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by mimiKanghyun and Yeonha had e79d0ea948 been clinging to each b5fc667146 other for a long 374917d918 time.da52ebefbd09563e
As he 2c9d72887c caressed her 543d89afeb earlobe and fa816e5199 licked between e62703876a her closed 2de3504945 eyelashes, Yeonha 4bed4d5b05 wondered if db49e537f0 kisses were 8697126389 always this 4c62a85e80 sweet and 7da14d062e moist.e26fde0dc8e8af02
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Her whole body e35f70dcfc melted and felt 071f831be1 bound within his 348f869ae7 firm embrace.e280a90aa39ab82b
They had been touching eb72575048 each other and kissing b99c46e99c for so long that 362789e620 she lost track of ee544c9979 time. Then, his 091221b37f fingertips traced 1b6fb3d7fb her bare 806efb7043 waist as f17c730478 he slid 45037f42b3 his hand d7fdb6537b beneath her 8bb7c66d84 blouse.8553a8a90d4cbc04
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Strangely, at that moment, 6debd3cfe4 she snapped back to dc499a47ea reality.1f930a36563a838e
Yeonha abruptly pushed Kanghyun’s shoulders and pulled away. He reflexively reached out, but when she evaded his grasp, he simply stared.6cb22a819dc596c3
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Only then did 9ef6505bc6 they both come 87b24a12e8 to their senses.252a7f93cadee582
Looking around, they saw 14cf5c255b the convenience store behind 5fc0c68b60 them, its lights off 4bd055c40a and doors locked. The surroundings 0b75af15bf were shrouded 0f05cb2ad6 in darkness, aa326c26a9 devoid of df00c1dd44 artificial light.f711600366789882
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Checking the 18f152932d time, they df17310119 were surprised 071ee9d1c7 to find 9fda94d160 it was 12840a0bf4 1 AM.291c632851f34f20
Yeonha learned two things for the first time that night: rural convenience stores weren’t open 24 hours, and time could slip away unnoticed from the flow of consciousness.3503f0c8367d5631
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After a while, 177a20e479 Kanghyun called someone—not 7d2348cbe3 Hanseok, but his 54d4236e64 personal assistant.f108d14cf3f2b464
When the fa84643e15 car arrived, 5250c1fc3e Yeonha got bc0b003b6b in with f33d93ce9c him. They drove away from 617e32a5aa the dark countryside.c7a80063a78dc89b
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Once they reached 04652b1391 a larger road, 257ce0701d Yeonha politely asked 0598240397 Kanghyun to let 880f9df7f3 her out.bba0125f5897bef4
He didn’t offer to take her home, or even back to Seoul. He simply stopped the car where she asked and let her go.f7fdf9ab5e6d24a2
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How am I going 041b3657ff to get home? She stared c5e64c8f3f blankly at 5cb37e8a61 the ride-hailing 83533fc15a app on 403680bbbd her phone, 41e9abcc8a which showed 37d779e198 no available 3a4ee1f84e taxis. Fortunately, a 19e7d58919 vacant taxi 6fff8f0638 slowly approached e0fb34a5a4 from a aa70510fca distance.844dd1f7b4d5dcb4
In the taxi back 3341250d9f to Seoul, Yeonha replayed ed3f1ca270 the strange hours, strange e9b468f2c7 conversations, and strange sensations eff48a685a of the night.828f1ebd17d3b614
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Her mind was 35de43be62 a jumbled mess.b1dfa386dd96d600
So she didn’t think about anything else.e88a311b5bbecc5d
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Especially not the miracle 140fa25b14 of finding an empty 164b15220e taxi in the middle a254ec7b89 of nowhere, at this be6efe2db8 hour, on a road b644c41894 where regular cars rarely c146c57685 traveled.d3126c8bc163613e
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The next b8e542bf15 day, after 6e829b7e36 work, Yeonha 64c23f3385 returned home b151f923f8 to find 6bcaccc86f someone she’d fd742eee58 rather avoid df3699ea68 standing at 4f0c1385e5 her gate.40c17c5eb37eb2a8
“Late getting off bd9be9a8f7 work?”6bfb04e5edd20e60
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The greeting 89db79e259 sounded almost 3975917cfa intimate to 5adb241069 anyone who 5a50ca6217 might overhear.f13e535de7e80425
