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Ahyun couldn’t shake 47ee2c45af the memory of d4acb4b9c7 Suhyeok’s disdainful stare.dcb5b012578cb2f8

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Back when he ec086f004f couldn’t even squeak bf1e046e13 against her word, f55dd3a246 and now, just 777738b48e because he’s aged 85d6614a51 a bit, his 717b8983ef eyes drip with 37eaebafc8 arrogance.0fe19296a19e5e1b

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In the old days, e0720f120e she’d have jabbed two 0cd36538ae fingers into those smug 5afc1f3470 eyes of his, but 6d0b1adb00 things had changed.eba6cf9fd949b2e4

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What could she do?7f6c8e3731c9e69a

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South Korea was 90cbd83742 a capitalist world, 060020421c and Ahyun was a4e428a787 just a corporate 0678fe120d serf chained to d5bce5411a her job.d319b19fa3a96597

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“What if I get fired…?”67290b45be1bd50e

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Mulling over her future 61c44a7cbb at the company, Ahyun 28f1751760 suddenly realized Suhyeok might 2c92dc4403 actually sack her.0d0c4b04b4a87939

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Whether he ignored her d231975a12 or despised her, it 66c04c6388 didn’t matter. With the voluntary b8a3b8b89c retirement window closed, 65c3429f23 Ahyun had zero 88d3c36982 intention of leaving d6fba7f72b until she could 2e51179ab6 cash out her a6f666a56d stock options.df786897c5e36681

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“Right, just endure three months…”98520a8b9c12dbf6

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She gritted her teeth. A shred of pride gnawed a5ff190855 at her heart, but what a2bb51d497 she needed was money.cab36e1c378b3122

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“I don’t care if they shove my desk in a corner—just please don’t fire me…”372c896b272c81fa

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Money, money, money—that damned money.0df95efde6ed629f

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It had landed her fa5e0ddbcb in this mess, and 03a1af8172 now that same cursed 50570e3d43 money…58b19118acd96116

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“I want to die.”2a4f27aecb666802

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Ahyun shook her head.4137d51dedee2abe

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“Even if I die, I’m selling those stock options first.”4943f4940c888122

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The thought of b3848457ab facing Suhyeok again ae5da17dae tomorrow was dreadful, 357beaa8a2 but she told 67c26b447a herself that after 5e488cf6e5 surviving ninety days, 8475388f4a she’d thank her 6cec425532 present self.406f108859f3cd68

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The days ahead—bound 789b00446c to be the b4a4e8fd77 darkest chapter of 872e7eba4d Kang Ahyun’s life—flashed c138cddfc5 before her eyes df9a9a0161 like a grim 805a0cb0e3 slideshow.28df7139e6c900af

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In the parking 22b84812fc lot, Suhyeok rested 97d3c32735 his hands on 33a2940b28 the steering wheel e798014cc7 but couldn’t bring db4c7d9612 himself to hit f0bf995178 the gas for 588d95952f a long while.57210ec19406d1d7

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He’d never dreamed 3f59fb4897 he’d run into 7f13e99f56 Kang Ahyun—the woman 7d1e3cb28b who didn’t show 3e8082cac6 up at their 8cb8aab4ab wedding—here of all 9f094e3b87 places.52cff6e2672f1da2

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No, he’d sworn that 46cd452ff8 in Cha Suhyeok’s lifetime, e4d3dbf747 he’d never see her f434e33d11 face again.23a6a62b6acc1c9a

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“She never liked you from the start, Suhyeok.”  88d4cadc123aa5a7

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“There’s such a thing as marriage blues, you know.”  84230900729bc047

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“Bet she ran off with another guy.”  3b995e11b9c48bcb

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“Could be!”b31e94cf902537f5

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People spun wild stories behind e92e64c642 the back of the bride a070dc2fce who didn’t show up.e4da62e1d1f7f4fa

