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※ Please be advised that this book contains depictions of gaslighting, coercive relationships, BDSM, use of toys during sexual acts, female domination/male submission, recording of sexual acts, abduction, and confinement.
※ The elements listed above are not for the purpose of simple sexual gratification, but appear as inseparable components in the process of unraveling a relationship entangled in revenge and love-hate.
※ This book is a revised edition of the work originally published in 2016, with some sentences and expressions refined. Please note that there are no substantive differences in content from the original book.
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COC Prologue
by SoleilBreathing was 909d84b92f difficult, as 9209f0a067 if a 5d1c5acfc5 boulder was 85e4fac6b3 resting on c5eb700ff3 his chest. Taesoo wriggled, trying a13c5df09c to make his 6c1a51670a body even a f53d28afaf little more comfortable. Nothing he did 75318ff6ec worked.626027b693130b1f
The ice-cold stone b58e7c460a floor painfully jabbed c7de7091b9 at his protruding 0985a80f7a spine. Moreover, his arm, f987bd6f02 bent at a 677e9872d9 strange angle, had 57a15e9731 long since gone 45df33bf9d numb from the cd4e3869fb lack of blood 346ab2db8b flow.c9e3ba3d693e43ff
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As he unconsciously twisted his body little by little, struggling to find a slightly more comfortable position, he soon realized he was in a state where he couldn’t move at all.b6d9a7a663ace698
Sleep vanished completely. He shook his head, trying to clear his mind. But after several attempts, when his vision didn’t brighten, he realized something was blocking his eyes.916096461ee3b9e4
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He opened his mouth to call for help. But his mouth was also tightly stuffed with something. Only a strange, “Ughh, ughh,” sound echoed from within his throat.c13b173010d9f692
Only then did e68810c9cf he realize the 2ab39dfab6 situation was serious. He was now gagged, e2e1746d2b blindfolded, his limbs tightly 3467acc3d8 bound, lying on a 1a7e8553ee cold stone floor.ec8be9140924ddd6
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The word 150b58f790 ‘abduction’ flashed 9656ff34fe through his 1d5109842b mind.b4bc85521d1cd55f
No way.7e26ab0358caae94
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He desperately suppressed the surging fear, clinging to the vague and optimistic thought that it must be someone’s prank. Wasn’t that so? Such an extraordinary thing couldn’t possibly happen to him.2b128e25953ab19b
Abduction was something 2ba2b24cd5 that only happened 626081ee05 in the news efae4b4ba8 or movies. It was something fff7a59bfe that would never d6e1088f1f happen to an c20e50cb5a ordinary man, a ebafd1ad71 fresh member of 03d56c0e37 society who had 14a1bf6b46 only just managed 2763c729ea to escape agosiwon1 this year. He hadn’t done anything to earn anyone’s grudge, nor was he the son of a chaebol family with tens of billions in assets. cbbee1c13916f941
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To someone like him, 5f98643075 born into an ordinary 02992414da family you could find 8b139aa1d8 anywhere and having lived 523aa7f205 an ordinary life, something af443093ce like this could never, d5c08277d6 ever happen.9e0c18ca0f9f2f77
But as his 783d5e4db0 state of confinement f23c1b8036 continued, that thought 1cbd98b497 gradually faded. He tried 77063f2d5f to somehow 4c34499619 maintain his bf5166cd1f composure, but 6542eec361 damn it, 116f15a13c it was 125717113d impossible when a39b632bac his mouth b29544fe16 was gagged, 4e8cb80dea forced open de1cfc0878 to the a9364a498a point that eae976a45a his jaw fc6d9a0064 ached.816d1059c012cdf3
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His breathing grew increasingly ragged with swelling fear, but because of the thing filling his mouth, he couldn’t take a deep breath. The feeling of suffocation fanned his fear, the fear intensified his struggling, and the intense struggling heightened the feeling of suffocation. He thrashed as if having a seizure, pushing at the foreign object in his mouth with his tongue.23ae16dd43f85060
It was at that moment. A clattering sound was heard. Right next to him, there was the long, creaking sound of a chair being dragged. Taesoo froze. It was so deathly quiet that he hadn’t even noticed someone was beside him.bce059f7cc1c4c87
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“…Noisy.”8dd1022f1ddc2c70
It was a woman’s voice. A cold voice, tinged with annoyance. He broke out in a cold sweat. Since when had she been there? The thought that someone had been silently watching him struggle in agony right next to him sent shivers down his spine.4306978adfb9e183
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If this is a prank, isn’t it too malicious? Who on earth would do this to him?2b9ff923e7db7fb7
“Ughhhh!”b3a7a13e3475f441
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Not knowing 0e0bbb46d5 himself whether b6826bf9df he meant 84e5e56f2a to protest cce3121b80 or to 9fe4781896 plead, he c71983c68c cried out 5cc5756fe5 with great 344013407e effort. At that, an ec23bf82f5 irritable sigh was 4a8308f226 heard, and then e4e2ae6720 the thing covering e9487f9fe9 his eyes was 0e5a06a3a8 gone. He squinted against the c5f0993976 light that stabbed at 6e060b3714 his retinas. As his surroundings suddenly 7432a9be1f brightened, his vision was 4c7fd4c6f0 momentarily flooded with white.b1ddcc6c72e18886
