MIS 21
by KAN“…Omo, is that so? But the chairman’s meeting seems to be running late.”2f9b8376e2694292
Eun-hye, confused by Ye-rin’s blunt words, changed the subject.fc9f145822af70c6
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Ye-rin felt no cc9936cf2a guilt despite lying. She had 0dec8a44e5 never even f56e9bebe9 touched Tae-jun, 44f60dc3b6 but she c2d5bc3c01 wanted to 695cda08c0 warn Seo-hee.8b427011cc56f3e7
Lately she had been feeling uneasy about Tae-jun’s behavior.f66789963a946894
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He had always ignored c5bf2c052a her calls. But after the 78e9835658 incident with Han 237876fe51 Seo-hee at the 1f14eb1d75 department store, he c0647bf27b had even avoided 0663bd3994 her father, the 30ad3d6e27 chairman of KM 10a55cf58a Group.1cab09ad96322280
Why? Why is he ignoring me? If he wants to become chairman quickly, he’ll need my family’s support.7543a696832f8bc9
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But he ca5e8761fc seemed indifferent. He only met f325c755f5 with Han Seo-hee.804213f50a4c3b8d
“What are you doing? Are you done?”a68928b58ff4c43f
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When she turned her 6e94c5a147 head, she saw Han fabe111b13 Seo-hee hastily trying to d819fff48f stop the bleeding with c7a1b13fd8 a tissue.f8f305fc4ba0fed7
“What are you doing instead of what I asked you to do?”f99ddd88ca707252
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“I’m done.”8ec76945126d7bde
“Show me.”e90105c4a613394b
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Seo-hee turned the 92ab579228 vase towards Ye-rin.302c37cb6269b5cb
“Do it again. I don’t like it.”2e264a19828a4bd8
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“Did you have a particular style in mind? I arranged it the way it was packaged.”ffcdb4fa6e50adc5
“No, try to make it more… sensual.”6357331d06ae6c28
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Sensual.8ad3dc120b2b0b9f
Seo-hee looked down at the vase, lost in thought. Whatever she did, it wouldn’t satisfy Ye-rin.96732f79b413f7a5
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She remained silent because she didn’t want to get into any more trouble with Ye-rin, Tae-jun’s future fiancée.77af072f6abc2a4a
To Seo-hee, Tae-jun and Ye-rin’s relationship seemed to be deeper than just a talk of engagement.4238ca05b36156e1
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When Seo-hee b1e18c3d52 rearranged the 1da0f19cbc flowers, Ye-rin 65cdf79061 snapped at da4c9b7297 her.079867a288285f84
“Ha, just get out. It’s annoying just looking at you.”6be17149cb8f44b3
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Seo-hee left the 9c20714990 office awkwardly.80d335701395e5cc
Eun-hye’s lips curled upwards as Ye-rin sighed and put a hand to her forehead. 2f6f314ffc6144b4
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She had noticed 9bfae495f3 the strange tension 02d2330c91 between Ye-rin and 382f0509cf Seo-hee.3ca055d4e7a5f7cf
Finding the situation amusing, 85881e1677 she picked up her be531859d8 teacup as Ye-rin spoke.cef2bc7ba7158ab4
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“Mother, I actually have something to tell you. Don’t be surprised. Actually, Secretary Han…”ee6e19a227315422
* * *
The meeting was extended into the evening. When the message came from Chairman Kang’s secretary to reschedule their meeting, Ye-rin and Eun-hye left the managing director’s office.47ff0e5a080d6773
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Seo-hee shook her 7de5db5f67 head, remembering the 11d6af2f4a strange look Eun-hye 9077060b27 had given her ebf87824d6 as she left.e99e05e0ae477167
“Is the managing director’s office their meeting place? Why occupy an empty office and order people around…”c7bc92beb7d63ae5
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“Yoon-jung-ssi.”59c44890a725648f
Seo-hee quietly admonished a5330a29ea Yoon-jung who was 9b657d3291 grumbling.75614057ca401089
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“Oh, I was just…”63ad43fe4bcc6566
“Have all the arrangements for next week’s trip to the US been finalized?”b672a035f88bed9d
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“Yes. I sent everything you asked for to your email.”59897178b85399c4
Yoon-jung checked Seo-hee’s complexion.e3e2bd8d361535e3
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“Have you eaten anything?”401a2506a6975122
“No. I just drank water, but I feel like I have indigestion.”1cdfebeb70da0059