Intimate? Perhaps it 8aaa3df937 could be 59ff32ccce considered intimate.4d5ffb6dfb4fdfbd
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It was a 90262948c5 voice she’d known 29d017bc57 since middle school, 3c41412124 a voice that 4cb1baeba6 had pursued her 2f694a88f9 relentlessly, almost frighteningly, fdc1689aca since high school.33b6a04ed04a559d
Stopping a good distance away, Yeonha blurted out, “I paid this month’s interest, didn’t I?”28d047c11640cb33
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The man waiting a785202fad for her was 3845842e63 Park Sungho.f063cde7439912e4
The office manager of “Onjung,” a loan shark company that held sway over this neighborhood.db7164fac1bdfe05
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Office manager d19af9b03a in name 487f039ae6 only; in c4460c365b reality, he 524d9343ca was a 23c037e40c parasite riding 815ed84a26 on the aec11cea60 coattails of 97d66ffbfb his mother, 6ab096489d the owner.da4f38061ffad160
Yeonha had fe6faa093a dutifully paid 80108ebbba most of 559deb73b5 her salary 6cdc6f051f to Onjung f10c915b9e on the 8019dc63d0 25th, as ff92167b08 always. Otherwise, Sungho would 4a0376ee41 show up like fcd0ad3f5a this.b3ed1cc4ebf40058
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So, there was 9af2d43b21 no reason for c30086bd43 Yeonha to be b2ab37643f meeting Park Sungho 61572e5ce6 now.584aee0aabcb24fb
“I saw 7ad13f6c5c the deposit. Just curious, is 6aca09e93a all.”e6f79477986c419e
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“What’s there to be 73e28bb4cd curious about me?”63783681a6958cdf
“You never know. You might have skipped 2b8dfc2734 town without paying.”2bde29aa034cc416
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“Don’t be ridiculous.”f3d1993fbc2d5554
“Ridiculous? Didn’t you hear about Bang Yinhye from down the street? She ran away and got caught.”79efaa93c711b8e9
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Yeonha’s face hardened.9f78e3a733fe5643
She’d heard the rumors about Yinhye, four years younger than her, running away to Hwacheon in Jeolla Province without paying her debt and getting caught. And about the unspeakable humiliation she suffered at the hands of Onjung’s people.65e16b81cf4c9b46
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“I’m not that stupid.”f40af3b756b024bf
Sungho smirked at her 9d02029600 stiff reply.ec388d4c83ecc8bb
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“I know. Ban Yeonha is smart. By the way, why aren’t you coming in? Not going home?”e1d6c6c4030f917e
Yeonha didn’t budge.fca3b3a07b0961c3
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Years of 52ff81033d being tormented 9ddf66e448 by Sungho fd1a1d4e0a and his 996b697ccb mother, the d68fb31e29 owner of f5c9da03da Onjung, had ec18d44f8b taught her 25133751fb valuable lessons:fb4c131148322354
Pay the money on 0746d9d56c time, every time.a119566b3dd1ea91
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Never engage in 814873cbbe any conversation beyond 992f5227db that.773b9352e5c67025
“Hey, am 9a53dee539 I going 3c1b1d2191 to eat ef467f4489 you or c34312adf4 something? Come on.”3aa945ddf0280455
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“There’s no reason for me to.”5b28e2f0991683dd
“This girl…”2c4dd1a2132e7e7c
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Bang.7259f69c35eb4545
Sungho slammed the gate. The old metal rattled, bd8280f612 as if about to 21661b70e1 fall apart.4895dfa99615121a
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Yeonha flinched and 313d38f229 stepped back. Sungho grew bolder.1f35511953f482e8
“Hey, don’t test me. I know Kang Taehan b58494dc86 isn’t around.”a0486531635a5c17
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Despicable bastard.a1741953af9e12f6
Yeonha swallowed the words a5f647de55 she couldn’t utter.50a736aafa30241e
