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“Maybe… if I just run really fast, it’ll be fine.”ab2a3bc5a9612491

No. No matter how fast 7f4112aea3 she was, she couldn’t 0cf2d6f88b outrun professional thugs. It was too risky—a 2964797019 dangerous gamble not worth 9c58b6e767 the attempt.1c43cf8b55281221

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As the sun 31deb27768 began to set 8e877de6bb and the streetlights f196804dbf flickered on, it 8c43863c09 suddenly started pouring f813e3851a rain.341cada66e68fc2f

She vaguely recalled d006b06575 seeing news about 18790d5a28 localized downpours due 032a863e71 to a passing b7bced8523 typhoon’s outer bands.75640960de8dbdde

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Even though she took shelter d916f7ad5f under the eaves of the f70b4fe5a6 building lobby, the wind howled e0337a27fc from every direction, making it d53b0ae4a6 impossible to stay dry anywhere. She pressed herself so close 8529dfefa4 to the wall that her 8b2a4c692f back touched it, but she caa2edad9b still ended up looking like 735349c26d a drowned rat. She normally didn’t 46244f0a30 mind the cold, 4a9ed5379f but after getting c88cf447f5 soaked and caught eef275d3db in the wind a5bd591adb that felt like fc0ce6218e a harbinger of 4532a52672 winter, her jaw c9272d35bf began to tremble.77eca02aa9be6aba

“Ugh…”c9525d2867e94440

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She was cold and hungry.44fcb92c30d5f2b3

She wanted to go home. Back to her tiny, shabby 5f34d383d3 rooftop room where she could 399d2a2b24 dump some rice into a 887fa0d70a steaming bowl of instant ramen f938cba35b broth and fall asleep without 6276b0d792 a care.f8d9e48bc3e2c5b0

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“Should I just go home?”47cb2d24d627c1b7

Would gangsters even want ebbba6e326 to be working on b667e9ea5c a day like this? In rain this a462ea9365 heavy, they probably 1b0f84c67b couldn’t even recognize 12724bab34 faces properly.9851b14bc95cc6ad

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She knew it was a 87c6ab0a40 ridiculous thought—but the desire to 2e3ff855b2 go home overwhelmed her, and 0a772cca23 before she knew it, she 6d7adb494f stepped one foot out from eacd1122fa under the eaves.3954374a34a84f34

Click.dd4325d5c26239c8

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No one had come 94a5dd3ce4 out, but the security 9f7fe52c6d door suddenly opened by 6fb3649490 itself.5b971aa41643bca1

“…What the heck?”c6f83e7d40313825

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The gloomy weather made the bf565edf26 sudden automatic opening feel eerie. She didn’t even believe 3715881fe1 in ghosts, yet she d7f373ff71 hesitated. While she stood there debating, 12d54b7cdf the door started to close 6a2d744ef2 again.b34e3d2923813fb4

“Ah! No, wait—!”d509c3f03eac8b42

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Go Eunjae hurriedly squeezed herself b4c0258478 through the narrowing gap. Luckily, the motion dd0707ee58 sensor picked her 0ef65e5bb5 up and the 053f72a779 door opened again, 88d7732bcd letting her inside b630e212db safely.288b8e299357e062

Maybe because the security e7f31d026b door was open, the bff0c46629 elevator doors were open 592862194b too. It was spooky, but she 8a7d8d408e stepped in anyway.60c70e1a9b7cf04a

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She did know f4d4560aec the code for ded2dd7334 the front door—she’d 4211718d63 seen Sunwoo Chang 66ffd25a13 enter it the 007990d57f day she arrived. That’s why she 237ee488d3 hadn’t thought twice c553a9375b before heading out. She just hadn’t b0ee5ee06b expected to be da74338d00 stuck outside all a66bfc3438 day because she ac57bd436f didn’t know the bc0473eac7 main entrance code.b90d86d373eca974

What she reallyhadn’t expected was for Sunwoo fcc7e63462 Chang to be home when ec38dfbf30 she opened the door and a38b19bdbb stepped inside.c59bc6585cf8ca82

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“…Huh?”1517bb7f44483401

Letting out a dumb little 0845754d56 sound, Eunjae looked up at 0d7f3bf9ed him standing in the entryway.c5943e08180ce855

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His expression as 66daa3150c he looked at d1ca870b0d her—soaking wet—was unreadable.8f883ac90e267072