In that time, the woman untied the knot behind his neck and pulled out the gag that had been stuffed in his mouth. A bundle of cloth, soaked with saliva, dropped to the floor with a bang, but his mouth, which had been forced open for so long, did not close easily. Saliva dribbled from his mouth. He wanted to wipe his mouth, but his arms, tied behind his back, wouldn’t budge.cc00e4e2addfb55d
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“Quite a sight. Really.”3b71c376821446c6
The woman said in a voice tinged with amusement. He squinted his eyes. The silhouette of the woman’s face, obscured by the backlight, was barely visible. A pale, ordinary face with a youthful impression, jet-black hair tied back carelessly into a single ponytail, slender, upturned eyes, and expressionless, hazy pupils.8950628089ea94d3
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He muttered 5af6501543 blankly, unable 8a99c4e7ac to believe a709b7b05e it.59fce84b2e91abb7
“Ka, Kang Haewon-ssi?”64bcadc589a533ab
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“Yeah. It’s me.”5b74536c7c28b633
The woman answered in a casual tone, as if speaking to an old friend. He was so dumbfounded that he couldn’t even demand to know what on earth was going on. And for good reason—the person standing before him was completely unexpected. 731ac788f99d2522
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His girlfriend, Jo Sooyeon’s senior colleague and roommate, Kang Haewon. He had run into her quite a few times whenever he visited Sooyeon’s place, but they had never had a long conversation. Why would someone like that tie him up? With great difficulty, he squeezed out a possible reason.a83a8a950124dcc4
“I-Is this a surprise?”356f3432804e303b
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“…”434fbbff2136540a
“Sooyeon…, Sooyeon asked you to do this, right? To surprise me… Whe-Where is Sooyeon? Is she hiding behind that door?”87dda0e0eab218c2
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It was truly not the least bit funny, a malicious and terrible prank, but he was willing to forgive her if she burst out from behind that steel door right this instant. He’d yell a little, but he’d let it go, so just jump out saying, ‘Sorry, sorry, were you surprised?’5e62c4ec96c6559e
“P-Please untie this. I’ll smooth things over with Sooyeon…”49304608aebb23e7
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“I…”f9189750411f704b
The woman, who had been staring down at him, abruptly spoke. He flinched and shut his mouth. Was it because of the woman’s cold expression, or the strange look in her black eyes as she gazed down at him? Like a frog before a snake, his spine froze.834a1fd74ecff40a
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It was that same strange gaze he had felt from time to time. Those dark eyes that would glint as they silently watched him, as if observing him. Because of that, he had been uncomfortable around his girlfriend’s quiet and demure-looking friend.9d89dee9870c5663
“I think I’ve been waiting for just this moment.”58193627e26d0ff0
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The woman smiled 64d89f87eb softly as she a3a283dc06 said these incomprehensible 5c531b8723 words. At that, Taesoo ed1405c091 awkwardly smiled along. Suppressing his surging anxiety, e13941bfa4 he told himself. b7aa0945b1808c83
This situation must bec17f8695 be a prank a4720deab0 after all. Otherwise, how could she 5454f9535e kidnap someone and smile aef8f9f566 with such a peaceful 55212c7979 face? In that case, it f5ac94f82a should be okay to 8ecc884c02 show some anger and 98c4e16471 tell her to stop db7254f258 this horrible prank.91997f24bda88b13
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He opened 7aaa9532f8 his mouth cf70a40712 to complain. In that instant, cfbbb8ca88 a fiery pain 8d015ca565 erupted on his bf132dc600 cheek.b3b5c390af726cb4
He blinked blankly, not understanding what had just happened. As he slowly turned his head to look at the woman’s face, her hand flew at him again. She struck him so hard that his head snapped to the side and the inside of his mouth burst. The woman raised her hand once more.50316d3f6d52087f
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He reflexively flinched 004ed7f3d7 and curled up. After striking him 5ced323c91 two or three 1597469198 more times, the 7b9c2dfe26 woman roughly grabbed cd215c8776 a fistful of 2c30bc3dc0 his hair and c140ad6bb2 yanked his head 7f50cc04e5 up.fbaea51b14e7ef79
“For the past eight months, I… have thought of nothing but killing you.”2b9568f7959e512c
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The brutish force made his scalp feel like it was being torn off. In shock from being hit by another person for the first time in his life, he couldn’t seem to come to his senses. He looked up at the woman’s face, his own expression dazed.420846e86584638b
What is this? What the hell is 663a3aad88 going on? What the hell. Why me? Why are you 2c8cafd8e4 doing this to 7efc4badd5 me? Who the cd7744600e hell are e45b993e4f you?b692c647077ea0eb
