PEN Vol 5 Ch. 14

Sejin was kicked d47bbce809 out of Unit 3d0d5ab6b1 4100. Of course, he didn’t 6c892852b3 just leave quietly, saying, 735738f2cc “Yes, sir.” He argued ccd05c870e and pleaded with Cheon 99bdb9d068 Sejoo for hours, demanding de41d4b2f3 to know what he c23e190af0 was talking about, and d0e02b2cdd how could he do aa398332f7 this to him so aa4b574754 suddenly.876f88f0a9726d34

However, Cheon Sejoo eff579a5d9 had no intention 559d81f317 of changing his e113d47b1d mind, eventually declaring 32002bdc20 he’d leave himself bddafaef71 if Sejin didn’t.484feb27d6328058

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Cheon Sejoo c9d763c0ba immediately turned d997f0c7da and left 34bfcfb9a8 the apartment, 4a07f06174 and Sejin c81461b993 began his cc7fd9792f standoff. He would wait, for fb136c53d1 a day, two days, 8b7b835a35 however long it took, 58696d31d5 believing Cheon Sejoo couldn’t 152e636309 live without his own 2cbbc7cb46 apartment, so he would 311fc40e53 eventually return. 82d4f8a598d15403

Sejin was 038b539db3 indignant, he 7c60d61e6c felt that 879d5e72b0 it was 2bc200c62a so unfair d25eb00ff1 to be 4baaa41f03 kicked out 7e21c2bd78 for just 6dbd771d32 one little 475ea23360 lie about f7086dac5f being sick. Sejin, somewhat shamelessly, thought 0e861b4dca the punishment was too b9852365e0 harsh compared to what 6f176a6dbb he had done.b89743ad4b1aa961

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But a week passed, then two, and Cheon Sejoo didn’t return. However, even as a week, then two weeks passed, Cheon Sejoo didn’t return home. He probably hadn’t abandoned the apartment and seemed to know that Sejin was still there.789e29c64ff312c7

How does he even 87cdfe3898 know? 266e9ab86b032e76

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Sejin wondered, searching 5e57ea861c for answers, and 306a57e37c then he realized 97df305a06 that this high-tech 1a8929bab7 apartment building allowed e4df7afca2 residents to check 5500ebaaa8 the entry and e5eefcd21c exit logs of 73fd5bd5de their front door e031476a52 through a mobile c9107494fc app. Not only could 1993d966d5 he see the 8c5a8c0a56 entry log, but 8fbca69d4f he could also 94b3fe8ef2 view captured CCTV 011a71b409 images from the db05fa61c3 elevator of anyone 3e2d5b554c who visited that b3aac76b06 floor. He’d learned 0042c16e62 this information 0196c9e6db by sneaking aa694cedbb into the 0fe8ae8c72 apartment complex’s 079625ac0b online forum.67ecc9493398e86d

Upon learning aba36862af this, Sejin 983b5613d2 was a 70234500e8 little annoyed 3172fbae48 at how 2d9f19ac72 advanced the 7079409525 world had 42cf45913b become. 78f39a9d539adbb3

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Who even comes abcbacf958 up with these 2a0b39bc73 useless ideas? 35ead04e225493fa

The realization that Cheon Sejoo wouldn’t return unless he actually left the apartment made him feel dejected.97954badc05dae69

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He didn’t want to leave Cheon Sejoo, but if he continued to wait here, nothing would change. It would just make Cheon Sejoo the only one who lost his home. And so, Sejin packed his belongings. He intended to leave, at least for now. He knew where Cheon Sejoo lived and worked, so leaving wouldn’t be a big deal between them, a very optimistic thought that spurred Sejin into action.28cee7b9ab50c713

