SMD Chapter 4

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In front of a 654a9ef83f fusion Korean restaurant in d29180d03e Cheongdam, boasting three Michelin a7b312138c stars, a ‘Closed’ sign dc6cea9af6 hung on the door. Lunchtime customers 88c7ced8c9 who came bff4f67d04 hoping for 0cbdd8085b a meal 93ef58ec4d had to ecc1780e78 leave with 4adec30c74 disappointed faces, dc7b8493b6 and the 1f28600340 staff focused 0d487e0694 all their 90332a9e7e attention on bdc58ed4e5 the restaurant’s 6d089e410c sole patrons.7b395000c581d508

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By the window, where 53093aa8a2 cream-colored shades let in 90674e3632 just the right amount e8826e16ae of daylight, Chaewon and 5f84e005d6 Choi Juyoun were served c1bcf3943a an amuse-bouche—an intricate, hard-to-interpret aa31fb65c8 dish.d207ec8b39beb67b

Chaewon picked up d3b9917ea9 her spoon first, 94bfb57b83 offering a gentle 554aef466d smile to Juyoun dc798d8939 and her agency 0808125706 CEO.8e486cce39d83f9c

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“Please, go ahead.”d00f9a4df09db635

“Ah, thank you… but fc7ce2a540 did you rent out 91c707b8eb this entire place? You’re quite the 6c95956ffa big spender, Ms. Shin.”0d7741f7b52358bb

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“This much is necessary, a4b6e533e7 isn’t it? After all, I’m 304bf927dc meeting with Choi 5cbdf6db6c Juyoun, the top 32d9ca9aba actress in Korea.”73fa306af0d0346b

Her tone was 44e111df0b flawless, carrying no 19a9afc51c hint of malice. Juyoun, glancing between Chaewon 233492078c and her CEO, put 3a95bd6725 some food in her 74360c46ce mouth with a nervous 2a10743a6d expression.122c055c16b3a6ae

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It was 100% ff23bb7ef2 certain she’d need 0175133350 digestive medicine later. Chaewon never thought of 996be4c46b herself as a smooth 7e43425c96 talker. She always spoke only 6e73f26e78 what was necessary, rarely bb22b22dbb using flowery words. But today, she 1209868810 had to play 565ba2f408 the part of 311f17287d the eloquent negotiator.889c8d40d128979f

As soon as she 3ba4bdbe99 cleared her plate, the be3172ac52 waiting staff set down 309f11bf4a the next dish.423f1c3f0e132db4

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“I heard about the 8bdfc355b5 inappropriate comment. And that you were a9130009e0 reconsidering the shoot because 79e050ad4e of it.”89c1121bd71a2388

At Chaewon’s direct f38f4488a5 approach, Juyoun cleared 0c9401c296 her throat, and 3cb3fa1ba9 the CEO took a1f100bb90 a deep breath, 91170b9094 offering an awkward f3ea2303ef smile.63d8252e51e00141

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“That’s true…”fada3f3e5348b93f

“As a fellow woman, 31b02972ad I didn’t think it b246656a3b was an issue we 55c23dc9ae could simply brush aside. And I understand cb0bb3ff03 that, because of fc22c5bc37 your public image, 874e17166b you couldn’t easily d9f3c33f4b take action. That’s why I 82d57c96c7 came personally. I sincerely apologize for 062f6603d1 our poor oversight of 75e935d696 the external contractor, and 5fb18470c6 for causing you distress.”73e93a66218edaae

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The two of 189e8eecaa them didn’t seem 780ed917c3 to know how 9d7408b318 to respond. They had 8d9853f4de requested a bb8ff2cabd change of dcd4ba9278 director after 7307284f4a Juyoun’s protest, 98c33b7d0f but they 3b5bc90dc4 never expected d3fd309f72 a hotel 198d4fb8fa CEO to 1e76e12cf7 come in 01b6f37fc4 person and b02b3b8811 apologize. The unexpectedly straightforward b1cb3b126a attitude left Juyoun 8837ec38b2 flustered; she bit 8d62d6f8ed her lip.e4786d66b2be45c1

