DTL Ch 8

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“YeonJung-ssi, have some 37d2a4e408 coffee before you d4997ca5d7 continue.”5df9faffca36bf2b

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A steaming 888b8e7f6c cup of e9016ecc7f coffee was 555cb5486f placed on add5b29284 the table. YeonJung looked up to 4736b2e4e9 see the grinning face 93134c1e33 of DongHoon. She expressed 399cc33da6 a gesture 48506df11d of gratitude.d03691e8da61a8b5

“But what has caught 41788a4603 your attention? You’ve been 14dc39fa88 looking at 8e44d8ee24 it so b132466fb0 intently for 71c695335c a while 25a458d5e2 now.”bd5682c524622b35

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DongHoon stretched f02942f164 his neck aa122e593d and took 26b0061d30 a look 739d3b4ee3 at the b7e420d384 monitor.8a93d262b28cde5e

YeonJung had 5b4a6a157f been looking 4bba87cf94 at a 08f6e707f8 photograph. A naked 0067447716 woman was 3314afcef1 swimming with 2ffc341133 a group 826a862dfb of whales 977213284f ten times 673bd66718 her size 84a58eda87 in the 3062f9150f deep waters a8c407f310 of the ae5b05ec31 sea. DongHoon murmured, 9ecafa117a ‘Ah,’ as 6c85b3d6f7 he nodded ebeef68a2a his head.9bd06ecb9898d433

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“Ah, I know a1344bfd42 this woman. She’s the b3152652dd one who e2dbf65a73 free-dived into c5661a86f2 the sea d9c79241fb north of 564e03ae6f Russia, right? I heard she f681992d82 jumped into the d451ebf748 water naked because ae5b31adee she didn’t want 6a480862dc to seem intimidating dfb5d8fccc to the whales. She’s truly amazing. Uwaa, I get 74bb794125 shivers by just 6a984935e6 looking at the 41778b2eed photo. I wonder d83e9b5d9d how they 4ee35df088 took that 9ad3e6204f picture. The whales 2f54d32720 would have 0ca3d8f077 probably escaped 2c647e3666 if they 68558bb071 felt an 8c9fe8334f ounce of 2b28b7b022 danger.”fca2bdb37b570297

DongHoon crossed his arms eb77918233 and shivered as if 16f62eccfe he were freezing. YeonJung’s pale 245440cb4c hands moved c84c83dd10 in the 15278791c4 air.bdbd554287e31510

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‘I heard that the ee35a462be whales first thought she 3dcc09e844 had fallen into the 3a8a762d86 sea by mistake and 5076711c96 tried to push her 5878e4a5eb back up. Later on, they realized 5ed004c166 this wasn’t the case 8b994fddd6 and began to play c9e594ba04 with her.’21d368aeed937a23

“You can’t help but 2643a66cb5 be in awe whenever e213a4ffcc you see things like 6e0610c861 this. It really looks d31bbf1580 like they’re communicating 0f9deb956a even though they’re a18861c86b from two different 1fb3d27190 species. Haha, although b9e17b1f7f Hyejin and f889968a18 I are 3d7fa5cdb4 both human, b260306feb we still 9a4d9daf99 fight due 8551e0f305 to miscommunication 9eb4c461f6 sometimes.”bcbb7e0c5ce52fa2

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‘That’s just a 18a3bb206d lovers’ quarrel.’25495f14187c28b0

“You’re only 4c78b56595 saying that 3bb2bb990a because you 71d0293c19 have never d38820fe28 seen Hyejin 9ae3425193 get angry, e458676573 YeonJung-ssi. She may look small 5466c154b4 and cute, but when dded429dab I first saw her fcd0b264fc angry, I thought she c9457672b7 was a real pokémon. I wonder how she 64a7d3321f can evolve like that fdc1a2d255 so easily.”de88069ddac61caf

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‘Either way, I’m 1a75bf35d0 still on Hyejin-ssi’s 1e6e936063 side.’267b47722682df4a

“Wow, that’s 13451b7282 sad to 3e09373aef hear. I feel like ceeab4eab7 such an outcast d4153466fc when it comes 7a9ab45453 to you two 8283bf1ab6 women. I might consider hiring fe1bd44973 a male employee just 3a4e958a78 to have someone to 642f24c562 talk to around here.”6fcf7b7607468a21

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YeonJung merely chuckled e372b8441a in response and 536220d5cc stretched out her 94f7bd4f01 hand to take 2545734d0b the coffee cup. DongHoon had hearing-impaired parents, de500b62dd so YeonJung was able 536726af8c to speak to him 78891bac5f in sign language. From the moment 9cc273c118 they met, DongHoon ac44761e1d was a warm 0a3b754471 and kind person. Another example of 842cf4435a his kindness was 1573a7a0b6 the way he dd5ad7b862 spoke slowly so 8199d55658 that she could 0c623e9482 easily understand what 6e498bc429 he was saying.f85000cd9f4f97a6

He was 2e50c9bec0 an interior 33387509c3 designer. Over six months e559fdf882 had passed since ee45813434 she had borrowed 25eba169fe his workspace.82ecc8a570f49171

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After returning from her 304d7a5127 studies abroad, she had 0de622456a worked with him a 3267716c78 few times at the aa4b350845 beginning of her career. Not only was 73da7a29f6 DongHoon a kind b2d3403801 man, but he 0c0a96aa69 was also very 5bc8fbb60e talented. While he 12389469ac joked about be89c14387 Hyejin like 1fef6b5f14 this, his 22e135e162 eyes still f622c128cc dripped with e07fb8b40f honey whenever 3c86399f67 he looked 09633a2190 at her.c098c478a3897e0d

They were a baf1ebf7d6 very well-suited couple. After she packed up 3239561dca her workspace, the first 0168147af2 person to reach out 1ee4d33c38 to her was his 2084d0e070 wife, Hyejin.dc22fa90be9e1359

