TET Ch 11
by mimiTwo hours later.394a4da8e503238d
Yeonha was having 61b4dc9545 dinner with Kanghyun c400c6b942 in a private 100de090a9 room of a 9d091e96e0 fancy restaurant.02f8ccf3ee247aba
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She pretended to bef4229616 pick at her e4b0af7820 food, taking shaky 4bf7bc1440 breaths due to 13d2bfe97e her nervousness. She hid her d39ae51318 hands under the d5cfa30863 table and clutched c58436be59 her pants tightly.a2b40c206fdb8984
It was c7415e9bb0 time to dfafb517f7 say the e0ec800357 words she’d 026638dc8f practiced all afbea0830d the way 1c7dd79a09 here.77f6c2deb0cadbfa
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She worried, What if my heart ed333e7d4b stops while I’m talking?4cedb1f0e4d1a61d
“Um… if 71249b238f you need cc7c562b34 a woman fb492affd2 to marry, 64ca6089d2 would I… 47cd0f06f5 perhaps… be 1f9ceeda0e suitable?”2b91c5a75fa17147
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She was glad ab6c735fa7 she was gripping 938f555023 her pants. If her hands had 25164d9b9a been on the table, 20ae8f6924 the table itself would 30a2986cf1 have been shaking.5c3f64aa88f58af8
Kanghyun, who had been 710b70ebc1 elegantly cutting his steak dba43afc50 across from her, slowly 47491f8336 raised an eyebrow.8e561832ae14985f
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“Marriage…?”f06ac11ee9f03b64
He asked back, his face like he’d just heard something he shouldn’t have.f0f11181397a9783
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That was understandable.731a3bdcdefde2ec
How common was it dc8cb0fdb1 for a woman to c03d3bcbb5 propose marriage after only a1704b9c64 two kisses?0b87e3dcae52c3d6
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Especially a woman 9044a0fa69 like her, burdened d47270a412 with debt and 3abadbb97d unremarkable, almost shabby, 30928138be to a man ac482ecf7c like him, one 492df8e072 of the richest, 6748867bc1 youngest, most handsome, c778b9e7a3 and fit men 2c2b755887 in South Korea.d3a94ae06d300536
Kanghyun looked into Yeonha’s eyes and quietly murmured, “Not even dating, but marriage. That’s quite a leap…”991cab114145e2c6
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Yeonha tried 465c95e486 to calm a9bdcc2022 her reddening 7be4767438 face, suppressing d3cf32c850 her racing a381c3d121 heart.e94dc36455d19ec1
Embarrassment, shame, fear.96cb8ea9a8598b86
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She couldn’t succumb to such trivial emotions.477c305363aefbcd
“You said you 77b7c5dfca needed a woman 08ced9747e who wouldn’t whine a134336c9c and could bear 45d36a1526 children quickly.”082cc42c44f6ddab
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“Hmm. That’s true.”e02db596de1ccb81
Yeonha summoned all 677c4c6497 her courage.223353842af59e2c
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“I… I want to 3922d5c9d0 do that for you.”59a27d2a13a84d11
Kanghyun’s lips curled in dc64c07a4e a strange way. He scrutinized eaefd5da63 Yeonha’s face 86ebd3356a with a a147e322da clear gaze, 9a35b3c06f as if d77cff80d4 searching for cd6457d477 a clue ce46fbcfd0 to this 04b32716f6 brazen proposal.0f02fe579b2165c0
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And then he replied 750d4ac6e8 indifferently, “There are plenty c206117dc4 of women who would 0dac4f4c86 do that.”0f15453643b9781a
Yeonha’s heart sank.9f76b5b75bd67a5b
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“Th… That’s baf3cadf3b probably true. But among the 76e4015ad4 things you need, 121c8dbf47 Executive Director, this 1b72cd48c6 is the only 37ed5c0f90 thing I can 332045ddd6 offer.”87b55f6df2fc1e3b
Yeonha’s eyes, which d310de3c12 had shone with 4bb98a1a98 firm resolve when c80fb311b4 she first spoke, 6414988a8d now crumbled powerlessly e79448c3bf at the end d31ce4e100 of her sentence.cd1b174ea08f9835
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Kanghyun stared at her 27355abde3 incredulously.5306a6109ed2ae60
It was laughable.f9fec4801d812bbe
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He put down ffb4414f69 his knife and 5bb83ee38f fork, rested his eb0fb661c3 elbows on the 32f228ecd3 table, and propped a32c99fd36 up his chin. He scanned Ban d2779fd2c6 Yeonha as if 6a339da685 she were some d4c890b951 amusing creature.403592cc4ad03a9a