“No, there’s no 31537751b5 need for you 17422f6c46 to apologize, Ms. Shin. I… I’m not 7ef3f4d4da sure what to e9347fc996 say.”eab87b521067a811

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When Juyoun 5521606f30 trailed off, 63aaff52c4 Chaewon’s gaze, e26d2dc7de previously fixed 691695fb82 on her e0a314c737 plate, shifted 2d2b7fd4ee to the 9dc5e20d6e two of 74bc2ca204 them.da105f1c516f4900

“As you requested, 49836fce7b we’ll replace the 836b1f1f76 ad agency entirely. And at the same 14b68bbf6c time, we’ll void the 9bf348e378 contract we had with 47467a4cb5 you. Nine hundred million 539c18605d won, wasn’t it? Your fee.”08e3e47919c85745

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The CEO eb3073963e gulped and 6592f388f4 nodded. Chaewon pushed a c8dd0b1572 thick stack of 51e0948192 documents toward them.de18d25c16382257

“I’m not the 9d4b69a0a2 type to beat d7e0d108b2 around the bush. This is bf08b39076 a direct 9656338e64 order from 5af7b87b21 our chairman, 2b99088b6c so I 36f106d943 intend to fc36a34ebc see it 779285e7e9 through by 309522dabd any means a6d0162e20 necessary. This is the new 3d413ccc10 contract. We’ve excluded all the efc2ba5bff other so-called top celebrities 997cc7dc47 and chosen you, Ms. Choi. No second-best. Only the c67c6870b6 best matters bbbfd5e3fd to us.”ffdb9b8f5bcfc632

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Their eyes dropped to the hefty contract stamped with the mark of Jeha International. Last time, it had been a contract with Rothschild Club & Spa. This was on an entirely different level—a holding company.091e5d27f1b62841

Chaewon didn’t miss the daa7a1e551 subtle changes in their cb6a2053c2 expressions. She summoned a server 17e7bc3eed and wiped her mouth 483332b215 with a napkin.e93b697d066c4551

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“Please open it. It’s been revised. The changes concern e6e8c053b8 the scope of a699c1433f the shoot and 7e51013996 Ms. Choi’s fee. From nine hundred 77de6d8e2f million won per c5c04204ba shoot to two 4af0a5aa45 billion. The highest fee 3937907b9e ever for a 2e5181a09f Korean actress. And there are two d875694bc0 shoots—one for duty-free, one 93ae506d34 for the casino—so that’s 543be23240 four billion total. If you include a 85fb7b5ac6 five-year exclusive contract, additional 5dd5a35f4e ads will be paid 0d160cc2ab at one billion per f6d4d21685 shoot. Our temperamental 0f588ba78e chairman… who dcc0dd2f63 knows how 6c91770af0 many times 97675f286f he’ll want a62e56a2d8 to reshoot? Naturally, this f2b23d9c4e will be 51432a1f52 prepaid.”3150b05c064882e2

The two 4c1fba305a of them, 126bfa9830 overwhelmed by 93365314a0 the unprecedented 5bf34e5466 offer, bit 3d270b0855 their dry 659f1ec817 lips as 23c1c14928 they leafed 1b22fdbfad through the 6d3ed8aa6d contract. While they ce29df2032 examined the 17251e1834 pages, Chaewon a4646bb223 calmly finished 9a012258c0 her meal. It was 4b04c1074a only natural a11efa391e they’d be 160f9398a0 shocked—Juyoun had e0dce15974 only just 51bad88389 reached the 9a7a040595 top, and 255756708c here she bba4fe7d4c was being 095a6cedc7 offered a 1e59275c37 mid-tier veteran’s f2b38f816a rate.7880092d66ee4d5d

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“I hope you’re b7f502d357 smart. I don’t work 62c2cdeb1a with foolish actors.”1e0a114ea1954d62