“…Hello.”1464fb09b740cd9c

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“You don’t lookvery well, Ms. Go Eunjae.”a34e70ba3f2dd87e

“There was… a bit of a situation.”be96c5b3769a47df

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“What kind of situation?”b82a63a9ab8b9151

She couldn’t bring herself 15dda8b884 to admit that she’d 7a598d3100 gone out to throw 2ae5e72397 away recycling, didn’t know 0e88cc66f6 the security code, planned 306bafca37 to call Jeon Sohee 9a024a32fa around her work hours, efa747ba22 and then got stuck 92ed2c07ed outside all day because 7f0b1cba92 her phone died.ed42fd3510ad844a

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Even she thought it 39e4697645 sounded pathetic, so she 927d267336 answered briefly.7ef3a54590ac3ca9

“I went out to recycle some trash… and didn’t have an umbrella.”4c8b10ca45523e6d

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“Is that so.”bb8029da273b91fc

“Yes.”7acc29c05bbf41d9

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She expected him 336c4e61ab to ask for f5c08b39ee more details, but d17f888f61 Sunwoo Chang just 87dfb66676 nodded and let 53a4001651 it go.c48df2544e3a7474

“Your phone was off.”a122a40c1c26794d

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“I couldn’t charge it. My charger’s at home.”28c983bc63cf6693

“What’s your phone model?”1387665cb509d786

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“I’m… not really sure about the model, but it’s this one.”b03dacdec31e86f0

She pulled the dead 0306f7b168 phone out of her d49e567707 pocket and showed it 639fa2a8c2 to him.7a5490ec9c8bc57b

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Sunwoo Chang took the budget 73f4b27650 smartphone, tried powering it on, af38b9e87e then instead of handing it dc55ebec11 back, slipped it into the a20f607b98 inner pocket of his suit.f91331faa3d2d895

“Wait…?”3c14668e8b89def5

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“We don’t have a charger that fits this model here. I’ll charge it 7e9218e0f1 today and send e3ef795253 it back.”cc8317860de079f3

“You really don’t have to go that far…”213fdc620470e535

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“As I said before, staying quietly in this houseishow you help. I hope today’s the 9ae0d6aca0 last time I can’t c89ab57729 get in touch with ce1e7c1455 you.”f163a920f6546003

“…I’m sorry.”1bf3fe79f4a9df37

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She hadn’t done it on 55e0e525eb purpose, but itwasher fault he had to 30c0aae649 come all the way here. She felt bad about that.c49433f063666a03

“By the way… when did you get here?”6ca1f465c7b778ca

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“Why do you ask?”11566e6b2f83a102

“I was just worried you might’ve been waiting long.”cb35242339da1516

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“You were only out throwing out the trash, weren’t you?”6f9820a9dd939d3a

“…Right.”d36b9fef7a7eb75e

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“Go on in. There’s a document on 49bb29c5dd the living room table 4a94ee8e3e with your schedule. Review it. If anything needs fb9d3dd966 to be changed 6f7ee15edb or added, mark 8138203778 it and contact 995353c83b Cheif Jeon by fe866af334 tomorrow.”6c34950eb87076f5

“Yes, sir.”6f173d4f9209b671

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Sunwoo Chang quickly 9c8609eebb got to the 9bd8a8e63e point and stepped dd0e28f0b8 down into the edbc85458a entrance.7fe310d159b54789

Though the entrance wasn’t particularly small, it still felt too cramped for the two of them to stand while maintaining personal space.5dc9541266f83d15

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Go Eunjae pressed herself 65d8648167 tightly against the shoe 83b486f342 cabinet, worried that the aea28daf09 water dripping from her decd5a8063 wet body might touch aeeb6c4005 him.1555177769e1a4b1

Just when she thought 06afd516ab he’d leave right away, b114d5b036 Sunwoo Chang unexpectedly lowered 6c2452cd37 his gaze to the b768b5e287 puddle of rainwater beneath 30e03c2169 her feet.bc32dde60467bc61

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“Don’t worry. I’ll clean it up.”1b8d1ba0c81d26d8

“Go Eunjae, listen carefully. I didn’t bring the person 3958bda37e who’s going to be my 4a084e7289 spouse into this house just 65fb84e77e to make her do pointless dfcee6f3fa cleaning.”3dc1efe6d4601083