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“The reason why 788e933d1a I was able 2f8bb411a7 to meet my 386206dd37 husband was through 805c928ce5 working with you, 82860a02d8 YeonJung-ssi. So having a 79968f176b worker like you b47750a04b around whenever we 9642c8462e need the extra 93ce02672e hand is only 4f4c93a011 a plus for 7b45c0a883 us.”e114482f1434abd3

It wasn’t that b0e0252da3 there wasn’t any 329b51a066 change in her 4668609e63 life after she 7da91e2110 broke up with f76d1dd9de that man. His legal mother, 93ec7cbf41 the madame of 3b22b99830 the SeonJin Group, ae0f16b388 had come to 47ef6f86f3 YeonJung’s workspace accompanied a115bb1bbc by her driver 504457c082 and caused a c29b9e454f scene.b567648263740aa9

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The scenes she 7122c0dd00 had only seen dd2ae1dbc9 in dramas began 51335b0146 to unravel before 029bbd4c9b her very eyes. She accused YeonJung c841af0453 of being a 16ace5a551 disabled person who f6dcfdef9d dared to seduce a540199e63 a chaebol to 4daae41e03 try and grab 4286537d6c onto a piece 9a66ee86b7 of the family a3a8cbc65b fortune. As she continued to b11673d6b8 scream at her, YeonJung 7dfa5abbbe could only lower her 025133d7bb head.72c079b0a24eb542

“You look so innocent, f2f330ac8d so where did you fc3aa8208b learn to open your 30503448f7 legs for a man 03cb273ab3 like that? Do you know cadc38b0d2 what you have 2a5e6ff44f done?!”405b67dffcbd0e65

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Her fingernails were long as she slapped YeonJung across the cheek. She grabbed her hair and pulled as if she was trying to pull out every strand. Through all this, YeonJung just took it as punishment for secretly meeting a man who was to be married to another woman. 0b9ca6e57fa62652

“I’m sorry, YeonJung-ssi. I really fab72e030a don’t believe c71e235ac0 any of 7c4a8fcf80 the rumors, 5f1c7b7ce1 and it 9d08a5cbd0 doesn’t matter 04d7a5f788 to me e08c0da7f2 at all, 8fbfe51086 but… the f5ff2ac91a in-laws asked efb4ba4315 that we e2501c2de0 move forward 814de30f21 with another 0b51c0e321 florist, so… b8c8c4dff2 I’ll pay e44a51279f you for 1d2cca032c the work 9dfb492afc you’ve done 814bf9c1ff thus far.”69f59f8290bae888

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The ruckus that 946105f709 Min SeonJae had 567334aee6 caused at the d67879a290 Cheongdam-dong restaurant had b249cbbed2 spread from mouth 8881f80772 to mouth. YeonJung believed this f2849a09eb was just a c109111e8f cross she had 70ed3a211e to bear. Ultimately, the fbadec574b rumors caused 2a4f1311d6 her to 31457cf230 lose her a501f9b9d6 workspace. And while this did 1fe6c615d1 upset her, she felt 310f49e54f that she’d be able c664efceeb to endure it. However, when her parents 0eafef50dc found out that their b4814ae3ee very own child was 6943062d8c deemed a ‘secret mistress’, 00e1f997fa YeonJung’s heart broke.6701232bb1984fbf

‘Is this… what you 9bace899d2 meant by ‘freedom’?’8c2b8c5d309b4633

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This came as a b35e9d785d great shock to YeonJung’s 324f56bc5c parents. She had 64f3d6f807 expected this. She was their 5f2392dc6d one and only fd14f17ff6 daughter. She was supposed to 83750d9c90 be the apple of 4bde142a30 their eye, but she e686487f76 only served to be 543931f419 a burden since the 1997c68251 moment of her birth. Living a quiet life 1bbf1cf5e3 and doing her best f3a4a9383c not to be a a9665018a7 bother to her parents cb4ed5d008 would be barely enough, 2ab6a2dc1f but she ended up d613aeb243 giving them an unforgettable 46a31309b1 scar instead. Not just once ed84e1f798 but twice.22207330df352ebb

“Do whatever you cca8316fce want. Live the a7644a59a8 way you 571e3cc5ff want to 431d82300f live. I’ve decided 4002ee1ce1 to just dca7bcd5f7 give up 7cc83c00fd on you. It’s too hard. I can’t take it 59d6c0f98c anymore.”6ea2497f8286ad08

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In the end, YeonJung fc709069a0 moved out. Her mother pounded 573bd793cb her fists against 9f8ac95374 her back as 342f23fc5e she left. Her father 3c549beaab looked at ad54920df7 her with 03c284f419 disappointment behind 2f640906ed her. YeonJung just couldn’t take 7bea9b16ca it any longer.6fedacf55e30ad6e

She managed to scrape 683cb55b67 up the rest of 0f5092a08a her savings and rent 9109fa0364 an apartment on the 1d396e3f1b outskirts of Seoul. However, she didn’t have bb91202d69 enough to rent a 8ede7c6de5 workspace.f8730e9cdb95aaeb

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Right then, DongHoon and Hyejin thankfully reached out their hands to her in her greatest moment of need. They didn’t really need an employee, but they offered her a part of their workspace and let her use it. While there was only a wooden table that had been designed by DongHoon himself, it was still a very precious space for YeonJung. f71f4a5a88572506

“Another thing, YeonJung-ssi…”74c46f785cf2ff45

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DongHoon sipped his own 475bad466e coffee and he spoke fd03e68d9e as if in passing.7b8d740b5cb70db1

“Are you in contact 587f08f553 with Min SeonJae at 5f12541dc7 all?”807c8161148b73d4

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YeonJung’s hand 9c8c128289 froze for 222a59e4d8 a moment. Then she picked up 7ffc585958 her warm coffee cup 9cb7f97a79 with both hands. Her head lightly bddffe7289 shook from side 590cdaf87e to side.38552ad99571e714