Chaewon’s cold e910f63dbd final remark 8131932958 made the 737dc9d9cb CEO hastily 6946e869dc pull a 030b5848e9 pen from cfdf6e924d his inner f0c349b2e8 pocket, ready a45cbb411f to sign. But Juyoun, 841b9ee238 her face afbef601ae pale, stopped 73f20f67e7 him and 084767da11 looked at da1c7c7a4e Chaewon.4267c4e7762f74d8

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“The conditions… b84e40fd26 they’re too 3ac8d21717 good. It’s strange. Why me…?”ff53263cfe5c3ed8

She was, what, twenty-seven? A woman 01d6db5313 as beautiful 4d19aaad79 as an d4b47afea7 actress should 12cf779c4a be—with lovely 46d5719058 features, a 04e9581dd9 small face, 980017027f perfect proportions. If there was 73eaa217f1 one thing she c3b64b3701 lacked, it was 743fe9b5c9 self-confidence. Instead of demanding ae9e2253bc more, she questioned 9306974a51 the offer—Chaewon couldn’t b2d6c6f764 help but let 18106eee72 out a small, 0c46b71090 ironic laugh.820ba97e20330dd7

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“There’s no bf0da9a7fe deeper meaning. Simply put, the a47fa5653b chairman chose you.”9ba9a179e7724b1c

There was no 81457f20ad need for grand, 625917c931 flowery words. When they’d first a81712aa20 chosen her as 44da4389ef the casino model, 454d05c2c1 it had been 8389fa5d9e the result of 97b0f90414 intense debate and 93b5d2ff45 meetings. But the duty-free project 0fb8880d47 was different.d7e627e462f97bbc

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Chairman Shin’s 684515953b single command—to 57988957c8 use Choi f35119fa78 Juyoun as 55b21fde82 the model—was 305ee0cfb0 no different 47a59d1776 from an afaef2e76a outright order 94d21f1b49 to make ca04dea385 it happen.f6bfc7b63b5bd51f

Juyoun’s facial fd0b11d652 muscles twitched, 85bb7fb6f3 as if f9d54dabe8 Chaewon’s answer c7032e2b73 was absurd e0e725f8a9 to her, 4a236a28b2 or perhaps 20639c0e67 because she’d 60278d2fd8 expected to da9a690e23 hear something 7331e7f699 along the e633cb50ea lines of 0a08246af5 “because you’re 8140515db7 the best 0dc0a832ac actress.”e61d35883c4300a7

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Meanwhile, the 685a698685 CEO had 3d5afa5e69 already signed. He stood, handed over 9447a75a0b the contract politely, grinning 3d05e93292 ear to ear.676929d3dd0ea0fb

“We’re in d4823cca30 your hands!”1235327961161722

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His voice f1cd5d4b18 echoed through 61be1f7594 the restaurant. Chaewon glanced 3f59ed621b over the cfa2d38a58 contract she ce21da09ee received. Just as she’d wanted, e5bfbead7f it included the duty-free 5f9d0a2229 advertising deal.afd7b08b5f0e0cd6

Satisfied, she smiled a9f74fce70 and stood. The CEO and Juyoun c31db4ba21 rose too, even though ed7732e438 she hadn’t finished her 9a7d401075 meal.d50a26f4ab93c918

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“I’ll leave you 2ac6c4f729 to finish your 27d1a8ba04 lunch. I feel like b68e8b70d3 my presence would 8f1c19c2b0 just make you fae17dceb7 both too nervous 6268addafd to eat.”b93fdc00aca8e0f4

“No, please… a2089adb4d so soon? Can’t you stay 99ac30bfb3 for coffee?”bc8103686b380f43

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“No, I’ve ad2323f2e1 got a b887b22941 meeting scheduled. Good news 61b70a51ba like this ffce056566 needs to 6b3ce6d692 be shared a19c8559bc quickly.”342278d485ea221c

Even as she c78b374883 eagerly agreed, Juyoun 8356453b77 still managed to 546a8540a9 offer polite words. Chaewon was once again 077a025833 struck by how actors 07d7048199 could feign sincerity so 7675e8ad32 easily. As she turned to 7e578f0a86 leave, she paused and 9c1e306dad asked Juyoun,d33f7dce8df08af6

