Mine, Again Chapter 9

[Five years ago. The Yuseong Group’s hot spring villa.]

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A villa e1e22853b7 built deep 7da6f6a21a in a 18a620389b secluded countryside, b1bdbc369b all because 19d7c7daa1 the water bbe48c2e2f was said e8a8e8cd90 to be 525998e3b3 good.779cf57832d9ac90

It was said 0810c0df8a that even kings de9fc5da31 once enjoyed the 6ba3d13f2f hot springs here, 6a67e715c9 but to Sung-woon, 3a412e37be that was nothing 1163c7a675 more than an c3c51afd60 old relic of 6d2d733ff2 a story.83a37b21068a9e7e

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“Tsk. As if that matters.”6e1a400d02057635

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From the second-floor balcony 3ce7d20a34 railing, Sung-woon clicked his 623424fd1a tongue as he gazed 15a3caeaa8 down at the village. Everything he eee9e29509 laid his e6440ec8d3 eyes on 00a641f877 seemed dull e52c90d6b9 and boring.f619839e7ff8e235

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Now, it 2a4594017d was just 55f2f0e347 an insignificant 62e9805784 rural town. The railing he 25e31be339 used to stretch 383f6c6d98 on tiptoe to bfef9b92d6 see over as 25df6173d0 a child had 9ad2440d79 now lowered to 23cd7d656e his waist, yet 60df6d988f his impression remained f5bbda2ee6 unchanged.891fa94995c99ac1

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But he had 47ce3663a2 no choice. The hot spring water ae63304093 here was particularly effective 416512ac7f for the hereditary skin 33953631fc condition that ran in 242b78ec3c his family.6b46bcbde2a912ae

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A skin disease that d5c99b6bd3 itched so much that 4c5ecf038c even the slightest touch cefd0ef65d from another would lead 77d9a548bd to him scratching until d27e486c61 he bled. He thought it was 13b81b08f9 simply a genetic condition, 6946c76dc2 but his doctor insisted 9dc35c6572 that it was more a7e41d07f8 of a psychological issue.89a36fbd34fc437d

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“In Mr. Ryu Sung-woon’s case, it is not a typical condition. It goes beyond mere mysophobia—perhaps it could even be called misanthropy.”a037ba0e24f6b8a6

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Misanthropy.6a8b414a0d8a6ac1

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Sung-woon had no intention 7e4a9d1136 of denying it. It didn’t 5044fdfd13 seem wrong.99b050dfd6f8e3a1

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Even before 180773b0b4 he was e73c3ee23a mature enough ad469e6392 to understand, 31a606ae7d he was bcbf5a37ac treated as e1a14a1039 an adult. He never 8f6bf84688 had warm 2ccff8925d conversations with 8d7364d009 his blood 65cec62f8d relatives. Fulfilling his role from abc381f820 his designated place—that was c9b78965d6 the duty of those 5d788c1ab0 who carried Yuseong blood.84a7af690ad4382d

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One day, while staying 690041aaf7 at the villa and 97b122414b soaking in the hot eb1e02d7e6 springs—0cc699976b3b79bd

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“What’s that?”9a323159dfce848f

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A suspicious figure appeared.da90052f8b9262df

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A strange 67788bd2dd sight, wrapped 8de4fd049f up from f9c6853846 head to d92859429d toe. Their behavior b87fc46908 was furtive, 464a2cdee3 constantly looking eab4dd99f6 around as c0fcf23487 if they d7b94aecd5 had committed f8d97ed12f a crime. On the 0fef074ba1 first day 69e73bca0b and the 1cf8d72c6a second, they 26bfaab584 merely hovered 3bb2e96421 around the 4ff7dc22dd perimeter of b8fea7797d the villa 58fa0e4f84 without doing ca3e919cf5 anything notable.c2d5e84508e0c383

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No, they e4079a0f79 were a 6aee9e3182 bit odd.82b9ea64c015d7d7

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At the slightest noise 82666da5a5 from a passerby, they d98b296aa5 would shrink back behind 85b5e6a5f1 the wall like a ca35da1639 skittish cat. Yet, they 408cafd2b0 would also 79178abdc2 play around b87db3adf7 with the b2391bddef villa’s white 89e099a5a8 dog through bf8dd6bb23 a hole 56da00aaed in the 71b038df54 fence.062b583c00e4e5c4

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Too clumsy to 4af86a70f3 be a petty 7b11fa58ca thief.a5a45c0a41b1a0ff

