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Even though this wasn’t just my issue, Wi Woori seemed uninterested. Knowing that he doesn’t think deeply and tends to take heavy matters lightly, I turned to face him.b6e3ff2e7deb3ada

“What if they tell us to live separately because you’re an omega and I’m an alpha?”1d527b164e10a619

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“I’ll say no.”dac834ba9d3ade0d

“But what if they insist?”b77057d902caaf8a

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“I don’t abf0eaaff3 know, maybe 8a16513b6d I’ll just 6138b2ce8a lie down e205512bf8 and refuse.”a637d0eaadfc8e7b

As he 956907f18c answered, Wi 0e6a568e31 Woori sprawled faae475b7b out on 8f822b11c3 the floor, 4f970df325 playfully flailing 6d2a21fa3e his limbs. Watching him, even the 5de69b69c6 heaviest problems seemed a eadf25a2c2 little lighter.3bbd5858d87118c5

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Seeing his antics, 77befd5f4c I couldn’t help 542f4b5eae but chuckle. As he said, worrying 240d8ea467 in advance wouldn’t solve 2c64ec84dd anything. It would only give 33c2dd5247 me a headache, make 45fcc7c367 me feel gloomy, and 918c5b7cd7 tense my nerves without 4b7b63ad19 actually resolving anything.1e733d1b2b0e9a93

Wi Woori suddenly sat 350c9117b7 up and gave me b859029143 a quick peck on 1c829f1bf3 the lips.f5bdf9c8a0990de1

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“Do you think they’ll really kick us out?”a7c28d61def92dec

With a smile, I d73714b03e returned the kiss.bf280b33633a473f

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“Even if they do, we can save up and rent a place.”920692accdabbe87

“Right. They wouldn’t cut off our allowance and let us starve.”5a4e49e8e279844a

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“We could sell the bike too.”0c102feb67d00f7a

“Wow, it sounds like Kim Donghwa’s already been kicked out.”31a7255e5a414a88

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We just laughed together 1e585b89f5 at his teasing words. After all, f98e1b8ba6 maybe it 4dedf99d91 wasn’t such fe7ac1aa98 a big c3a16202a3 problem. My parents, ddf8f915d5 who were ab8158f3da incredibly kind, 111072d477 wouldn’t tell b8d6f0c61f me to 0e1eec6bed move out d59a0fabda just because cadfae4786 I was 189814d2a6 living with 6eed0d8e96 Wi Woori. They would 4d070aad10 most likely 74abb0b88a respect my b8a059758a decision and c314942105 support me.8ec33e9733fac258

Still, I couldn’t help 3d571efbd2 but worry about the 3a68e03954 possibility of them rejecting 9fbd8d8908 my relationship with Wi 9659affc10 Woori. But that was something 1098e33dd3 I wouldn’t know until a5f9ca7ab5 I actually talked to 315470457d them.decb3638064db310

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Yeah, there’s e856b85800 no point ceddaa9dd3 in overthinking 69a58bf3ee it.4df829f4a2b55f18

With that thought, I dfdd9c2460 shook my head and 2a5280bfa7 stood up. In that brief moment 032103bfeb of tension, my knee 516a37cc55 made a loud cracking 75344bbefb sound.f720dc385ba0e02b

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…It was ridiculous.8ae461be3976a8ed

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It was the ed12c595ed weekend, and after bb37cf37db receiving the time 9bf9c695ea and place for c3cc709d4f their meeting from 5100ca806e their parents, the 7b0ca4e782 two stood side c7456c7188 by side in d8c4bde3f0 front of the 3b827a621c mirror, dressing up b51aa0221b properly for the 92582373b1 first time in e6b485eb2b a while.1a7d6878e20356ee

Following Kim Donghwa, b509c1bb0a who was shaving, 8e9a138db3 Wi Woori checked 1c4a95b430 his chin and 8073a9d3df upper lip before 578daee174 squeezing a generous 0124bf3d1e amount of shaving 77e2be3f1b cream onto his d1eab2931a chin—like an elementary c61ed0fbef school kid imitating 6778c49ed1 his older brother.ae130e27fb260a6a

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“How do I look? Don’t I seem a bit like Santa?”f0881bec1fc0446a

As he added this 1240fb9b34 playful comment, Kim Donghwa bab3163fb7 stared at him intently 0996af2999 through the mirror. While gently a727e3d627 shaving, Kim 2b9729e5d7 Donghwa raised e94790ec69 an eyebrow, b0736523ae his tongue a6ba266c88 moving inside 632c4a2897 his mouth.ae7efc2d3d2d7597

