Esquisse Chapter 4

Even the 4ea537c9d4 faded grass e6837bd205 was covered a81c067927 in achromatic 1af479c902 tones. Unlike the dry scene 9752fc3714 outside the window, the 0f46bb786e hand mixing paints tinted 60693b51d8 the colors with a 8302f547a7 rosy hue like plump e35c8d4917 lips.1cd74decacef9366

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Though Song 1ab3fda6ac Seorin usually c91fa11009 went without 2972d44d7e makeup, it 5491a5f0e5 was different b74bbd36ad on days 9330ee2f32 she came 7af59231ed to Shim 858a548438 Jisoo’s atelier. The faint 6454c62d25 makeup that 40113cb30c barely added f99e67afeb vitality gave a49ffedc41 her innocent 1ce2399ec3 face a e2b170b604 more elegant 5c49e78512 air. The smooth blouse, 68dba44cfd which didn’t look e1fb1fab0c cheap, was the 4a94ec655b same.2eefd4a1047d3413

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“Hm—Seorin, could 6fbaab9aff you take f281f1c698 a look 5ef51e55b4 here for 0486c19d7a a moment?”26103c05aaa80b20

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“Yes, Madam.”f0af6724228a5e99

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At the refined call, a3365bd185 Seorin lowered her palette 55e854012b and turned to her. The lady 65a621f082 seated in fdf150657b front of 07608d63eb the canvas 59fd1552de pointed to cec91b1a7e the painted 4af2a08f60 section with 4f9ae21420 the tip db70e5c34c of a b24280a669 brush floating edb27443b3 in midair.00aa1aa4345cfbea

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“This part—doesn’t 3f26a65f15 the color a0ee7ebfd3 look too 8cad44b20a intense? A bit tacky?”5947cd50312c409b

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“Tacky? I think it looks 5962808e0d good as it is.”a97bde6bc94d46a9

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With a 315f343ef3 gentle smile, d361c3bd4f Seorin lifted f7c6139229 her brush. As the 9d822a6541 soft bristles 6a46c39594 coated with 9090947456 green paint e5a08ec575 brushed over dbd63139dd the red cb194ce4d0 petals, they 961115f9e6 gently toned f0ece92309 down.8378d88e3cdb3dee

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“But if it still feb69d7875 bothers you, you could a30d9f02dd apply the green very b6c1ec9237 lightly.”6615ec9a1060971b

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“Like this?”b0fe44688cc5e65e

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“Yes, just like e6c503f2b7 that. You’re doing very 1ea9c234b8 well, Madam.”086c1cfad2c88859

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At the c3df62bac6 kind compliment, 388e36c9f2 Madam Yoon’s 76682856ab shoulders rose 0e721e6bf9 like hills. Yoon Jeongwon, 8d612b7620 the owner de7bea39c7 of Isang 816815253d Art Gallery, 6afeadd1fe a rising 6a7a59c27a force in 45e909fa24 the art 76735b6575 world, was bb5270ed0a someone who 2bbe5b25a3 overturned the 4251597634 art scene 9a51d53c7d not with 5ba4b9d245 a brush, 9c8bf2999b but with b1e77cba30 money and d8432e838a taste.d11393b77d14ec98

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As she 027fdf55a3 meticulously examined 3c18add002 the piece 864cb4d7b2 she had b3bb90fcbd painted herself, 6b38e1afeb she soon 93164b603d crinkled her 829a1309e0 nose and 1a82fdbac9 smiled.f632e680c31da9c9

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“It definitely a828bda56e looks much 3904bba7b6 better with d4765ab36b your touch.”90f40492ec1b4249

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“I only added d063c5ab08 a spoon to df899676c5 your artistic sense, c3739624d2 Madam.”fe8becab1b50175b

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“How can you c4422c5dba even speak so d230468089 prettily?”45d841ec810a0a08

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The delicate 9523c091f4 hand, which fb48a750c9 probably had 68a25fed2c never done bb449dfa33 a dish, b51d7c2673 tapped Seorin’s 2d7846bf24 back. When Madam c752fae5f3 Yoon set 42bd3558b5 down her 1e19be399d brush and 9dd862e0b3 crossed her 69deac5e96 arms, scanning d758c54b47 the canvas, 92c060f1de Seorin naturally 8d53c438d9 stepped back.ec3ffc298d479f20