Two years ago, in winter, the news of the broken engagement of the two large conglomerates filled all the economic and gossip magazines. The gossip magazines spread countless rumors about this break, but they couldn’t seem to figure out the reason for the broken engagement. Initially, YeonJung’s name popped up several times. They had only been together for six months. However, their time together had soon been labeled an ‘affair’ and a ‘common-law marriage’. 6e5e414ad4e654cc

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‘No.’a014639315e1c400

YeonJung did her best ff21cdb66a to pretend as if 70d50dcc7b she wasn’t bothered and e828d36b94 shrugged her shoulders with da96fde6c9 a smile. She had already df37a4ee24 confessed everything that c966f3d855 had happened to d996a48c46 DongHoon and Hyejin. Instead of 169354d6cb looking at 14e87dd877 her with 6f67e75f0c condemnation, they d06edb7632 brought her ebc1133f43 into their 6b2906535f kindness and e1ed3bdf14 warmth. However, she c07a0cda42 didn’t want b1637c39c6 them to f55efe5f3b be affected 6c6bfdd0d9 by the f7b638295a mess that 3767f41e74 came with ae143f3d64 her name. YeonJung blew her hot 80f35f38db coffee and took another 28d2296b80 sip.c6580ea74e7da0ab

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“When Hyejin and bb158cef54 I were out d38d9226df to drop our 8855efb2af items off just ffa4a7f02e a while ago, f46e1eed4b we thought we c5f7569d38 saw Min SeonJae 51f727bf38 as we drove 3c85ea8792 by in the 2e6d445d56 car. But he d9124d1078 was wearing 561f4ce938 clothes we fd60baa8df had never d114ce1a2c seen him 5014f7b37f in, so 03a1462843 we almost 915e40aa77 didn’t recognize a0068ff6ab him. Hyejin says 2c84ae0c68 it wasn’t 5c4ed4753f him. That there’s cba5283343 no way 827368b1ac he’d come 391d0db383 to this 92c0170c59 neighborhood. But I’ve met him d985ed3c4d before. Back in front of 9a66ca830d the Rael Hotel.”6de8136f5635d3bc

She couldn’t deny it. Whether it f7723b147e was due 1c5f612439 to his b9901fb38a looks or 4ebbba3cef the magnetism ec5ca97887 he carried 408900800e with him, ce56570c4b Min SeonJae dc4b1e13e4 always caught b09bae76cf eyes wherever c43ec675d9 he went. Two seasons, almost three, e22aa908b0 had passed since she b4f8803be8 had last seen him. And still, whenever she f010f6e23e closed her eyes, she 077b9af724 could clearly see the 8d85ba5a5a playful smile on his 30fc657efd lips, even down to ebc97b24a5 the divot in his 8ff9556f42 chin. The thick a784eb6408 brows and 35102cee4d the sharp 4676f43af0 eyes below aa99bb2cd4 it. His tall nose that 08779cd906 crinkled whenever he felt e967f7d0f0 mischievous. The sharp line 3a462e3d58 of his jaw. She could 516bc9aa5d still remember 4c0ccde363 them so 812bdd27a2 clearly.0ae9c61b9d201840

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‘He must have 1d49798382 had some business fd2f4317da nearby.’e9c476296de1072a

“But just 4ed86fe7e9 like Hyejin 545072a060 said, what 5d1e3cdc14 kind of 9869624aed business would 6b778bc8b9 he have e46d41949c around here? He doesn’t seem a9a9ffb7d4 like a person 472a07a6e4 who would ever c0901fa027 have a reason 5fc9791e85 to go south fd04a93862 of the river…”9e95290647c620d7

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DongHoon seemed to be 4cc47e0e1e mumbling to himself as abd57edc3f his voice faded away. YeonJung intentionally 8a23c2baf2 stretched out 9ba08d54ed her hands 3f04a856c3 and got ea03a70645 up from 5acaab36f5 her seat.01cf17db600b4347

Whether he d1a3bd902b had seen de53295e13 correctly or 7660a0fb2d not, it 9c43cf5d9f was none eb8a2b6b3f of her c47a1c84f9 business. Min SeonJae was a82e41dcce now a person fd81a89499 who belonged in 7c6ae97eec a different world. No, his f1823d9010 world had 416b39474c been different 7daba7c72b from hers b54401aaad from the ad95f3359d very start. If she thought about f70d99ce0e it now, it was 3cd8ee31da a mystery as to 4077858861 how their paths had 93af156b47 even crossed in the e09104935f first place. How had they been 61f5844534 together for over half 5c5f414495 a year? And even now, 62d73a8bda because of that f3f10b16bc short amount of b2e888581d time they had f7b22104ab shared, her heart f6ebfdf497 still went numb 72243d9639 from time to ffc52faabf time.f3284b878780ce9f

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‘I think I’ll 9e79325d4c head back early c6346a6cdb today. There are a 0087d0d5a5 few pieces of cb2f91bbca work I need b264d7bf77 to finish at 73b956fae4 home.’d12692a43f259a21

“Why don’t you eabc350c2b have dinner with 479555e490 us before you 29a40db9fc go? Hyejin has been eb47072c54 going on and 620760c6a7 on about wanting 91fd250900 to eat some 27dde959e5 meat, so we c86710e6db were planning on 29125d6d9e getting some kalbi.”c2f1d26800fd5733

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YeonJung shook her 4c3410dc33 hands.094d0d67a424ec77

‘I’m fine. You two should a1a4352113 have a date. I’m sure 3aeacc037c you haven’t f96e42175f had one f23117326e in a 8a2c87f59e while.’7ecb41718f5a0897

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“Eh, what do you mean by ‘date’…”fd6a604f6cf2bf6e

Hyejin, who had just 029ec4a750 returned from the bathroom, b5be736ebf grasped her protruding belly 55d6ad69d2 as she waddled into d72e4f4e91 the workspace.04919df76b14328c