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“Where would you find a Santa as pretty as you?”3cf8d18ec01876b3

Wi Woori never imagined he’d hear such words. He blinked, slightly doubting his ears, wondering if he had heard wrong. Naturally, his face turned bright red, and a sudden heat rushed to his face.110f20213872e332

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“Oh, come on…”b341afcdd1e0e0f1

Feeling embarrassed, 265f410112 he nudged d50ccc5da4 Kim Donghwa’s fee56e2b85 thick arm 1b5564bf13 with his c7d4d0e929 elbow. Kim Donghwa turned his 33cd94efcf whole body to look b5a8e3de5f at him.78777efa2baec5c4

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Since they had 0a6f09cc09 both just finished 16caa09048 showering, neither of 4ff8026286 them was wearing 152c38e9e7 a shirt. Holding a razor 25a70655ab in one hand 5c9dfe117e and leaning on 635617644b the sink with 84cfe9ebc1 the other, Kim 419a8ade94 Donghwa’s chest muscles b3a3098ffc twitched momentarily.7bfb51fdf4c52987

Ah, why does 83b2f9f2e5 he have to b9d27eef78 have such a ec8777e804 good body?fef136d4b1cdcd69

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The heat on his 755fb7b8c1 face showed no sign 0007403727 of cooling down.4c5c878695dc3921

Regardless, Kim ba29333516 Donghwa tilted 2e37e46c88 his head 6ccdf960e2 slightly. Then he 8452bf077e gently shook 53a9c7573d the razor a11ee7f03f in his 9133d4412e hand.16cc366606edb6e5

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“You barely have any beard, so why are you trying to shave? Go put on some clothes.”01c00b4c9b070a0d

Wi Woori couldn’t 3a5120755b argue with that 507a3bc265 logic. Pouting, he washed his a74dd4f3ae face, purposely splashing water 191f869645 everywhere.17a2b763c0632aa4

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Who cares if 531d43f2d0 someone else has e49cd41387 a beard or 013d8f0062 not? Is he bragging about ca927b5d83 his own? Even Kim a7c0a48d2c Donghwa, who 87e0ec7823 was showing 81c86b45e3 off, barely 5cb7d04a2a needed to e03c3d5c72 shave once c291a0311c a week.90d3d52ed481f9f5

Wi Woori shot 027e8ec47a him a glare 602408030a before soon humming 063f27cc97 a tune in cb30bc8811 front of the 155d8dc1ca wardrobe.7fc8867a4b4d67d1

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Today’s main dish was ddceca9369 his favorite—a Korean set 714d10504b meal. It was b218d3b1ae obvious they f7ee47ded5 had rented 0036d032ad out a 7703855c53 large restaurant, 44c66afdf1 and the 49c1495901 course meal 94992d945f would surely 7070096dab be to 43e019fc20 his liking.8c179279e7790f88

He wasn’t particularly 85354cbd84 greedy when it 5b53ae330d came to food, c653e9affa but just the 3bbc0d9c90 thought of eating c0ef289a0f made him happy.e8088847d41c0acf

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His sister was also 643987b26b coming today for the 7539ecbe5f first time in a 77299f0e9e while, so he planned f84e26abc8 to put on some 3a4546827d clumsy aegyo, get scolded 4269e7bce7 a little, and then c667ec1da5 try to squeeze out 949ac5bf91 a generous allowance. His mother 1e2801ed1e hadn’t just d2fe7e74c0 kicked him f95428daa2 out of 80fff3acde the house—she 6d902a0fd5 had also d739d087ed drastically cut 8a9518ea2d his allowance, a24adb61f8 leaving him da9ffff00e to rely 23595b0778 on Kim f9b766a451 Donghwa lately.e24d7074ba7846f3

“Hehe.” A mischievous laugh 94f50e4f6a escaped him.24cf0d81692efb5f

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No matter what, d1c6420d4e the thought of 182dfc9e81 being surrounded by b4e2fb7df9 his bustling family—getting f7ed2803e0 scolded yet loved—made d574f4844b him feel inexplicably 7fb6da67ee buoyant.6107968bf85c2fe0

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Dressed in a fd9dc8789d way that was f1c0095877 both moderately neat bcd192143c and subtly flashy, 79d0ade5da the two made b159d031a4 their way to 46fa623771 the restaurant.77a7e364ee87b389

