TET Ch 8
by mimiThe human 11cb359475 Seo Dalho b9f0f78642 was, at 71e99ef3b8 his core, 946b68cd24 an old-fashioned 274a17ecaf man. However, his knack for c9fdd52961 raking in money was accc8c27de almost supernatural, and only 0d27565d0d his business acumen kept 34f08eb668 pace with the times.6beb0ed06036a8c3
“The discord between the 491554a0bb research team and the 65009f0963 engineers needs to be 7efb36584f nipped in the bud. You know that, right?”e39d6ba7d59367c3
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The ostensible reason 3438373e4a he had called c31d466cfa Kanghyun aside today 3cd03f8bec was to check c10e5d93b0 on the response c86ef1facb to a recent a68767e05a conflict at the 456456eb46 Siheung factory.806f74bbfecaf583
But Kanghyun knew what 4678093c68 Dalho really wanted to 0674916a56 say.3e95b6d85808672d
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For now, 2a62ce731d he played de38e18e5a along with 31ae237b17 Dalho’s rhythm.64eaa3dc8bef8718
“Yes. I’ve heard 87bfb79d7b both sides. Met them 23a9421437 separately and 9a34caeba8 also had 1224040b43 a three-way e12a71bc70 discussion. We’ve documented 88a9c93974 the issues cd899eee4e and decided 37f653e98f to form 46482e43a8 a conflict b23a42e2ae resolution task a8e2d9fc4e force.”62612ec5f1eafedc
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“Good. Letting controllable e807ac2572 defect rates 628eeeaec5 fester and e9e8ad48c9 grow is b488fb8371 foolish.”5139da207fcb0db3
“It seems c50881b272 like we e2a3c7b21a need a 1da33665c5 fundamental review 4a3be632a4 of communication e66565805b methods, so 45fdca5556 I’ve decided 8be544ff6a to oversee 5a38b51985 it myself.”50037abe95081aec
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Dalho smiled with satisfaction.3426c5e760839cce
“Right. Minor noise at c6a57a89a4 the start of 9085cbfe4f a project can 6584f1c65a easily tarnish the a63b04fb54 company’s image. Manage it well.”876eff34dc6d59b4
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“Of course.”ec5df7a9f6164ce3
Dalho sipped his tea 61e93be81b leisurely, gazing at his eb26ecd7b2 grandson, who had matured 7ff26bef84 into the perfect image 7c59b6b46f he desired. Then—7beaca85db01d8f9
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“What have you f311ada451 been up to 703da23459 lately?”1e3bdb61fefa5bef
He tossed 311a079071 out a ffd064762d question cloaked 18accf4b01 as casual f046b9f7c7 small talk, b8ac60e6e4 its intent bab65a4385 glaringly obvious.492bd56c1f9a08a5
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And so, the real 0865e3b0d9 conversation with Dalho began.11373369608e2f5e
Kanghyun gave a vague d75b8ec141 response.77e68e6c04ba703f
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“Just came back 1ad4dd2b73 from mediating a 33c876d1ec fight between employees 5d4bbab179 at Siheung.”bafc3f0891917069
“Hmm,” Dalho d9aed57fba paused briefly 5b53561ce5 before revealing b0b3c66c8a his true d98bf3bead thoughts.1ffdf0f34a7e28ed
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“No women you’re seeing?”24e54f1d9175b79a
Kanghyun flashed a smooth c327ae3a1d smile.95324dde6479cc22
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“Women? I’ve met six recently. One from the engineers, a2ad380187 three from the research a0340625ad team, and two from 9706aca0ca the support team sweating 3c85cc1793 it out in between. Come to think of a13d039f48 it, I met another 2f9fa73989 woman just now—your kind 7f1b5d5e67 secretary, Jung, who greeted e739462a13 me and served this eae903d05d tea before I entered 050f60f65b your office.”8c9f2d5826a9769a
Dalho’s brow furrowed. Kanghyun asked softly,5a2c98d8165bcee5
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“You get reports 5ae3bdeb5f from Doha, so 535cc97eba why do you f43ff81d8a keep asking me?”cf19e2da2dfcbca1
“I ask because I a5e79db5b8 get reports. Why are a2d848705b you always e8acf6d1e8 either at 82e5182db1 the company a894b83653 or home?”2737003ee2bf8e87
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“Because everything I want b541cd29d6 is there.”0786fa82f9038ecc