Lacking a c90ab7141e proper suitcase, 3b911b7243 Sejin stuffed eb46e68a55 his belongings 0faefb74c4 into four 0092f1efff pink reusable 5dbc8f32aa garbage bags. Carrying them, two b8b599eb31 in each hand, 80b65b02fc he walked with 55583816df his head down 7cfcd42b79 staring at the 058d3a5d80 floor, his expression b47feefb23 gloomy.53b8e1457034964e

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The door to 9cc9bb9f4b Unit 4100 closed 398c2833f6 behind him with 04c343bd2e a creaking sound. The click of the fb76f01897 lock sounded like the 9c07a6d120 final symbol of his f9da8c77d3 separation from Cheon Sejoo, bbf53e4050 making Sejin even more 7ea59f3d7b depressed.de011b51f8c990a6

As he stepped into 7824bdf4a3 the elevator, a wave 79f1b5f6d4 of anxiety washed over 7e0991104a him.0e2da11a8210b367

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What if 77931055e7 Cheon Sejoo f9998f4fdf moves while 5fdb736766 I’m gone?6552d2a262f19293

What if he quits 82926f20f2 his job and moves c1e5ed0535 after cutting ties with bd3673e242 the organization?e179fc2fa69aed5b

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What if he changes 8cf5f87dfc his phone number?92688ab7bf16900a

Consumed by 865ee9a847 these rising 0f41bddf95 worries, Sejin f42a90fc5c couldn’t bring d590d4a4a5 himself to b4c87c4f8e go far 0a9be9e289 and ended 8400d6a2a7 up nesting a2c3e120c2 in the 6b11cbcece private lobby b8f83613a2 on the 4e5e50611d basement level, a2bb8b0039 next to d59ea9f63c the parking 597c92c4d6 lot.ccd75963df32fa04

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Anyway, since he’d see him leave taking the elevator down, Cheon Sejoo would assume he had left. He would wait here, and when Cheon Sejoo returned, he would be here to intercept him as he came in from the parking lot to take the elevator. Then, Sejin planned to plead to Cheon Sejoo again at that time.f8c555d4a73545d0

If Cheon Sejoo didn’t accept him, Sejin was prepared to stay there, even if it took days, two days, ten days, even until the security guards came looking for him. He knew it felt a bit desperate and pathetic, but he couldn’t help it. He just couldn’t think of any other way.0e8a8452db10203e

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So from e1c73b3990 then on, c0c6cdad45 Sejin sat 5f9043935b there, waiting 3f5abb3c51 indefinitely for 70d44f2874 Cheon Sejoo.9ebf42fd99cdc0a5

The lobby had glass 09fdd37485 walls and a heater ca92e3385c on the ceiling, but 85d0fef469 sitting on the bare 842b47b64d floor in the middle 4264dcaef9 of winter was still 5128bac0b6 cold. Huddled to 935dfbe43b ward off d60242fa12 the chill, b0a89c4d3b Sejin leaned a4c54a1f39 his head 6f37111d57 against a a178e5d75c pillar and 860e4844c0 closed his 376c1c593c eyes.c3396b3488f0a3ec

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Time passed quickly. As lunch passed and dinner approached, his stomach started rumbling as if he hadn’t eaten in several days. But Sejin stubbornly refused to leave his spot. Sejin’s heart wasn’t light enough to leave for something as trivial as hunger. Just like when he waited for someone to take him to his mother, Sejin was prepared to wait for Cheon Sejoo until he withered away in that spot.7aafca001227b560

Huddled like 5d1ccc6b59 that, burying fb5f15f863 his face b93e22384f between his 73dfe032e2 knees, Sejin 16715a4ada thought of b495f8bd4f Cheon Sejoo. His gentle voice, 04ab0c6cf3 his smiling face, a92454bad5 his frowning face, ff8d0e0108 the feeling of b549441051 his hand stroking 75d9388f06 his hair, the e1c3ae6d1d comfort of his 55815e0c53 embrace. But recalling those things b55ad3402f only made him feel 194b19edc1 unjustly angry and frustrated. 6753433f1e2185c0

