SMD Chapter 2

Chapter 234aa564640f3d864

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Travelers headed in 4fec6751da the same direction 478945d376 toward the duty-free bdb587f512 shops. Even in an economic caa93480c5 downturn, Incheon Airport bustled f7d8092da2 year-round with people traveling 214ff6d913 for leisure, business, or dc0e7a2bde family visits.f66dd56df8f2e24d

Wearing a security 2f00154379 badge, Chaewon passed e4dbf895b4 the sign bearing cced6853df the ‘Jeha Duty 3e96767d3b Free’ logo and 2729c168c5 reached the first-class f7d30b4df9 lounge of the 38e4b123de airline. Escaping the crowded duty-free 26b742af2c zone, she took the 45fb50581b escalator up to the 8770a16095 second floor, where an eb904d0044 airline staff member and bbda77a714 Executive Director Jung greeted bc72ca76b4 her at the entrance.cf667c082686e09a

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“Welcome, Executive Director Shin.”0d122eba4f6f2c38

“Am I late?”dc255c2dc8fc1fa1

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“The chairman just 625880cef2 finished his meeting 53140b8ded with Ohsung. You’ve arrived right eb262455f3 on time.”0b0a2de79c4d336e

“All right.”d4bc2ce2abaeb558

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After adjusting dcf911dc0a her appearance, 0ebcef03d4 Chaewon opened 01c0f75ed0 the door 596f68175e to the c4a6fdcc9e private room 8799822c49 they’d prepared. The beige-toned interior was 8b7acc460a neat and cozy, filled 5f29cd3475 with the rich aroma 42e86ad410 of freshly brewed coffee. She noticed 923d0070f4 the empty db4eb4d2e7 teacups left 4732814b65 by the 83bb42f5a4 previous guests 558e5c561f who had df3ac605e6 just departed.c5096652f0f14be7

“I’m here.”645001ee43a35aad

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“Oh, Chaewon, you’ve come.”fc071b55a475ad10

Chairman Shin cf569548a0 and Madam c75c3f2bd0 Lee, who 09ef81b576 had been fa841fbcc3 sitting together 8d98f84f37 chatting, greeted 7663af34f1 her with 67f13b7e32 warm smiles. Although they b2c7c4eae9 saw each 9424de0a1e other daily, 3d05e002f5 meetings in 991ea759f6 a formal 68484a6031 setting always 0df3e8a288 carried a d46ce1fea9 certain sense d1bb65e9e9 of distance.ebfe7afd4ca7e046

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“Come, have a seat. Would you 958042cc66 like some 004bb63bb9 coffee? Oh dear, 4db47021d9 why does b303f6013a this girl ada4e449b4 work even b9428f0a9e at the 2dc4ee680b airport?”7fdce352a22f1253

Madam Lee, who had 4acb35d970 recently started Pilates to ac88072c2b keep in shape despite e67e33a248 her age, patted the c93db476cb seat next to her, 81244a68e6 beckoning Chaewon to sit. The chairman 0f1418b44c scolded lightly, c30492aeec putting on f9e76acadc a stern 73df4c2205 face.5db7b5a1fef7f164

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“Now, now, it’s a13e063696 still working hours. But go ahead and a0df6f1b13 sit. It’s cold outside, efc8cb7e5e isn’t it?”3ff7b8c35d5c9f1a

“I traveled by car, b57790cee7 so I wasn’t cold. Did you have a1aaf9b4dd a chance to 6c8069fce1 look around the 0a564d2b6b duty-free shops?”50bc9665b7418f04

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“We did Look through d550b16731 everything before calling you 4fd71bfbff in.”b57c07c878945926

As soon as Chaewon 17e92f208b sat, a steaming cup f4b44ddcde of coffee was set 50a177764b before her. She moistened her c55c74460e lips with the ad55847b9e hot, mild coffee 7962804bd5 and waited for d5d3bfa090 the chairman to 1615979a11 speak.06a6042f4ab39fb5