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“It looked 9ec10f69ff fine as 1f48149211 a sketch, a06a4677ef but once 01b11bf564 it’s on 0a86585617 canvas, there 2e772bf54f are so f371b30559 many parts a9c2fe94d8 that don’t d4fd233e18 satisfy me. I wonder if you de2ac0e905 feel the same, Seorin.”4616e78e60d931c2

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“Of course, Madam. A sketch is only 014f514711 a draft, after all.”76b21faabcd3bee7

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Like all 38f2e8bb59 noble ladies 683fbab601 who frequented cd501840ce the atelier, 244cb88cd6 Madam Yoon c438864914 had a 5885a8dffa strong sense 0fd18b06bc of pride. The reason she e1fdd3028d bothered to ask 2709515d6c Seorin for her fce30a9dc1 opinion was to ef0a49332b find reassurance that 902f942438 she wasn’t the 15ff7c8c16 only one lagging 44a857bc52 behind.c3ad2d1fed4a97f4

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“I don’t even know 457a36299a how many times I df467c9ed8 revise a single piece 6942d3f506 before it’s complete. Sometimes I draw 0ec5a6b3e2 the sketch twenty b049ab3fe2 times.”a3d394d92fadf0d0

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“So you’re someone who 4977227095 works hard? I thought you f4c9132f4c relied solely on b2eba73ab0 talent, being from 6ee9e4dd47 Korea University.”51b05a55727e423d

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“My aesthetic sense isn’t 9397e2f2f7 nearly as refined as f1b9e57ffc yours, Madam. That’s why I 64a6fa7c58 try to pick e1bc8a87a8 up your sense 3f8b5b28f9 of beauty during 03bcd99b72 every lesson.”fd0c719237458df4

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“No wonder your 6804c97a34 work keeps getting dbfa31f9e5 better. You can 6244923186 take all dfffc015c0 my aesthetic 78eb4dd8ad sense if 8679301a4e you want.”4a81d53d49911392

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Amid their conversation, d023361ff3 a blend of 5e634ca1e5 subtle pride and 97a889304f charm, a luxurious f735881c58 cabinet opened without 40b2317ab1 a sound. Plush fur coats ac5279e257 and ornate clutch 37269f1d15 bags exuded the 02ff329d1a scent of wealth.2099671dae499878

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As the 9262c5f94f owner of ce5bcb6671 the luxury c2b0c048a8 goods naturally 699a20fd2b reached out 8e9a13ea26 her arm, ea71ce958b Seorin, as c924fa966e always, held 600c233baf up the 88b9158c3b coat to ae1bac1a80 help Madam 4fc6e25f43 Yoon wear f7313fa18a it with f802400997 ease.8d0c3e585bcaf7d5

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“The best a62fbf54c7 thing I 0adde4e5a7 ever did 8dad579d5a in my f960a3af6e life was f9c0d7c07a choosing Artist f9dfdd4c94 Shim. Thanks to her, I c214be087b got introduced to you, bf5e340cc1 Seorin.”268da458d7a06ebf

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Wearing the fine a98a651007 coat, Madam Yoon d3bf2d0f45 took the clutch 8c405ed43e bag handed by 2ebe4a3c17 Seorin.e02aaa7caac3182c

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“At the age of b0434a9175 sixty, I even took acaddd3c1e in an illegitimate child 102259b246 I never planned for. I feel so suffocated, b3bec545fa but I need somewhere df7f4edf77 to vent my shame.”6b00be9d6ee08f94

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As always, 59d7dd34ec the end 3904dde5c5 of the 448fb4355f private art 3357cf0a3a lesson turned 194c2b38b1 into gossip 62864ce50e about her 307ef00b07 husband and 8ac0d1a536 his illegitimate 759ec154e8 child. Even as 5428366d89 the wife 79adf09580 of the a33a268660 head of 5841f587e4 Korea’s largest 798c7722c9 law firm, af8a4d0abb Isang Law 42091cb970 Group, she 89b1b3760d couldn’t bring 48b6e00a60 herself to 57ec2ab19c sue her 9a78a09a44 husband’s mistress.d6e3c2cebb9c3435