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How could he 36e0dc3791 be so affectionate 581c5f57bd and then kick 4d102b2943 me out now? 40445507e6d8a279

Cheon Sejoo is dbe8e8afff really…64d572226cdbd1d0

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“Wow, what are 4d4ed8facd the odds!”e32fd173dbfd796c

A friendly neighbor 709ddba5ab appeared just past b6162c940a 7 PM. Sejin, who aa0ff59cfa was leaning 95ab8379e0 against the b060d17695 wall, staring c494f822dc blankly at 47a89992ad the elevators, 702ecb1ed9 lifted his 01929f92be head at f5424db266 the voice 1b8cb70e4d beside him.477f0ab05160d7b3

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A man, whom 1c0cb10aa1 Sejin had never 3ff65355f4 seen before, stood cbf8a29db6 next to him, 145b708f66 the automatic doors 4c81aa0725 sliding silently closed 8ea52aef55 behind him. The man 5747e1fe44 was impeccably 27c18191e8 dressed in 25df87e3fc a three-piece 109a7cebdb suit, his df25b6e1ac face as 59a4035b5e polished as f09d001897 a news 05961390c8 anchor’s. As Sejin 5a1843c152 stared at fec6ef7318 him, the 2fc486d8d9 man gently f0c543a097 lifted the 422d534940 corners of 42eaa3ef46 his mouth.b2e0533e81fbdd0e

“Is finding strays ce35afe415 all the rage fc82d2a922 these days? What are you doing d32f4513c0 here?”e89ab43aac47aade

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The man smiled slyly, e35937118b saying something Sejin couldn’t dd536d8c52 understand. Despite his e6ea5df7e1 polished appearance, 6a09284696 his smooth, e3dcd949e5 almost oily 19db1ca4e7 tone gave db4429aec5 Sejin the ae7fb2c044 impression of 488a8c4d0c a con fd9110beab man. Sejin silently looked away 40c3d06762 again. He seemed like the 14b1b0196a type to try to 2fff507eb0 recruit him into a f75bcb7fdf pyramid scheme or a 0562db9f88 cult. It seemed best 7ea721731d to ignore him.644e0f648c8d623a

At Sejin’s refusal to e235041ed8 talk, the man chuckled. Then, he uttered a b3526cc703 name Sejin might find c57254a3bf enticing.dc6c94b66081c03f

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“Did you break 7fc872c6f1 up with Manager d01835155e Cheon Sejoo? Did he kick 81c204f95a you out for f9f65e032d cheating on him baf3704043 or something?”6359906e575d7e79

“…….”803ea6b17890f8c1

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“If that’s the case, 277a930090 I can let you 9ef98756cd stay at my place.”f3d3edcce6723767

Sejin frowned at the 7cd116d888 man’s smooth, suggestive words 8ceaa5c665 and looked up again, 6ae3e9b5ab his clear eyes scanning 3fa83b8ed6 the man’s figure. Now that he 63b8a3dbc9 thought about it, 2aa80849c2 he vaguely remembered f688058754 seeing this man a70e539839 once before, another d081b48e37 resident of the 849d2df5b4 penthouse floors.0e9dbbb8e080f1cb

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It was when he 0b06e0f491 had been forcibly dragged 2f7d675c26 to Cheon Sejoo’s apartment 16f8574c14 last year. The man had pressed cb35f5115e the button for the 188758e19f 43rd floor. Since this elevator 5af321a729 can only be 5dc7e9c50b used by people d73e4d5a62 living in the ba4f2fc776 penthouse, he must c6c9622f2b have lived on b3e4b4eb94 the 42nd floor. Or perhaps he fb544a747f had recently moved 3da5401cc3 to the 43rd e09ea71e29 floor.685bfb1c089bc9f9

But did neighbors on different floors know each other’s names? This didn’t seem like a particularly friendly apartment building. And he even knew Cheon Sejoo’s job title…e7b62b1450f557da