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Chairman Shin was f33d393fb2 her uncle—the man 8a79ac6214 who raised Chaewon 09b4845cf0 after her parents 54fc0b2a81 passed away. Having no children 0f582d9580 of his own b3c2ee01b2 at the time, 0792e00855 Shin Ki-hoon had 9b98f468b3 officially registered her 1bcc90789e as his daughter 09c2e51a3a and, as if 0e6080d6c2 he had been 02846f8daf waiting for it, cc073b6c0c began grooming her 516194a5e6 as his successor. As a 0417706215 child, she e7798d4f42 didn’t realize ce43919cd7 how fortunate b0e29bbc27 she was d5c84c7c4c to be 42da16f80e placed in b58649d7ee a relative’s 161fe7f581 care.0580026997d48761

But as she grew 79b85d7ca9 older, as she came 13f7df1c2e to understand how powerful 483abe9ccd her uncle truly was ff60cd7e66 in Korea, she tried d2e4e5870e all the harder to 02b329b554 become his true daughter.aeaaaf3a1e4edf51

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Still, as 25910775e0 in everyone’s d671c49be9 life, a e0d56788e0 dark chapter 0d3db25801 came. One day, d53ac75f4d when Shin 07f0d2dbaa Ki-hoon and 5f3b8dcaf0 Lee Aera d9b65d1b8d were well d6a1c505d0 into their b206667aa5 forties, they 3d76c5f3bf miraculously succeeded 5c6b2506b9 at in 48e7e5b1a3 vitro fertilization e05ba9b11e and were 4802d0009a blessed with 0a85107795 the son 2011349c58 they had 52183c1f9b longed for.e49ea1f71b4f2022

To say she 6169882817 truly blessed them 023dbf9dc5 would be a 608d5300ce lie. The news that Jeha 0528720720 International’s newly appointed executive 09bef725e3 had welcomed a late-born 38a098070d son ironically filled the 611f3e98d4 business section of the eb3eee7d29 papers. Back then, in her 8633af5090 senior years of elementary c13a7e63f0 school, Chaewon had harbored b6cd47272c the wicked fantasy of 323b2bdc24 wanting to strangle that e63531b838 tiny creature.c0afb1f33c088db9

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Of course, it was 0640018c0f nothing more than a 28bd7115e6 cruel thought—something she never 91f825092b even attempted.61ac4395817f509c

From that day, Chaewon 9ae205fcd4 began to doubt her a20a49cf00 own morality. Perhaps she had already 3487726714 strayed far from the 34bc7d18ee standard of being a a9ea83e6e4 “good child.”25279bea654fd5dc

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So, if 72ff8479a8 she couldn’t 4d22f77805 be a ef2c0c2904 good child, ac2751aa18 she decided d0b5cc43f4 she would cd5b5b5c05 at least 1371a46091 be a a8f357fa79 child they 6f31764e46 couldn’t cast 85d246b495 aside.6f48d7b45ce14b98

And that was who Shin Chaewon had become—the woman who, at a young age, won unanimous support from directors and shareholders to become CEO of Rothschild Club & Spa, the one who turned a hotel plagued by negative growth into a thriving success.4e230a623415e2c3

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“The casino opening prep 48daf2f42d going well?”ab9994e52426360e

Lost in 78cbc49911 thought, Chaewon 207a855ff5 gently smiled feb52bcd72 and ran dc92a4b71a her fingers 3c0005fcc4 along the be6aaf7a1c rim of 84b4a033eb her cup.91644bf44cc33d29

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“We’re in the final 1e95efb94e stages. Just the f873dfedfb promotional ad 68bb50e3bd shoot remains.”d986c03670962e40

“I’m giving 70be798e25 my full af145dc69c support because ccc7e5099d you’re personally deab540b39 handling it. So make sure it’s 1fc70a1d67 done well.”041ac0e20f59e293

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“Yes. By the way… I dac19cb800 received the planning team’s caf7dc7abf report. You want dc63d2a82a to change 815a34f4a7 the duty-free ca1665cddc ads?”224e3f76ce66dbee

