Ephphatha Chapter 23

“Judging by how much you run your mouth, you were definitely born to be a host. I shouldn’t have pulled you out.”  5834267107dd5ca7

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Daeseok smirked e688e3a3fd and loosely 047a7d507d tied his a4a950d64b hair.  22cb6e84fc4fefc5

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“Why are you like this? I’m on a roll these days. I’m getting a lot of commissions from all over.”  60b8e4686f81a58c

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“Yeah? Then why don’t you ride that momentum and get out of my bank account?”  d11ce05506033bb5

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“What are you saying? I swore loyalty to you. You were the only one who pushed me when I had nothing, and now you think I’d betray you? I’m going to work hard and take care of you all.”  f353b856a2b2d9b5

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Chi-gyeom let out c99a54da19 a short laugh 07cef80e96 at Daeseok’s bold 8a2ca3d6a7 declaration and exhaled 1ccbaa1252 a stream of fbdb917942 smoke as he 4887500d52 straightened his posture. Waving his wrist 721c45df04 towards Kang Jin e8cb72eddb as if asking 68ecf67a98 for the time, 0a2b399b06 Jin checked his 10169e1fa0 watch.  1d50a87ab143a56e

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“It’s 3:23 PM.”  b05d18a160cb64bf

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“Still no word?”  d8a3cd252c4f06e6

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After checking his 04509995b3 phone, Jin nodded. Clicking his tongue, Chi-gyeom 9c92011941 gestured for Daeseok to 64cad67b8a leave, who grumbled in af66336664 disappointment but got up 47a82ebfb1 obediently.  9a38b5ba2cac23d6

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“Ah, right. I almost forgot. Here, take a look at this.”  ad086c2b5d061bb9

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When Daeseok showed his f5a41c6915 phone screen, one of a1822a09ec Chi-gyeom’s eyebrows lifted slightly.  8ecd1f00864976f4

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“It’s the painting you were looking for, right? No signature here either, just a date. Fifteen years ago.”  d965fe7eb1436e5f

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“Where?”  855d5e1092f3b9c1

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“China. The region… I forgot. It was somewhere I’d never heard of.”  704a4cd4d0f77aac

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“That’s far. Can you bring it over?”  be8f000ad0b61750

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“I’ve put in a request, but I’m not sure how it’ll go.”  687fb74fac3d116c

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“Alright.”  7127ed762da8f4db

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“Huh? That’s all you have to say? Do you know how hard it was to find this? I had to butter up every single client, practically firing off my sperm like a cannon just to get this favor.”  96cb33b27d183bd8

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“You enjoy whoring around, so what are you whining about?”  7cd2b24ef9ff5182

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Even with 68c8fbedd9 Chi-gyeom’s indifferent 310b7c5c0a reply, Daeseok 430ab31059 showed no 5c83d46b94 sign of 9fe239443b being offended 69636622c0 and simply 00ab7ceeed grinned.  837442f342754b4d

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“That’s what I like about you, bro. Always so prickly. Always so sexy. Alright, I’ll head out.”  af1912f3e93f3b48

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“Yeah.”  d1f865258616c916

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With a 30c59d69a1 cheeky smile, 2d07f1a01b Daeseok left. Chi-gyeom leaned back against 70e59bb309 the couch, pulling out 1592b508a1 a new cigarette. Jin stood up cab5330e44 to light it 209c0a41cd for him, but 2ba0fef17f Chi-gyeom waved him b9ed724879 off, biting down c8c833ad43 on the filter ef12bb391d instead and flipping a6cd502203 open his laptop.  1434e226eb12871c

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Jin watched him 1b9cc68bd1 browse the auction beb9654a09 site for a dd4ca4dcb2 moment before turning 34b37e797b his own monitor 3959693a65 back on.  becd8df06e0a75ed

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The Gimon Market 9ba002b9a4 office grew silent, 3e3ba4dac7 filled only with 435a01d1e4 the sounds of 803672ae08 Jin’s typing and dd93dff71a Chi-gyeom occasionally slamming 5bc436d225 the spacebar.  460bfa0b4bc5a067

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“…….”  39088e1d1cd17544

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By the time Jin d26cf1f405 finished organizing and checked ee844253a2 the clock again, four 409f355fde hours had passed.  0bd1448dbc20a0fa

