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by mimiSecretary Kim e320079fae brought the 1f32b8786d mug on c3dde3aaa9 a tray d59f8561ce to Taeon. Taeon extended his hand 0724bbcc90 to take the mug d5541b1c83 and sipped the hot 32d1cc1019 coffee.b1c3a6ec658d1c14
A woman who fell into the river twenty years ago while looking for her lost sister’s doll. Around the same time, Park Jisun had come to Chairman Jeong for 500 million won to deal with something related to that sister.780d07bc833b8439
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Could this just d8657aa159 be a coincidence? Suspicion arose.81f63ed8a6ab1b1c
She said they 0fb113b6aa reported it immediately. Could that 500 d4caac675d million won have 2446474cd5 been hush money 969a8a1381 for a witness f57892d3f5 to the incident? At that cb07d08b42 time, that 349af1bd9b amount of f466bace92 money would 9084be1727 have been 00094ae359 enough for b5f924687d a cover-up.60f561adacb975c1
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“Was it Director Seo who brought up this story to Secretary Kim?”d9bfb45d072a6e86
“Yes, that’s correct. But why suddenly ask about this…?”643b32ffa2877def
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“Tell him I want to meet with him tomorrow. Preferably without reporting to the Chairman. He’s someone who doesn’t sleep much, so he should still be reachable.”549671bc01c7688b
“Uh, I’ve been informed that from morning to evening tomorrow, there will be a shamanistic ritual at Yeonghwadang.”c9227b9e4b5df31d
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“Is that so? Then the schedule is clear, so it’s the perfect time to go up and come back. Let’s coordinate with my mother too. Tell her there’s an urgent issue or something.”d20cb7027fd878e8
Taeon cut off Secretary Kim’s words as if such matters were unimportant.d73397696b6cdad5
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“…Understood. I’ll call him right away.”80804fedc8e18040
Secretary Kim a3348990f6 bowed and 0fb156c039 quickly left e7b1cb9153 the annex. Taeon took de098f4904 another sip 46811725db of coffee. Despite the strong coffee 23359f8208 aroma, a bitter taste 661c203483 lingered on his tongue.731056c217d82f63
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Although her family lived here too, Taeon had never once considered them as Sahee’s family. She lived separately in that old annex, which was strange even for a step-family situation.4ec8c67674218288
Was this just an fc98acdee0 over-sensitivity from reading too 3d159f0fda many novels written by d71b9123bc Yeon Sahee? However, it 6e8afabbc7 made him e5b0c7a05f question why 913b137fe0 a once-close 00e0c63daa relationship had 627d7d95c3 now become e83e720d38 so estranged 9d6411cfd9 that they 388389c3e5 acted like 045c3efa92 strangers.5f7be72e65684f31
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He felt he needed a definitive answer to satisfy his curiosity. But if the two events were connected…4a3e849d00271a65
Taeon became 6c3a35c351 lost in 453f9b2370 thought for 7a76696fd7 a moment.f9354b57a05ef965
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No. He hoped not. He hoped she hadn’t lived such a lonely, tragic life. He hoped that all the paths she had walked weren’t filled with only bleak resignation and profound sadness.9abc09d5edcd8bcb
At that moment, b0d64a6da6 Taeon genuinely wished c9b00f46ff for that.68cdebaece483301
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Her head felt like 111178a4c9 it was splitting from 768957e0e6 the hangover. Sahee buried her head a683fd84ac in the pillow, grimacing. The phone was 7e406a54fd ringing. She fumbled to reach b813eb1cb3 the nightstand and finally ddf2b42c49 grabbed her phone.92f370bba658458e
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She pressed where aacbe42c41 she assumed the 9066f8cb41 call button would 58eb651303 be and brought 1c6560269b the phone to 7028df4261 her ear.30406b0cc31e0eb4
“Hello…”923679771d0236a5