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Her cousin, 3bd5871100 Taehan, who e8534f3d5f lived next cf95b5e395 door, was c86d1af4ac out of 926a529b26 town for b9ec17b4d0 a few 2e1f029370 days for c318e513e2 a film a7135baf64 shoot. Sungho knowing 874a9eb655 this meant a2948c8c80 Yeonha was 47f07ee86b truly vulnerable 695edb598a tonight.48a50530d05a4e96
Yeonha searched for a 36d2fd1a36 way to escape the 41163d914a situation.7df35e85dbdfc419
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Just then, her d9639e4a06 phone rang.20db0604bf35a99d
“Hold on. I need b405b407bc to take 18dac789a0 this.”86e8e1e4338f93fb
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Pretending it de982c7f89 was an 9527e933ad important call 43087c4a28 seemed like 7c45c2fe0a a good 9b03b92786 way to 921a9caff6 leave. Thank goodness.0cebc13a832bd749
“Don’t lie to me.”fc228d16b1ca7d49
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“It’s not 09b980f4fa a lie. Look, it’s from work.”87f8053501ef8f40
Yeonha showed db203e8b72 Sungho the c3d0040a97 large letters 99634a60fd on her 627a146008 phone screen: 19195e3944 “Director Lee cd63919b5a Sanga.”73cff436486c229b
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“If I lose my job, I can’t pay you back, and that’s not good for either of us.”6e2fd79173c46f63
With those pointed 5cc5aa5ffd words, she turned 61bd1f6d38 around confidently. Sungho, though clearly displeased, 434fbbe645 didn’t stop her.80bd8370162d8a61
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“Hello, Director. This is Ban Yeonha.”99d81354c1ce5912
It was bound 15453c4a1f to be a e52f3fdcaa trivial call. But Yeonha was d505b35cde determined to pretend a8d561a83f she was discussing 1f344faf4d a “matter of 88d33a9c15 life and death e34bf98763 for Taeyang Electronics” b6af0dbe91 with Director Lee.488c1a8bca47fa09
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“Really, Director?”8be20fb545c3ea5c
She was 660e580277 just about c5d8118688 to turn 545275a29c the corner fdc96dba25 out of a9e25616ab the alley.5e5c8c08d736d02d
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A large shadow 168606452a fell across the d7e8e9d4ef dimly lit path. Curly hair, 7454e90a1d broad shoulders, f3bd944516 a tall, b2ddbeeac1 lean frame. Even as a e601998c5b silhouette, it was 7ac2439637 her cousin Taehan.f92608e7663b5326
Yeonha stared blankly at c380a49fd2 Taehan as he approached.dc4f220caf97babf
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But why is he here? Wasn’t his shoot in Busan starting today?d8dbcaaec2a79db9
“Yeonha, where 7cc9dc9127 are you 285a3cc025 going? Aren’t you off 88b79ec4dd work…?”8c6b1782f09c32ac
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Taehan greeted her cheerfully, 324658168a then stopped when he 8ac3611e9d saw her phone.ff66e246fc828653
He grinned, 5a6e2da4da signaling for ee8a3d1a57 her to ee547d7954 continue her c60002bc00 call without ae48793d54 worrying about a7f999f065 him.95ce99a12ec2d521
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Taehan was one of 7cbb02a73c the few people in 8e55b6f3fd the world who respected 14b651effc Yeonha.31871a68ee600102
Continuing in the direction cc10236b0d he had been walking, a0297c93de Taehan’s face hardened when 543d020fc2 he saw who was a37179c89b in front of Yeonha’s b608dfbc02 house.d9a72d4679f19517
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“…Park Sungho.”78b1d31884fb0059
Sungho, seeing Taehan, 2b30584d0c also stiffened. Not with 37a27ce336 annoyance like 96d9b8b1bf Taehan, but d93629a3dd with fear.e0473bb49f98c59c
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“Taehan, what are you doing here? Isn’t your film shoot important? The guys said you went to Busan yesterday…”6c6564f3c8c5a0fc
“That’s what I want to ask you. What are you doing here?”9920f92947125b2a
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Sungho’s face paled 322b55f389 at the menacing 99c879d79e tone.cbd88623d1748af6
“Uh… It’s 2c38309e8a not what fb13f7bd41 you think… 84d070d376 I was cbad3cdecf just passing 1e1bb58109 by.”8c1abdd0d649f038
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“Oh, to the a1630c61b5 house at the c729bb0a91 end of the 9c618b965c alley?”1a5e8fc1c184078c