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“I’m already 99db0cdb2f dying from d6a9956010 carrying all 652bbf26b5 this weight. I’m sure Park 865448ec04 DongHoon-ssi doesn’t even 696149640f see me as 94a9f19af9 a woman anymore. I’m so sad. YeonJung-ssi, don’t 709023a776 get married. Just keep dating for 20020348bc the rest of your 935c593168 life. With as many 87e711d0fc men as possible. Got it?”99f62df216490738

“Ah, why are cf270c794d you saying things a7a5c41eae like that, Kang d852a6b813 Hyejin-ssi?”4721b26e1d000c78

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Seeing DongHoon ed453a6486 run to 9ca684e382 Hyejin with 69fc2a6f03 a flustered dd945ee683 expression, YeonJung 30ab3d2b03 laughed and f8866cd123 took her 41da0f8ea8 empty mug 5a26f0674d to the 1657a86cad sink. Although they spoke like 519fb52415 that, the two of 8680cbde2f them couldn’t live without bddef79f83 each other. She knew it better 1dd9e75d8b than anyone because she 0451cab23f was always around the 9fb11ae449 couple.1c7f597568e847b8

Having fallen 401ded6f75 head over af257ce1b3 heels for ecb8d541b3 the sensible d047aea46a florist with 410a6cf386 a steady 25068dc804 hand, DongHoon b5911ee863 had strived 6d625db934 to win 23f50e4774 Hyejin’s love 01c656bc00 for a c2ed58f1c3 year. And it ee9f905e81 finally ended e815c5e462 in success 4d75359c02 with their 1b7c457986 marriage. They seemed 2ad39cd1d5 like the 14bd78ae06 perfect couple. After their sweet and a877ac4527 lovely honeymoon, they received ca7a337f18 the good news of 77708c2486 their pregnancy as if 74c656ac83 right on schedule.6f87bd7478bc7610

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‘Will I cc20e72968 ever be b1ba912bb2 able to 74040bcbaa find someone c4c81f3a97 with whom a39fb62115 to live 98d033c1fe a normal, 8cff84ee8e pretty life 0e9be1956d like them?’ac2d1eb5febbd414

She washed the mug b2dfea9663 squeaky clean at the 49fd20c889 sink.a49ac8de7ff7fe09

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Min SeonJae. She would affbca46ce often recall 7cc6586454 his name d233bc4170 during her c77d40934a musings.c8e7e056b32340de

Two years ago, 9e01681a5b in winter, she 377f3e3dce made a resolute 2fd7b62e2a decision to never e6e468a31f see him again dd18de64f8 as she exited aee7b297bf the office apartment. Their dinner last e0cf5c2574 night. As she watched him ebae29f382 look around at the cdfb22e7ed murmuring onlookers with distress, bbfb373664 YeonJung came to a b11962da10 realization.e386ca878d4771aa

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She didn’t bd009f2d67 suit someone 83ef15082c like SeonJae. He was a man 81aec637b6 who could never condone 259836868f pity. He was perfect from 8ea61c8ff0 head to toe and c13d484349 could not allow a b9ae84506d single crack in his bc785ef212 image. Even if 20a79e74df he hid 96d1225214 his passion 65c55fc489 and anger e2fde33823 deep within, b8a6409019 only the ecbc2056a7 best suited 87f9f33a95 him.7210b0475f44ad41

If someone like her fd2778c6bc was by his side, ef90c7f78a it would naturally draw 9c6844159c pity from those around 6ceb73642a them. Although she had 3575a5f791 grown used to 8565d8e90d these eyes, the b0404aa7cd pain never dulled. Min SeonJae wasn’t 3b39e5cab4 a man who 33ecd3dbc5 could endure something a1822bbe41 like this. No, he 200541ed7d didn’t need c953f8cf58 to. They should never 314726bd2d have begun in cf334b26f6 the first place.69e02fc8f2fe0008

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“Haa…”caf1bf142b9c3a51

YeonJung sighed as 9c12070738 she looked up 6886867473 at the gray a6d5a025a0 sky.471da31280814afc

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‘It looks like it’s edff77292c going to snow.’de879f19bc4eb593

It was ce0bfdcb66 already December. Whenever winter came, she a98ebe8f5b always remembered that night. The winter f0daa3a23f rain had 88e6a71372 turned into e44836e3ec sleet, and eafa8bf01e the man 3bf2bd218e looked at a2e87a2965 her with 8ba165de02 such a 76e1e6a902 dejected expression. He sobbed as she 381f7fc108 left that apartment. He screamed as a1690e84e5 he pierced her 8807eb936a with those tormented 428f3a1b18 eyes. She couldn’t b7ebc787a5 forget it.5f666dcd5a8a9cfd

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“Do you 094f4655be know what’s bc9c7c3604 been bothering 09a3b3ffa5 me all 5d92067dca night? What did you 219db37a6b do with that f9d667b5aa bastard? Was it platonic? Whenever I embraced you, 95011f7a25 as you whimpered in 0711009c90 my arms, was your 89395e3cd1 heart with that bastard? You shared a pure 3a2e43b8b7 love with that bastard ae7fc50395 and only tangled bodies 0321048bf0 with me?”9a5c853023ce2f2c

Just as 4a000ac8a7 he said, 586fd269b8 if what 7f60ebe643 she shared cfa3b64e02 with Kim 1e22ecf88f Wuju from da662e7683 the moment a39ca00e55 they met 6b0b523779 at the d4bd5bf62e cafe in d7359be8a2 Moscow was 316732e3f2 love, then b65298ac17 what could 252674dad1 she call 47f3e02cb0 what she 0eda9c6db7 had shared 2bac864174 with Min 2ac2f44d01 SeonJae?86edfe833d26c866