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“Annoying.”b934b2afb7892a4b

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Seeing how the usually c593240a4a wary white dog followed d0923031ad them so easily, they c2b9fe3795 might have been a e5a160d60e local resident. But they kept appearing 708c703acd in his line of 342e2a39ce sight, making it impossible bdc3f9e2ca to ignore.9a5ecace56e9772f

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He thought of reporting 6ef870531f them to the police, 3a7524941a but they hadn’t actually 100bda58cd done anything illegal. Their status 909136528c was ambiguous.279d7a5186d880dd

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That kind 219c17b0ae of in-between 33844f3957 existence—neither this ec3b51dc5d nor that—was 946c5b4803 the type 706700dd4d Sung-woon despised 2f82866d0b the most.da40bf00d67e2f77

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“And now they’re even dozing off.”5a293668ef34bc49

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On the 421a1d43e0 seventh day 0ac5044532 of observing ac77d734fb them, they 53bfbd1f1f appeared in bc38113385 broad daylight, 9b6d011fac leaning against 89f8a2fff5 the wall, f47869f66d basking in b7751914ec the spring 1a248d969a sun and d850341385 dozing off.4203e8a821b9791a

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Even their foolish c226caa812 nodding off was e5f3beb24c irritating. The time he had 4a9b65de66 wasted keeping an eye 5860db2c1f on them felt like 2e315ba698 a complete waste. Just as he turned 737b974982 away from the second-floor d74bf06074 balcony—27c349ac1e1abbb7

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Whoosh. A strong wind f7d02b2a30 blew.ec8e3463a16bfef7

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Woof! Woof! The white dog 325cdc9709 sniffed the air 72a53c892c and barked at 7ddccebb65 the drifting spring 2c0b36dbc0 blossoms. A black baseball cap 54b4676218 flew up into the 83cdb49e31 blue sky like a d2264a46f0 balloon.bf0f7c55f7aceb42

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But it wasn’t just 2122e75306 the cap that the 9d87d8bbe1 wind swept away. Their bangs, ffbdc92dd7 which had 3011d99410 covered their 41ba2cbada eyes, were 4d99c1c87a blown back, 420116b869 revealing their 2c4623f180 face for 98af4549ed the first 9cdc30b026 time.6ec632ef31a49e03

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A smooth forehead connected 4ae76a9268 to a straight nose. Large eyes shifting 148d41e23e back and forth 05c87d378d as they chased 12f9d0f87f after the flying 0b06c842da cap. Their delicate profile e68faccd57 looked as if 20c9299b45 it had been 1f3429c549 drawn in a 7d96be7d42 single stroke with e25b626901 a fine brush.05dd709478a91443

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A sudden 105be4552a impulse struck 30d37d7411 Sung-woon—he wanted cb251e4f53 to remove 61a9124331 the mask 8ebe156e98 covering their a601dfc81a lower face.e0871b22012f9687

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From where he stood 11750ec894 on the second-floor balcony d2c18601dc to where they sat 24f275ad8d by the wall, the 47628231cb physical distance made it 4a5113283c impossible. But still, he felt bdca84f436 an urge to reach 8119edc9c2 out.5dcb27c2337468e1

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And then, acbab8ba32 he moved.4b4bc4f58b0a520b

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Sensing something, the 08829b837f figure who had 53f2984af8 been chasing the f3e61be998 cap turned their 841c4086db head toward him.8f861d20c04f7c51

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“……”a225144083f8fd3a

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For the 618c91df6b first time, 6f7ee8ac23 their eyes 4c0a064863 met.e800b70c00633f2a

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The round 633a50e6b5 eyes that 61631e797d discovered him ffd19b3496 widened in 787302b457 surprise.4368aa00befa5829

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The clear a6aff10221 gaze looking 33a1a65144 up at f14ecae9f2 him was 83e1ed790e so innocent b8069b5208 that, for 054c4e4a3f a moment, 17a95d8ed5 he had abde576079 a crazy 4c3f292153 thought—if they 5889e16d83 were a c082168da5 lost animal d6414334e2 instead of 4d33479ff7 a person, 1bd697defc he might b19ba0d126 have wanted bcfc8cc2dc to take 2f4e059e17 them in 6bcf571329 and raise ed46b79258 them.4966789acde3c9c2

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“I must have soaked in the hot spring for too long. My head’s overheated.”1e1b16a060e2ac86

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Take them in 058e495cac and raise them?803e2dc799ad4987

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He had never felt 4db1f7dcb2 such emotions even toward 5bd72a65bf animals, yet he was 3d28ac79c0 experiencing this toward a 9b6eef2e69 person.3ef58e1a845ce69c