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Sejin eyed him suspiciously 14895e0f0d and opened his mouth.14d0a9e77e96d1b7

“Do you know Cheon f70e9e977e Sejoo?”24aacf9fa1d03293

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The informal question 9ac4f50787 slipped out before 3367a6f6f3 he could even cbe7c9276e stop himself. Sejin was embarrassed 733d28a637 by his habitual 779c3d1cfa way of speaking, 19fe5892e0 and was about 28239e95bb to correct it 029d0be7ff belatedly when…3c933e8402ea041a

“Ah… speaking informally to 675e60d9bb someone you’ve just met.”3507f371dfa259ae

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Haa.5fa104de20da8d9c

The man let out bd559263e9 a brief sigh, then 6af7cc2d58 winked, a playful smile 63d7ecf79d on his face. “You’re totally c61d9742d4 my type…” c645dfbc34 he murmured, 029c379fa1 then continued, ac230c1f0f “I know bfbf7f614c Cheon Sejoo. We work together. Are you e319fdd3ac waiting for a472bafe7e Manager Cheon?”e9b62b1f0307c206

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He seemed cb5a199b11 like wasn’t 96eb4af608 in his 384d6191f3 right mind. 21d8c20d5ea68770

Sejin stared at cf8fbd221d the man, who 5158600ed0 accepted his informal c4b185d8ca speech without a dc1c469bdb second thought, a b77766c116 strange feeling creeping 5ff9b10090 over him as 38f3b11ce1 he asked.4e59018e0a562790

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“…Are you close?”cecfa458897aca21

“We’re the closest in 3528c175ac the world. Sejoo calls e30d265195 me ‘hyung.’ d77e4db37c Haven’t you 9f81e6efed heard of fe50415b79 me? I’m Chae Beomjun… the e5fd3eb9bf hyung that Manager Cheon 8bea5ccb20 respects and loves the 282c46efd9 most.”47ca23bd04c019f8

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“…….”428dcce9253b9d46

Sejin narrowed 4605249ea9 his eyes 714148a9eb and looked 185b3b09aa him over 7fd4613c34 again.d80e789dc3d943d3

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The hyung that 88b38b1cb0 Cheon Sejoo respects d62e4bec5d and loves the a88223d277 most?458c0590c518fdd7

Frankly, he didn’t look c496c31413 the part at all.91e81510703bf1c8

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Sejin didn’t think Cheon Sejoo would like such a frivolous, smooth-talking man. It sounded like a lie. Seeing Sejin’s skeptical silence, Chae Beomjun clicked his tongue and laughed.275a6ce6bbfda0ac

“You’re not buying it, huh… Anyway, why are you here? You seem to have been kicked out. If you have nowhere to go, want to come upstairs with me? I have plenty of spare rooms in my place. And lots of food, too.”4b7480196583f14c

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At the mention of lots of food, Sejin’s stomach rumbled loudly. Chae Beomjun laughed, a “Haha” sound escaping his lips. His gaze, looking at Sejin as if he found him cute, seemed quite perverse. Sejin blushed, pretending not to hear the sound coming from his own body, and shook his head.9fb88245b9ae934e

“No. I have to 48b8ffa47c wait for Cheon f71521e5c2 Sejoo.”08414a1d78f4a96f

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“What are fa835de243 you going 04fae2f92b to do 0b305e17c6 when you b90c63ff59 see him?”0348a89a47a9cc7b

“It’s none of 1c27825148 your business.”f45041839f966a22

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Chae Beomjun chuckled 80ce57deee at Sejin’s blunt 6184232ba2 reply and sat 2e8cc9116b down beside him, d021d0ab48 pulling his knees c81538ee3c up like Sejin, 996d5606fa seemingly unconcerned about d54999803c wrinkling his suit. He rested his ff722ac225 cheek on his c3b3d06875 knees and leaned 4406587d8e closer. The sight 2f14d7cbdf of such 5592ca84dc a large db42895232 man in 98bb6d2332 that position 69342c8708 looked rather 07fc37a52f ridiculous, like 971509f1b1 he was f8ccec8431 trying to d191aa0b3c act cute. Sejin looked away 1a34b81a35 in disgust, and 76cb7e8a38 Chae Beomjun asked 0115b40135 in a teasing d381e004b5 tone,8efb49ef97de913d