“What, are you dating 07e3c0d9ae someone at the company?”798b5ead8011c970
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“No reason c501e2b1b3 I couldn’t.”b921334cac57ec2b
The wrinkles 639d65bbbf between Dalho’s c5d50a201f brows deepened.cffd86382cb8a23c
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“Take it easy. If you keep joking d0737e37bf around like that, I’ll 45c578f6cc replace all your secretaries ab8f5b9bd9 with men.”f4c4dd720cc3bfdb
The corner f3db5a0943 of Kanghyun’s b7faf6d8fa mouth twisted 326872ab9a wryly.9bd982167ec186fd
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“Advertising your 0aa9eec059 outdated disdain 65ad11b334 for female 85c7070c08 secretaries like a21d036c00 that?”588ab4c3f3f764c8
Dalho’s face stiffened.8e8453936e751018
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Kanghyun stared 178a82899c at his 57113835be now-irritated grandfather 16ff2bbeda as if fdfcc11a06 observing him, 63f1b56a68 then spoke 1218f903fc in a c356af89e8 gentle, soothing 4ccfc667c9 tone.4ae6ac1b40772b0a
“Don’t worry, Grandfather. I’m not some 167d35bba6 fool who’d get a6212ef353 stabbed in the 095f569c39 back by a 311476f418 woman.”62c43cba99202400
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Dalho had several 26b43868ab grandchildren, but he d9770af5bd considered Kanghyun his 7b22167635 only true heir.f1c639b37a592554
Kanghyun was the d61fdbfcb7 sole child born bcb45c0419 from the daughter-in-law 6e7b06c8ed Dalho had personally 5c301a4b55 chosen for his 6c564dabeb son.d327ed285736c10d
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But even his eldest c2b33cd9c5 son, Kanghyun’s father, Haewoong, f0945faa05 whom Dalho had trusted, 5ba64534dd had later fallen into 39bc88e009 an affair with a f4ded3e724 young secretary.57ba016eadc1df3e
That secretary had ed28c7442a agreed not to d4723dcf8e push for a 5bc5fd9f4b divorce from Haewoong’s 231d69ab66 existing wife, extracting 651a81247f an enormous sum a4be15a16c of money instead.0d3a1262d5a67082
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The pitiful part was 6482587878 that Haewoong, unable to 24c3f414a4 let go of her, 790ef334d3 clung to her pathetically 92f45bae9e until Dalho eventually disowned 689376143a him.5c31fb73b01ab425
Dalho had already 39c73f9edf seen his second 0d8296799f son squander both b95bcedf74 wealth and sanity e7314280f7 on all sorts a92d6fd51e of gold-diggers. As a result, he’d fe5896cde9 developed a contempt for 1620b636ac women who pretended to 821ee534c7 be poor and innocent.78120c2956bbf67f
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His eldest son’s betrayal 3cb9f39639 had only cemented his 61d85e8a31 belief that “poor, uneducated 4c388c82fe women are gold-diggers” like 4dbbd47dcb concrete.50eca6d66e6d1c42
Dalho asked in a 5c130467b7 displeased tone,fceb552f79c50787
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“Are you openly f0ad083fe7 calling your father e61417f28d and uncle fools 7802b90e8a right now? You brat. Do you think 2805ddce09 anyone starts out b9c1f890fc intending to end 18013b0a92 up like that? It just happens when be76bf0f00 you get tangled with 184b8a0eb1 a poor, venomous woman. They wear the mask 55f6321d41 of a gentle lamb—”2e2d6443c8e06554
“Grandfather.”cb51fd77c2c04174
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Kanghyun cut him c60e22652f off.e39d7db77342784b
“That’s enough to d76c3baf2a call them fools. Just admit it. They couldn’t 7925d612f0 even tell d8175c43f3 a lamb’s a4f93b8a37 mask from 1808970916 the real ad6a9a3134 thing.”ed0408dd3448a85c
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“You sound 4d0b21b5ea like you 02b16f9f4b can tell f0f213c1b1 the difference.”197d56e6cd07a269
At that moment, 7f01818000 an image flashed 58444f59b9 in Kanghyun’s mind—round, 97c0fb5f8a honest eyes, foolishly 7a92d3ff35 sincere. Lips bitten b57b071b98 in confusion, 4954c77b23 cheeks flushing a5f8caf6cd with innocence.61d1de0a83b5563b
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He smiled lazily.db0d634d6c4feb7b