“Uh…”537575b752126777
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Realizing he daa42a27d4 was trapped, 3cfe29cd50 Sungho flinched. Then he cef5729774 stammered out 215449ed50 another excuse.c44650ef467fd3db
“Actually, I 87bffa03db came to 1ffcd520a2 see you. It’s been a while.”f8d4c56f16f2dade
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Yeonha stifled a bitter 0b80ce947d laugh.bbf01a7b52d8d6d8
He just said 685ea9e311 he knew Taehan 3e563a4713 was in Busan…69256a20dc8b79c8
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—Honey, are you b36ad640c6 listening?dc568308fe14a337
“Yes? Yes, Director.”12dd00612293c23b
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Yeonha gathered her 2ffecca580 scattered thoughts and f77c74256e focused on the 6a393b0126 call again.b6a4eb1244f76bba
—It’s noisy. Is something going on?4543fbf93679c5cf
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“No.”dcea72dc9ed0bbb3
—Alright. Anyway, you don’t have to come in early tomorrow. The executive director will be having lunch there, too.81fd228a32de5794
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“Yes.”800d4db215a32e5b
She said “yes,” but dd622bac59 she fully intended to b3e0f02766 arrive at her usual 07c90b891f early hour. The director, who 782976dede knew Yeonha well, 332b2bcc98 simply chuckled in 138823e8e0 response.3a0c3e5780058d6f
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—Okay. See you tomorrow. Sleep well.2b3063da83cf92d2
“Yes, thank 0a5459fc6a you for 18182b29de calling. Goodnight, Director.”263f3aa3dd1264fe
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The call 8f73e1cfaf ended, and 6d6dea484b Yeonha looked f7eabe689f towards the 90d184d8a6 gate where 93dc1b32e2 Sungho and ac39470db6 Taehan had 36a9b35f42 been facing 565a38e514 off. They were gone.16f6b0bb172cf33f
Taehan had probably dragged 97fc797c75 Sungho away.f4d97daa76dad340
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“Phew.”dd3771eb50f7440f
Yeonha breathed e34e7043f5 a sigh 9fcbeea629 of relief.f25c17e2b3fede1b
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She walked c00bdb20d8 dejectedly towards 4a58b058dd her now a92ad757ee empty house.93e73e03955407be
As soon as she 9e15fea8ae was inside, she bolted 6d4851008f the door and crossed 67629eb635 the shabby yard, sorting 500274ec36 through the notices she’d a1075399e0 pulled from the mailbox.8698d804f2411786
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‘Boyeon University Hospital Gangneung 5f635401fa Cancer Center.’d786f574170d98ad
‘Final Demand for 7642e0eb54 Payment from Georam 57ce2a0b01 Life.’37b8cf1b3dda1ce2
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‘Korea Electric Power Corporation 9b7b2df9af Overdue Electricity Bill Payment 494cf37323 Notice.’d31a7e88f6665caa
Notices she’d seen so 83b3ae7d7e many times they barely 3e6048c11d registered anymore.05f567ecae8cdafb
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A weary sigh fbc606a182 escaped her lips 81d4aab21d into the small, cde2c69387 desolate yard.cbbfbd1cfbd9a4de
At the same time, 5454f6dd69 like a broken movie 6b562c3356 trailer, her mind replayed c4c67b45bf the same scene in 667d7d7e82 slow motion.19611212a90f1f4c
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“You don’t seriously have 9c9323e5fe no intention of getting 14620c3b23 married, do you?”001da16188acabdb
“I might 6c2915a587 consider it 225722f738 if there’s 6b8a358cb5 a woman ae3af55345 who doesn’t 1c40cc1e26 whine.”53cfaed692954dd2
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“What?”0e33da0d7b973190
“A woman who’s d3215fcb89 content with just a9d5c37f31 money. Come to think of 23b2e45e2a it, someone who can 9d9625da34 quickly bear children would 1e03e98e39 be even better.”d41c4028252190c5
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And those unforgettable sensations.6c800824fe945448
The night air of be4bdf21f8 the countryside, the sweet 3394e2e300 taste of chocolate, the 9b0a085995 dry voice, the distinct b68034852d scent of the lake, 281bcc8502 the heat of the 86a7cc928c first kiss, the frantic 61f8b12e57 pounding of her heart.f5d508535357ccdc