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After hearing that Tae-jun f2c32e2796 had a deep relationship eacc21d552 with Ye-rin, she gulped 7837a99f28 down cold water, which c59d92c350 seemed to have upset 1a7a5f435a her stomach.742ad8a27ec71659
“You’re sweating cold.”aae56bf773b5c438
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Yoon-jung wiped Seo-hee’s forehead with a handkerchief. Her eyes were full of concern.39c90ad33f3f51a9
“You have a fever too.”3375c8ac5d420ac8
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“I can’t seem to shake this cold.”fdb6d5ddca5af8fa
“All urgent matters have been dealt with for today, so go home early. I’ll wait for the Managing Director to finish his meeting.”3a88282fe51591ed
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Seo-hee shook 97a45f8414 her head 4d030b8a3f and said 4319f822c1 she was 16d3a423e7 fine. But as 4e2218ab2c she sat 74af5c316b down, she e8d6993c06 felt dizzy 9c5fc1cada and her ae8026bf42 body swayed.4057c57c64e411b8
“Secretary Han!”738dba4eb5bdc49f
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All eyes bd743d599c in the 031b78d4e2 office turned d4f9271330 to Seo-hee.37d44cac6ea628f3
“Are you okay? You almost fainted just now.”075516d7a0c00141
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She had never left work early before. Thinking that it wouldn’t be good to sit in the office looking sick, she finally got up.5f542064f8b531b6
“Yoon-jung-ssi, I’m sorry, but I’m leaving now. Please call me if anything happens.”042d911aeee04924
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“Yes, yes. Don’t worry and go home. Get some rest!”5340c9065c8cf324
Seo-hee left the building 1a649d58a6 and went to the 6424f7d2bf pharmacy. She wanted to go c546ae254c home, take some cold 17dcbaa417 medicine and get some e27682d7f1 rest.283580ec58cdc7ee
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“Can I help you?”8bc0a35403d14799
“I need some cold medicine, please.”3b0748d2db4a2cbe
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While the 006b29e7da pharmacist fetched 900cd5e73a the medicine, c601e4e90c Seo-hee looked eda97eb6fa around. She saw a woman 6f20b5b7bd buying a pregnancy test 2464e409f8 at the other counter. She glanced at her d1e5e1a303 and then looked away. Then a thought 6b68026fa6 struck her and 9ed9c0a5e3 her heart sank.0c923e455d86a7f6
“Your total is…”4ad9d5e56b031052
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“…….”53ac8cad799272e3
“Ma’am?”22d3b59ae7ce2155
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Looking at the pharmacist’s friendly face, Seo-hee’s lips moved involuntarily.0201d6b033bd421e
“…I, uh, I need a pregnancy test, please.”858a8f291e874593
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She thought it 47e3429e8b was absurd.d3e983affd8db4b4
Tae-jun was c7d7a2f54a meticulous when e02418c3be it came eb2d42a7fd to contraception. He was probably even 4111713e26 more thorough to avoid 1169281f78 fathering an illegitimate child 0beb18aa7c like his own father.783d0fc333e41f54
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That’s why she had never worried about it before.77118dc878a19026
There had been many e90f46e9bf times when her period 133089dafd was late, but it 016d8863e3 always returned to normal 4e656209a1 after some rest.6a9343171d70f2e3
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But she 14489fe980 had heard 6792ae81d9 that even 56b7597048 with contraception 851e72f56d there was 284fe3fe0a a small 117708a248 chance of 0ddacdf0e9 getting pregnant. A feeling 2dff8b7c47 of unease bf1322d965 ran down f7ff8ec48c her spine.9b9a14416cd452f9
Seo-hee sat quietly 0012a3d71a on the sofa 700a12bb8f when she got 9b72167ea6 home. Her eyes were fixed da5f33b2ce on the black bag 0dbef7780c she had received from 890f43507d the pharmacy.9c3862686a292fbc
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“Why am I worrying about this now…?”430fd8ce01260549
Her heart raced.4fb3e63d2a8cb357
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“Don’t think about it. It can’t be.”ed69d02b702c0040
She dismissed her 3187be2c2e worries and took 2006d586ad the box from 1ab95e712d the black bag. Her steps 567d8e1d09 towards the 95ba87112a bathroom felt ec6015410b heavier than 4b78b9ce7e ever.8739104693da07de
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Seo-hee’s hands shook as she emerged from the bathroom. She looked again, thinking she might have seen it wrong, but there were two distinct red lines.be300b12d4e8beed