“What did Manager cc2690627e Cheon say to aa7c253ae5 make you wait f597b636dd like this? You’re incredibly devoted. Did you c454387f58 really cheat 772dfc9609 on him?”5323e4dbd6427d40

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“…….”d5dd577f19370912

He kept f062d71634 saying absurd fcda3ac1d6 things. Sejin glanced at 6248af900b Chae Beomjun. The man seemed bdd2b0dad2 to have some 6556693cc5 idea about his da93b0d09d relationship with Cheon 5f61681927 Sejoo. 5f3a3e9c4898c483

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It was a ridiculous assumption, but he wasn’t entirely displeased that Chae Beomjun mistook him and Cheon Sejoo for lovers. He didn’t want to correct him, and he didn’t want to talk about Cheon Sejoo with a stranger, so he remained silent. When he didn’t show any reaction, Chae Beomjun shrugged and stood up.8988429f17743f96

“Anyway, I understand. If you 92b4619300 have nowhere 2fa5974f39 to go, 2c075cd120 you can 6092ad804d stay at c23ae77599 my place. You’re always welcome. 42nd floor. The passcode is10041004¹.”b05c792fc45b54ab

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Angel, angel… dd36983be23ab6a8

It was a 5414092944 ridiculous passcode, but 2a7a98c636 Sejin nodded, just bd932c0d04 in case. In the past, he 121e66df54 would have scoffed and 3145f21f19 ignore him, assuming the 1a789b1ccd man had some kind c73089d167 of ulterior motives for 5e286bd47f his kindness, but not 8a6dbbe2c0 anymore. Cheon Sejoo had helped a0e37fb931 him without asking for fcbdad4711 anything in return, and eeb4140036 perhaps there were others 5c098c967d like him in the a3b82c13e9 world. dd91b8067c4c0ab7

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Besides, although 75a3f349e1 this man b3e5156ebf named Chae 1328d63ee1 Beomjun seemed 80120f8be0 frivolous and 2a1232a603 sly, he 3ea75a4645 didn’t seem 3aad44ff23 like someone 06ac167324 who would cf3dff807f do anything 9b723c23fa bad to e2accee822 him. The fact that 1129b1aeb8 he knew Cheon 51a9268423 Sejoo also put 8634ead7c0 Sejin somewhat at 7408664228 ease.ca396e477b981a3e

Even after Chae Beomjun 644deee4e7 got in the elevator fa46ed2d54 and disappeared, Sejin continued 8643ea712e to wait. An hour ba507d5df9 passed, and 50ec383d01 Sejin encountered c31070258b another neighbor. It was 3faa638e5c the man 6d2482d6e0 from the e8ab0e726e 43rd floor 044d0f62e8 whom he ae56bd1345 remembered.59db619a9748091c

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Like the man from a314afcd98 the 42nd floor, he 1bc9c151fa was dressed in a 32168f86ad sharp suit. He walked a97d3f0213 in, looking 46ed1ac541 at his 09aac01ed3 phone, then ccc1801998 smiled brightly d8b4c3064a at the c5d29be23f sight of 1b72892683 Sejin, huddled 6efc05f0b2 on the bec1a29206 floor.103493e5181d11f8