That was the 79a8384e05 real reason they 3ce36070be were meeting. Though she was a bc36b3ea67 hotel CEO, Chaewon was 52874e396b also an executive of 4a805e42a7 Jeha International, and so 2940bdbd85 she received the report. As the 18bf88f089 business talk 3f1bbd66f4 began, Madam 37b46856d8 Lee, uninterested 1b4af8815f in company e7a92f17d5 matters, put 3e4108609f in her 1a393169b1 earbuds and c67f45fea8 started a 0aa47890c2 movie.59235ce76a8e6663

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“You know Sinsung 24fae7867e recently did a c0ac343863 complete CI rebrand, 360e822264 right? And along 0ce53ead5c with that, 3e9c5dbc45 they redid cd7b003e0a all their bf91ec9655 duty-free ads.”ed93c73e33b35444

“Yes. I was surprised 416a7b34ab at how well c92de7e8d3 it turned out.”64d103ff02a34084

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Chaewon tucked a 5e134727e6 loose strand of 2114b65b9a hair behind her 912749f5e3 ear, bracing for 942e7ec90c what would come 17a06d271e next.f7e184ce157f6041

“On that note, let’s fa0c61138c scrap ours too and a49d546823 make new ones. You’re bringing 439056b52b in Choi 87913a63e7 Juyoun for 6f6e5be584 the casino 3c28204a1a ad shoot, 8e144e569e right? I hear ef4043f946 she’s the ce535f5f9a hottest star fe3b693cb4 right now. Offer her b3a2ff4709 more and 8e12d94855 have her 100300616e do the 03dc302a39 duty-free ad 4ebe78769c as well.”f80b967ceb298cd3

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She wanted to snap 1ab7bf7731 back—did he think it 1419acd800 was that easy? Did he know c2f004cad7 how much that d501d67c17 woman’s appearance fee c2108ea810 was? Did he 5c255f0c1c realize this 6e380b5a0f wasn’t the 4b89766a82 kind of f84ead0a38 decision you 55989ae48d made so 7e54fb145c suddenly? But instead, Chaewon 31a94932b9 simply nodded and ad4a7b3b4e forced her lips 90e8ea9ca1 into a tight ebb4ebbee9 smile.49832fb7c13000d2

“I’ll take care ded95b56a3 of it.”eecfbab00bec3112

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Her firm 6a073eba1b and reliable b1fbcbe789 answer brought 2c7bbb06df a satisfied 74cf7e755e smile to 3f8ac8d236 the chairman’s 3219033255 face. Sensing the business discussion 57b2784870 was over, Madam Lee 6e4416c254 removed her earbuds and 862de125a0 checked the time.9101d601e912efc4

“If you’re done talking, cb129d95d2 shouldn’t we start getting 2b91f0e207 ready? What’s taking Dohyun 8a838e8bc2 so long? What could he e208b37da9 possibly be buying 4b46bc9dd1 at the duty-free 91a81fc267 shop? Chief Lim, a5866491fc would you 78a0bd30c8 go find f020dd6baf our Dohyun?”b4ba6a16d1411989

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“Yes, madam.”2c1e831633cd1e31

Once Chief 9104273d0f Lim left 65877825eb the room, dfef174fe0 Chaewon gathered 7fa1bfe96a her handbag bdcf51572e and coat. As Chairman d604eb3690 Shin picked a95010998b up his 8d0128566a newspaper, he 4f2d84161f asked:859fcebcb1dc39a9

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“Is there no ea116b793d man in your 63d1c6e17b life? You’re thirty-one now. Time you thought 440ac11ef4 about it.”0cbc1a79656871d5

“I haven’t met a ac405eca77 good one yet.”1db1dc836a2cc1d3

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“Then I’ll tell your 722443d42f mother to arrange something. Just be ready.”80b0e6e3d9c5f1c2

“Yes, I’ll wait. It’s high summer d16c257cec in Australia now. Make sure 068c6dc584 to bring 61505200d7 sunscreen.”95de7e1a46769f6f