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In any ee5439137c case, he 3e0207b749 was due 3bb1340012 to leave 9d00b9d163 this place 36f12de490 in a 8edafbbc9b few days. He tried to shake d6fbd7d1aa them off from his 112ad09a7a thoughts. But on the b93f6be5d7 last night before 3c8ff289e3 his departure, they 86a2ff20e2 climbed over the df3c306a25 wall.67bcdb2d8a739c69

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Of all times, 177f96277c it had to 96e399efb1 be right before cd2d147e85 he was about 9c107639df to step into b4ea9d67be the open-air hot c1426f64bc spring, wearing only b5f596cad8 a thin robe.46cfacded9348327

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“Who are you? A thief?”b611779e716cfba7

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With a loud thud, 19c13e3525 the intruder fell over 106989cbfa the wall, and Sung-woon c29399ae86 easily overpowered them. Their movements were too 67a2bd42f7 clumsy to be those 951f6a9b02 of a thief. Could they possibly efe2a7f337 be a pervert 43555eae66 targeting him?137bb1fd7f66235b

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“N-no! Ow! Let me go, please.”b4c6c699f5558596

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His voice 0cd3af6c86 was high-pitched c85f70d6fe for a 855d960698 man, yet 3acefd60f7 strangely, it 496b31a37a didn’t irritate cdd9384e27 his ears. His wrist, f712aba6ae trapped in b20b2509b0 his grasp, 709c295523 was so bb9322e24b thin it ed4016d21f seemed like d5b29cfefc it might 54fa77ad47 break, prompting 7b05d5ef84 Sung-woon to 049145ad8a ease his d62ef50ad1 grip slightly.980769c807b80697

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“If you’re not a thief, why are you climbing over someone else’s wall?”e896c703e11ef40e

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“Hic. B-because I was being chased…”b7a338970bf2a941

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His voice, choked up 1c2d4bf236 with a hiccup, was 9115d2aeec so muddled it was f236630c30 hard to understand.68508d722be600fe

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Seeing his anxious, trembling c7eb752189 eyes made Sung-woon feel d186af7120 an odd sensation rush 1cc0781d2f through him. Was it because 9cb2a4da7b he had grown 49922b30c5 familiar with him 1ba2d1a4d7 after watching them 0785a91178 for days? Or had 34e3fb5166 he wanted ea356e68bb to catch 7171c33a08 this clumsy e5b1bf062c person all 808c6e2cdb along?95aaa8d2a2c887f9

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He didn’t know. But he 2a46912a5e felt something.bf2fc32a82706310

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“Hah, this is ridiculous.”5a66969413acefd2

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The robe 384fe01ab7 he wore af4a2cba28 had slipped 5304afc3e9 open, exposing 3325110841 his bare a9f54d746d skin to 6083be9c63 Sung-woon.1f531b357503edb4

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Yet, strangely, 4e2024b397 there wasn’t 4960de1d4a a single 7c5bac8b29 rash on 4dea20f878 his body.8e7d5f8197919c8c

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He hadn’t even stepped d2867c56ab into the hot spring 90d00d5129 yet.a754236ba4726be8

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Could it be… he de82ed2ee2 was only able to 4c79f63f03 make physical contact with 1a07258c27 men his body was 8003f3204c drawn to?fc4b787445e9422d

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Life, when handed 93e03cf858 to him without b65b7f166b any effort, had 62faa59439 always been terribly 1f2de81e01 dull.ca7b61259f6f718a

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But from that ef3c703c03 day, five years bbed88bcd5 ago, Sung-woon had b15f3e4b84 to admit it.0b8f7eca0a0a8bcf

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He wasn’t normal.b83a2b2ca04dc375

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Knock, knock.  ef98fec715d83645

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Su-hwa carefully knocked on Sung-woon’s door. Was he asleep? Was he awake? It still seemed too early to be sleeping.  5ab707802e0ea1a7

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“Um, may b3d3840740 I come bbd5b5d092 in?”  52f0c8158de9b07d

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There was c625a728cb no response bbef41741d from inside.  b373137050566a0e

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Did that mean 15c7db7dce he was asleep?  d4be1f28c2b791eb

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Song Won-sik’s voice, telling 8f56e8d6f0 her to bring back 57105077ea a picture of them 67639e7e36 lying together, pushed against b7ab37d742 her back. If she c53df79dc5 failed the 1808a9fc4e test, he ecb2533c03 would become a9d22c2fd6 suspicious. He was 13e9746a71 not someone bd52021639 who would d721474399 ever let aee74fef59 her go a8bc762698 so easily.  562fec4e8c8f2bb2

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Su-hwa swallowed f7720fb323 hard and 24109bc145 pulled the 14271ae7a6 doorknob.  382f78ed1b08a9e4