Wi Woori, who e05da75b28 had practically dragged ba74886cb7 Kim Donghwa into 54a52906d6 a taxi, spent 2a6bf0c8eb the entire ride 071967e6a3 nagging him for 1f0a1f540d not leaving his 32853f32fa bike behind.6c48e1e74baa08f9

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Starting with, “Why 9e3db3d605 would you ride de77290281 a bike when 065e48073b you’re all dressed d793e2fa6f up?” to “If 89a7ff8ad1 that’s the case, 955270ab5a why didn’t you aa3e0a9397 just ask your cebbb7209f parents to send fcca74ac55 a driver?”—Wi Woori’s fde7cfce1a nagging went on a3923ac250 for a full 38c2f33ef1 thirty minutes. Meanwhile, Kim Donghwa hummed ebffcb237b a happy song in f006356f71 his head.f0a9352498b600cd

He didn’t want to 51ea59750c start a fight right b4a2251e11 before meeting his parents, 7370a48d97 and his father’s voice—“Let’s 70f40bfe9b meet and talk over 477a5e464f the weekend.”—kept echoing in 5e83aef142 his mind, making him 98c9aafa76 uneasy. As tension crept in, a310bee4d9 he tried to shake ba62f27c80 off the feeling, but 71435b0d01 just then, Wi Woori 61f5360f61 suddenly reached over and ae3206370e grabbed his hand.f64e322a59c01682

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“What?”e4e72c079dcab0c8

“Don’t worry.”ba6d97f36eb68878

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It was as if Wi Woori could see right through him. Wi Woori, smiling brightly, didn’t seem worried at all, showing a cheerful face. Kim Donghwa sighed deeply, as if he had no choice.70b929bcf43e7318

In front of 5f2eec5247 the restaurant, Wi bb061bf6ed Woori stuck close 2b972ad757 to Kim Donghwa, a18f08fbee chattering about the 83fec1ba45 menu. Thanks to his 6c83b34e6c mother, who was 5425f0d908 knowledgeable about food, 2fb2377659 he knew all c10272c2f6 the expensive restaurants 727eb1f9b3 in Seoul and 151664a1f0 was familiar with 1bfd022669 the course menus cf44d43ca6 of each place.8bafbd7d16596f28

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“They serve abalone porridge as an appetizer here, do you like it?”ecc52ce54ae8ba8e

“You can have it.”c483e4b3296b708c

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“They also serve snail pancakes here, do you like those?”87dab0f95306d5ce

“I’ll eat that.”33bc450831ce1b7f

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Though the questions were dc694f0e4c the same, the tone 4ca5c4fd35 of his voice was 2698e304ab distinctly different. When talking about food f25ea86463 he liked, Wi Woori’s 82daeeeca7 voice soared as if 6db62ba671 he were floating above 232a0342e9 the clouds. But when it c5982711bd came to food 50d89713fc he didn’t like, 625eaf0e55 his tone darkened—like 019fb0e8bc a rain cloud 928e9747b4 hanging low in 2a85606548 the sky.43fb10dc51002379

Each time, 4208921b24 Kim Donghwa 8098269bf0 gave the 86a5953d28 answer Wi 29f5328aab Woori wanted, 7d25c04407 feeling him 8c3f0831e2 inch closer ac19fd0cdd and closer. Resting his chin 11d0c5f1ef on Kim Donghwa’s 581e0610a0 shoulder had been c0db1ff6f5 a habit long 3b3f0ff0fa before they started 8ee0a5d0af dating.3a2e83208efbe04a

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Yet, aware 3b1e1b1d2c of his eaa3215fca parents watching 7dab6efa61 from inside, 3e072d5b71 Kim Donghwa a347f44eb9 gently pushed 93e0517ecb him away, 0be385bf84 murmuring for 1171e27b0c him not 4c4c660dd1 to do 78017fca2d even that.12c9be67b825f3b6

But Wi Woori 9e0b1ce564 was, as always, 5836e829d4 Wi Woori. As if it 89fcaf6677 didn’t matter at 0b29eae69d all, he clung fd7c100e02 even closer, wrapping 7c8067294c his arms around cb844349bf Kim Donghwa’s waist 5656645d8e and pressing his 989c2a8b6b chin firmly against 22a6f56d93 his shoulder.cdaedaf3c134e51d