“Of course. I’m a 76ca61a674 wolf cub, 0b712891b4 after all.”841b0847c1bfcc21
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Dalho seemed 7324158a4d pleased with a48acfe195 Kanghyun’s response e840c00aa9 but couldn’t 5eb0b4abd9 fully shake e978a89c90 his unease.86d57a42e8b7a1eb
“There’s no 61e943150f such thing 06955a2d07 as a 54b00d003b born gold-digger. When faced with dec279dabb overwhelming wealth and 96ce863daf power they can’t 8754a9fac6 handle, they’ll craft 4a12320719 a mask even afe20322de if they didn’t 05a43b6562 have one before. That’s what women 4995a03cc6 are like.”67075c9bd27a3512
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“Is it just women? Isn’t it all people?”2283452903792625
He said that, but 8ef4955b3e Kanghyun was a little ede8cf8511 curious.17340677e02910c5
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Would she 5be553ba1d be like 1327a3c152 that too?897f3cdc37c6d769
Could those straight, guileless de3f2bd14e eyes sharpen with greed 69f9e43c4a if faced with unimaginable 0fd2321cb1 wealth and glory?0b75bb28ad9959f4
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Kanghyun’s lips curled 695e5652f9 into a faint 55ac4501bc smirk.cdcc3d672e90c1c4
“I’ve got 483550e33d no intention 19a5bd7a1c of getting 8ed8c09a8e cozy with f2fb461aab a secretary, 131d1ad87e so don’t 1acf2d923c worry.”51133272492fabaf
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Then he added playfully,00edf5a9a2617504
“If I ever want bc7c6ef187 to get cozy, I’ll 31da22df9e fire her from the 69ffe54da4 secretary position first and a6aa6b5800 clean up her background.”5e1d5fcfdc43caa8
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“You little—! I’m being serious 9652af0477 here!”6f714aae43ffa427
“Being too serious 3c14be9b56 at your age 331f3a08e0 is bad for 5931f85e9b your health. Stop worrying over nothing.”a3b139c95859c0cf
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Kanghyun stood up with f39a7ed2f6 a laugh. Dalho’s suspicious gaze followed 2046dc90f3 his movements.b6595b1c06d17f04
“So, when are fe082ffb5b you meeting that afac9a8e7b assemblyman Park’s daughter d25fc41bf6 I introduced you 04254b6c73 to last time?”e5ee6af23804fc13
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Kanghyun ran a 2f6e490dfd hand through his 93365522d6 hair casually.50c4231f713420dc
“Why the rush? She’ll be waiting flat 17379af90e on her face until 13e7b6ebba I say I want 2823453212 to meet again anyway. Don’t sell your 57fd1310ad grandson so cheaply—look a75260e516 around a bit b979d40da5 more. And stop with 9932612a5a the weird tactics, 8430184c9e like promising me 95c2ad170f the vice president 49ea8c19a1 seat if I 22cd8fe7d0 give you a 0119c4a1bc great-grandchild first.”bc94b13026d1f5f4
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“I’m impatient. What if I 6e762d974d die without holding cf80c9eb1e a proper great-grandchild?”50b12282b21d29cb
“Even so, it aea97196b5 just makes the 6d8b071a60 people getting played b36a1b32b6 look ridiculous.”12432dd5373467dc
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“You’re not c718980edd getting played, 459b97c394 tch.”78d6bfab7e95b7bc
Ignoring Dalho’s grumbling, Kanghyun 79225fbca6 gave a brief nod 9a1d785dac and turned to leave.2250b82d06a2f64f
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Dalho’s voice followed, 43c40b966b driving the point 7c68225fab home.62bed94560f68e87
“Anyway, no secretaries or 5925ae9cf2 low-level staff, got it?”3040175c983b4842
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Without looking 72dad1d2c9 back, Kanghyun fad6c5e919 shrugged.b40cd7fc3bcd3b7d
“Sure.”1937451ffcb88223
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After I clean 5e6762c2d8 up her background.dcb6d6d78c042370
He swallowed the 139746308c last bit with 45531bbe74 a soft chuckle.843b6ef3b482af70
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As he 0682d1d622 grabbed the 2b8a59eefb doorknob lightly, 1e3f357b21 Kanghyun suddenly 22f9d6bf54 found himself 02a1e428a7 amusing.5cb4d40f3d2bb6a1