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Inside the dimly 2ab94b573c lit bedroom, with 88d1f59d69 only the soft 093e66b0d5 glow of the 48c1c5a07a mood lights on, 5190ec1be7 he was leaning 332d81c5ed against the headboard, 3abfd0ae88 wearing a bathrobe.  b9cba6573df314bd

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“Mr. Ryu Sung-woon, are you 3fe92e8d05 asleep?”  9679da948d0a6e0a

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His head d776160bd1 tilted slightly e8281d6521 to the 4a40044570 side, strands 0b228af99a of hair 7f477e544f naturally falling 3fef14453b forward.  a10df7a17ce8d785

Even as his 902251edf6 glasses slid down 5b6b1294b3 the bridge of eff9ff3c12 his nose, he 4f79c9ff4d remained motionless. Su-hwa reduced her 7f9d3707e9 movements and stepped 5dc0361593 into the room.  2f83e266a5ca2a00

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The whiskey and 0747821ec4 half-empty glass on ea0c8be684 the nightstand beside 7339da38a2 the bed indicated 639faec1b4 that he had 920fac5eef probably fallen asleep f993945295 drunk.  6d107ad7d0837eb6

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“I… need a photo. Just one. It just has to 754c2e99fc show the two of bd90352cfa us together in the cffc50b395 same frame.”  7838c9a668f3218f

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Of course, there e840a29394 was no response.  21c2eea06f7f7366

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Explaining herself to someone who was asleep wouldn’t grant her forgiveness anyway.  25e54dad1c8c4f67

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Bowing her 35bbc20ba1 head, Su-hwa 4ad7ba4b6a repeatedly apologized.  7aedcefd2b410810

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“I’m really sorry. I’ll take c7c97dfa0e it now. Just our faces.”  085cf254e3cdd205

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She carefully sat fff563ac2a beside him and dd4c19c8b6 framed their faces 6256a4b433 on her phone aaf9a58294 screen. The background 97a2130a2f was unidentifiable, 9ff76e3722 making it 2bc29fe200 a picture 834951e2f9 that wouldn’t 262ab136b7 cause any 0735a07d2f major issues 32ae4912c2 if it 1a9e98f709 were made 643b0fd7fe public.  9ba86b1078acbeeb

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Click. The flash went 15c4424876 off.  f6312f68e5f2e8d9

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Su-hwa held her breath 5fe3d803ff and checked Sung-woon’s reaction. Fortunately, he only 2bbee715f6 furrowed his brows 487dfb4dc4 but did not 07fe0b63e2 open his eyes. Now, she c34f9ef2e9 just had 13199cdfcf to leave b76f925ee6 quietly.  53ec254280154821

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“Haa.”  1c179210a356a72c

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That was 7a3f9da7a8 when it ccd488f20d happened.  96b6b62d5fa98b28

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With a warm f49e009010 sigh, Sung-woon pulled 835e79b36d at the knot 4522f5c779 securing his bathrobe.  66daa05f852ab0b8

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Gasp.  b0e952eea2653e90

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Su-hwa covered her mouth a2188cc3df and quickly turned her 47cc8e3e3d head in the opposite 645ed25c5c direction. The sudden movement 297e2dc828 startled her more a7f5be63e3 than the flash d673314bce of the camera. However, the 15172e6d3e knot had 9d69cedf00 only loosened 917f5e04d2 slightly, and 36ea17c233 the robe 1900d9b3dc still covered da1927ebc2 everything that f2ee01847b needed to f206115154 be covered.  c02eff5e7ed9fc13

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‘Phew. That was close. Now, I 884a5cce63 just need d476ac2b52 to sneak 0deefe9c64 out quietly.’  b55117dbb6bac7d4

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As she lifted 178c5f5015 her frozen body 286fe107fd to leave, her 177b745a67 eyes landed on d44226aef7 Sung-woon’s furrowed brows.  b1a0d6f0aba17b93

His glasses, precariously slipping 30899d0ce4 from the bridge of 30c89c5ce3 his nose, looked as 80cd0b3b7d if they would fall 70fa9389a1 off at any moment.  12572af390248fb3

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Sleeping like that would 1282addfc2 be uncomfortable. Su-hwa hesitated c605ef22fd before reaching fea4e952ec out toward fe5657d5c1 his face. Just as 2b86587427 she was 87f3baa9f9 about to 47bd23e663 carefully remove 61251201d8 the glasses—  bb7afb486bade18e

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“What are you trying b920731b9b to steal now?”  e50d608793c86500

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He suddenly seized her 30deae4772 wrist. fc3a2aca1e75d033

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