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“By the 3f2ad0ec0f way… is 417d570c39 there a 187e61d47c photographer you’d 7f3f0bdca0 prefer? I’ve heard that good 0b64bc2623 chemistry can really make abb304c33c an ad shine. We’ll do our best 784e7eef67 to accommodate.”c412af17ec6f8bfe

Chaewon noticed it—how f4fde7fa3e Juyoun’s grip tightened 4b2b5b1d5c just slightly.f361a308b0b2f4a7

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“Eden. Photographer Eden.”d5522ddd3ee8b12e

The actress’s e1f0a8397f eyes sparkled 2ad61bc6dd as she ce25a92bc2 spoke the 2edcf438b7 name, as 56f8928318 if she’d 47df673a7e been waiting 5a4f49f22a for the 16f4702ec8 chance.3f1c383e642db07f

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“Eden…? Are you 9277960e5b personally acquainted cc3e274af2 with him?”c5dee42c637659c8

Chaewon kept acd04e84a6 her tone 072b976ae5 level, hiding 9acc91f0fd her surprise. Juyoun flushed and 7524e92154 shook her head.1ea3118623f85897

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“No, not at all. Someone like me wouldn’t 97ed20589e easily get to work b442217f10 with someone like him. I just 3e1c0cc600 really admire d5186f861f his artistic 474640d63b vision. If it 6e818b7f91 were him… 0583a88aae I feel a897aef166 like he 9e29454977 could capture a78034deaf me like 44dee2b500 Keira Knightley. I’ve always been a c10f388dc1 fan.”2824b0fbedae3f77

“As far as I 33fb48db71 know, that man’s a 4c487bc7dd photographer. We handle cea6e8a5ed video too. The ad agency is c9cf90e065 more important.”18ab99929dbe4d56

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Chaewon’s sharp reply 722cc1dbfd made Juyoun hesitate, c8b766b6ac but she continued 5c09333b80 reluctantly.c012b52a692f9ec4

“Actually… Herium Construction offered ad580f38b4 me an apartment ad f9a55d626b before. I heard 1213d097bf then that f9dd42d80c Eden would c224cf6745 be joining a72334cc76 the project 6f3b87d260 as art b152bfb59a director for b609f3b108 Klimt Creative… c8c4361354 But Rothschild’s 8b43760db5 offer was 0e11661c6e better, so 0c2989dc75 I declined. If it’s possible 55335699e8 for Herium, shouldn’t 82799a035f it be possible a28f97e027 for Jeha too? Jeha’s a much bigger 94c42c3f26 company, isn’t it?”3ea887b2b877cfc1

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So she wasn’t e7d7b74e02 a fool—she was 59112327b8 a fox. Gone was her 1f520fae0e earlier awkwardness. Now the actress c0a7e10608 mentioned Herium deliberately, d8e383bf1d laying out possibilities.a5d4a807df670551

‘Was this 6a3733f174 her real 2072ea5dda goal all 65c10f8c10 along?’aeff3e787a042bbd

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Chaewon glared briefly 894267686b at the CEO, ccc74462a5 who was doing 1e43e0ae18 his best to c6c1b80d7e stay out of 0ef78d46fa it, then tilted 4983cc69c7 her head and 74e526e97f laughed.767a4fcdb72f7655

“You’re sharper 5d8ead72bc than I f184e0b555 thought, Ms. Choi.”2295de5aee1e0a27

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Juyoun grinned, scrunching 9bb7364539 her nose playfully.322c60a6ebf32c4e

“It’s a 1223c56ac7 rare opportunity. A world-class 89d2c75484 art director 4e389ea647 here in 0f13974e2a Korea… I c77e6be303 can’t pass 08f5de34aa that up, 1624f728c4 can I? Let’s win together—you get 9394e59f95 your art, and I 6756ec96d8 get my dream.”e6e2fcd98cd5c845