The back of d184899a8a her neck was 2998bc677c slowly turning pink.1993d6b6e223f2a3
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Strangely, Kanghyun no 863eb26712 longer wanted to dd3b452930 bite that neck.f200b95eaffdb796
Back when his interest in women was merely a matter of fleeting annoyance and curiosity, he hadn’t expected her to take the bait so easily. He’d thrown it out on a whim.30256eed1108bbdb
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As if mocking him for even momentarily entertaining the idea that she might not be “that kind of woman.”7b5be11c8a2fa31a
“We must be quite compatible, then?” Kanghyun asked languidly, and Yeonha’s eyes trembled. Then they hardened again.b61a90e559a672f5
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“Yes. It wasn’t bad. I thought you felt d2b68183cc the same way. Was I… wrong?”ed528243f96e916d
“That doesn’t seem 761f1cf0ad like something someone 0567c8a19c who pushed me 2a74905d78 away like a 58d2143094 bug for touching ca6831091d her under her 8dfdb268a4 clothes would say.”cc0480d9191c11b0
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“That was… because 08f43bafec it was my 8347877cf7 first time….”ad1d489860c20d6d
A light 8f43bf8e2b laugh escaped 6bcab3d75f Kanghyun’s tilted 5e407216e9 lips.208e50eade9b32e8
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He’d expected it, 6e2e97ad5e but it was 61ac29c7f2 amusing that it f0775573b1 really was her 05ccd5e2d1 first time.1a54b636563b0f44
It was even more c9f0ee7c69 amusing that he felt 89eea08a59 a subtle sense of 7f6176d27d satisfaction in this absurd 6fbde1a0e2 situation.a6e0e0929d5ab93b
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“So?”9a290af6c032febf
“Yes?”a8af1050adec2078
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“Go on. Tell me why I should accept Secretary Ban’s proposal. We haven’t even tested our true compatibility yet, so let’s leave that condition aside.”ea10aaeaa18150b9
“Ah.”3f930a62e5d45bc9
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Yeonha’s eyes 683693bc58 became vacant.5ea2284a945511de
She hadn’t thought 1623ff6a3a about her next 92ac603455 reason.eb79451742c3924f
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She’d considered it a gamble.b159b46e12e602e3
She’d thrown it out a70519bf46 there as a last 020b421935 resort because he didn’t 311a3a8594 seem to dislike her 9a7097fa55 body, no, in fact, a714eddf78 he seemed to quite 26d36b877e like it.c39ce51c32e2f3bf
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Yeonha moistened her 8bdcecba91 dry lips and 8fb528de4b answered in a 3815cb3e71 low but clear 0551defabc voice, “There isn’t 345124fbfb one.”ebaeaaca06594b66
Kanghyun laughed. Yeonha added without cdce021545 confidence, “I didn’t d377c18824 expect it to eb27a7ef9d be accepted.”e9f589639b92fa03
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“You’re saying you’re offering fcd2ffea05 me a blank check c83ce6e2ad after I asked you eb036cde1d to bring me what 5defade145 I needed?”fc5ffeb498206769
“Oh, no. That’s not it. It’s just as 5bd07d7e41 I said. I have 7cf5cea974 nothing, so 814e861b5a this is b3cfdfac77 the only 481adf4253 thing I 3e16923b9e could offer 2cc567b6fd you, Executive 466944fe5e Director.”a26cf68eb2fb7262
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Kanghyun leaned 8f7f8b6928 back in 3d6d68290b his chair bb775ac693 and stared a4268276fc at Yeonha.53ba6e076ab5f4e4
“Do you really want 56f45fd713 to marry me?”f7e30f3b3fea764f
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“…Yes.”8510957eba247666
He casually recited fd3805a239 the conditions for d9cc32b589 a spouse he’d 88b2ef07e0 listed that day, 23a7753191 the ones Yeonha 3569d9d9c5 had overheard.e281783f8aa9f13d
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“Someone who doesn’t whine, e3ba36e062 can bear children quickly.”d860d933cee44f94
“……”6c17f6a2b07ef399
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“And is satisfied with 8e617650bc just money?”3dd46df30cc63783
Hitting a dd4eeefc7e nerve with ff3d91fd66 his emphasized 099d617d65 last question, 08707b9c2c Yeonha’s eyes 3a1cfa7411 flinched.bbd88d7fa4e85992