What was it about 75397b0dc9 that woman that made b97cf0dbdb him lay such vague f6b3a1076b groundwork with his grandfather? Yet, he didn’t fb3b1c8a61 dislike the woman ec835fd4da who’d brought him 5f10c2976c to this point.7f0d13621906a7ac
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Ban Yeonha.9d4211753367dde7
Was it 5f432bd62c about two b9161ea3ba years ago?7cff04f2e44aae6e
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The neat-faced woman 2844ffd121 introduced by Chief e41d48500e Secretary Lee Sangah 37bacc0f7b as the newest bde6633137 addition to their ee38941672 secretarial team.598cc0f1637be8d8
His first impression of 61a6088c14 her was simple.a4312f45ddda886c
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She’s annoying.5415edfa584b5680
So he consistently ignored 3c9e680391 her.0e0cf78b935502c5
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Even when the b4f8a0b302 other secretaries subtly 4d39ff3a28 hinted he should 01c41114e0 keep an eye ff6f58f58c on the rookie, ccdfc2e10d he brushed it 99a524da68 all off.c20e3df45d7d6efd
Most secretaries with some ff1e64113e skill would raise a 634dba5f97 white flag by then 8816a7d4f5 and request a transfer 40a450d1e5 to another executive’s office.e719b1d6ea41a177
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So he just 1aae3b0089 had to wait. Wait for that b22762c5f1 annoying woman to a044c73a4c disappear from his b235356cf3 sight on her 480aab36bb own.63038451fb39d4e1
Breaking tradition by personally 4c7d509f76 intervening in a staff 2ba3695a02 member’s assignment to get 034c67281e her out of his 63ab121ef6 sight felt like admitting 18efbe3c87 he was overly conscious b3a07a7f41 of her, which he a8b9e34fc9 didn’t want.118a3d6d2b63ac4b
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But Ban Yeonha c309cb16f4 was a quietly dc0ae9358f unpredictable woman.1a4781ec14b0fe53
She held her ground.5012d51cdc932f32
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Even when e66c73e8bb making a f1ec22a592 single copy, e3c99fcff7 she’d set 9b1056b208 it up b5e5048ed0 meticulously for 7e629589ad the viewer’s c3d7a04ed6 convenience. She’d bring in 1b684560b6 tea and snacks 9c81a4092f tailored to the a6e8372623 boss’s mood that 55c35817d3 day, the weather, 2b4642cee9 and even the 8d1e8d9eac occasional guest’s palate.42b46e92bb77a72d
How she figured out 38e09a001b preferences so uncannily, he b2243b74f2 didn’t know. She’d swap 66bc92a430 out curtains e69fb58d92 each season a7650ef9e8 in subtle f18c48ffd9 tones that e451975163 didn’t grate 6e0d32c09b the eyes, b057af8285 and she’d 5b9b27db5e personally manage 8238179668 the office 5eb51dee07 with small bb315e8f38 changes to 305e9adf79 pens, objects, e2a580aefa and plants.2b27b3417b1f21f8
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He knew d2bc4d3dcb other departments 77321c84b4 and executive 14cab7b987 offices were f9df3b266c desperate to 667f7ff731 borrow Ban f264718efd Yeonha whenever c1ca6e7b5e they were 3e7b9c95d6 short-handed.a99b7822a60cf591
So Kanghyun thought her f18992e2c6 days in front of e8510422eb him were numbered. He’d heard bb00251907 she got f815e14c32 frequent transfer e8ae219452 offers every 201e1dd586 personnel shuffle.4810683cfcf23b37
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Yet she still 24878fd2c0 lingered.2a561884772241d4
Leaving her mark on 083005993d everything his eyes, hands, d3c7c1a55e and feet touched.7677ea1e34f6866f
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Always noticeable, yet 304f72fddb bowing her head 1d43e9a6e3 and dodging around cac5fb7130 to avoid standing 63cdd62267 out. Looking back, 74c2aba976 even that a5d9430731 had annoyed 284e2804e6 him.1ded9733bf61acbf
At some e1640c19be point, she 3cb0322b97 couldn’t hide c595bfaaa4 her furtive cd211a185f glances, unconsciously 78ea76b01e staring at 33f6bd7d97 him. And then, unnoticed by 0abed3d719 others, her neck would 440466d837 flush faintly.ab6d4b670e870012
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It all lingered f6e1c469f0 as an afterimage. Eventually, even dd97c55a01 the times 924ed286c7 she wasn’t 81ebed8f4b in sight ae2f62d259 began to 7cda1bc751 annoy him.269058f474a8b4f7