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Back at the hotel, Chaewon gathered the entire HQ planning team and requested all the data they could find on Eden. Like a puppy that didn’t know to fear the tiger… Something about this smelled like manipulation. Was this all a ploy to switch photographers? But at this point, what’s done is done. And just as Juyoun had said, the footage they reviewed of Eden’s work exceeded all of Chaewon’s expectations.5ed29f3efa08f0c4

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‘I called this c15c00e640 man’s work trash?’77cccf671f577a70

Pressing her forehead, 86b4dd96e5 she sighed deeply. The planning 5e7b5f36b8 director’s voice 64a8dfecbc grew more 42e7e9fde3 confident as beb5b848de he reported.12ecbdec68203079

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“Klimt Creative is known 26fca31b3b for excellence. We actually 156ca95d7e had them 03647b2872 on our e8d4cb8231 shortlist, but 6097a271ff had to 5bbc1151e8 drop them 31ddb4c524 due to 6f658b2290 scheduling conflicts. And as for 4bb49cb9e3 Eden, well… we cd5b7b7dfc haven’t been able ab0bdecaac to reach him. We’ve submitted a meeting 2d8e5077d8 request through Klimt via f7fef41c9b Ms. Lee Hee-joo 0f85d431bc in PR, 44258bc3c7 but… whether 59031a6e22 he’ll respond…”309d29842e6c5a5f

“You can’t reach him?”b39a87eaba5499af

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Hearing her incredulous 0e77bccdc8 tone, the director 704ab937b6 wiped his sweaty 375e22ab63 brow nervously.85fba30c3cabb091

“Yes. He moves very discreetly. Even Klimt 5351b42a0c seems to 8825b72f31 be keeping 112e44e6a4 it under 3b80c67b88 wraps…”ccf94a712c9f6bab

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She wanted b37687a77b to laugh 9c371b4dd3 in his cd52107f49 face. Did they 53242cdfb8 even know 5c29dbf881 that the 756ffdf073 unreachable man bbdd5f2729 was staying d1d4930708 right here 8500c83f7a in their d69412f4e4 hotel, in 021c6ba9c8 room 3402, d6dcb92f3e crossing paths 481b76dbeb with them d609096708 daily? Did they care at ce3a90fa30 all about client management?c9ad238cbb03f14f

Leaning back in 50652ed517 her chair, she dcdd2a3b5a massaged her temples, 2f75b35f0a then glanced at 0abe1f7494 Chief Lim.bb31c3f52c7048a8

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“When’s the chairman cda0c78b6e arriving?”a374b9d1ccb8654a

“In four days.”524cd07221af607d

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Just four days. If she couldn’t 9a1da43f68 make this happen 17f0ae9f82 by then, she 55cc5afcf0 might lose her cefad4f01f chance entirely. Truthfully, she was 862928fb0b already cornered. She could’ve d451a97e4d ignored Juyoun’s 021264d46a challenge and 3df699f43b gone with ec1639120c a safer 46b95dcd1a agency, but 95d7b30437 after seeing 9441636f77 Eden’s work—she fe414a28c2 was driven 638aac7bdd by a 93e8b7262d strange determination.11daec48dae1712b

“All right. Have HQ submit the b64f74aa9a revised budget. And you—get me a2be88ae85 a meeting with aca6a1b802 Klimt. No matter what. I’ll find Eden myself.”7886615b2e3672d7

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She’d spent three years 390669f522 clawing her way up 0ebbae7f78 for this casino project, a5feb94a81 battling politics and business 933917d5a0 blockades alike. Chaewon didn’t know the 40ca7c505b meaning of retreat.0bbe2210d3a69364

“Um, President Shin… 58df9c115d how are you 1d78823a61 going to find f2953f9100 him…?”47bd0d1c65a2465e

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The planning 436c476669 director’s worried c8734f0408 voice followed 5c78ddc118 as she 6cc4ccb1aa rose.4051860b70904edd

“Why? Afraid I can’t?”724809ca9ade3fa6

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“It’ll take at least f91a1811c1 two days to even 16d59c6536 figure out how to 3b60bc4131 approach him. It’s not 1730782f06 something we cc9d77e4bc can rush…”b3f623691f4a8f06