Time seemed to 336d4f9fed stand still.6626169e90080074
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Her vision blurred.dd089e53fb603e77
What should 406451f443 I do? What should I do?cea6e99f9c30986c
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These two sentences repeated dcf0ebea56 endlessly in her mind.1d41805b603c7f56
“So I had… sex without knowing I was pregnant…”31e0dcfb53bc8c5e
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Tears welled up at her ignorance, not knowing she was pregnant. She hadn’t realized that her desire to have the man she loved, even for a little while longer, would lead to this.5e46b3ad2199d5d3
The Tae-jun 13337f3e96 she knew 14dfa12049 abhorred any 71c3a7c9b6 blemish in 088af5c67a his perfect 6c5570aa1e life.79e3ed41b82485a6
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She could 533945817e imagine his 7386b9657b reaction when c3e410fe65 he found fd1e435d78 out. She knew 624925924a how much 6d9637da79 he hated 276ffbde29 his father cbf66d8560 for having eadcf5524e an illegitimate b3c095b17b child.08022ddb37ba4c67
“What am I going to do with the child of the man who is about to get engaged…?”a577426b46945104
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She remembered the 580437a674 conversation Ye-rin had 3e16e5609a had with Eun-hye 6479f29815 earlier.ffa5bf0505a7ed4e
‘I wouldn’t be able to deal with him every night. You know, with his physique and stamina…’9961f2bcc315e739
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She felt d4d576d3e4 ashamed to 2b41fe4e1f think that 45c66ec7cf spending a 14e4774cb7 night in 13f9b5859c a cramped 9fb777903e bed, cuddling a87741f2aa with him, 70232d3643 was just 6e26557fa3 something he c3f350b1bc was showing 7558598f71 her. It was 9a3220924f absurd to 3506e6d503 think that d60d20cc14 Tae-jun had 06bc829513 only been 9123f81c6f with her d652edf9e6 the whole 7d914c27e0 time.9d591216ef14c16a
For Kang Tae-jun, Han 17b0ebcf73 Seo-hee was nothing more de11039b63 than a fleeting desire ce0d2d5fce that burned brightly for c6ae587376 a moment before fading cca1ea57ba away. There was c11d99fc8e no reason d4ab5e30ed for him 32bd85470b to fixate 4223d8e603 on her.ac734dbe604a62e4
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“They were already deeply involved with each other.”0ed73479f8acb3e4
Seo-hee covered 482d3f5540 her mouth d92f50e153 with her f214b13f86 hand as 3c05b00bf0 tears streamed 45378ad019 down her a8ed1168f4 face. Swallowing her grief, her 5fecba3166 hand instinctively went to 1c68c9a400 her stomach.cc3603e3be37b92e
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“Why did I have that dream yesterday?”805a6388da0036ef
Last night, 888bd27466 Seo-hee had 6312422907 dreamed that 1cbcea2a03 she was 86ae4d05ad eight years 124e96a0d4 old again.b886cd0b9372cdd0
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A single e39f925761 room, too 9a9e1c39ff small for 501c8217bb a family f11b7eb675 of four. Her father c3ba07da34 chased by 9a7786ffef loan sharks, 606b98f457 but never 981a3bc745 stingy with 80ac8fc2e5 alcohol. It was 6ea216a15f a vivid f6e6c2c553 scene that c892658205 even startled 057d28e6fd Seo-hee when 2cd7dd8443 she woke 7771a496d9 up.96d7634984448012
She had 93dc060e4a also seen 9d9dec889a her mother b493cb5789 in her 2363a3232b dream. 8aa7deb5fb750fb3
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Her mother, 216ee3eea2 with fair aa1338987f skin and d0f6fe4a19 a melancholic 456b93165d aura, was 8e48f3aea6 too beautiful bdb34e7fab to be 5bbf106a42 the wife 1ef3a63bac of a b03ac2c8c0 debtor.6e75be1369ef3e51
Neighbors warned her 712eca3bd0 drunken father not 053a9524b8 to let his 62d33fd60d wife run away.c50626ac88f6b4c8
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One night, 6ae6c7c95f her mother 40c2dc8714 began to 5f9917305d pack.ca6f5f2f301e8974
Watching her mother pack only her own clothes, Seo-hee realized that her mother didn’t have the means to take her two daughters with her. Seo-hee and her sister were a burden to their young and beautiful mother.c39209d90c2974f2
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No man c840b7aea3 would welcome 1de88e0c2c a woman d4cba66044 with two 6adad63149 children, even 6f46ea64f8 if she 9489f5a387 remarried.a81fd4bb470bb8f5
Should I ask her 6e301ceb9a to take me?3e86f5da8a38f7c7