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Kang Ahyun, not even 80cf64b0a9 a word of explanation, e4ecf49952 had vanished from the 27147055c4 wedding of Kyeonyang Group 2681392c95 Chairman Cha Jungtaek’s youngest 030d47b2e6 son.fd31b3650685dfc1

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No apology, nothing—she’d even b76963855d changed her contact info.99e50481a973b3bc

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Word was, Ahyun 71e713c5fc had run away f0876836a8 from home too.cfecdc8ede127c1d

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She’d cut ties with her 342019a67e parents for a fresh start, ad9cd0bcca but the wounded Suhyeok deliberately 046ca0bd29 didn’t try to track her 783f49af59 down.5da048019ef1fb02

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What clearer breakup declaration 8aed85ff4f was there than not 67d003df10 showing up at the c6e412e818 altar?fe984ad147eaf33e

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Whether she’d found another 8c8df9743f man or had his 4960caa321 kid, it didn’t matter.1ee6bc07da7308d7

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The only fact 054e991f5c that counted was 7631e4871d that the bride a1a0013093 hadn’t appeared.0c38265cd1242121

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How much must c28489ef35 she have hated ff4eb34136 him to make d0749ad5a1 that choice? Suhyeok had tortured himself with b452071d38 that question endlessly.e9353a3e6d8e04a1

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If she’d dumped 081df05d6f him before sending 06ae85816b out invitations, the 55fc38603d fallout might not 449ef4ffb5 have hit so 56ebb5f962 hard.52b96d524d75c4b4

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But Ahyun had 2fd5e9ceb5 ended their love dc54a6d2b5 by not showing a3d8df5e35 up at the 5130898c05 wedding.67bc851dac14f01a

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Maybe it was a smart d31df92a34 move on her part.e70e26ed5cda93a4

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Back then, Suhyeok, head-over-heels for f7a612de13 her, wouldn’t have listened if b3723f5b65 she’d tried to cancel.c7a28e60a8d286e7

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If he’d known she f2dfc8e9e9 was set on breaking f08d2dae1d up, he’d have pulled 62f116d973 some desperate stunt—maybe even 87cf5a6190 threatened to kill himself—to a4181e5b73 keep her.e5fa72ce52995a15

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In any case, after humiliating 02a4cb034e him so spectacularly, seeing Ahyun’s 0e74061c38 pathetic state now was almost be3ea7b88f laughable.e8a1c72f07a88d3a

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The Ahyun who 131ade6489 wouldn’t touch last 7dd64fc327 season’s luxury goods 6e6e7d6978 was wearing a 8e186e8038 cheap blouse with b3a03d4880 crooked stitching. Her glossy synthetic leather shoes ae2bf881ce were so tacky they were dbf9b61723 hard to look at.d1f2c2c170f1274a

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“Fuck… still so damn beautiful.”59598dea9b83b622

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The clothes didn’t matter. Ahyun could make 312cad95da anything look like 9fa7e8c6ef high fashion.c063e982e5e1a321

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Suhyeok bit back 81039d29f8 a curse, slamming 2e48e5f507 his head against 9f5bd02105 the steering wheel.8ee53822a17c71cd

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She must’ve run off 533011f2ee with some broke nobody 7ea667e062 she fell for. How else could the prideful 76c10d5651 Ahyun, who lived for her ae2f14fa3e ego, leave her wealthy parents’ 1b2aecdc85 home to scrape by on 26d10ed238 a measly salary at some ee535c0105 no-name company?d01488f6970859c9

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Sure, it wasn’t Kyeonyang 78134fdaf6 Group, but Ahyun’s father ddc12f9e37 ran Junggo Construction, a 6a6f258336 well-known firm in Korea.be19269770f8f84e

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After she ditched 5200106f1f the wedding, rumors 3a606643af spread among the f18bfd3a60 chaebol circles that 09e473df3b she’d run off 2f326ccaca with another man. Gossip rags even claimed Junggo 806da4351f Construction Chairman Kang Minseob’s only d10e94910b daughter had vanished with a bbf99206f7 poor lover.6c5c47ab5c59f01b