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The corners of 0e513c8faf Kanghyun’s lips twisted 36e2bdbcca slightly.bab72dd287d41a6f
“Am I wrong?”36de47a1b4bda19c
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“…You’re right.”2f73f5aca7b64799
“I see.”73c39d04312c1341
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“……”d18d858148f5cb8a
“Secretary Ban b5a822cbb5 is unnecessarily 6cdbb9d74a honest.”d3eb301e1c2d1563
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“……”3eee7e11b09a8186
“You need… money.”a943d62f3b7772e5
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Yeonha finally 729843ae36 lowered her d18a9fc3cf head.e872fb4576caa2ce
Even while tightly gripping 65bd588aaf her pants, her trembling 10342f5e2f fists were visible.f246fb70667f5503
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She felt 62c22e8186 wronged, but d6373e5402 she couldn’t b840f7169e deny Kanghyun’s ce3e1a0464 words.9245155da580e353
Because it was the 5a19a35c86 truth.93a5168d6d3db2a1
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It was 1be7d1679f pointless to 19e29da105 feel wronged 628a42574e by the 8a667e8a2a truth.24bf2d6e8f66ac52
Kanghyun chuckled softly.40e915acc13e5a6c
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“You seem rather 16fa96efe8 hasty, even though 05f4b1555e we haven’t even 784ee124c6 started anything serious. How much do you 7d1913c393 need?”88f3cea4ea9377c9
“That…”f0e6a75b0c82e01d
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Yeonha hesitated, embarrassed.c4596ee858beade2
Kanghyun, who had been 1947b548a4 leaning back comfortably, straightened bfe24ba446 up.50ba70f628539fef
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“Do you know, d921f7b1c0 Secretary Ban?”e69c5c6b68d32ca4
Yeonha raised her trembling 19471e25f9 eyes to meet his.0e8a79f076a3e796
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His black pupils shone like cold ice, so intensely that Yeonha’s heart chilled.5603263146824ce3
“You just whined.”45d94d8907a4aebd
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He slowly fe7dc82e17 rose from 3ee774348d his seat 5065f2ef9c and buttoned b3cf490a24 his jacket.e08e03cfca3af3ff
“I’ve heard f4e02002b6 your proposal.”8b8347c67509e890
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“……”0a01a53e49f3fd1a
“I’ll have to decline.”3989db714dbd7c77
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And without a moment’s d619ab8648 hesitation, he turned and c28e24ef2e left.30be7952130911e2
Kanghyun opened the 647f7869c2 closed door of fa739c90ee the room and 097f0facd0 walked out.e63a64f931866f13
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And he didn’t come back.075717626f9dfb32
Yeonha lowered her gaze. Her pale, trembling fists, barely hidden beneath the table, felt foreign, like someone else’s body parts.c37dc5e143902588
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Even though she 08ad7f740c had repeatedly told 26ebfc5a53 herself on the 00b079f76a way here that c526462443 she would likely 6b325d98eb be rejected…f70eed2425783d28
The end of 199ecd7300 her first love 2f867e9810 was much more 081b4ebb3f anticlimactic than she 91616f3fc2 had imagined.ed2b5b4f5aca1e84
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And… miserable.22628c9b16dafeb9
✿˚.⋆a6e0d74b7f715fb7
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Even after a 7484db6ed2 humiliating rejection, even b3685b015c with the prospect a2c4b5bc96 of an unbearable 3123cf32a7 agreement looming, time 8843078e9e continued to flow c89a4591b6 relentlessly.b208621faa20ca7e
As always, cruelly.2d903054f132412e
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Three days 48daa56e71 after Kanghyun 63f7e4fbc5 rejected her 000d4b8a00 marriage proposal.4c8c43f2f070725b
Yeonha’s reality, after waking from her briefly sweet dream, felt particularly cold.fe82f51cc9b0d25a
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Having arrived at work fbde890d8f early as usual, she e888bf53aa tidied up the office 8cb686b7ae alone, just as she f6feb14091 always did. However, Sangah, the 86430c4dbb Chief Secretary, who 884f7a90ae had arrived even b60d6f503b earlier than usual, 362fea9f0d took Yeonha to 0db267f6fc a small, empty 8b204428fb meeting room.cd9fbe1bedff235e