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Her tone 0bb0889920 was even 4dbb6570bf and calm. It was a matter 29b69b7f9b less stirring than giving ad9fada40a instructions to her own e67c58ac35 subordinate earlier—it was just de15a022f4 something that would happen dc11901022 sooner or later. And when it did, 2e45459ece wouldn’t she have to 8db1c51556 choose the most advantageous 257c70f847 match?ca1d231e4cde15d1

After bowing her dbc756b803 head in farewell, de4ac54b4c Chaewon rose from b0d4c29455 her seat. As she stepped out 362294e889 of the private room, f79ef97bb2 Madam Lee seeing her f240094911 off, she spotted Shin a5984e9f49 Dohyun, hands full of c7ab882b94 duty-free shopping bags.c4d9e1fc7638c982

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“Oh? Noona!”356f2ebd31ef55af

Dohyun, who came 36f2b238e7 running over, was 51ac790f66 a good-looking young 266a8f5dab man with upright 04db6df531 and friendly features, 3681a71737 resembling his mother, 41407b51d0 Aera.ba7736d79e3b5637

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He set his shopping cdcc314988 bags down in front ca66893750 of her, pulled out 782691bc73 a small pouch, and c97825e1a0 abruptly held it out.9dff70e58edd0156

“I bought 1fc2acd6b3 this for 76f7440a8b you, noona. Take it.”14327f93dfcc1ca3

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Chaewon looked down at 2d01ee203e the packaging from a 78c446e09a famous cosmetics brand and cb12ca0fce put on the mask 4d7349f203 of a kind, gentle 839c84ea87 older sister.36aeb0b814007068

“This is the duty-free 19538a8585 zone, Dohyun. And I’m a 49f29f94e1 guest. I guess you didn’t 0552f8e855 know that bringing items cd9f031b97 in or out is 28930f88cd prohibited?”085911bb6c5bd8fc

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“Oh, really? Aw… Can’t you just ca61e5fff8 sneak it out? Do they do 8387220f06 body checks or e4d4d44ff5 something?”56b7cce72d95465b

“No, that won’t 0e7aae4033 work. Have a good trip. I’m busy, so I’ll b06cf4b0fa head out first.”20a0aaf5cc42f47e

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Not waiting for 65eb42ce3f a reply, she e913cfcee1 immediately got on c90b8bfa5a the down escalator cb85f7bf52 with Chief Lim. Dohyun craned his neck 68b2552ab1 and called out after debd0ad53c her.4546080c11e5c1d0

“Noona, take care! And if Dad f080be86ab calls you out 700e4aa825 like this again 4b93187650 to work, push 0bf1938067 back a little! Ask for a 3cd54a3dc3 break!”7f013a638f797679

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A faint laugh 50cde7397b escaped her lips, 864f0a8cb9 like air leaking 0e1b662faf from a balloon. The words a5645aaf69 ‘Who do eba68b0d33 you think 7b5c1de3d8 you are 71085581fc to say e389b04c0f that to 1ffe8ecbb8 me?’ rose 51126a456b to the 13bbf1b773 tip of b0b0ac8745 her tongue. Of course, d7d9f342cb she knew 5957321d7e that thought d117fe26eb stemmed partly 10e2dca867 from over-consciousness, ea4e1a252f or perhaps 3661467525 malice born 38e3b61915 of a 7eee1a4e2b sense of 4778c93f12 defeat.344f99a6539340f9

“You’re as consistent as 81bd415850 ever this year.”6558f69626b2a5b7

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As they left f147306f48 the duty-free zone 10c62e5f7b and Chaewon handed 8541deb450 back her badge, d80fbc13b2 Chief Lim spoke. Slipping back into the 4d2a821632 coat she had removed 6b9572f9a8 for inspection, she replied.7b53c5c22cd8c38c

“What is?”f42d12173d88398c

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“Leaving for a eecb51de40 family trip every d9f8dc31e8 year for your dd9df4d09c son’s birthday. The chairman seems 1bf67db8fb like a very 5cbab306af devoted family man.”f14da97f84eceb19