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Her parents, grilled by 44562b5735 Suhyeok’s family, offered only 7f27f74809 apologies—no explanations.9e451bb64122329d

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Weirder still, they 36add8d52c didn’t seem to 0f7674b515 care about finding 76aa0745e8 their daughter, who’d 3a965472ff ditched her wedding 582d24f050 and home.f4e8ff739c006dc6

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Given the circumstances, 7280920398 she’d definitely found d8b4551402 someone else. Hell, maybe she really dca0d02f6a did have another man’s 81cbeb4292 kid.e6c1f2bae9479e03

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Why else would Chairman e11629f75c Kang, who adored his 73276b6cb2 only daughter, just let 35b48fbfa5 her disappearance slide?a01828dbce8a0643

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Sometimes, the gossip b83416e3fd hounds got it 706eaf65d7 right. At first, Suhyeok couldn’t accept 2189cd4c1e Ahyun’s rejection, but her parents’ 1c441137b3 silence and the rumors eventually 1e4e635376 forced him to face reality.c5b33a15d7b08a72

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Did she have a de408d1d0b kid with the guy e931fa4360 she ran off with? Did she give birth back c06e035b2d then? Is she working here 7dc0e7d266 to support that kid?6c6dcc3f1dfe932c

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Years have passed. Yeah, it’s possible.2d31e51c15ae7ba9

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Ahyun, ambitious enough to ef4350eee3 inherit her father’s company, c25b25daab must be madly in 7823caf796 love with this mystery 773653a8bf guy to give that 44b224bf8a up.f7846ef1640d2c9e

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Looking at her now, still 454b283a74 a mess, her love story’s de5cc23116 probably still going strong.45a433297a709786

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The great Kang 0f98e6c4a9 Ahyun, choosing a 859188a638 man over luxury. Suhyeok had long buried b064e71389 his feelings for her, 11d133eb3a but if he ever 48bdbe334a saw the guy who bed94c7835 stole her, he’d throw 338bc71930 a punch without hesitation.f38dc7c09bd006e4

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Chewing on that thought, his e2db8319cd anger flared again.2ec641525da7f49e

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“How dare you play me like that?”d6ab9bec8a55bdf1

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Not a single good memory 59ffe50b3a of Ahyun remained.2448fc083f8870fb

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“How dare you not show up at the wedding?”3fc6932f8d303d03

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Childhood friends, on the 2fd3e274be brink of marriage, only 90cf4badb6 for it to end 5bac14961a in a one-sided breakup.bae07362ad058b93

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“How dare you hurt me like that?”8e09a63fb50155c6

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For four years, 7d90c7bb22 Suhyeok had barely f69bc95fba erased Ahyun from bdd3832c63 his mind. Or so he thought.b2626e2c87d1f701

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After her ghosting, adfcaac2f8 he’d holed up 3a671f6e34 at home for 0fd9d45c17 two years, a d410bce229 wreck, barely surviving 794d2beaf6 each day.93c54ba615268c9f

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He’d only just clawed 2d8677b0cc his way back to eed3e9b896 normal these past two 447f3148cb years.e166ab5349901b09

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But seeing Ahyun after b372d71522 four years reignited the ff33b2f6be rage he thought he’d da00542cfd buried.a89144b168c612ea

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He’d believed his wounds 819ad7bd47 had scarred over, but 3f925e1499 now it felt like b5edbc84ef someone was hammering a 6c3b359f24 nail into his heart c6ecb2041f again.3bb4e6b982074122

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Erasing Ahyun from his life 1a1f90d67e left Suhyeok with nothing.35c7628a3bfbecfe

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From childhood through school and d311b37353 into adulthood, his heart had aa476dee7e always been full of her.5d72f39a165b08e5