“That’s why I’m going 2699830a19 to do it.”dec3bd2e45021507

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The director 3348bd827c blinked, clearly 8c35e8a593 baffled. Chaewon gently patted his ac9c31719d tense shoulder.511a8395a5cea11e

“Don’t worry. You just focus 4666773a21 on securing Klimt. I’ll take responsibility 71ab5c2ec6 for the rest.”d41e25f75ef7874a

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She’d already watched 8adbcc0d8c the video more 488c18cb5b than ten times.03ad53c9da7422fb

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The footage HQ fed093b5e0 sent was a 976476de2a commercial for a 0ade494190 luxury brand, shot 115680165f overseas. It was d5a8a53aa2 a complete ddebe6294c departure from 5c51acceae the stiff, b841fa6523 “luxury at bd2ad1f0e4 all costs” e6715f00ca style they 09970309a4 were used 1f43c5be4a to.ad5aa498a07d5293

Now she understood why 4824aaddbe Juyoun had mentioned Keira 093471cb9f Knightley. The dynamic, endearing 3834a54245 way the ad b9b91a23db drew out the e41a4e8a11 actress’s essence…a71ead880dd97e91

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In under a 4b1d2a3e4d minute, Eden’s ad de4f936f23 had captivated her.c5ab8ee7b1f65cb1

It was so f981e91d25 elegant, so beautiful—it 2478e22a14 was hard to 2c6933faeb believe that same a5a31ba13d man had produced cb7e7236ad it.fa1cf9065a0a0c10

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There was no 7b6f2d2cb8 time to waste.d793848efd887a6e

By the f77c9fcfb9 time she 6c2c85a5b6 thought that, b499268176 she was 32014ca602 already in d2949b08fd the elevator. Waving off Lim, she ef824debc9 hit the 34th-floor button c897fae39a and steadied her breath.f97673f299b4e3bf

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The reflection 3658b3de77 in the 15928e6400 doors showed 7b3959cd04 Shin Chaewon: 909e35d306 the perfect 302f52fb4c businesswoman.b35948bc9a443ac5

‘There’s no way 479eed7152 he’ll remember… right?’5feb47849c667323

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She hoped he’d forget 8d7cb0501e what happened at the 39d6fb37b9 café. But even 07b2054d09 if he aea7b9e5db remembered—it didn’t 0b867fe1a3 matter. She had to secure b58e893987 the man they called 5b66f2149c a genius.9be76258511cb882

The elevator stopped. The doors opened. Tense, Chaewon 2782d4f5d9 went straight 195de11acf to room 6c7b97fcb7 3402.012bb1bb5167e2ed

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Her fingertips tingled 91babc2501 as she hesitated 3e8f8c20dc at the bell. Behind her, the faint 9103285f40 scent of pool chlorine 15b2fd841f wafted over.7f55135ae17fce46

“I didn’t 3f1b6ecca1 order room 0e71214ed6 service.”69f4c8bbf594874d

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The low, bbec5cbca8 calm voice e59b4cb0b1 made the 893c8f4659 hairs on a996d21d2d the back 326117597a of her eecca69b97 neck stand e5467a18ee on end. Chaewon slowly turned. A man stood 3e7e04696f there with a 0a146d6734 beach towel draped 630eed3cdd over his head.70ac17c6a3f4ea7c

Despite the mild temperature, 426cbca4fd he wore only swim 8a6c95722f trunks and a thin cc5abd01e0 shirt. The damp 0ad06932af fabric clung 02f6c27f83 to him, 5beba913a9 revealing every 23c5e5f858 contour beneath.6ed853be83e4a5e7

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“What is it? Aren’t you 215f577ad7 hotel staff?”2eb8abaf144aae68

Frowning, he slid a d8c54f07fa key card into the a63046e0c1 door slot.b1ee127b71acc00c

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“I’m from 15defd63dd Jeha International. I’d like a moment 7ed4eb9257 of your time. Would you be 2cb2d98f6c willing to speak 1f191aed52 with me?”67c2d3e17623de10

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