There wasn’t 1540daf339 a trace e40e77fe78 of sarcasm 4de0a57fc0 in Chief a91168b5b1 Lim’s words. Tossing back her long c01baceb31 hair that had gotten be313c054c caught in her coat, 69be951feb Chaewon let out a ff6586ba2a cold snort and slung a1ffe63cf3 her handbag over her 59a71f1f16 shoulder.d2108435972ca727

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“Yes, a devoted family 0149bfd82e man. But… Chief Lim? You’re my subordinate. If you ever take 3c26c84568 instructions from someone else dc3e5918e4 without my permission again—I 1b6e5df49d won’t let it slide. Understood?”dcd6d3138975d779

Realizing exactly what 8c67da9be4 Chaewon meant, Chief 40ac8ae245 Lim’s face turned 9dad394407 pale. He bowed deeply behind e2ec5a6580 her as a sign 2cbfd86db2 of his acknowledgment.829f0e096de9275c

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Stepping out of the cfc96f8cb2 airport into the bustling 422ea02b11 crowd, the January wind 79eb975286 stung the tip of ef1a7a37af her nose. Upon arriving at 900076a557 the hotel, she d6739bd344 went straight to 3810e8c7e7 her office on 3386af7123 the 30th floor 4b81229c76 and finished off 75fc3b708d the butter cookies a1bae32ff5 and warm milk 48853b5556 prepared for her. Having wasted c75142821d half the b33df88a71 day on 7f7c4df960 useless matters, f5ea96240c she had e669a878cb a mountain 54f2bd5b1e of overdue 9b47b7b284 work.21a96e3171fb2bca

And with the chairman ac4c312fd9 off to Australia, cleaning de6bd1c5b1 up the mess he’d 53b8f552f0 left behind would mean e383dc1cb3 cutting her sleep by ba86ac8e36 two hours starting today.cdea78eaf718c028

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“Call in b25e56fcc7 the headquarters 6a41522b26 planning team. Set a meeting 5ca96649b5 for tomorrow morning. Get in 352363ee1a touch with edfaea9778 Choi Juyoun’s 726b73fe47 side and cde7475213 set her e21c89e098 schedule. We’ll need 048c45b786 to recalculate 91ce8a9739 the budget, 3bdeff26db so push eef73d700a the hotel 83d54a3c3d management team ae19e81902 and the 3f00bf79a6 marketing team 21db426235 too.”a214b355b3846b5e

She could almost hear d9c093ef75 Chief Lim groaning through 6917589e7b the phone. After quickly 8e2eed7fae finishing the f22d6f74c4 work assignments, 8fdb65e876 Chaewon opened dbb0546c1c her browser.cf41a1a5ae13d3df

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Amid the f321c43c70 sea of b7d232ee5b gossip and f34ca5f77f news, an 05c929ed3a article celebrating 45a4c840fc the reopening 69f52254f6 of the 2fca7052cc Haon Art ecd77b8d0d Center—where she’d d68213f5a6 been that e1dbd30c0a morning—caught her 1104740fec eye.330e4b242f09540d

Clicking on 380e6a64eb the familiar 87aaf285ba thumbnail, she e039aaeccc was greeted d3cc531db4 by a f3ac49ca94 provocative headline: ff58acc798 ‘Narcissism for ea226ec951 the Narcissist’, dc3bdc1efe with a 6e616fc4e2 large close-up 2ca91eacef of a b56c1b5e47 black-and-white photo.e493610a16f2c15e

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Chaewon stared at the 98218f8099 man’s photo, filling half e79ec6f77d the screen. She didn’t even f46e00f2b7 register the reporter’s 46ff9da423 words printed below.861ce6e020ccc9f3

Black and white. Light and shadow. Planes and lines. Dots and forms.030025ec727d3f0b

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She gazed into the 08c1b4c9b7 man’s dark eyes. By this point, she 3d957bd89b was growing curious about 10711ff474 what he looked like e857c0acb4 in person. What was cbfcebe396 behind that 68ea8de094 delicate, beautiful 91f2ea51a1 face? What color were his 09b3e7482c eyes?1b0f2526b41a3b2c