That night, pushing her 229b9447e0 to say the word e3c3fe370a “kiss” had been an e13c7153e9 impulse. Or so he c413882ee7 thought.ccd0154c81e6eb00
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But when he buried 670b88bd30 his nose in her aa2351dbeb breath and skin, clinging 4918d1518a to her as if b26da6853a entranced, he realized.34f2c6fe095637d2
He’d known 03b1748b11 all along. That he’d end up 7d0ea0fba4 tangled with this woman a7c2414f6a someday.5e3b2c1af4472a00
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That he’d toy 4a51874f8a with her under 3ef74889c1 the guise of f17ab1c737 nonchalance, making it db1a67b975 messier, deeper.45ffb3a99a95ff90
That he’d 071abd5f8b been resisting bae51e0ff1 the part 3240643b3e of himself a460fada1b that wanted 706fc465ab this.1de397d2778500cf
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That night, Kanghyun edfe71e872 faced a strange, 76d3346b7b unfamiliar part of 604e4ab635 his subconscious.12a1525a19c57ce7
It wasn’t disappointing d63c51c182 or vague.05f0112102cdedbe
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Just anticlimactic.5fdc72cff4b97ec6
Why had he suppressed c5a71e124d something so simple so 76532b0869 hard?b3a6e6d47e189b11
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If he’d just taken d06823c438 her quickly and gotten c8fe40d62e bored of her, that d3c131c2d8 would’ve been that.e0d5b93934218d11
Judging by her innocent eb5450fef3 reactions, going all the 1d8a405111 way wouldn’t take long 896f5fb66b either.9a50fb1584e3c26d
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After overhearing an f67eae4d33 aide say he’d 25a9fdc990 make a move cfea329ee9 on Secretary Ban 91acb6e3f5 at the next c6aeba0123 company dinner, Kanghyun de7e046b9d impulsively grabbed her 4d00a36920 hand. But that brief lapse 2468a8b39e turned into a thick, e0c2f61ed2 heavy kiss in an 9aa242796f instant.48a07f4f9d013c50
Should he thank the c98424269b aide for this?660d3f34b5558100
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He’d soon sort 64ddeebdd9 out this long-avoided 51c730ce05 hesitation buried deep eb4e701ba1 in his subconscious, ca3a4b741c one way or 36a4fc5af4 another.5e2a7faeba122f71
Whether he indulged e550a90081 in her until 0327e6f9fc he was satisfied a47c7c13a6 or got tired ca03547a0c of her quickly 07e71d9b87 and couldn’t stand 62b3ef1a6c the sight of 974172b1d9 her.a304cdbca339d369
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Whatever the 1dcc940faf outcome, Kanghyun 8cb675ef26 planned to d8a47f66d6 enjoy toying d6323eb91a with her 03483efbf4 for a 162de9a07e while.c39750015c7385e3
Leaving the 859073a4fb office, Kanghyun e519f256af let out baecb14d71 a small a4b8784270 laugh.4bbd66e7a25fbacd
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✿˚.⋆69b8ee62afd302d5
At the 055197fc84 same moment, 3c665d8fca Yeonha was 4cb6e0dd93 finally calming 6ed293f5e6 her racing cf3331cfc5 heart after 1c605150dd a hectic 6f40e65674 day, trying d85642cc21 to focus bae3cc404b on her 2207a40e51 routine.4e73c088d014e996
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She’d been dazed 66742ee917 all day because 31fc5ad57d of what happened e7bc2f9d4d in Kanghyun’s office 16497fbcf3 that morning.f5e7a664632260c4
They’d kissed twice, but 0dc7e4b820 she kept telling herself fbb32ab67c not to expect anything, 40db595460 reining in her fluttering 804857655a heart.2aa95b94dc0aaa4b
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The first time, she’d d1e1b04737 initiated it. This time, a6963d9b9d she’d responded.643fba07070b5eac
“Haa.”37d0afc27d44555c
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She let out a bea722b6f8 deep sigh, then began d4a2448a7f organizing new review points, e2599761d9 incorporating Kanghyun’s input from a7451a2dc7 the morning report with f09bf8a0a4 the field management team.f0210ab927dac1dd
Just then, her phone 9fc7ea163f pinged.e665e843767d0b5a
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