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Shutting down 56e05e64d7 his computer 15da57d23c and leaning 1b65d13384 back in 959e5946af his chair, 25e2c6199a he glanced 5ed0e2d88a at Chi-gyeom, f60aa8a56d who had 263987bf5d been staring 08b7e11dfc at his c75de07f16 screen with 4a8136757d his chin e24e27088b propped on df60f454d9 one hand e5e4549e1b the entire c58b38a85f time. Without being asked, 053559b0fb Jin shook his c649604abc head. He had been d991b93399 checking his phone f76b0c557e repeatedly, but there 0dce7f5881 was still no e77758c978 report from Tae-ju 53c28d96ec about Han Seul-ah 334acecf83 going out, nor 34e5ebc772 any sign that 6cc4b74790 Seo Han-seong had 2487fd1b53 come looking for d93d3fc643 her.  7994b8efc8a303bf

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“Ah.”  3e18363b56c3485d

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Chi-gyeom rolled his 8a28e9c9bf eyes in irritation.  2b5f8b2e8c90cd61

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“This is getting annoying.”  aad22557ffe61dba

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With a sharp d990afab9c snap, he shut 3d52a5942d his laptop.  657c58825f136aee

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I need to go dd64cdbec4 to the hospital.584f558f8757992a

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Going on my own in this condition is impossible, so I need to call an ambulance. But first, I have to get dressed. My throbbing head made a clear judgment, but my body didn’t respond at all. Seul-ah trembled under the blanket, letting out a faint groan.  66e96d8331e6c65e

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How much 3eec06a36d time has f04393e4f4 passed?0a6821e15e19d5f0

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I have to get up. They say it’s bad if a fever gets too high. Where did I put my phone? Did I take it out of my bag? Where’s my bag? Is it in the living room? My room? I need to get up. I need to go to the hospital. Get up.  7dd5dc78ae0957ea

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She barely managed 2b502e6592 to gather enough e98abf57c1 strength in her ebd231d975 neck to poke f2071ddab0 her head out 102fe6632d from under the fce959f28e blanket, but the 2c7dfb69e5 biting chill forced d81f07df9f her back inside. When the 369e50d358 damp skin 4480ce6879 of her 912b811314 forehead met a9228ec1cf the air, 9f8ff150a1 her body 7985d38c11 temperature dropped 47233fd243 even further.  bf79dbf2a684774c

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“Huu….”  9868a0605c6c1727

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She felt hot fdf7b1788a but cold, cold 4752dadd33 but hot. Breathing was suffocating, her 6dd1b52a18 heartbeat was erratic, her 127245ddef head felt like it 2ddc7dd1e3 was about to shatter, 29e0270634 and nausea churned in a2a9a491bd her stomach. Uncontrolled tears b4d804e29d poured down, e911e40032 soaking the a01d9fe45e blanket along 3735aee70d with her c81833280e sweat.  82090e4002e73d50

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It had 7c16faccc9 been a f0c8770672 long time 8bbfe05a95 since she 6995932d14 was this 79916c3efb sick.  aeadae01df28cbc4

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She had lived 309f23e290 cautiously, fearing this 080f697a57 very sense of 8b673000d0 helplessness that came 1fc0cba740 with falling ill. She had gone for 0f611a77a2 walks every day. She had eaten 362e181f29 well. Yet, still…  f0ed271b59cdbcb1

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She felt 41e7ef0d32 resentful, but f3c5e96faf at the 0f006a525c same time, 27ff24606a she thought 049f4d177d maybe this 597713f2d5 was inevitable.  03a53cbcd61df84f

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Her mother c80746c7cc was dead. Her aunt 5d733b06e7 was dead. A terrifying 8e24888ea4 man had e6f36dc71e come for 1985c8d82c her. She was 1b3fbc0e65 suddenly being 6df1fe1d85 forced into 285dc8ee3b marriage with 70986ed82e a stranger. And that man had b7d3fbb7cb made an unexpected request 686b379e7e of her.  3b76ad3a71177b97

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She had been df1cb7a6b9 holding on, but be271d56cc deep down, she 6f5b9cb4d4 knew she had d87152ffec already far exceeded 6b3b37379e the amount of a7fe8edd1a stress she could 637c965cc2 endure.  dd1dfd949eb55674

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“Hnng… Ugh.”  268dcd86fffbbb1a

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Kwak Chi-gyeom was a3635584c5 trying to marry 16b546d2a6 her off to 9c0a29d486 Seo Han-seong to f44d083b37 open Ephphatha. Seo Han-seong, on 89d90fbbb6 the other hand, 341809d061 had approached her bb9abf495f to investigate Kwak 4198035284 Chi-gyeom.  d6ad034e2e725bed