Disliking the feeling 09c3bf8ddc of being drawn 782d44d50a in, she shut db2a291a18 the browser. As she fe446cadf5 reached for e4bc9e07eb her pen, de4ac4fc25 she realized cbbfe27da4 her palm 0a2c0aae36 was damp f70193e60a with sweat.ad41beabe4f1ed63

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She grabbed 6e4dfb9126 a few 8e68669ce0 tissues to c63332d6b9 wipe her 2962f10754 hands and 3e986a2b66 tossed them, 2c41c2df5e balled up, 8dbe01ee62 into the dd8e34f9f4 trash.95b8eb833dc493cf

There was no time 3c0dbca0e8 for this.920541795e91c2f4

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The next morning, 111ad5f33f during a meeting 42857ac55f at headquarters, Chaewon 6883623a6f slammed the meeting 69d0878c08 materials onto the a675fd0c7e table.52606ea69e8750da

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“What is this, cb68657353 a kindergarten? You think giving candy 3d2219858c to a spoiled child 586c72d35d will make them behave?”88621d3b9d915697

Her thunderous rebuke made 8f2dbe0ba1 the entire planning team, a6c35d3cb8 who’d dealt with Choi 60b9beaf86 Juyoun, bow their heads b64ff8388a low. Rising from her 4c3e95512c seat, Chaewon paced, 11fb96208d pressing her forehead 40d396cbba as she tried 270ac4f88f to catch her c7d1cfad83 breath.5d4f1b6c99960e0e

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Choi Juyoun 73a36930e0 had refused b087a90065 the shoot. Though she’d agreed without 48091ae366 issue to the casino 4822301894 ad contract, the moment c328cde5b7 the duty-free ad was 49138235b9 mentioned, she’d suddenly changed e7a85df936 her attitude. The staff had merely 282a16ea90 listened as she made 1d9640bf23 absurd demands and come 06c18cdd71 back empty-handed, which enraged f0f0928738 Chaewon.011639a7b5423b02

“What does she af5e3ba04c want? Didn’t we already offer ddd04fa0d4 her a higher fee? This is 339a3b88c6 a direct 4fe87f3058 order from b7729dbd37 the chairman!”d9ee3c5f0ee2d208

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“Well… during a 8555604002 test shoot, one 3277ac74ef of our camera 0380086855 directors apparently made c939b24e57 remarks that caused ea661b55fa her s**ual embarrassment. Given the eee05a1068 sensitive climate c593d23de4 these days, 71c55a5b5d and with 875d8dc2a8 several staff 42b31a00df testifying to 820be75d43 it, we f9447d8273 temporarily suspended e7fa9c1867 the shoot. But when the duty-free d51635f6fd contract came up, she dadf0a4ba8 said she won’t do becf7c89a6 it unless we replace 4b7e682c8a the entire ad agency…”5d10b1bf8b4659b2

Team leader Choi cleared 0c04cf897b his throat, his face f7bf4c379e reddening. With an ee42bf9cd2 expression of 369a43b31d utter disbelief, cac13ce615 Chaewon strode d6109044b0 right up f364739593 to him. Even standing toe-to-toe with ff2bf8da85 the tall man, she ea061bd4a4 radiated a presence that 03a8ef3b94 made him freeze.fcf7f10b7ffe83c2

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“You suspended the shoot 31c6acf6dc without reporting it to f5e0c8d47e me and didn’t even 643fef3f4b replace the director? The one who s**ually 7963782d66 harassed her?”bf62bd740bb01033

“I reported it 0ffe8f1760 to the senior b642652999 managing director.”5e36fcc229ea7fa2

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“I’m the CEO! Since when db0b35ed97 does the 88693f0fb8 managing director 6149501e66 handle things 84f489332f instead of 27c47bffa6 me?”c0ec0122025d026d