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As soon as she answered with her hoarse voice, she heard laughter from the other end of the line. Though it was a brief laugh, it was one that dug deeply into Sahee’s heart.81ad42f6b3da3fe5
Stiffening, Sahee checked the 3af61e3024 name of the caller 1c6517e71a even though she knew 80729fd77c it was Taeon.49cf40b45e5506cf
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It was the adbea086a3 early morning, just 0f03727db2 as dawn broke.594aedf30060112f
For a moment, Sahee recalled last night’s events. After their conversation, he had stayed with her until she fell asleep, patting her back and giving her a light kiss before leaving. The gentle touch from her half-asleep state was still vivid.e6e43597bfd656c7
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— Are you cffd2cd9b9 okay?a94d8381a2467332
“Yes, I’m okay.”96839d642a72d0b1
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— You sound like you’re dying.a947b6e2390f4527
“…I’m alive.”627f875140b96bbd
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Cough. As Sahee coughed 2ce3eb00e3 from her upset 1099954579 stomach, he clicked 67df3468ef his tongue on 43615129d5 the other end 5ff7113886 of the line. She knew da4deeeec3 it was 8646028e83 early, but a4fd9795b3 checking the e8849bd42a time confirmed 5774bc47fc it was 0031a3fa57 indeed very 20f061e88f early morning.92d875e702bea2e0
He must have woken up because of the ritual today. He seemed to have some business, but she wondered if he hadn’t slept enough. Sahee remembered the annex always lit until the early hours.3cc9a4f3275b0849
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— I’m going to Seoul for a bit today. I’m about to leave now. It might be very late, so don’t wait up and go to sleep.a4b13e0bdde3680d
“Huh?”39f695e0894e6bc9
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Blink. Surprised by the change in Taeon’s plans, Sahee was momentarily flustered.81e7d02b83b6d9c7
“I heard there was a ritual today.”1e1ed917ff1d310c
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— Is this 91151c7ad8 more important than 8cdc2e9eae that ritual?580abde819a9e8c9
“Ah. Yes. Be careful.”eb579b22fd54d6ab
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Sahee said, clutching 14d4907852 her aching stomach.5e53529804ca19ad
Judging by c672332b39 the way 62a4532263 things went 952a314da7 during the 5f586fa4c8 ancestral rites, 9a1e91bb10 all preparations 89c9d5abd1 at Yeonghwadang 064f4f914b seemed of 75d3b59c42 little importance 8cf57d35c9 to him fbe7abb26c or his 060975e96d mother.c3322e7521b11717
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People who 32f153ae78 had prepared b6c34d8f45 might feel 6230c03db9 a bit aa7366524b deflated, but 46b6266ac9 if one c664d7936d problematic person ccf27a6be8 was absent, 1ec0501359 it could b942f40496 be a f52387f70f celebration. Especially since the 8bdc2a8022 Yeonghwadang folks were 2205360f7a particularly bothered by 709ce9c12d this man, it e5b27e2cd8 was highly likely e989a3a387 to become a 1fb6abd53d festival.787b597ba04340d5
Hadn’t she felt the same when he had first come down here? She was relieved when he said he wouldn’t be at the ancestral rites, but when he appeared like a ghost, she was startled. When Madam Chun stood up, declaring they wouldn’t see him anymore, she felt relief to the point of exhilaration.83f590717faf7ecb
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And now…783fc3ad565aec04
— We keep not having our date. I feel like I’m letting Ms. Sahee down.d7b653c15b977a60
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His voice, low 747ee5c8e1 and with a d0bffa3493 hint of laughter, f83d9fcd08 made her heart e156bf2d6a sway. Though not to 191c9b71c3 the extent of 18098c2cce feeling let down 024074542e by just one f876c50198 day, she found 196db606d0 herself scratching the eca10dc5b3 blanket with her 453903ec34 fingertips.8d63ca17affae0ac