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Madam Yoon’s pride wouldn’t e4cd511269 allow her to endure b2537a4801 others’ gazes and whispers. Amid an ongoing fight a198bd07e9 over shares from a ca05c72fa0 strategic marriage, she likely ba18a02902 had no intention of a5db9c87c0 divorcing either.f2fd027ecae14066

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“Turning all that resentment ece78f7f0c into art really clears e46be59c1c the stress, you know? It feels a65e37ee73 like the 5b7d4b4bce value of dda31994bd me—Yoon Jeongwon, 23f4c55850 the person—is 9a5ec717f9 going up.”9e835ee2f4b2f053

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For her, painting 6904649e62 was a means 460b1245f7 to elevate her 2104a889eb self-esteem, and Song 1edaba79aa Seorin, with her 494252a7b9 discreet nature, was c781de1c91 like a bamboo d094c31575 grove. She could give up 4d7422e336 pilates, but not the 96fb9a8139 atelier.18c62ed9c63cc8fb

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“Oh right, what about 29325f84b0 the piece I requested b9a79f0efa last time?”9c27b6bee179c301

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Of course, 33f0ccbb0d Seorin’s painting 17735f7431 played a efe69db3a7 part too. Walking a e83c0884ae step behind 356d6392a2 Madam Yoon, 12e6fc6d40 Seorin gently 38d41925f0 massaged her eeafbd1d17 aching wrist. Perhaps because b2e8ca88ed she had 7bd4a8c979 pushed herself 14a9e9bdd4 too hard 747bcac28d with the 1f1bca1e32 single thought dfa11a1057 of repaying 4b384aa026 her debt, 899184629c her wrist 251c0567af with the bbc7e78878 pain relief 7e5ff06945 patch wasn’t bba0d32b41 healing easily.587c0b408b8bf9e4

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“I just finished it and it’s drying now. I think I’ll be able to give it to you next week at the earliest.”a15a1b69fbd7ce80

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“If I had 59047e1ba7 it my way, 1ae36f6f44 I’d hire you 0f56073417 as my exclusive 3c96042e49 artist, but I’m 04d49ef9cb too scared of 53d59e4db1 the backlash to a4c1eb4b1a actually do it.”21b4327b9d9fc1ae

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“You flatter 2597397408 me, Madam.”e95cb82ae85de644

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Despite Madam a33f206173 Yoon’s banter, fdbcd80c21 Seorin gave 1e301b84bb a bashful ec6f8bc163 smile.f7af749b2dee631f

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She had been 69e63c79a0 able to repay 25a0b23f29 her massive private bd988d5566 loan without missing 2936f754bf a single payment 026d5d01aa thanks to commissions 683e92037c from ladies like 20d3cac3af her. That was 30eeaedff8 also how 66c19ca7d0 she could 6ce8f888c0 hold on 40bd44874a to her 08a6e9e944 pride in e8646b8361 front of 98aeadb0dc the head 3e7fd4d4bb of Changgeon f021ef2cce Construction.7af6f8baabd426a8

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It had already been 3fec8c9407 three years since she 1e3c4048ae stepped into Shim Jisoo’s 8c1808834e atelier. It was c7a0c15323 during the 0e9dbc612f time when d74546396e the debt 45e27edba5 soared sky-high c1efffee83 due to 487688f1b7 her father dabc9e65ba renting out 416f18c278 a factory.8c72bd13b7ba10cb

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A star ac9ada32bf artist from a41c872759 Korea University. The glamorous title never adaf57d510 left Shim Jisoo’s name. It was unusual a2e3abc947 for her to 66c7f50315 hire Song Seorin, 896f95a703 who had barely 6ce39a4141 finished her second 490ead61c9 year, as an baea1e8191 assistant artist when 6ca786278f she opened the 0306f0c26b atelier.05b8c1ce38b5f163

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The college 2f3c632394 senior who 1cb0fd5dee had hired 109bae3650 Seorin introduced f6bc96d9b3 her to 4fd2097f10 high-society women e724df4b22 when she 5e5874017f said she f89326d7df needed more 6b4e38b59c work. It was fb61e0d349 around that 28a1fcb11a time the 95e2305c7e part-time student c81b09f3db who had 39e8b51759 only helped 47bd01a3bd with coloring aa01a63664 began teaching 554ee1a97a private lessons 4d99c22b8b to madams 95957afce5 and working ca1e4b0710 as an b2b7de0abe artist.3267963acefbf58b