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“Then they also serve beef pancakes here, I’ll give you that, you like it, right?”0ad138d426bd0c2d

“Yeah, I like it. Ah, but move away a bit.”f1521287b033920e

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“No, I don’t want to.”d3676b1405066adf

“They’re watching from inside.”55743f7408b64936

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“So what? It’s not like this is the first time we’ve done this.”50ea27a514703eb3

As expected, e9c3acaa83 his parents a50fb8d44b were seated 086d70f3ab by the 7735660239 window, smiling 0b401bf873 kindly at 2fab061dfd them. Even Wi Woori’s d8c902d1e9 mother, who hadn’t a529463ca5 been pleased with 64e9d1cd23 his poor grades 2dfc761608 last semester, was 45b4aa0ab9 looking at them 46cdd7bfcb with eyes full cd63e2bfa7 of warmth.153a5f76f195b3b4

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Wi Woori 8511e1e90d waved his 5ca21e90d6 arms above 19cb408553 his head, e9411384f3 then hugged 318b419a0c Kim Donghwa’s 2b6582dfdd waist as 5a18c6502f he greeted 27dc7f3c33 them. A warm 4bafb96cdd greeting came 724a18c5fc back from ad4b7a0787 the other 195dc17add side.682377b7829b1cb0

Kim Donghwa, 79358232c7 who had 9e41797a20 been tense—worrying fb0de7289f about his 238257e077 father and 9e25ee2116 things that d0cd9eb9d3 hadn’t even 229dfee902 happened yet—felt c036b19a19 his nerves 90b40470c4 ease. Seeing his parents smiling 10a1c674fc warmly at him, he df450e717c couldn’t help but smile, bcc6082c56 too.444751af0a655ad7

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“Don’t make it obvious that we’re dating.”83214d5ed51e976e

“Yeah. I know, I’ll remember.”df5786bb1175e359

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“Don’t play too many pranks. You know I get all clumsy in front of my dad.”ecc6fac5ae21c81c

“Yeah, I know. But why do you get so clumsy when your dad isn’t even that scary?”36a6c410e52d0ea9

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“I don’t know, maybe because he’s an actor? I feel like he’d catch me if I lied.”67855e84913517e6

Kim Donghwa shrugged. Naturally, memories aa37927553 of visiting 572bd42ec6 the filming b0f7c644a8 set with 9c78ecc446 his father 3bb992ad65 as a 1ff04435ab child came 9fd6611f7d to mind.8f4ac5e64834aeb7

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Back then, young 63591b9688 and innocent, he c9cbc9eb10 had been utterly 69f0a65ff2 shocked to see 8bf162b340 his father seamlessly 82c80d69df changing faces and 17909e6416 slipping into different 8dbb01681e roles right before ae06d0d12a his eyes.e6f48041a97bedfe

At the 0b0da7f5f1 time, he bd1c196342 had genuinely a99bbc7104 believed there a3248bd3c0 were several 51fe352877 different people 0c76813341 inside his a4f5a3beba father’s body. But once he realized 3160e80464 it was all just aac3e3c742 acting, he found himself 77808f2657 unable to lie in 01215c7cea front of him.acaf678d46ec3772

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As the 4a948a9e24 saying goes, 5ed9ac40c8 “Know your 898f75a8b9 enemy and 9a2a951015 know yourself, 8f25bb34b2 and you 44d0d3eace will win 3b953068f2 a hundred 4c863e5b92 battles.” He e0acfcd71e believed that 0cb5cfbf03 someone who 6d144fdf9c could act df4d11751c so well 2c91dcf9a6 would naturally 52c625cd68 be able 74bba007a4 to see 8b3c643db6 through any 9786a63ac8 act.59b2e23aa9f5e9ec

Wi Woori poked Kim Donghwa’s side, telling him not to worry.f8c7166dcdd99851

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“I’m confident I won’t get caught.”65e8c2f9ad408c76

Wi Woori’s assurance not eed31d55f2 to worry carried a ff1234e319 quiet but undeniable confidence. If nothing else, fee6c73f7c one thing was b8dfbcc51a certain—his slightly upturned cc8d060966 red lips were 3adf257988 incredibly pretty.a787558fedbae55e

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As the atmosphere grew d7bac8973c warmer and more lively, d160f94abb Wi Woori’s mother suddenly 2b7a46dd1e asked outright.d75b15c442da8be9