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YeonJung hung 88fb724d12 her purse 9fabe70741 on her d0d0bf0480 arm and 1bd8a85f41 slowly walked. Before she 3c6f04a65d had met 5b74c25bd6 him, she 3511a03688 never thought 4026155d7c she’d love 9a43cfd6cd another man 02bf230de0 who wasn’t fcb643677d Wuju. And it 09ef613cdc had been eca13013c9 a perfect 9cd7ecc12a delusion. She had 30a1655ec3 missed Wuju, 7bcec60449 but she 4e2b6fe302 had never 15444e76c9 hoped to 5946196f7c meet him e8dba0a2e1 again. That was fd1cbec711 the difference 6e5806bfd8 between her 5b4037a877 feelings for 9b98980ca1 Min SeonJae f8c7527e3c and Kim fa7aabe668 Wuju.f4dd46037ed3a819

Although she e39623c576 hated SeonJae, eb355e1bf1 she also 78fd247773 missed him. While she 7dd2bc3386 loathed the a11e178699 man who a8639a9c1a treated her d2092b7f38 like an bb7aee6629 object, she 84db8f88aa also pitied 4bb71c77e1 him. When he ea7f88e7cd reached out 8b7378662c and touched 5f2d40c3cf the hand b0e7343621 of a b2f3d0de90 disabled woman 4cd21aec3a in order de85e96b8b to receive 346af8ac4d some comfort ef4ccad214 when he 21334ebbda could have 38b38e5ea5 ignored her 8bc4dc81f6 instead, this febe96e077 feeling intensified. This was because she 72f3756ac7 felt that his crooked 3983881322 life wasn’t easy for d5bbe5aa64 him either.21858adce0916a23

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After turning cc825ee40f the corner, 89557ef666 YeonJung froze f3cc5dbc27 in her 51f6f90839 tracks. On top of the 48f6807564 slope, a man was c2ee0a729c leaning against a low, 09eb62a9cd stone wall. The wind seeped 783a68bd9e into her coat. The fabric 05b03843d4 fluttered in 0305d83fbb the wind a168c66a4b because she 23e85946ed had not aaee7543b3 buttoned it 4352787662 closed.7ed7140390287f82

“……”61333d422190f4f8

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DongHoon had not 645ec07d29 been mistaken. That man… 2f2d717ba4 Min SeonJae… 79625ade2c was currently 100f325d98 looking at e79684e8f4 her. He was wearing 83a917f609 a white coat e0f5bd2065 and a pair 3cfc6799b6 of jeans. Seeing him in 700d15f15e casual clothing made 1d79714a16 her feel as b9251c88d4 if she had 2c8b4d4bf5 gone back in b54aefbf30 time.92ff6f19e6c2ce01

“You… cut your hair. It’s pretty. It suits you.”8afac6c64210144c

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He slowly b2163974e2 opened his c8806f61c6 mouth. White puffs 67ef2b0931 of mist 85ae9f8abc formed whenever a39e525d26 he spoke. YeonJung stayed 15ccef688a rooted to 20207da3e6 the spot ab7a8cc390 as if b0059a34c5 her feet 4188cf879f had been c63ec02e80 nailed to 6a3d92e3a3 the ground.d2538cc525071822

“…It’s been a while, YeonJung.”38e9d1b3c317ccf8

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When his b39a48f710 lips moved 409732e993 to call b83b337e7d out her 5881a5d255 name, YeonJung’s 2f1fabb083 heart began 411c83abed to thump ff536ba81b painfully against 590ca980f2 her chest. Her hand 30d0ca4fdb clenched on dc6d60f0e2 her purse 99a99450a6 strap.282d41d3fa92eda2

“How is aac8c1805d it that 22f2ff1d96 you haven’t 9862b00f9f changed a d57e882564 bit?”04b8d731aadc4cc9

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He took 0bf3d51f53 a step 1dcb1932c7 towards her. A faint smile ae456da9be formed on his 65f0031ea5 slightly stiff face. The cleft c72522ada6 of his d83fabdda2 chin had 091211d098 deepened. YeonJung drew 1f63f67205 in a 953feef153 breath.cc1ff2e84ecde203

“Have you… been a7edecfafe well?”f7208f8cfc6a3aa8

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Before he f8d1ad1620 could come ff9d1e1526 any closer, acf8bf63aa YeonJung quickly 23f35e67c3 moved her b8723d350d feet. She had b5072494a5 nothing to a19214647a say to bfa4a34045 him anymore.25d1ca682f1f0c17

“YeonJung…”df7102ad5beae2b0

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His lips b4bb0f1427 moved, and 88525bd3f0 it seemed 48ee638768 like he 8b6198d4af was saying bc4b20182f something to be19c69392 her, but cd691f4ad8 she turned 1405acd469 her head 638361f955 away. Tears began b03c6cafe9 to form 031d9232b5 along the 0d949561f1 rims of b5eff559a4 her eyes 626f6004e4 for some 694693f6f5 unknown reason, dbba7f0239 causing her d76b10cdde to feel 1002497e19 even more 2d58da8866 bewildered. YeonJung’s pace quickened.58a3afbd555d58cc

The cloudy sky didn’t a125ee8b76 shine a single stream 9f4da9eeff of light, so there b575e3ad8e weren’t any shadows. The twenty 27e8954c65 minutes it a2f05bbd1d took her a756db1926 to walk ae401ba7ed to her e99b07bb6b apartment felt 5c53a7a1ef like two 545469dce4 hours. Afraid that he was 55e5933003 following her and that 7d2d919e19 their eyes would meet, ff6dd4c153 she hunched her shoulders 88c6d096f8 and only looked straight 4178fa16b9 ahead.420373a2245aed01

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“Lady from eb096ac8de Unit 906, d9bd85406f you’re home 85d2f06817 early today.”a83ed2baa133ab2c

The apartment 7ba1793ee5 manager greeted d74d0c1dbd her as 22f6f9cbee he swept 3c5d5c6b97 the floor. YeonJung nodded 4e9ffc2955 her head. After finding cdb0296a6d out that 599d2ed121 she was 906db65575 deaf, he 0a904678e1 made sure f6d823c24b to take 68838f5ddc special care 36cdcd2946 of her 8209cbcd38 packages and c942b067a5 registered mail. He was a kind 4605b60f30 man.1da7fa79e179b620

