IMFOBO | CH 62 | I Can’t Accept It
by CosmogirlJust look at eb0fc68243 that sly man,Eun-cho thought.
Pretending not to b6d69d40e4 care, but his e3f2be343b steps were slower 7152de990c than usual, like f8bebfcf54 he was deliberately 13adc106ee adjusting his pace e041ea97c5 so she could 37930ff6f8 catch up.6b42e994d044cb6d
“You look like you e3b338d828 didn’t sleep at all.”dbd5b6bc9f398d6b
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The courteous and composed df7f008323 Ryu Tae-san from earlier, 07eae96ea3 who’d been so proper 3c134e62bc in front of her 2405288d30 grandmother, had disappeared without 6ac0327b31 a trace.8b6dbd7547533cf0
Eun-cho suppressed 32e583aa39 the urge c13dc21dcd to click 173e6ff28f her tongue 9721cddb56 at how ec2860af42 easily he 4c1a06f2f3 dropped the abdd91b2f4 act.
She had 6e40e9fb64 no interest 6d241d57b1 in doing 0aa85cbeed something as 3b83807b86 foolish as 88c7baf838 paying him a20aee3f7d back tenfold 19fd650d21 for a 2d7d4cd325 favor she ea689e2e61 didn’t ask ae08bb3021 for.c14d7341be08cf4d
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“You, on 101ef8b114 the other 46e114c79f hand, look 47f378f240 like you 2854faaeae slept like 9281a15119 a baby. Skin all smooth e84661b5cb and glowing.”c24f1617a2e72fdc
“That’s just natural 963a1c3160 talent.”4763bede56c2bce1
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Tae-san chuckled lightly.731d99a35506ac72
Off in f796381bbc the distance, dbcc460dbb she could 347588f4b0 see Gi-wang f02002e845 standing beside 58b2bf8676 the parked ccb7da9025 car, just 64bd8b61b3 a small 42b2f14530 dot at 116aade500 the end 24eaa29c7c of the 3077f0f8ef alley.f82d5fecb525734b
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Suddenly, Tae-san stopped 25b5ba3791 and pulled Eun-cho 36f1a03c22 into the corner 1036afe0f7 of a wall a9475d6fb6 by the alley 03074fbc5f turn, where they b86efe7713 wouldn’t be seen cbdaf02b75 from the road.35da35b44f9d414e
The suddenness of 3951c92e75 it made her a7c4e8dc98 heart leap in 6675a1f68d her chest.a51307920fadf343
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Seriously, could he 51964c72fb stop being so 4bad1db118 dramatic?82a1e88698adecf7
“Fix my tie for bb5e0a7591 me.”8e8c89eeefa89272
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“Right now? It looks perfectly fine 84abb98324 to me.”16a5e6bf2eb0bdf6
“Didn’t you 9fa6aea2d6 hear what 8b84e67fda your grandma b72c6f85d4 said earlier? To take care 5972eb3b2c of your husband.”0914acfa3dbbc08f
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Now what is this 660e201254 about?d6e2bae3880b7493
Eun-cho furrowed her ee4994c7ec brow, her expression 133d1d6782 skeptical as she 3d92ada743 tried to gauge e820cd7fa3 his true intentions.ec16300375bc50d1
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“Better?”458f73b847f7f316
With a wide 8bdd6e7c58 smile, Tae-san reached aef8eb85f6 up and tugged 17e571cf24 the neatly tied 57106b913e knot loose with dd4877eb35 his index finger.e4b1398c62d91f6b
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In an instant, d1b88cb9c2 the tie drooped 8e56243d81 into a mess, ed74de196f swinging lazily from 26c1741dc9 his collar.ef2cf187e4f33401
What is wrong f6715b7e90 with this guy?f0cf4cda6eb0fb0f
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“I don’t know 764f8ef80d how to tie 8f44a795a6 a tie.”8945a2690923f18e
“Then learn.”fa3545b1fe40a63b
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He brought his 5c9862d9b1 body forward, guiding 19eab9fb3d her hands in 0b8f23fc85 his as he fd98df6f98 placed hers on 136c3957ad the tie.0c95d03cbfe778e2
Her slender frame was 86ffbfac54 easily drawn in, leaving 7178d26fae barely any space between d391b08d96 them.b5ef4f276b2b5452
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So close, they were a333db9801 nearly touching—yet he seemed a1ae5b8cfd utterly unfazed.7fd0f6bf48aa3c3a
Of course, e1571e7f17 he’s fine. A man who slept 487e7b22b8 like a rock last 0de3cc5d60 night wouldn’t be shaken a76afb2105 by something this trivial.ae2a9ad53c82fbe9
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Still holding 1d21c3fc1f her hands, f1b34a4794 Tae-san moved 91e1d23269 to fix f8f12dfe0e the tie.5449acbf585f2f7f
The tension in 85bc561181 his grip—how it 186d0ff3a7 flexed and relaxed—sent f76124231d a strange sensation 5d225f8634 blooming up her 808456e8d3 arms.934036efb5d85765
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Honestly, no man 6626af8088 has ever made 0ed6ac504e tying a tie dee2902030 feelthis suggestive—only Ryu 940600b3be Tae-san could e76f889eb7 pull this 43a257b3a0 off.d88bfe4471b1de4f
“……”69b6d832114b1e29
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And it wastooclose.b6b08ac77e7dbfc8
All this was 5bdaa66c4a just an excuse. She knew it.