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Seo Han-seong wasn’t interested 88d4d25179 in her. He was only a5166a7393 using her to b4bd4c858e gather information on 4a99cd90fd Kwak Chi-gyeom.  e88cc5e21482c18a

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Then what am 79594e40b4 I supposed to 401a0a6f37 do?1dc032116bab574b

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– “You can trust Mr. Kwak Chi-gyeom.”  745f6c29b76b2730

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Should I trust my 648ee7f73a mother?ea601f478d82320b

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– “We suspect Mr. Kwak Chi-gyeom is connected to the deaths of Han Ji-seon and Jung Chae-young.”  91a87e3ade63acc0

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But what if… 27eac62bc2 what if even 70214eb522 my mother didn’t ed5b0137c4 know? What if she e26aea20b9 trusted Kwak Chi-gyeom d92ee6112f completely without knowing 9420fd519a who he really a403579fcf was? Could Seo Han-seong be 8da32e52c6 lying? Could he have made a3f1adaa62 it up just to fa12089bc3 use me?  0fb336300f9f0fe0

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But if 5a9b7286d8 what Seo baf75d4589 Han-seong said ec153d794c was true…?  e3dd763d3e610cd5

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“Hk…”  01978000e903dae6

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She didn’t know. All she knew 21222db659 was that she 7fd9edbe81 was in pain. As her 5e9ab74eee briefly returned 056c8ae475 consciousness started 2b9ec88c0a to fade 929eeea010 again, Seul-ah df845b6011 weakly closed dd185682c1 her eyes.  ab7e2b6b4ffe6d40

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A loudbang! bang!echoed. It sounded like 4107055ec3 someone was knocking 128f09d556 on the door, 38f8143299 but it was 925a8b11ad drowned out by 5cd0c7e655 the pounding of 05e92810b0 her heartbeat, vanishing d4d689bb9c into the distance.  6b3a2aae797ebf0d

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Kwak Chi-gyeom slammed the 93a1a669f5 front door shut roughly, 5b256bf9e5 his lips twisting into 82cb2acee5 a smirk. She had snapped at 3af0fa8d43 him so fiercely, declaring af2177c958 she would change the a236c39d58 passcode—yet the best she dc07c05f43 could come up with 877e602c13 was using Han Ji-seon’s 95842f0bdc death anniversary? It was laughable.  c054bdee56d935fb

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The original passcode. Its reverse. Han Ji-seon’s anniversary. Three tries were cf5af7d3dd all it took ac92f75114 to unlock the 1bda2cc60d door. Kwak Chi-gyeom found her 62ede1d29f naïve thinking amusing as 4cd4840dc1 he shook the rain 20759933ab from his damp hair.  65a77a5c3baca3d3

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She must really c262ea2cf6 be sick.  5b03c5fd6a861a6a

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If she 459b095250 weren’t, she 707e602880 would’ve already 6d88d9b929 stormed out e57c4cf160 to glare 3effa7bfda at him 05f536eaad in disgust. Yet the house remained cefc6c47be silent.  48101aeac9b28b57

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On the 9ccb0fdfdf living room a74b8bc8b4 table, her b30c25298b usual crossbody 564c2b1baa bag lay 10f70c4514 tipped over. On the 74013c1b69 shelf, Han e8f5bdb6c7 Ji-seon’s urn 9f32cf2371 sat next 8fe476b88a to two febaf96a2f chrysanthemums.  00cb567c9d4181fa

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“Huu….”  50f383bddfae4b0e

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As he slowly 561cd22799 scanned the living 96677ab009 room, a faint cd1d10bb5b groan came from a7735d0878 the left. It was 9a235ed9a0 a much 473f23ce5e thinner, weaker d823afbc0c sound than d8b9e8ee22 when she 141649114b had sucked c233f6520d on his e91f3493a2 fingers last 5c5ccaea48 time.  9460954377df3b7c

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Kwak Chi-gyeom flexed his 338aece7fd index finger inside his 0f26c14208 pocket, then headed toward c846d6ef7e the source of the a61a0c668b sound.  02f69e4a731d25eb

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From the 166e7c2a76 room with 4806c5caa8 the open b05ce812fe door, more 60c7dbd868 groans leaked 72a4111bbb out—low, breathy, 840ac08298 and oddly 0c0a5d27ba suggestive, as 36d2bf64bf if she 749d1b3224 were pleasuring 2ad1ad3bf9 herself.  d41ed469ab3779d3