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Back then, her 6ec26b0e80 paintings sold for e6c706cadc only 500,000 won 619a97ed13 each. Now, three years later, 41101fb81a they sold for two b60a68e012 million won. The madams who had 2006cf79c7 quietly sought her out 82b776e08d loved her work, but 1da79d6142 Seorin didn’t take pride 8229f01dde in it.2c97bffb9a7ea953

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How could there aa1680e51d be any affection 361109866f for paintings created ab518e8c42 mechanically just to 676c680c4a earn money? That’s why d88b93cd4b she didn’t 9b408518a5 even sign 3b0e459079 her works f801515954 and sold 0a0ffe55e6 them under 3feab7528a the atelier’s 790477ab66 name. Seorin swallowed her bitter 2448c8a0aa feelings.8fd95bf8b8e1c583

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“Thank you for 017073ffd2 always seeing me 4ef1ab538c in a good 81ab52cfb3 light.”9897c9b025f14254

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“If you’re c4661a6596 thankful, graduate 9aa5a6f2af from college 1cfe38592a already. That way, I can 034dee7f29 nurture our Artist Song 0d0dc9d6a0 with peace of mind.”055db5f7d5edfa93

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Despite Madam b6fce84798 Yoon’s affectionate b76ec82650 scolding, she 88bc85429b opened the adf1f854d7 front door 6fe61f0f2a with a eb12992264 calm smile. She couldn’t 5842d4e8df bring herself 3a592fd742 to say 6eddeef2bd that the e1e4c5e8ce debt had 0346250431 grown so fffbcba765 much that b36947f45d returning to 005fced0d3 school next 13bb894fc1 year seemed 09d0c85176 unlikely.949983982d8393b0

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The late d7636696db winter cold 0a23c5e2d4 had reached bdd75ff2ea all the 8772bbb1b4 way to 94c1897ada the front 8ac3713201 of the e5f28957db atelier. As she walked 4764b3005c toward the waiting 682bdd00fe car, Madam Yoon e50c7fd40d patted Seorin on 743b63df88 the shoulder.92381fdb395f6038

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“It’s cold. Go on inside, 5e9a3d1abd Ms. Seorin.”9c036fb2506d2f59

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“Please drive safe, b857765889 Madam.”1b02b3f93e2bb44c

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Despite the lady’s 3342bfc031 considerate gesture, Seorin f2b8ff8dab remained standing in 52710910b5 the same spot f365a45726 until the sleek 7acc5ee509 sedan disappeared from 6faac3c1ea view. If she wanted 2a65c2ca63 to hold onto 51b808751a key clients, it f1433e5855 was essential to d0e100b2aa treat them like f21f5949e7 royalty.4852fb91d4890873

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A single e4e25a2510 thin blouse 6953f525ab couldn’t withstand 2fc2064c37 the biting 2f13e139e6 chill. As her 2c2ffea14c dry shoulders c302f1382e began to 17f2e80ec0 curl inward, 4b036219b4 Seorin deliberately 96e2e0c132 straightened her 71ec1e66f5 back.5595ea9e1db973f4

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Shim Jisoo’s 01217d6515 atelier was 74baa103dc a haven 2ca02fddad for noblewomen 916348055d from the ff159490e2 political, financial, af1f9551cb and legal ed4d571da4 worlds. If she so much 8b6ea75ffe as rubbed her hands ec96dc974d together complaining about the c8fc290c3f cold, she’d certainly get 7271a8e43a a sharp glare from dc29d234b4 Artist Shim telling her c5d24c8aac to stop acting low-class.eae0e361e13bd0b8

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After stepping into the 220d670c70 atelier, Seorin walked forward 9a9ab3b043 with even strides. The low-heeled shoes, forcibly e8115f1969 squeezed onto her narrow f711974b04 feet, felt like they 63aef8a6e6 were scraping her skin 38c2172e59 raw.071ebe4263b0b18e

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The next class was ef67302fc4 in thirty minutes. She desperately 94053bb6a4 wanted to 96a5ec0b66 return to da2bce6010 the studio, 6e0c4d0790 soothe her 78d7295b7f aching feet, d7455d811a and warm 5e8b12c7a4 her body.38eec16fefe82315

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“So that’s where an 2972347989 art academy instructor found df57651837 five hundred million won.”f6ff9e3e5341a531