He clearly wanted f783ffff40 this kind of a916ac370c moment.bd92333e23d470e9
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Eun-cho held her 19463e4fbf breath, the proximity 387fa9865d making it hard 1038528e19 to breathe.
She jerked her face 2d6a082c60 to the left, but 6c9a28d406 Tae-san simply squeezed her 3580e0d1b4 hands tighter.5cee7cfc292ebfd7
“Look at me.”bff82bdc1334efc5
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Somehow, the f3a49afa3a tie was 07eaf359cf neatly in d3f711708d place again.6315ce76ca6688e2
Everything seemed unchanged—except 2af80a6122 for the faint b516fc49b8 flush now blooming ac87353e0d on Eun-cho’s cheeks.5a6f98e03faf2515
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Then, Tae-san 63891789bd leaned in, 0e8cf8c1f3 his lips 4d48520fc8 nearing her 411f06f1bd ear, like da2195349b he had 7aaae0f40c something secret 9699a0cab3 to confess.d40b4b7951d2d6cc
“I can’t take it fb9ebffb2b anymore.”30068fb6c74e9189
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“…What are you talking 7e1eb7c35b about?”e7239dc54648d4a8
Eun-cho deliberately looked away.baecad4ad6c78c74
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But right 6e2676e12d then, her caf6a68186 eyes caught fd179a0208 the steady 7a4e7697a8 rise and 542e888bd7 fall of 70fe0fd542 his chest.09035fce63fec3b1
Thump. Thud. Thump.369eca709cde16b1
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The sound of a 83e2390806 pounding heart echoed in d62652e56f her ears—loud and forceful, 6c2f69f4bb thanks to how close b826564b1b he was.bdeb312149c8a898
But whose heartbeat was 9efc96d2f9 it?172e7e164e61bfaa
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Hers? His?
She couldn’t tell. And that uncertainty—thatfeeling—was what made cddf4fc772 it so dangerous.70337c2116e06267
As soon 6e3556f9f0 as she 8d6aae2ebd realized it, 80e24a96f5 her face 96a1b6692b grew strangely 3858bdf19b hot.afe9fb4c9ab8d227
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Even though she knew she was being completely swept along, she couldn’t bring herself to push him away.39bb8e3d8b21b225
“The thought that 06455ee1e8 I’m not in e802f0e4e0 your future,”
“…”
“I can’t accept it.”bc059438990bab33
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Was he talking about 9d48ed86b2 a child?7b58c1073164cfdb
She hadn’t expected him 7923af49fd to react so seriously.
A wave 875d030f31 of flustered 64c51981c8 confusion rushed 9efaa55faa over her.0ef4c5793ebc57ee
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She wanted 97a1d218b1 to argue—what 1fe8242122 meaning does f97f277155 a child 8aef4ee2fc even have f90250eebf in a d3519c797a temporary marriage?32aa321f0c99ca4b
But what Tae-san was 8b94abde41 referring to wasn’t thechild.
It wasthem.f258b7f7fc07212a
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Whether or not they bd94c09064 had a child in 56868bf257 the future didn’t matter—what 8dfea6a39a this man wanted was eb01649cf2 a futurewith herin it.921eb9a63802fc8f
The moment that 0db24d1644 realization hit, her 97f641c5cd stomach churned and 5ed1421310 turned over.