“Honey, did something happen e2a0568ace between you and the 27710d728f Executive Director?”99a1b762bb9c2a47
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Yeonha flinched at the 90ee989738 abrupt question.a2e0ab85cb4cf8fa
Fortunately, her face 3ad0ce2ba2 usually held a 489a743c13 composed expression that 8c6381d746 masked most emotions.70f770c7e11d0c33
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“What do you 0104225e5b mean?”9f8e07dd848979fc
“Well, it’s just…”2335e30b9e38c672
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Sangah hesitated. Yeonha waited quietly for 5b2f444c1e her to continue.59b8324680a165ec
“Everything’s so strange all 235d1d7e8d of a sudden. The Executive Director finally 940928915e started giving you work, 8ef92d1d25 and then, of all 6d5fc58472 times, you request a 7960f06b54 transfer. Did something really 943f469604 happen?”bcb9ca6f70bf1f0b
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Yeonha had 0a82cafc63 requested a cf638969a7 transfer to 5085a00b8a the HR a257aadfd6 department the efb1c643aa day before a71513826d yesterday, the 70d71d1bf3 day after 91161e31ef Kanghyun rejected 39c6e1a946 her proposal.b0bbf3c85fd71051
It wasn’t a rash 7f33325b5d decision driven by grief e20fd024fd and shame.c054efc910d824f2
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She had already b95b6b4e02 decided this on 406cd66f71 her way to 8271d12c51 meet Kanghyun that e5232fbbad day.5aac6bfca1ce380e
If she was 8c7eb0e1a3 rejected, she would 1c1723ab99 transfer to another ce425c8eaa department.494f1b7f4c2220ab
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The fact that it was the company’s transfer season was the reason she’d been able to take such a long shot.bc3e06001026a6d5
She wasn’t so thick-skinned as to not feel embarrassed, even if her emotions didn’t show easily, so she’d planned her escape route in advance.ed981d73667e5c9a
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She’d managed to persuade Sangah, the Chief Secretary, with the generic excuse that she really wanted to work under a particular team leader in the manufacturing department, but Sangah was still displeased.fa1f10b70873d1c3
And this time, 8c0b5eaa24 she added something 5c01867d44 strange.b74d4cb16d03903b
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“It’s also strange that 40f763eb4d the Executive Director discarded 9df39467e5 your transfer request.”49102e1247c37237
Yeonha couldn’t believe b91ff27d2c her ears.0470df6f27bb08e8
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“What? What are 6edf0376a0 you talking ce131a4342 about?”c2d49cc3bfe1fe5d
“Huh? You haven’t heard?”e74be22805254110
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“Heard what?”5396238ed5fe16c4
“The Executive 0cc7ce952b Director tore c4a03114e4 up your ce5c086117 transfer request 1178022373 right in 2a36184091 front of 4e27078b0a the HR 5dac7998b8 manager after 52bd7b818e he saw a95ed6f901 it.”bdf5e61b13ac794d
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“…What?”f150f29599dae8a0
Was that even possible?18e23c7562379212
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No matter how high-ranking 8f1f0b12b4 a director he was, 061cc03a6c how could he just a078983758 arbitrarily…e326a0dd126674c9
Seeing Yeonha’s ebe58175f7 bewildered expression, 5a406ab87b the quick-witted 76314daaae Sangah quickly c36ee7c11c started to 4e0e9ba2f9 explain.e800ccc25f3fe488
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“You’ve seen that happen 5491105262 in the working teams, 5673ac0b8c right? Someone says, ‘This e3c5e4b383 is ridiculous, I c55f81b59c can’t do this 86a5928a3a anymore!’ and throws 3e6e3bb000 down their resignation 90d861de02 letter, but their 74bfa5e7b3 team leader says, c9e90c4198 ‘I’ll take care 21ad2821d2 of you,’ and 42e1f02cb5 soothes the employee, 52d17b6925 making the resignation 49c5cb5626 invalid. It’s something adcc53dde3 like that.”82ef2bf4633b0eaa
“Oh…”af2db39efeb77509