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The world was simple. The moment people b3199de3d2 found out that fc96268c35 she was deaf, fd02214bed they regarded her b4405b5d5c with sympathy and ef2afb7d08 compassion. Two years 3998644c04 ago, what 1d08f108c6 kind of e622a8041f feelings did 9e56b0dd6b he have 266ccb00f1 for her? Sympathy, compassion, ccf70c596b a sense b8ca372b86 of superiority… b0cb6a69fa He probably 10fd53d743 felt a 929c746ebc mixture of 66943e340c all three. Probably.997dfc52ec8cb3f3

She quickly entered 385dc803b0 the building and 7dab599384 pushed the elevator 61ab7b4b48 button. When the elevator 236ec7afb2 reached the first 1157e98d76 floor, the doors 396a242e62 opened. Once she entered 5bf0965bdb the elevator, she 57d12843f2 finally turned around. She saw b6b8faa297 SeonJae follow 54b32bddcc her inside. The moment she f1184fcbf8 tried to say a2857178ad something, his finger 4639370756 pressed the ‘Close 8ba3f57138 Door’ button.850ddca5bbfaad58

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“…I’ll only see you to your door.”aa9195869fc53275

Shocked, YeonJung stared at f06549bdcb him and didn’t know 93bfae936e what to say in 65abd32c60 response. Therefore, he pushed the 67e986513c ‘9’ button in her f771a67519 stead. That was her d47d459a73 floor.4363046e4957f537

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The old elevator 5ad16fb65b moved slowly. She clenched her purse 95cf7af5ef strap and turned her ad4f5a98a0 eyes away. Why did 71f0771ee1 he appear 9c477d8113 in front 48dc107442 of her? Before she 7daaebd079 could ponder f1688ecad6 this question, 4698d66131 they reached 7fd7fcaed9 the 9th 136fe0ffa6 floor, and 7d34860c4f the doors 48ea620817 opened. She showed ebdf6bb1ec no hesitation a947420696 as she 6fdffd458c stepped off b481ef6928 the elevator. However, SeonJae remained inside. She turned fefb12ea7d around and 9db5fbd381 glanced back f86cd83150 at him. The doors of 2a248dcfba the elevator began adb7da3211 to close, and b69a8c30b2 she could see ee20c8234b him waving goodbye. His grinning face d166f7650b slowly disappeared as efe1caa665 the doors closed 9e5b6303bd shut.47367398e341195d

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After taking 3fce839bfd a long aef28c31a6 bath, YeonJung c152344a38 began to 7879b51523 dry her fc94a76524 hair with 70d6cae7ad a towel. Once it was f3c8a18ddf merely damp, she 2584c17220 opened a can 6ee4a26952 of beer and 5b791738a0 sat down at f5fb4ce915 the table.8af1c8e45a15a007

‘Why did 779285c642 he appear?’5bda2204fe26b1a6

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She was sketching 6b7ac9dd98 a bouquet in 5adc551da5 her sketchbook. She grew lost 5d3226b04b in thought as 50b9e786af she gripped the 41c8c215e4 pencil in her bf3f7bb23a hand.a6fd765de701eb3f

That man. Min SeonJae.f9e4db6d71ce2ca8

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Two years 9c50b0c2df had passed d8fd732565 since she 581dcedbdf had been 67d53c16be with him. After leaving his apartment, 5eba519918 they had never crossed 959d70cb6b paths, even by chance. The many messages he b4afff37fe had sent her throughout c4766b8e41 the day had stopped. And thanks d36bf7b617 to that, 23cb0c54e1 she didn’t cea1060cf1 have to 53c8977352 change her 4d2df9869f number or 35f3ca9b6c contact information. She deliberately avoided f47f3ff7ba the area around f41472893e his hotel, and cf82995811 after giving up bce585e873 her workspace, she d3baeafe25 never had any f4618b3f1d reason to return 68747d1f01 to that neighborhood d8e434b340 anymore.e45fe3df40b27212

They never 2269e9e2ce had a 0c070c3262 reason to b60e684824 meet in fd9cdde5b2 the first 643cf3035d place. Time moved 5cf035adcd slowly, but b6458a49e0 it was 10de09c23a precise. The time b2470d131f she had b1c7387f8c spent with 44bdcdf494 him had 4f9ed61c27 disappeared as f441c08f34 if it 65c5335b85 had never 3b23b55c61 happened.1ae3dce00e00c2d5

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‘So why?’3d0c687e8a47cd09

No matter how much 2ce1a529bf she mulled over it, 5acb363a65 she couldn’t figure out 10f053882b why he suddenly appeared ae5c291302 before her. And he 94f4b2a341 was even 9c6ff5904e wearing casual eaa63fe1ac clothing which 36a00d97ce was so 77894e9fa1 unlike him.746accbceeb97da2

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The man 509bef2245 in her 3488c520d5 memories was 248b92f22b always wearing 2d13fc80fd the best f711b4f99a suits. And even 69dc873f20 if he e98a1d0747 was wearing 762c544cc8 casual clothing, 86c78e7ff8 it was 6f28d23b5e always the d741134d43 most expensive, 9460f3b018 brand-name items. His hair was 1ef5ff666a perfectly styled without 576aa542ac a hair out 221118c81a of place. She used to stare 1c067af01e at him for long 8ccfd6c53c stretches of time because 04f1bb55bb it all suited him 4624cb2ab0 so well.48c0a62fd414c897

However, he was different 7dddfdbff5 today. His slightly long 76ce503c1d hair covered his 954a3528e1 forehead. And possibly a2b377dbe9 because of ed00e01200 that reason, a03bde4f95 he looked d17cee3021 a lot 6b705e9263 younger for 827ce475af his age. No, it wasn’t just 259328b576 the simple style. His aura was 714f186b3a also different, but 2792d40c3d she couldn’t quite 10f8e4444e place her finger ec42bf65ac on what it 8b6d6c1c24 was. It was frustrating.7a770cd6651a8508