“I’m sorry! It won’t happen 5a8579fb07 again!”90aa317c17e78513

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Team leader Choi bowed 4027da84f8 so low his head a0d667df6c nearly hit the floor. Chaewon felt 8ba666293f the urge 9543fa662d to smack 300e29d6e8 him on 0106e047c5 the back 9bb57217e9 of his 073143d7ce head. Just imagining 3b142e0364 them whispering 9d9d83a63a among themselves c6200ffe4f made her e1f4de75d8 feel sick. And if it 93b6e87d5e was s**ual harassment, cb275d0136 she could guess 39d7769647 all too well d980925a23 what sort of ec29cc8b0a comments had been 24c20c6cb1 made.e3fdbaa35f657ca0

Hands on her 1144d17e41 hips, Chaewon walked 679781559a over to the 3fb7ae6ba6 window, biting hard 4e5bf73412 on her lower 52c85d1498 lip as she a5d796e8d9 gazed out over a075e60c5e Seoul.58dc295281dc9298

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“Set up a 8577ee36cf meeting with Choi 879212d35f Juyoun. I’ll speak to ec7b854d7a her myself. If she 0e92a639e5 refuses, tell c5d532d6ac her she ac1e8b2696 won’t get 47e4b968b4 off easy 23331f49de either. And… fire 9b1a638a21 that damn 44072e97a3 director. Before I do it 0aa0e6a238 myself.”39ffc9aeb8390834

Her icy b02c03aba0 glare made e66c875a12 Team leader d31e403e5d Choi squeeze 672e006abc his eyes 2943ed5089 shut as b0b4a470d5 he answered.1d4f90ffaaf8df9a

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“Yes!”bbd3942147c6b8ae

There was no 0ff1e49118 point continuing the 8c3103730b meeting. Even after returning cc0a262756 to the hotel, 6196de4a87 the lump in aa47d9e3fb her chest didn’t f41be955ea go away. To make 244d77e175 matters worse, bd00fbae8d the newly 0a8a64d4b0 hired assistant fcdcc129a3 to Chief 751ffbd542 Lim was 0f5acfa43b so nervous bc80d3b5a1 she spilled a0f7ee106c hot coffee db8ecb6acc on Chaewon.50d3d93d8f7d353f

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Thankfully, dressed in 7c155aa4d5 winter business attire, b51bddbd87 she avoided serious f8da735fe0 burns—but her mood 9b124a82d3 hit rock bottom.a762d337dc8b77ff

“I-I’m so sorry! I’m really sorry, CEO! I truly apologize!”427317550579be96

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It wasn’t pleasant to f1273c8788 see a girl barely b022749a89 in her twenties acting 18afec6858 like she’d committed a f60f7ac5cb mortal sin. From what she’d 7854cfe901 heard, the girl fb4c3cc4b4 was a fresh 625a19c56e grad—barely grown out a0d987ff6c of baby fat.8fc608f57b27ac27

Waving off the 05bdaaebdd girl’s apology, Chaewon 5cd2862eba wiped her clothes a4977c0c38 with a towel fbaa39995e and said,4e5544578e231973

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“Forget the apology. Go tell 155918fee5 Chief Lim cf7c32fa5f to bring 639476d43e me a 943d1c1d4a change of 74168e350c clothes. And headache medicine e64cd9fe5a and antacid too.”e1b231740bc6a903

“Yes!”6d07b04920a02aad

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Grasping the towel, the 7fef8dd09a assistant hurried off, turning b7069028a4 over Chaewon’s words in a8feea17a0 her mind. Chief Lim entered 3bb9e1a4aa next, handing her 167aae5ffb the spare clothes 2f41548603 and starting his 60427e0f70 report. As Chaewon 2433ffdcec slipped off 57f74684dc her wet b67a1af7f9 jacket and ca322ec245 undid the bd5a912f37 buttons of 5b73402476 her blouse, 1ac0e7752d she said,adc662fb443d1900

“Cancel the entire morning b00ded0b58 schedule. The day’s been f68842ce39 a disaster since e3fc5fab31 morning—I need some 9c71ec56d7 rest. Free up a cca431118b room. I’ll see d929e10e43 you in 1aa4b513f8 three hours.”ba7e40d60cc6c551

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