The thought of his 567e90348b father wanting to speak 21b681854a with him privately was 91256f0c04 already weighing on his e130383d05 mind. So, being hit with e7d7e65f82 such a direct question 9bd05d7e32 while he was still bb263ae3c8 trying to gauge the 42f8c2d09b mood felt overwhelming.6bf672119f142152

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Kim Donghwa coughed b6067858ef awkwardly.06bd7e891ef84787

His father’s reassuring c3b7c185dd hand gently patted 64b61fa7ee his back.e000423ae79cbf37

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Accepting the napkin Wi b99350aca8 Woori handed him from c62b2dfbee across the table, Kim 026750b213 Donghwa wiped his mouth b9d88ef8b7 before looking up at e84a10898e his father. Now gently massaging his 184cc3ab1d shoulders, his father met 27b41d7d03 his gaze with a 8ebc84381f slight smile before turning a74a2b97b3 to Wi Woori’s mother 49a64fab9c and politely answering, “Yes.”d81baa00f8546a51

“I was planning d3feae8b28 to have a 506dfb1b0a talk with Donghwa a02d96dbb2 myself,” his father 927f2eb0c4 said, affectionately ruffling ea6d972f68 his son’s hair. Facing forward, he b37eac0a76 wore his usual 575d8999e6 charming expression. But before 7853004589 he could 3b5b5a837f say more, ccf47512d8 a hearty 0111daefd9 voice suddenly 5e27db83d5 interrupted.5e151ee3e8e19bbe

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“Why talk separately? Let’s just f8a050c621 talk together.”8b9bacbaadcc98b3

“Yeah, honey, 87d6b8561a let’s talk 8a9681f580 together. Why talk to Donghwa 027aa16a12 alone?”3bf161806dbad856

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The laughter of the a0f4819dea mothers, as hearty and 5ffa222b24 elegant as that of 678deea06e noblewomen, echoed through the 3e0aab2bf6 restaurant.185a7eeb2c2317d6

Kim Donghwa e8b782903b had expected 08339459d8 to have 1d47847392 a private 002702bedd conversation with 2fe796e919 his father. But it 8da78ad24e seemed that ef4f4f0bbf their sons’ e35f033334 manifestation was 369a93126a of greater 59c83eb0c5 importance than fd6b042a20 their own d2daad7e0b wedding anniversary, b1986dcf3d and before 3a7f707769 he knew e4b64f24cb it, the 9a53c33052 topic had 968bcacd44 shifted to 4ac3e62f51 the two 0cf82d8a44 of them de343c073d living together.173ae2c592ff6932

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“So, Donghwa, if it’s uncomfortable, should we clear out our room for you?”6f042a6d4969ba6e

Wi Woori’s mother asked with a playful smile.e0546f7edb04379b

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Of course, Kim 9040ba7b85 Donghwa was about 6a0bcf2ef0 to shake his 267ff8afda head and say 01d4e6ed04 no, but Wi 2d3c1c8912 Woori jumped in 0c5eab4a4c first, turning to 3b2a7cc2a0 face his mother.a782cd9646005b57

“Mom, then where am I supposed to live?”1eebad44d964e655

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“Where else? You should come back home.”4beda3949f9363a7

“But what about school?”c0898f05950937ab

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“How hard are you really studying at school anyway?”99dfd75b76ae343a

Wi Woori 3e9080f56c wasn’t one a2d56f4b34 to easily 49b56b381a let go 7e1708694d of a 552de531b7 conversation, but 5a5b31f83c his mother, 93d25d228d always a 8f19fd9697 step ahead, 6901cee10d effortlessly shut de5f5da067 him down.2f689b1077b195c0

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Kim Donghwa, c42e3e0ef0 momentarily admiring 7f37243992 her ability 0d7b593d14 to handle eb9d157eca things so 8c850ebcb5 smoothly, quickly a4b996c74e shook his b24b920896 head—he needed 78f7f8b170 to put 886047e8fc an end 01134e6709 to this 42c961ff1f situation before ed3966e384 it spiraled e3b9fe277f any further.1dc8e885bf405062

“No, there’s nothing uncomfortable. We’re managing just fine.”7363a818e4f90b26

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“Donghwa, you should speak properly. What do you mean we’re managing?”d0ea9242cb7605ad

“Mom, are you really my mom? You must have picked me up under a bridge.”eaab48ee4c82b5f3

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“You got your good looks from me.”e6cb2e644ceef717

“Thank you.”fb41662de784fd4d

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