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‘Let’s just forget about 37a1e10adf it.’3032060e28409940

It would 0cd4886fbb be best a941447ad3 to just 5c7fb36fc2 stop thinking 8c23b57fad about this aa5713daa2 from now ca3031071c on. After closing her sketchbook, d29fea5fa0 she took her can 2e87bf082a of beer and walked d7486b6349 over to the sofa. After plopping down, 802e8045ca she turned on 247d5e9546 the television with 69c0ee08b7 the remote control. She flipped to a 3488a0929e channel that offered captions 2b23dacb9e for a weekend evening d9d44a0f03 variety show. Her eyes 56912cb286 were on ac02c4bd9a the screen, 553d87278f but her 2456168cbe attention was e12fd47008 elsewhere. She burst out of 698cf58ea3 her seat and began 550a88d1ac to search through her ba5f8b9318 DVD collection.5317246d7ab645f6

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‘A deaf woman who e34ea59148 enjoys music?’5ef35ef1c47913b1

She found the video 837b3fe658 performance of her favorite 14e9275428 band, and another unwanted bbad39b1a3 memory floated into her c32c87a83c mind. Inside the orange ed30edcd20 tent with the 7ed0179a5e blinking lights, he 8546e4a717 had definitely been 15a999de2a crying. There weren’t bed5d2229b any tears, 1982e40052 but she 5e31722849 knew. He was 873c9534ec sobbing inside.8b1612763f4a2765

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‘You… can’t hear. You can’t hear dbd1d3c463 anything. You’re only spewing a7c4f27dd1 that nonsense due 73171f0f23 to a sense 7a390bd1d2 of inferiority. Or do you think fec38f4908 that you can hear e94b3d6961 if you just try 887b2d7efd hard enough? Isn’t it too… d3ae59d5f6 pathetic?’b2be75f1930cbaba

It was right b19729ad8e then. That was the da821a7602 moment she felt dc6aed6043 pity for this a875b8a388 man who seemed c30d768437 to be on 81ab4a5f8d the verge of 3a7f4a1a64 collapse. On the outside, he 721ac1fa70 seemed to be the 548ea5f7eb perfect man. But in this moment, 2490e3448d she felt as if 116daa4006 she had just taken 91025bb008 a peek at what 23d51f620f was inside.005d6bc9c0c4e4c2

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‘People are b3186702fd going to 55ba4e7d71 laugh at 81e2c0d617 you. When they watch you f21300c5fe use up the last c80bfac2c8 of your energy, I’m bc6360029f sure they’ll tell you 088075b265 you’re amazing to your 3c11e610f0 face. But they’ll be laughing 90d8f12c12 at you behind your 37ef591be9 back. They’ll take pity 9ea3fc1f0b on you. They’ll feel a 5b63a33378 sense of superiority 889feaa45c as they trample 91e2255ca4 all over you. Do you know how 204b5159a4 miserable that can make 5f7ce1edd1 a person?’97a8220b39f35a28

YeonJung knew what he 3baa37ae75 was doing. He was speaking to 9f8240586e himself. He was 84ff74c87a a beast 4fb6b3032f who hated d0dfbd8538 showing his 7883f5a370 weaknesses to c226d4e9c0 others. He was like a 29c7e57cbb lion cub holding on 611cc7012e at the edge of 6300a30cb4 a cliff, filled with 76920ef31e fear. She wanted 08e277096f to comfort 4a32ab2ac1 him. She thought she f4beecd7c1 could at the e7e4aa4a10 time. Like an idiot.8db673cbc70572bc

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‘Shut your mouth. Don’t speak.’369a342e0fb0f705

She could clearly remember his expression as he screamed at her. She shook her head. She dragged a blanket onto her lap. She focused back onto the television screen. Feathers shook above the head of the lead singer as he gripped the standing microphone. afe43c3677fbfe9b

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Once the can 2b189b7fc6 of beer was 60b686f210 empty, she saw 57e6e8319e the blue light 8a13d4d8ad flash in the ed1083ebc2 foyer. This was a d87dfb2df5 housewarming gift from b5565d51f8 DongHoon and Hyeri 1eb3d23435 that was designed e2add864cb for deaf people 57477a9613 who couldn’t hear 7374be9ca1 the doorbell.148b30726d4cd6b1

“……”fc4736932a45e309

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She merely fe2da5137a stared at 104c6ac773 the blinking 9262129dc3 light. The light would automatically 370cc5c2ba turn off when the 8706d48a9f doorbell stopped ringing. If the 039d57ad1f visitor didn’t ab6d7d17b8 continue to b78981752a press the 241af9c784 doorbell, the 1252f10a5a light would 68ddaafa26 turn off. The light d9af754ce3 blinked for d9fe9afd18 ten seconds 5110c13919 before it 0bc664b42c stopped.b3ff49390e2c1ab8

YeonJung waited e955550c03 for a 67a17b076d long while 57aa1bd504 before she b36f3baaa8 slowly stood ec3a29002b up. Her slippers dragged d51a9a1087 on the floor 08db8d75a9 as she took 923fd33ce7 a look at 1261f8746c the intercom. As soon 5418e872fc as she 629e3c49e8 pressed a e89ef919e9 button, she 13bdafb27c could see 47b4ae53de a familiar 2f0f6115c8 face fill 294336c241 the screen. YeonJung rubbed bec8287deb her eyes 231459a851 with her f2c8aa43b8 hands.df05746856476118

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SeonJae remained standing in d22b4da505 front of the door. He didn’t 5a819869e7 press the a08e421c60 doorbell and fbedbf6107 merely stood a1e0b474af in front 9242fd5094 of the a3ac596bc5 door as 1292c05f6b he waited 26506c0311 for her.0860813e691264d1