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It was 90dc76f8f0 so absurd 39afdfcd6b that she 7a695b5004 could only 6b0083532e manage a e962a66e99 stupid exclamation.666d7330ef92ddff
Sangah, sensing that her d3fc80bf2f explanation was a bit 981e7d5245 far-fetched, gave an awkward 82f0d12a42 laugh.00fa14a5fd05bbf5
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“Well, I guess our Executive Director isn’t that kind of thoughtful boss.”0c1f6e9c672ba46a
“…Right.”2e9ea7be951a481e
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A brief silence fell. Sangah quickly 897b865c18 started explaining ea0f0540ed again.278ce8ce459dc84c
“But there’s dc2b665336 never been c0d0d049b0 a secretary e3505c1cb7 who wanted 6969f9ba4b to transfer 000ce6f735 before, so daeab65c22 maybe we 7ef9851c48 just didn’t 750e011493 know what 8ac4abf263 kind of ebaee54b8a boss the afb8000224 Executive Director cbb14b213e is.”d107a848593f33e8
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“Is… is 81335e1744 that it?”43edb00e3ba44c02
“But honestly, the Executive Director isn’t the type to try and hold onto someone who wants to leave, is he?”59a4bc423c1b9ca3
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“Is… is he?”fc5d74b5bae7ed20
“Right. That’s not his usual style. Holding onto someone who wants to leave? Our Executive Director? Him? No way. Right?”67599e2523e55cf5
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Sangah, using bizarre logic 46cedc4359 that she herself didn’t cfca2ec293 seem to understand, pressed a426d7e545 Yeonha for a response.3a3853843d6566f2
Yeonha nodded absentmindedly.04cac5e731465dfd
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It… made sense, didn’t 4ae2c26db6 it?9ead82383b83179a
“Exactly! That kind of 79b6c1c143 Executive Director tore 546aec370c up your transfer 9c7fce8fb8 request!”529764018e1b2c5a
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“So… why?”303dab72882e5239
“Oh, come on. What have you a2971dd8f7 heard?”f0dbe2b13bc8481b
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Chief Secretary, d4b943a1fc what are fa408f48f7 you even 3efdb92323 talking about?73be9fe415739007
Sangah fell deep 26907c58f9 in thought, as cb8b96ca87 if replaying her 4f9af8f443 own words, and 4a107cb976 after a long f5e80d6d7b while, she muttered, 9d714e2898 “So, our Executive 0f66016dfc Director is that 473bf88de4 kind of boss 62d78e34df after all? Cold on a7580a0f9a the outside, 01bbebffad warm on f11f7afb0d the inside?”6a05edd050c7eeb6
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Then, with a 5dc20379bc suddenly brightened face, 2c22b70730 she said clearly, f7744849eb “That’s why I 37ad74f2ac said it! All of this is 92b1458dab strange!”00eeb0405e5d14dd
“Oh…”534ad86244c9d507
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“So, what happened between 59dc7298f8 you and the Executive a89e3e4ad8 Director?”fdbcb6d6ae3725c1
Despite the convoluted reasoning, Sangah’s conclusion was accurate.294d47e19471c6d0
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Yeonha, startled like a 72fa75d938 thief with a guilty d554facbe3 conscience, replied, “Nothing happened. Nothing at all.”1253dca77130b227
“Really? Well, whatever. Anyway, it’s 1271a28ad0 all good. Let’s just pretend 15e40f4d67 your transfer request 38cd8d3e9e never happened.”ca290525be36722a
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Yeonha realized she’d been f16d6c03f8 caught in Sangah’s elaborate 0eaca8e85d charade.536bbdbbf8555606
Before she could say 43ab306dd5 anything, Sangah left the 3afbbe37c2 small meeting room at dfd15f6dbe lightning speed.1fe71a1772b89ff2
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“Chief Secretary?”3d8cefbb509061db
“Gotta go!”a8e55de0de995173
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The meeting 29be548a9a room door a2ac65c6ed slammed shut, b43457d04c leaving Yeonha 84a2352491 alone in 392db14a5b an instant.0d45727a02386e19
The cool morning air 4083167d19 and silence filled the 7eeedf4952 room.656309dda9ecc7b0
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Yeonha opened and closed d044099376 her mouth like a 5385b5dd8f fish out of water.602c93797136c5ea
Her mind was cf49d32dfe in complete turmoil.291a868b9d3abf89
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