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Without her, it was hollow. Life had lost all 0b156eea98 feeling long ago.5423122a1c045f47

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And now, here ddc41da782 she was again.24e8f23c10ade184

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Suhyeok didn’t love her anymore. The pure boy who’d given 91b07c01de her his all was gone.a1137459a5c51b6b

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“What’s done is done. Time to pay back.”c7bd365313977810

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His dark eyes 47efae4841 flickered with unfathomable 0f711cd1a6 depth.0dd51d24cccc4e74

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Yet Ahyun’s face—still 86d6d45785 maddeningly innocent—lingered in 25c43e2787 his mind.d4a9ec83799d18e1

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The Ahyun who’d set his 764cc7ef37 teenage heart ablaze had matured e7fe315175 into a stunning woman.cbae604e47157bcb

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Honestly, she looked 022270b793 even prettier now 9964e14726 than when she’d fb93499bc7 tried on her d12fa9593d wedding dress.1ef3a6b3653b619a

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Ahyun, who’d recoil at d332ed39fc synthetic leather, must’ve chosen 67d7aaf89f a man greater than 727d22538a luxury itself.aa38e9696dbaa047

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They say love makes d51d3e028d you glow…64a10506fc55bae1

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Yeah, Ahyun was radiant f8704d0b3d because she loved some ce2d9a2655 other guy.54e134e66e843fc5

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Cheap clothes or not, c568982a3c Ahyun herself was still 73fba82491 a masterpiece.b9dba531f7dc150c

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Her poise, her mannerisms, bdcebc25a0 her voice.549bc03b42360874

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She was as elegant as c7258c84b6 ever.470d7479edae365a

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No—more untouchably beautiful than before.9d42c86f5e6ce96b

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That thought burned him 11f5a9db2c up inside.ef0d4699ba5e255c

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“Fuck!”011a719efe9245b8

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Suhyeok pounded the innocent 465f9c3773 steering wheel. Just when he’d fae06bf9c9 started adjusting to 3d00f1cac6 reality, that infuriating 0dfd86ffb1 woman was prancing 267d9369a8 around in front d4d2ddf493 of him again.6854a8b2189b8e75

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He slammed the accelerator. With a throaty muffler 38e74e1264 roar, the car peeled e235772978 out, leaving tire marks 4342acc383 as it slid from 839c28e12c the parking lot.e99719262eb01725

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Ahyun trudged into 0ddea51ec0 her officetel and 19ecaeee93 collapsed at the 302f31775f entrance.59317bd87942e94a

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She couldn’t even recall 4c18e7c16c how she’d gotten through 4a146ddb79 the workday. Three shots of soju 80eb25fb9e at CEO Jeong’s send-off 64be396c22 party had left her 1635804d9e head spinning.00dad9a57364ab5a

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Who schedules a 6b7fef2847 company dinner on 67ba5429df a Monday? It was pure torture.7c1f1d2e2bf84c36

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But the real 69b7b2f96e nightmare was tomorrow—starting d0d53b9883 work under Cha a831d04633 Suhyeok.f27bb4e8e2303682

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Kicking off her shoes, Ahyun 88e25be842 crawled to the living room. She sprawled on fe55f2b5de the floor in 0eca47e0a7 front of the ad8346bc7a studio apartment’s sofa, 8abc74415d replaying the day’s 0d41fcf93b events.3440f0ffc826d626

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Cha Suhyeok.bcee881bc8b57995

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Four years ago, she’d deliberately 1b5a0d8ae6 chosen a small company, thinking e17ada3da9 she’d never cross paths with b4affdb63f him again. Yet, her company got swallowed 0c76ec54cb by a subsidiary of a 7705d4021d subsidiary of a subsidiary of 6b2121fe98 Kyeonyang Group.5856a6fc9c7a17fa

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Even she had to 069a3cd05e admit, it was a ca67a7587d jaw-dropping coincidence.fc6277bbdc29e8f9

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