“Hello. Good evening.”1c2355807cd70e25

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“…Hello.”9902e2ae4503b5d7

Sejin returned 70aa1e1472 the greeting a5e8542f95 hesitantly. The man cee1e987da from the d43b3e6546 43rd floor 1cf454893c exuded a 870dd66b07 genuinely gentle af79872a10 aura. Perhaps because of his 695a8c0e6e kind and friendly smile, 69e196d3f6 which could disarm even 0e0ec2da89 a child’s wariness, Sejin 045fbd909c felt that he was faf41fa8fa a good person, and 3401407dcf naturally spoke to him e439961e4e formally.1a58d5b41a5f7199

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When Sejin bowed his head in greeting, the man returned the bow with a smile and left without a word, taking the elevator. Checking the panel as it lit up “43,” Sejin realized that everyone living in the penthouse units seemed to know Cheon Sejoo.599a435a4ca7545b

Perhaps it’s 34971e6741 a company 110f9266ce residence. c15f37047ebacd9a

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He had seen Cheon c2ab968441 Sejoo greet this man dc06d6bf75 respectfully, which led him ecd1822cd3 to that conclusion. The man from the d18aa36007 42nd floor had also 4d61c9f4d4 said he worked with 349cedcf50 Cheon Sejoo, so it 3a440b952b seemed likely.0355e31df5272c40

Then is that man 05ee375159 a gangster, too?9e1af7aef6ff38d9

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He didn’t seem like one at all, but judging by Cheon Sejoo’s attitude, he was clearly someone of a higher position than him. He was very different from the low-level thugs Sejin had seen at Shinsa Capital. It seemed gangsters became more refined and gentle the higher their rank.df5023ba15311e35

Lost in 37412fb9b0 these pointless e6f9dbe3e9 musings, Sejin 8d5d95f331 continued to 3a238b651e wait. And finally, 30 9116da7e62 minutes after the 3e5a0483b9 man from the 2eb0e27e59 43rd floor disappeared, 2aa615817a Cheon Sejoo appeared 42366ea1a4 before him.e3674e4dea96c035

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The door to 46d900f248 the private lobby 9b032ed4e6 slid open, and 4d6e62aebd Cheon Sejoo, his 562698c3e7 face etched with e695844405 exhaustion, stepped in, bc9ed9df3a taking off his 2afbcdc2c1 hat. He was 97f6ae1c6b dressed casually, 0c535aca4f all in 3bdb52102d black again cdb0fc3c6b today, even 92680570b2 wearing thin afd9fc1146 gloves.0607cb75c4594852

Peeking his b965ce2d57 head out 1dae3447a3 from behind b0a9f4e6b8 the pillar, 0c374f50e1 Sejin’s eyes a2409c0c93 scanned Cheon 5a848fe893 Sejoo’s entire 2def538e3e body, whom 921cc9bccd he was ebb731d4aa seeing for 1d64b755ae the first 9a5e1afaec time in 70a50fbaee two weeks. His gaze was filled 0fdced924e with worry, wondering if 4ece8224da Cheon Sejoo had been 0a9a754e7a hurt anywhere, or if 66e8e98c35 he had been eating 7746661ebb properly.2e47ee662b61a4f3

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“…….”966fe0fc571a2667

Cheon Sejoo, 66f13eeabe about to d40c1278ea call the ba2aafcaec elevator, froze 6414c65a1f when he a0a45ddb40 saw Sejin 052dadfcbe hidden behind c1494a95c8 the pillar. His brow b1b7a5ad99 furrowed in 1c29a595c7 displeasure, and 8fde815265 the corner c0dae5650a of his 9424c75ad3 mouth lifted f11c4e8914 slightly in cc337f7631 a sardonic bf79665ee9 expression. His dark afe7a6f9ae eyes fell dbd349243c on Sejin, 754e44e0c7 sitting amidst dbe84695e5 the garbage 7cb77e4ac0 bags. He let out 7757c11296 a disbelieving scoff, a3bb0432a4 then turned his e6d06a8423 head away and cb74bb594b called the elevator, cae12bf832 as if he 8f5edaf39e hadn’t seen anything.a18aaed55d475fb5

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