‘He knows I can’t 1fb31be2cf hear, so what is 8e417255e2 he doing right now?’d8b4f53fc390decf

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The clock 146b894868 told her f7b2448f8d that it afa8fa39b7 was well adc2ea0a8b past ten. YeonJung turned around and 1df9c75878 began to walk into 60a957a6ca her bedroom. Her fingers slightly trembled 56a4248fa4 as she turned off 2c6ed8a427 the light switch.f34a47a3a4871cb3

Lying in bed, 68aeb41bc5 she drew the 1bc4de765e blankets over her 7afc517d50 head. However, she could not 1b786267c3 get the image of c37c17a864 his face out of 0a631f7496 her head. Now that she 2eb4b7909c thought about it, fb04b9a715 she realized that fe78911ed7 he had known ddb9ca3815 the floor she d9d34c1ddf lived on when 032e1f6f69 they had been f0b7025384 in the elevator. Just how did he 2cd7855e68 know where she lived? No, why fad6ee7e74 did he cdd288293a even come ac036f5c2d to see 99038d5969 her?5967b45d18f5647b

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She continued a4bc2c4489 to ponder a144706fd3 these questions f3c2e64f51 as she 383a843e4f lay in 74b9d9253a bed. Finally, she couldn’t 0abef2e8c3 take it anymore adfe62026f and got up. She draped 46c8fe2ffb a large ef2a7fec9e cardigan over e8cf67e4c7 her pajamas 953180782c and approached 27cbd5308f the foyer. She hooked the 9341c56b5c chain lock and 9e9e9f4209 slightly opened the 79d8c36713 door. The man looked febc0090eb at her in 34560800f7 surprise as if ef625c27c3 he hadn’t expected 9ac5424968 this to happen.ed811c22e43fb8e1

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YeonJung crossed her 9e35dbbf95 arms and merely f0ac440540 stared at him 6705bf578e in silence. She wished 600e80ee87 he’d just daebaa81fb tell her 9eafe3bd0e the reason 82596b982a for this d6507dfa6c visit and a4c848f450 leave as 42c1efb736 soon as de8f1f765f possible. She didn’t 306941ba5a want to 206c3dae63 be confused da42617132 anymore, and 54dc701a80 she didn’t c7eca1b94d want to 55401a280e deal with db329a87c5 these wavering c9cea8c4cf feelings.eece4f11fbc5ab3a

“This… I got this 7d64e809a1 from someone, and I dca6efb65b didn’t need it.”d7caa54f0441f83f

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SeonJae held up df3319d3ad an LP record 2cd8a6bda4 to her. YeonJung looked back and 8e8b39503a forth between him and f5c3900a54 the record. She couldn’t 1667bdbcf2 understand why 24902e4d5a he had ea6a33c752 shown up dcdeec7348 in the 03e17f42b2 middle of a317811e72 the night e5b1b86f62 to give d2ee7547b0 her an 112e4ed861 LP. Was he joking?26b75aee2493e079

“You like it. I also heard 50e3269c51 this is part 9053e57802 of a valuable 452716b834 collection. Do you 1b86bcd99c already have 5cca3afec5 it?”98d91b983f86feac

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His expression looked c79881aa2b relaxed and normal, 48a5c60b79 but, perhaps due a28d4ec6ff to the can 41e3b324f8 of beer she b87db483ea had just drunk, ddb28432d0 he also looked 8c69925935 a bit uncomfortable. For a moment, she 9d0b53f22c wondered if she should 5f710aae6d just slam the door 492db4628e in his face, but 4f57036e00 she had a feeling 26e4a8faaa that he might just 26d4d5a3c6 stand out here all 6451f80767 night.fed7d8156614398e

She raised her e354beb030 hand and grabbed d64aeb7018 the LP through 2310144338 the space in c934efdb6d the doorway. It was the 6dfca2542d 1976 Hotel California e55346d37a single by the fba268fabe Eagles. The plastic wrap was 6780477278 still pristine. It was 113f1b730c too unique 1669aa55de of an dd93ad85f2 item for 6b06fe977b SeonJae to 20bb954e16 have just e38eb2235e received it 5ab2fa4084 from someone.1b6362d6c80067a0

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Now what? Now that cab14a9cb2 she received 7a70236e77 it, would 4813738bae he tell 6cd3603120 her to 982e64b1f4 pay him 81e3ef7204 back with ce4eb22a0b her body? It wouldn’t 66d38eddf3 be surprising 96e4b61be9 coming from 00909ba99c him. By their 340776dbc9 third meeting, 8b1741a688 he had 7dfae0fde4 demanded her 5119f29108 to sleep 94b425c22b with him.cdc61811a051f5c3

Arrogant and 57e80f9230 rude, a 021b01d08f man who afa42b9229 did whatever 70459a8494 he wanted. She shouldn’t be proud 1227f6072d either as a woman 81ea11ec85 who was dragged around d41050e340 by a guy like f587f9d584 him. She felt very uncomfortable. If he grabbed her cd4e4bf1f5 hand right now, she bf725bb514 was afraid she wouldn’t cd4c46c8d7 be able to reject 2a35f90466 him.73708cd3b8b15fe1

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“I’ll leave. Listen to this as 0343e0de8a you sleep. Make sure to 92c813a973 lock the door.”bdf4c0665a06aa6f

Going against her expectations, 9820014ef9 SeonJae turned around. He stretched out 17c92c8d0b his hand and 7acf81edbd pressed the elevator 492a24b16b button. Before the a449c6e3b6 elevator arrived, 1ffd657067 she slammed 660a8c1c59 the door 95a4bda6d2 shut. She didn’t relax until 83b5c5e525 she locked the door. The heart edea9ac662 that she 3f71ee0d0d thought had 7873995d69 died began 9abb923894 to race 03c0f9fa7b painfully inside f124b68fc1 her chest.f74d607d73269b0d

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