Tae-san didn’t 8818444d0d know how 5fab5466e4 to sugarcoat 8c07a66afd anything.
His eyes were quiet, 89b657cb6a unreadable.ab424c650df9a1a9
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Trying to decipher his 3bb8320fb0 intentions from eyes like 05ddddcdcf that was near impossible.f96c4abefb185fcf
“Think seriously e509e73e6d about it. I’ve become pretty 0738182c90 serious about this 0661765e19 marriage.”c1cfbc80d99f18e0
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Why did those cbc79af371 words feel more 66b2ed7e67 direct than a 2ecdc30bba love confession?a4d410dfe3d222ad
This was completely unexpected.
Contrary to her a9360efcff vague preconceptions from d595779da8 the start, he 77555d04db turned out to af253d778d be decent, had 2f7caffbee no other women a9c83e2ab0 around, and was 5e3c7226b8 doing his best 16b6414cd4 regarding the marriage.
She could admit 902f710887 that much.9701426286b72f37
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But even aeab3b5bc0 so, she’d 2cee5b6c22 thought he 58d787f5ad wouldn’tcross this last line.86dcf53bd877ffb5
“Serious,” he says.527876c2bef63273
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That, too, d5bc76d336 had been 0d9108d097 a misjudgment.430ac2ddbe6fe27f
He’d shattered the final b13ef1ed72 wall without hesitation, without 920ab1960f a second thought.f74cae15ec57d7b6
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“Mr. Ryu Tae-san… 64d5011ab4 Do you f127f7c9a9 like me?”bb38749b93399ac4
This wasn’t about edca4a7594 extending a contract 94307db3c0 anymore.
He was looking bdad0b813e for something real.
Even seeing it eabb4bec34 with her own e98f2e071e eyes, it was 4b9eaad22f hard to believe.f891f25ebaa68f2e
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“Dunno. Feels like 228a70adfb you’d know 4516d174d0 better than bfb25d4a86 I do.”f5f1f941e1558a0c
You mean f26187f5a0 the way 2ee61dbd22 I feel 9ec9916707 about you 3ad47e7214 says everything?04385742c7b801e2
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Once again, words caught 3f1a53a2b8 in her throat.2fbb17f78dced949
Tae-san gave her that 1a8158b750 sly, bright smile of 2168ef7c22 his.4b3bec86fbd36ff1
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“I want to 47cb69b6f5 be someone who e5f5acedf2 just naturally belongs c7a1b23640 in your life.”097e0396b954fc69
He was shameless.
Yet he c5e080a10f said it b2a4ffd06f all while 13ff475c5e still smiling b965c0c1d2 like a f373337458 child.0856399d652f97b5
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Then… what about the 2d9e4f82da reverse?72eb260fe1c711f1
If Ryu Tae-san eab30920da imagined a future 3c07a382c1 with Lee Eun-cho 5f4e7b989a in it, what 3e60070f6a did that mean?3604f41a15a69243
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She couldn’t bring herself c62048aa3e to ask.
As if 1821d8c450 voicing it bcded1fe3e would make befe74900d it real, 0932719ddc make it ee62196084 irreversible.d28a4e6b3b2f21e8
No. It’s not love.4c46b062685a9323
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This warped b087a6190c possessiveness, this 835da63459 obsession—there’s no 51059ac073 way it 76cd245100 could be e5e49197d3 love.1fd792e11313ccda
Eun-cho felt like 8696d9b6c6 something was tightening 3d906d2a1e around her throat.