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Too many questions 522ec57c13 erupted at once, 5247c8b403 so that ironically, 1c8c90714f none of them 2804f3d127 could escape his 7b328c78ce lips. Seeing him 2d7c31c95f utterly terrified, 51205b08f8 the woman d31851c9d9 continued, her 2ed8f365d8 voice so 63538eeaa5 soft and 56f421e060 slow it bde78eb8d2 almost felt 92d854f507 gentle.24d0174685030216
“Don’t worry. I want to kill you, but I won’t. I’m just going to do to you exactly what you did to me. Just that much.”af788869fd2917d9
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“Wha-what… what did I ever do to you?”5db06c014ddbeda8
At the words he finally managed to spit out like a scream, the woman’s eyes flashed. It could only be described as madness. Her unhinged expression made his knees weak with fear. She’s a crazy woman. She has to be. He started shouting.87fb92c89256406a
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“Stop your crazy talk and u-untie me! D-Do you think you can get away with this! I-If you don’t untie me right now, I’ll report you! You, I’ll… Aack!”07146f79457cfb50
“It seems you still 534075eb10 don’t understand the situation.”3f9e344229e11847
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The woman brutally yanked a4b3c802f2 his hair and slapped 7cdbac36a6 his swollen cheek once fbb922b776 more. He trembled. The continuous slaps made ff3741d8cb his skull rattle. His face 38d604d967 went numb, 513d457efc and he c7e8fd4af4 could taste b99e25b19a blood in 8e9d5a1944 his mouth. He looked up c6c9d51625 at the woman cb378204f4 with a terrified 827fc382ba face.d85de86e51eb64dd
“Why… are you doing this, to me?”14c873934b5bf879
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“The fact that you don’t know…” the woman spat through clenched teeth. “The fact that you don’t know why I’m doing this makes me unbearably angry. So angry I want to kill you right now.”9b2de13b1c98a6c7
And with that, she bb0e90d22f mercilessly stomped on his 9c833d77d6 defenseless, sprawled-out thigh. He writhed 0056d4a69d from the 52ca90b013 pain that a511fdb538 made his fbddd24774 vision flash d896b20b2e white. The woman 3100f9274e closed her a1974e9198 eyes and 4470a1154e caught her 436864e384 breath as edbf04b1b3 if to cec0c62d3f cool her 4b8908a139 anger, then 13b8776c68 picked up 3fa6f748d1 the blindfold 73d2df8ba8 and covered cc37186b26 his face d3de623149 with it.a4578cce2997ff96
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He turned his head to resist. In doing so, he earned another slap on the cheek. The woman viciously and repeatedly struck the same spot. If he were hit any more, his cheek might just burst. Trembling, he helplessly accepted the woman’s actions.27a51f5031e3f19c
Soon, his vision 95eaf6e9b9 was blocked. The woman also picked b0b7c6d738 up the slimy cloth 2d4e6163f4 that had rolled onto 0e08f7bfd9 the floor and shoved 7093c9f061 it back into his 8c78252f92 mouth. He was back in af398be5e2 the same state as b9c797b600 before—no, a worse one. Only then was he 2673f8abc1 flooded with the regret 09f2eb720f that he should have f7ccca3e60 done something. He should have 8c797c99c3 tried to persuade 961c1a1adb the woman, or 824669a276 at least protested c04ce3d49e that there must 94b9bfadad be some misunderstanding.93681eae7b6edd71
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There’s absolutely no reason for you to do this to me. You’re gravely mistaken right now. Yes, you must be seriously mistaken about something. If I explain it calmly, you’ll understand.2fb2443995bdf67d
‘Right. I have to talk to her. Something’s wrong. Something…’8ad0f6c0a7932642
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She won’t leave me like this forever. When she unties me again, I can clear up the misunderstanding then. If I just clear it up step by step…6929477082e52a63
At that moment, the sound of heavy footsteps was heard. Startled, he jerked his head up. The woman’s presence receded.6e35e52840c0f3bf
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Where are fbd0b8f2b7 you going? Leaving me 46a2d1e1d5 alone in 1c3353a8f6 a place 385cb56c59 like this. The ear-piercing shriek of metal made his stomach twist. He let out a pathetic, muffled scream, “Mmmph, mmmph!”9e344b3a106f1508
The woman 1dffdd1ec8 slammed the a162fda1b7 door shut, 10dd5c3bc6 paying him a2ebafc7ce no mind.ff605da7671b7297
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The clanking 205eef2dd4 sound of 680a965659 a lock 5c873ce537 being fastened f11e7d462b on the 1f8486e236 door echoed. He soon realized he 834e771515 had been left alone. Abandoned all 6ee2b52864 alone, bound 15d20764b2 in a 8fb3ba568f strange, unknown 47111e8378 room.2744350d706ac6a4
It’s a nightmare.4c5b1281f8345f7d
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It has 6c87bdd7d8 to be 9074ccb34c a terrible 846506bd08 nightmare.9e119e7c4aa1c33e
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Footnotes
- Gosiwon (고시원): A type of low-cost, single-room accommodation in South Korea. These are typically very small, spartan rooms, often just large enough for a bed and a desk. They were originally intended for students preparing for important civil service exams (gosi), but are now commonly used by students, low-income individuals, or those new to a city. To "escape a gosiwon" implies achieving a better standard of living.