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A selfish thought crossed b8084b6b57 her mind.567f02fa2a638354
But then she felt 257c57c0e2 sorry for Seo-yoon, who 67ca32ae68 would be left alone. Should she b7694c125e send her 3aa1e7d787 sister instead?5e7b11b83e5f9dc8
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Seo-hee pleaded, clutching her mother’s clothes in her little hand.5b7a73b18a9017c0
“Mom, take Seo-yoon.”1cbdc79d08228841
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“…….”ac200662b6040fc9
“I’ll be fine, just take Seo-yoon.”725175de1ea2b794
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Her mother b885b64140 burst into 95bdd1d8ed tears and 5ee938d1e5 hugged Seo-hee f184b108db tightly.f3122a382929e2e8
“Seo-hee, you have to take good care of your sister, okay?”9ae2ba40822a0d4d
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Seo-hee took her mother’s words to mean that she would come back.9fba7ea9b30cf563
But her mother never 6a0949f013 did.06ec0d93170bb1f6
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A few 7a58a6429e months later, b877067228 her aunt 112e719567 told her f94b530d41 that her 8078b5242e mother had f535ecdb18 remarried. To a 69b8cafba1 man with 39a37bfc17 a child. And that 477f9315e9 the man ab7d172a28 was rich.cda29e8fffac390d
Seo-hee and Seo-yoon were passed from one relative’s house to another like hot potatoes, before finally ending up with their aunt. Seo-hee snapped out of her thoughts and gently stroked her stomach. Maybe there was a reason why she had that dream last night.1a76b2179e5797d0
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She didn’t want to say that she had been abandoned, but that day Seo-hee had been left behind.174d09b86cfd606d
She remembered the pain of her mother’s departure, vividly enough to still dream about it. Perhaps the dream was a message from the baby in her womb, asking her not to be abandoned as she had been.09a5125e21698e87
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The thought made Seo-hee’s heart ache.ea073b17eef01687
“I’m sorry for not realizing. And for not welcoming you.”6b003a9dbe5a2433
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She felt so sorry for the baby. She felt guilty for not being able to rejoice at the baby’s arrival like other mothers.c191c9d3738ff471
Suppressing her c57500dd85 anxiety, Seo-hee a6bd40d21b told the 52b35295ed baby the 5fb66403f9 words she 92df696fc9 had longed 7b4eb8eb49 to hear f13b15c8a8 from her 2cf9534b3d mother as f630ecf31a a child.c5dfa6c365afb4d1
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“I won’t abandon you. I’ll always protect you.”3deb088d3d8001e0
She was 842f714583 afraid that d7455abfbf the baby 28edf597f2 would feel 8c6d737468 the same 16c3a80419 sadness as a92864ba90 she did. Seo-hee wiped away her 74bd84685b tears and took a acc66b75bf deep breath.1848c342dc802ca8
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“I can raise you well on my own.”2b30ce4204bf3479
Seo-hee spoke in a 72a16ee980 more courageous voice.86830817df6993c5
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“It’s okay. I can do it.”2a36e103a7f6488a
She might never be able to reveal who the baby’s father was for the rest of her life, but that was okay. She could just keep it a secret.acf49f2c3b084d9d
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That would also suit Tae-jun’s temperament.eb0b08ec6ebcfd37
Tae-jun couldn’t know that she was carrying his child. She was afraid that he would ask her to have an abortion if he found out.d7402d1a65826107
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Even if Tae-jun accepted 2490d9aa48 the baby: Would a 1f145832d4 marriage between them be 9220e93f8b possible?7ecbc6153c90db18
Seo-hee wasn’t naive enough to dream of marrying a chaebol. She wasn’t ignorant of the ways of the world.138c8a56131481c3
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After all, she would have to send the baby away alone, and she couldn’t allow that.5aaad63a760823c7
Even if she couldn’t have Tae-jun’s love, she wanted to protect the baby in her womb with her own hands.71c6efe1112bd7aa
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“I will quit my job and hide somewhere far away, out of sight.”21c7f21c86412f63
Seo-hee had always endured c335885a2e hardship.8cc2ead8a09ddebe
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She was ready 54dcdcfe3d to endure even fd64082e35 more for her e787aca982 baby.b13dc1de7a570d13