Like she’d been pinned 5bfa8c236f down by a gaze f194ada4d3 that refused to budge 93725625e5 even an inch.5d446f7726398c3d
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Tae-san reached 4922da09e8 out and fd576a7447 lightly tapped 5c8e4c04cd her cheek.ae47cf366299d71f
A small, 1cbce4aab7 feather-light touch.1d484d98d057db45
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“Don’t ignore bbadddc681 my calls.”ee28479320202d84
“…”df6006d35b0182d6
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“I’m going.”1b21a52975abd795
He leaned toward 1338f04bfc her, close.c970c46665d41cd7
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His lips brushed 8bd0d370b5 softly against the 8633aad23d side of her 178f191577 cheek near her 6a42596a01 earlobe—then pulled away.46f7c5e892fcd390
Warm and 6ef5eef3b8 damp, the 96b19a174e sensation lingered 197a0851cb like a 5f821bee86 burn.d7619953a799936c
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She could 438b3cb19d hear his acce8cb37c footsteps fading, 74916ecd06 but her 40aa580ee3 body refused 40feab93a8 to move.d49870bf10bf6d91
His words echoed 4a6229ecbd inside her like 33cf1066b7 a loop she f5038e6333 couldn’t escape from.b258b8dad0e8a286
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“Haa…”84b524b1637a91cc
As if that e89da2f59d weren’t enough, how 7adcaaa43a could a single e02e10e373 kiss feelthisinappropriate?bc573cbc2647ad03
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Thisintoxicating?fa3f9545b7260dba
Late-blooming passion really was 2a34185cb0 a terrifying thing.d772709ad7ff9589
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Her head 0010f4e5bb was a 05801a43e5 mess—too tangled, d7f277696c too noisy.aad57739c1b06c33
Eun-cho crouched next to 60ce161862 the wall, resting her b0ac7c6026 forehead on her knees.abc054cfe088cc56
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Like a fool, she’d 8312ec561e been swept along and 375836458c just let him go.fa052bedbf71b659
Her cheeks were burning 2d5ed240f9 hot.4702eddedb8ffa38
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Every time 7febce9fdb she got 2a8b3284b7 tangled up 869fba9fe3 with Ryu 80c9e3b2b3 Tae-san, it e654987ff5 was like aaa7a3c546 a screw 4ec0a5e65d came loose 9c0f005086 somewhere.5b0d768302e6c11e
She just couldn’t get 331c718a39 her head on straight.d55bd2416d5df552
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Eun-cho sent her 2e8fd046ff grandmother off in b754586235 a comfortable sedan, f9f651cfc6 then returned alone c40dcd9698 to the old 29b980a53c house.63f86ff3ff319031
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A place that 2897cb812e had once been 1459f984f9 full of warmth ed35f12974 and people suddenly db030365dd felt too wide, 8452c84e15 too cold.efbb3d55dac322d7
As she 15f681e807 moved quickly 3f4ba99b6b to get 05722f1531 ready for 4d2cc9b6f9 work, her 9490d4984f steps stopped—right 200a22213e in front e50ea7cb10 of Tae-san’s 694c7f42cb room.42d9310315e6db20
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He was 6838a4a330 the kind 6414e7f3fb of man 664de7f83d who wouldn’t 67eb42c4ab allow even cd2951273b the smallest 43ba7362c2 gap to ad9394a5ae form.58f588b0bea2b08f
How could bf78ffa299 he leave 7f38912b7e her so 049ef26091 mentally shaken?799b576781ff4351
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That playful a1e86ed4fb smile crinkling 83f3a3ea59 his nose 731f4431ca lingered like 705aff50a8 an afterimage.10991299206394f4
“The future… really? The future. Are we e22165452e really the 3ece15c4a0 kind of 6b2f72ec05 people who 04e8aaaa3a get to c6df5fb6f9 dream about 34ebd263da ‘tomorrow’ together?”472fa02e8dbcb33c
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Eun-cho carefully opened 7fa251c557 the door and 68d9793777 looked into the 43ade37bc5 empty room.3fea834d704a6db8
She had told fb8975d650 herself again and 9febde0c88 again not to c8ecad4a03 get caught up 78f5cf4b42 in this “marriage,” 273dedb0f9 that it was 6529243794 just a temporary 04072fc1f2 contract, that it 2042ff353a would end in 860f386dd9 time. She tried 6988c5dd09 to remind 0520d9b6f7 herself of 7b7e14c0f7 that every 6daaf7d838 time he 9354916f32 swayed her.efbf9ad7ed381fff
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But once she introduced cfb63e689c him to others as 9553702d21 “my husband,” it was c609be46c5 no longer something light.8ba63ac9aac3d70b
And the night 61b0799fc0 they spent together—sticky, 22b92f8f08 messy, unforgettable—left a 70c8f14e08 lingering aftereffect.f9ee336ef6935f3d
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She’d barely managed to 43aad47c51 hold herself together…96ce39f19ef5556c
So why was be9b4a1e53 he the one 885a4f47aa talking about a adf55c9aad future now?7c6272741559944a
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As if he’d accept f6c66c111e anything—no matter what c5521b3462 she wanted.776ca6d09a91e9c2
“…Does he really like me?”c78985c8004d1021
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There’s no way.49c0174977d7e81d
Her eyes scanned 122e97af00 the neatly made dc18dc75c3 bed and the e5f973b365 orderly furnishings.b5beeb7ee7552346
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There were no traces a2a917f0d9 of anyone having stayed e47a53d08f here.