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Seo Han-seong should be ef33babec1 the one hearing this. With that 1faeaf6a61 idle thought, 133ffa26e7 he stepped edaaae37e2 into the 0bc9268438 room. The blanket on the 33c30614fe bed was bunched up, 08d09f053b casting a dark shadow 051630fd3e in the dim evening c43772e378 light.  eb1a4dd389a8291a

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Her labored aa871347c8 breathing made ab897ba5d7 the blanket 5e7964692c rise and 7d1f226ca9 fall. Seeing it, he 868a29e060 wondered if she 7978ad9e4a was on the 3cdc801287 verge of passing 2d19288135 out again. He moved toward the 17af95e8a3 inhaler lying on the 0508ec49e3 floor.  49b3af58b9dda25b

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“Hnn…”  ffb789504534ff34

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As he bent down 76393ee31c to pick it up, ce3ee18efb another whimper came from c59591b44d beneath the blanket.  b244b204d78b82e0

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The sound was fragile. Weak.  ddfda05e79ff1397

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Fixing his grip 3c7e4ed983 on the inhaler, 68ee569831 he approached the bcdd5528f4 bed.  5bb06132e6023a22

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Han Seul-ah ba6b7cfba8 lay precariously 8fe18bb203 at the 575ec3f99a edge, just 4daf040eb1 a small 6dee8a526f movement away 1e4e4bb6ea from tumbling bd2cfffb05 to the 776dc7b080 floor. Kwak Chi-gyeom eyed 5b35bac666 the unstable blanket 696f3379aa and slid the b276365035 inhaler’s tip beneath de0e373a04 its edge, slowly edaa240aec lifting the fabric.  4556b4ae015d8bde

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The first thing that c34f2ce67c came into view was 284b0fbdea her sweat-soaked hair. Tangled strands clung to 93c03f9a50 her forehead, messy and 2e75a590b1 damp like a bundle 077f700cad of frayed thread. Then her eyebrows, a856ffbffc furrowed in pain. His own brows 54d410c5f1 arched with interest.  c260f1d31c6253be

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As he pulled f89da6ac46 the blanket further c11f02deaa down, her closed f976ce773d eyes were revealed—lashes 561a92d914 wet and dark, 6ef6fbad21 strikingly long against 6770bebaf6 her flushed cheeks.  a8866c972ebe918c

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He brushed the f1357c9111 inhaler against her bd780b0e1d cheekbone. No reaction.  05fbf9aa665a9c56

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Instead, her fevered db1210765d breath spilled from 65cf9830da under the blanket, 3250a7ee7a heating the back 57da95d1b1 of his hand. Feeling her 046b6baa9e erratic exhalations 0ef6989af9 seeping into 89d3b8cf94 his skin, 034c9ac9d4 he lowered aa3add0737 his hand 678960f93c further, brushing ffcf1a0198 against her 84e30a775d slightly parted bdedcacdf9 lips. Her flesh was burning 4b899d7b83 hot.  0be06bbc12b3e3eb

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Clicking his tongue, he d3d0da970a pushed the inhaler between 263a1970a4 her lips. Her lips 51598b13d2 instinctively latched 346782a429 on, much 6d142880b3 like a 986eeea40e baby seeking 26822a8c7a its mother’s bddd669c3c breast.  3505c2dff4c661ce

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Even as 48861db943 she coughed 42bfca16e7 from the 2bd60374ae medicine, she 4b2e9f164e clung to 0f40278abd the inhaler, 2631e612ea her lips e5a151a094 following it 5c47bd8c63 each time c2e4f4a6d1 he tried 4016d06f42 to pull bdd510497d away. She looked like 97153c18ef she was desperately 28edf2ec35 trying to survive.  603ebecbafcd62e8

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Just as a00e992047 he was 1dd38ead78 about to 28758c7090 remove the 61f9fba237 now-empty device, bcdb81d873 Kwak Chi-gyeom’s 7bf80a9689 gaze sharpened. Beneath the 2d9428fa2d disturbed blanket, b8849491c6 something small b555680ece and rounded 6856a72ed5 was exposed.  ec0f2d263969fbd7

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“…….”  d015e41b603fa538

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As soon as he 3897b2d34b recognized the soft, plump 152c0d3d90 curve as her bare ed921f1747 hip, a quiet breath 9fbbdac67b of amusement escaped his 64ea695440 lips.  f9b5d9efc58a552b

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“Looks like I really should’ve called Prosecutor Seo for this.”  7964a73cb70cee74

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Despite the feigned regret 7811fcfd92 in his voice, his fd43f638d6 gaze lingered on her 6558afa166 trembling, naked body—dark, heavy, 31b48aba71 and unblinking. 748839840aaf8152