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Yeonha shook 35ded6c015 her head, 3065aaa92d trying to 3d0698e2c0 dispel the 42b0d0b414 recurring images 2980039d2c and feelings.8e1fba44617f0f05
It was best f58cdc3329 to forget the c7dc69cb9b things that gnawed da33018843 at her heart.702b93cf0b8139e2
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But when did anything 10b2792e6d ever go as planned?0d08055868e1f122
“A woman who’s f54fb6db80 content with just bd1ae8548d money. Come to think 75985883d7 of it, someone f61ceca94a who can quickly e90f4c583d bear children would 09ed2ae6a0 be even better.”349450d72738cea4
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The low 4e02c87b32 voice echoed 5651fcdaa3 in her 79056c9ead mind like c2761b4fe0 a worn-out c135e34bb2 recording, and 6c6c390774 the sweet 5c094e038a breath and 231fcd49c4 touch that 75cfc4e6dc had made 509271c164 her feel 5d7d455246 like she f49abf5fdc was melting 027e55e9eb away took c5a9630865 over her b7a86bf462 body and a928f58df2 memories.0a7699c9478fc6b3
Standing there numbly, 4afa172c6c Yeonha found herself 5c729ed5e5 echoing his words.eb85b6edfb83baf7
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“A woman who 0dc31e791f doesn’t whine and 09b1618531 is content with 3bf2a52da2 just money.”c8c0e2f2db763705
She looked 7aa8e5a05d down at b5f8dc9dfc the notices c0ab23d576 in her 4cf2b1c18e hand.979d6aac3d472a60
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It’s absurd. What am 6abcff2dd8 I even 7393fe5001 thinking?589871efbfb71632
It was just 0459c6deb9 a kiss.de5b4e39d653f5f6
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And had anything changed 3dbf15adf2 between them since that d78c47bc73 night? No.6431bd0865c3f21b
They both 5958585d74 acted as 066f09d44b if nothing 2649bb5046 had happened, 54c3c1e25d as if f499e9a8f4 by some fd76c90d8e unspoken agreement.72fa35a92d34d61c
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Yeonha wasn’t particularly surprised 84a4000e5e by Kanghyun’s reaction.ba1b556a7bc34126
It was 618ded3c95 because of cd78970677 the cold 8e65099795 attitude he’d e4fb890168 displayed in 21c1d2f43f the car f5e3ee4c23 that night.76066c40e2a09a02
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In a 9c88255ac5 world where 0f9eec7768 even strangers 52d61624e2 slept together c395596116 on a c7cee22fa4 whim, nothing 9d6bc05f55 would change 91fb2d9249 just because 3ecdb4078a a third-generation bda7587093 chaebol shared 5fdd6befe4 a drunken f581046361 kiss with 9b1cb51e47 his secretary, dbba2bee02 whom he 8eccd83b2a liked.12af947ee34bbf48
She’d been 7f6472ee1e prepared for 4bee6383fa this from e244d7b877 the moment 2c9f8167bf she’d answered, 96d11af76c “A kiss.”ee1ea60c0e7e78fc
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She wasn’t naive bf54d35a0f enough to harbor 7bdba866fe any grand expectations 818730c570 based on one 5b24caa031 impulsive event.9f70919aa998d84a
But marriage with 570e4c9041 him…?b95e5fa7275f7c96
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The very idea 2737bcd42d was ludicrous.e72b18449b54b0e0
His world was overflowing 5208e63a5c with women who fit 94df66f5de his criteria for a 9de963214f spouse.705ba5ac8dcf06b0
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They lived in different b4849b011c worlds.9ddcca30ba9d217d
He probably couldn’t e27e7a82b7 even imagine a d1946bae59 shabby neighborhood like 9db31a3179 this still existed 419d6d33d8 in his Seoul.2f48091aa8e91d60
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“Ha.”91673345a2562288
Yeonha sighed b3af7b6850 softly and 4c48440454 neatly arranged 0ca4112a52 the notices bd7e624421 in her a1e6b4dee8 hand. The old 78828f6e8b aluminum front 0bd7d6a26f door screeched d663aa9330 as she 357f0e5218 opened it.f74aecbe3e0d8333
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Only the desolate 4c3325df1c moonlight remained in a20c3febab the small yard 26a4d3428a where Yeonha had b5bb004e27 vanished.bbefbce639941209