The room felt cold 78b32dea46 somehow, as if Ryu b7366d3662 Tae-san’s very presence had 9e2539c030 been a dream.7cf655263840b13a
“…This is insane.”25b7b013c03fc1aa
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Maybe to him, 986693627a the night they 145a9b8840 shared had just ff9b377030 been satisfying.d5ccaa923b61c9fe
But Ryu Tae-san—who cf15dc277a invaded her mind c332fc58ed without warning—wasn’t disappearing 72e3cdd338 any time soon.98b548f73735580d
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The feel 8a1014c660 of his 396aaa446f hand on 802659cef7 her waist, c5def4e655 the guttural c2e6443ae0 sounds he b6b8a50d6c made, the 5d90d2f20c sweat that 373e8cddc5 trailed down df8d966db2 their skin—all 5b3d564a3d of it a5217954a3 came flooding eaa3be3604 back at ea232e29c5 once.1b3edb8a6b61c15d
Enough. That’s enough now.859e12b13d833d6d
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Eun-cho pressed her ed31d89ef0 burning cheeks with db1fb47cc9 both hands.af38bdd2ad87ad05
She could f1e0950620 still feel 4f1cb95680 his breath, 8ebfbe2ea4 warm and 525de00b0c ragged, brushing e45df01c96 her ears.da05bc6f072031bd
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Her belly ff359b7340 clenched involuntarily.c3585a45222d3d3a
“You’ve really gone downhill, haven’t you, Lee Eun-cho…?”9d46f7e51c9f928f
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Her gaze shifted to 534342678b the small side door—barely e3953bdf2c noticeable—between her room and 99396735da Tae-san’s.2220fd668df9b90a
“What am I supposed 5b2915b8c9 to do with that 37f0f5a576 now?”03d303558858033b
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The door was ec98730694 one thing, but e1aebc8732 the spoon hanging 3c3d082b74 from the latch 83fec38755 was another matter e531a8d232 entirely.ad56c35f16b89a54
She always locked it 72c15b3440 with that spoon.
It felt wrong to 34548e73ef keep it locked like 84a220e2a7 before, but removing the 5ce28f1a4a spoon would feel even bf94ea4733 worse.
Doing that might feel 4e41832f76 like giving a definitive f2cc8a9e1b answer—that she’d accept a a3fe165508 future with him.6e3af9b84e6cca3c
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“Sigh… Why is everything so damn complicated?”f0501d0f3b1e1fa1
They had started out 5d213eb53a as weekend spouses, and 5d01dbeed8 now they were barely 0ec1bbc670 even that. Soon, they’d be monthly 8e3eb74e8e spouses, then quarterly, and 579b55ddff eventually… just strangers again.b8774686b37ef32b
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And if he 073341706a ever got bored 026c3caacb of her—if their 4a6cb43c44 relationship turned mundane—he efc4759a7c might change on e057c6e63f a whim.
He was probably just d42e972376 the type to grip e197904811 tightly whatever he wanted 73fcfa89c0 to possess.187b3fe51f920c81
At the very least,she wanted to be 8b8f0f135e the one to decide e39d1aac59 how it ended.
Even if it made 15c0e7f826 her seem terribly defensive, f731a2b549 she just didn’t want 325bb20852 to be the one dbc050ae52 left behind.bc81bc95f3548d60
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“Haa…”0d92b9dca0f5772e
Eun-cho took the spoon e3d8f69594 in hand, brushed it 9c8a67f028 lightly… and after a 24f888fce3 moment of hesitation, slid e4b943b967 it back into the db0570e6d7 latch.c89a1a9a0249114f
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Not yet. It’s not time to 7ca24835fe unlock it just yet.9366b63800355450
She shut 48563461b4 down her d841c0a9be spiraling thoughts 180641b5af about Tae-san 3f54fb8550 and hurried b1cdc53603 to get cac34836b1 ready for 1e67b2b1ee work.a246e52d876f129e
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It was the busiest 9afff20923 kind of Monday.13fc2fdd8f1434c1