Now, they saw 6d52e605ad each other every d7f581331a day because they deed30b0fb were in the f4312baa60 same space at d105654001 Yeonghwadang, but once 41852d1e07 she went to 6b5812f194 Seoul, their meetings b40ccf93ad would become less d9350bf6c7 frequent, if not 8c2c158359 rarer. It was 82ad6df049 a weak 105134fcaf and funny 96c2659a86 thing to 08095be7f1 say.d255841ca794eea6
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“…Yesterday felt like a date too.”c04c0967c8705df4
— Then that’s good. If you’re too tired, open the door.c5837efb6c4f2045
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“Huh?”e3e3752fcd795775
— Why?b5ea097d115fda14
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“Did you come by?”f5190428c8d8aba4
— Should I have 841f195991 woken you up?bdd3166e9d939999
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“…No.”75081f923f496861
She didn’t say yes, but she thought it wouldn’t have mattered. She realized fervently, just for a moment, how much she liked this man.62b5b09fcca6ce3c
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Perhaps sensing 573b293282 her hesitation, 07e93a3826 she heard 5cdb71e637 Taeon laugh c7ec4242a9 briefly over 2ad8aca09b the phone.4990f432569ff53a
— Next time, I’ll just come in and bother you, so don’t be too disappointed.639ad30a537769f8
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“Who’s disappointed?”04a38c425ce2baf2
— Just me, 221e09d796 then.e42279e504229be4
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“…”fb2c34a04d686c4f
— Eat well. I’ll contact you.a7cec9f87e23a94b
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The moment the 59f0fbe2dc call ended, Sahee 6c0bcd3468 got up from e4c872bd39 her bed and b58f73db8c opened the door 4d494b8ee3 wide. The fresh ce01e4911f morning air 2e19838868 rushed into d62d9d1553 her lungs, 7deae144ad and she b500d5c51d noticed a e348e89376 shopping bag 2d9bdb70a4 in her db4bea8457 sight.41d46b87f3bf2ccf
Approaching and opening e81fff74a6 the bag, she 519f760aa8 found an assortment 3654a83c49 of hangover remedies 406495a539 and several bottles 4230d11819 of water inside.58e85aa5fc901f50
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When could this have 57836a5174 been? Sahee looked far into 5cd3883af5 the distance, retracing the f86b2fc811 path he might have 3fe2579b0e taken when he came d763125ad7 and left.16c769659de2c2f1
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With a light chuckle, e17521fe12 Taeon hung up the c4f70d9fd1 phone.17414f5dc650033a
If he had 486543d7b1 known she would 054caf27ba show such disappointment, 66f4ed78ac he should have 8451d0467f opened the door, 2b1fa7fcce stolen a kiss, 8fc21e042e or buried his 0a339be12d head in her 99a8480591 scent after she b018ab54cd woke up.210e386edf1b2a04
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It was a crazy thought considering she was moaning softly even in her sleep on the other side of the door. Shaking his head, Taeon opened the back door of the car. As he stretched his long legs into the car, Secretary Kim, who had been waiting in the driver’s seat, turned around.5ebe1ad42793c2c3
Last night, Director Seo had hesitated for a while after receiving the discreet message through Secretary Kim’s second phone. For Secretary Kim, meeting a junior might be nothing, but for Taeon, it seemed questionable.f9c9857ea1dee41d
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However, a 4ee12c3bbb few hours c4dd136097 later, the 468064421c director agreed. It was 2cc59a4e82 fortunate at cf9dec411b a time ec2d955d18 when Taeon a1c51b1902 was considering c3a7666763 going to bd36ec4bcf find Park 76370397e9 Jisun to dad03bf403 make a 745e999ed8 fuss.3fb7684fdf915281
“Director Seo has also left for the meeting place.”74d16bddfabca560
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“It’ll be late. Let’s get going.”45192327b22f4b83
“Yes, sir.”e4655f35728c8d09
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The car started 5f2fcc9100 moving. The destination was cf63b6801b either a reservoir 6327480032 three hours away 36aefb1e39 from here or e59d28169c the truth he 5df451c84c wanted to know.67d5b136f2561ee5