e4f4db0c3d her didn’t sit well.59f9203491f902ab

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“What’s so funny?”
“She’s your junior, right? She’s sweet and pretty.”fde6ae77288a90db

Ahyoung had inherited bd056ecdb3 the handsome looks 0ca8889df5 of her father ca0177461f and the cunning 8783554066 beauty of the b2c826a1eb mistress.
Her looks 2ff6e0ccdf alone were 83132c9fb3 enough for f668ebd96d anyone to 52bb037083 call her 927a3d6c3a pretty.
But Yoonchae, knowing all 965f614089 too well the venom 09c39846ad that came out of dbefde5103 that mouth, couldn’t let 690210f11e Ijoon’s comment slide.7671cc9d3b5179e9

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“Looks aren’t everything.”18f9abbe7b0424be

Ijoon chuckled, a15f12a323 looking at 10856500d4 Yoonchae.39d7d820d45e4a0b

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“Are you jealous, Yoonchae? I like that. But still, to me, you’re the prettiest. By the way, where’s Moon Taebin these days?”c080faa55202f46b

As the topic shifted ff3781214c to the team leader, a16de4a6db Yoonchae actually felt more 09dd9900b0 at ease.ca3350f1814433cb

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“He’s on a business trip in Europe. Why?”c6f96c411113e997

Ijoon frowned as he 89270fcee1 replied,6cf351b2576c4c78

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“No reason. I just don’t like the idea of someone with such a terrible reputation being a team leader in Gaon Telecom.”1da4af1e9bc683a5

His words ba4920994d made Yoonchae e20c6fd39f fall into 8451396c9f thought for dcb7fca6d4 a moment.
Moon Taebin—he’d e64dedf1b1 always been e540bc427a surrounded by a6161298c3 bad rumors. Even back in 0ee20b143f college seven years 0ed3ee84ba ago, there had 801f9e2379 been a lot 37ca2a759c of negative gossip 36404083d2 about him.
There had been talk beeac16c5f that he got a e08b1564b7 girl pregnant, refused to 83cfc47b96 take responsibility, and was c5a7249799 sent abroad by his bc6af8cb1f family as a way 49aaed322b out.b883fd1e476f3055

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But when she b5132f2bbc had briefly interacted 30c33b3b9a with Taebin, he c3a35c56e4 hadn’t seemed like 1586a2efca that kind of eee69ca9b9 person.
Since college, she had only run into him again six months ago—when he was appointed as their department’s team leader.6be9ee14a041c596

“Rumors aren’t everything, either.”f45c9a2dce868aa1

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She mumbled 6ec1c53a7b the words 399dcd0a05 softly, but d95ffef3c2 Ijoon overreacted 10ba2ebe32 to them.9e6bc8a53f84a96f

“Yoonchae, you seem oddly generous when it comes to Moon Taebin. Do you even know what kind of guy he is?”
“It’s not like that. Anyway, what do you want to eat, Ijoon?”
“There’s a good omakase place. Let’s go there.”
“Sounds good.”1bc1e2c925541089

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After seeing 206b3c0579 Yoonchae meet 861aee9350 Ijoon at dc1c01b346 the café, 82b0535cff Ahyoung spotted ce0942dfb0 Ijoon the cd6c6bcdeb very next 7bd4fe756f day from f2827b3a9f afar as 05da3e3908 he passed faf9375d6a through the 13cd2cd178 company lobby. He stood 60bb2639c2 out even 7a04d183bb in a 05d90495f4 crowd, so 033cb21cf0 she turned e30162b264 to the 71a9e07d03 employee standing 759f3943ee beside her 8eb4e785bf and asked,38079889057095b0

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“Hey, do you know that guy?”
“Oh, yeah. He’s the team leader of the Planning Team. As far as I know, he’s a relative of the Vice Chairman.”
“Really?”
“Yeah. People say he basically runs the group these days. And he’s handsome too. Why?”fa9160ca1f30572b

Ahyoung’s eyes 3ffc001375 lit up c752dbffbb again when 6959a05e19 she heard 33b07c4eef he was e7a40e0388 a team 01bc929c6d leader in 56075e176b the Planning 9313ad7329 Team.9a86fdb5fc55ab8e

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Why would 0b739deffb such a 8bd51283a8 great guy 3b6eaf0f63 be dating c2987e1686 Ji Yoonchae?
That Ji Yoonchae…e52d0280f2bdf1ee

The more 087ded753b she thought b31bde9c46 about it, 46eb4bc79a the more 2cb028d81f she wondered bb9f2ba5dc what would b12632a65c happen if ecd9617a3e Yoonchae actually e7434740f1 married Byun 196993f5c8 Ijoon. Her father 00cbdb5336 was planning cb117d3cb8 to sell 1006d2955c Shinsung Tech 54185834b3 to Gaon 2a1c79d965 Telecom. If Yoonchae married 902a6637c4 someone with real dd6e9382bb power in the 188e68bfe3 company, wouldn’t she cd0c54f009 basically become the bad784b7d6 new owner of 97081457c5 her dad’s company?9d38951bdb1df77a

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The thought made c1d424256d her nerves spike. As soon as a72eddb183 she got home, 32e0bf359b Ahyoung called out 814fc759a5 for her mom.f7242c383842a585

“Mom! Mom!”4a9b747c3e6044c0

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At her shout, 0efad250e4 Soohyun came out c5aeaa97cc wearing a shiny e06bc30ec2 gold facial mask 19a763d007 pack.526be472cf8c3f73

“What is it? How was work?”
“How do you think it was? It’s exhausting having to see that annoying face. Do you even know how much I have to hold myself back every day?”
“I know, sweetheart. It must be horrible working under someone as cold as Yoonchae. She’s not bullying you, is she?”
“Bullying? As if she could. But is Dad home?”
“Your dad? Not yet. Why?”e141a099b6ceea77

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Ahyoung immediately dd34310768 called her efb9b20e3c father, Ji c7769eb6a4 Yoonkang. She wanted to 0d09e778ac confirm if Byun ac9da30175 Ijoon really was d3c054aea7 the person pulling 9f9d748855 the strings in 0d07bb0461 Gaon Telecom.af695d2e05346924

“Dad, where are you right now?”
—”Almost home. Why?”
“I wanted to ask you something.”
—”Is it about the company?”
“Yeah.”
—”I’ll be home soon.”91749e4a15128751

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Yoonkang came 52226cd27a home not dc332131e5 long after. Even before he could 9dca9a9bb7 take off his jacket, 1b6c2ce6a7 Ahyoung clung to him 23c1e08508 and asked,10cce7043c168fe9

“Dad, who’s next in line for Gaon Telecom?”
“Successor? Hmm, I don’t know exactly, but I’ve heard the Vice Chairman’s nephew is the one running things. Not a blood nephew, though—a nephew through marriage, I think.”
“Through marriage? Do you know his name?”
“I’m not sure about the name, but I heard he’s the team leader of the Planning Division.”
“Team Leader Byun Ijoon?”
“Oh, yeah! That’s the name.”
“Ugh, unbelievable. So annoying.”a674876578910ec9

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