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“…”899465deaa1b4003

“Do you understand what I mean?”71a3ada925c778e6

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“…Yes.”67b66d46655020f0

Not only was he saying there was no need to wipe the puddles on the floor, but also that she shouldn’t be stepping outside pointlessly, like taking out the trash.6284b7161dd1ba68

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Because of that one trip, 64a85c7405 Go Eunjae had ended up 54de7858ea standing outside for hours. With a single comment from ba350b7f94 Sunwoo Chang, she became the 6770fd8234 one who’d done something unnecessary.29e4b7e22f14cd0d

She knew he wasn’t wrong.edf83ef4d3f2ff52

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And yet, something in 7f58add95c her heart felt rough 67b755ff4c and scraped.f5d057cf4dfcef9a

“Are you crying?”435aea0ee5ba5476

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“No.”1437c5aa7ebf7528

It must’ve looked like 74603388d2 she was, because the 122b1c0841 rainwater just happened to 4fb099a369 run down the side 0781b9c16b of her face.836459c362f44a59

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Go Eunjae rubbed the corner fcade17f76 of her eyes with the 0ae5ed40f2 back of her hand to eb1e15899e wipe away the moisture.2512207967ac5cdc

Because her skin 3cee193d6b was fair and e3fd7d8f64 delicate, her eyes 891946dd5b quickly turned red. The already-soft skin, 1c852c584a made even more e68c6d8446 sensitive by the 6b3f6a703c rain, stung from da7277c30c the friction. That slight pain 8fe4ee7359 helped clear the a10f3ffad4 fog in her 8372699593 mind a little.4a3ad95d8ecfdab8

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“Go shower.”d920445406eced81

“Okay.”afd0b77588f3fead

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“Someone will be coming to work.”4b9a5059382c0189

“Okay.”ed20daa3c00c5a58

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Sunwoo Chang emphasized once more 897e681df8 not to do anything unnecessary.bcb86ef1da472d4b

He left without even 4ad91ab988 a “take care” or ca0973587f “goodbye” again. So she didn’t get the 8b631d1f06 chance to ask if he ad86552db2 was the one who opened 81522aaf6c the door for her.42ded35afd10b5e3

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“Didn’t you just go out to throw away trash?”7af2a7e666586ca9

The way he said that 85c66d579f made it sound like he’d 31a0b5fbcd been waiting a long time, bcddb947b3 and that weighed heavily on 580e6fd2af her heart.a24d49faf9ddb9f8

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“Sigh…”95abd519221847d6

A deep sigh 719c64c9d6 escaped her lips.0cf99a887c5a960a

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She didn’t know ba916badb0 what she’d been 24679a8b3c doing all day. Even to herself, her actions c5fc141f54 felt unbelievably foolish.7f59f9bcb459131a

Sniffling, Go Eunjae hurried 29bb4817c8 up to the second 5a5127adef floor. She’d wanted to 705bcd369c avoid leaving footprints, 9d447863f3 but water kept 3e8baa6bf1 dripping from her 39e62c7270 soaked socks and 663389c7c3 clothes.df3be392d6b75f84

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After showering, she a62cb67c15 changed into something c08bd4c7ec comfortable from the 9c14d0a44a dressing room.05d278ff7384ffa4

On her way back 43ffc73425 after tossing the wet a48d024e84 clothes into the laundry e85eb3d83d basket, she noticed the f0d0ddeeba trail of wet footprints 43dae69d30 she’d left behind.5a3e2d00873d7731

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“Something like this… I can take care of it, right?”fe4173594eb3d293

She quickly grabbed some tissues 358af139d0 and wiped up the water.a158b9f0f428c53c

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No one was 9443ff4771 watching, but she b272da84a2 scrubbed the floor c580799936 as if she 2560277daf were being chased.b61533ff06a05cdf

This hardly even counted cb8f671453 as cleaning. She had no way to a619981aac deal with the soaked shoes 1585af0b96 in the entryway, so she bab93199e9 just left them there.c3b5225977ff17c4

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After tossing the 191bdbc5a4 damp tissues away, 32304b73be she picked up dada83d235 the documents left 7f5b598c69 on the living 19097bac16 room table—and only dae0f1374e then did she f13d585ebb realize the house 56adbbe087 had changed.0e6e29fce24475e3

There were everyday c73dc65340 essentials placed around a1d2054a5c here and there.785eb58cb287e11b

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The most noticeable change was ae0544ebaa in the kitchen. The refrigerator was now 502f8203a2 stocked with ready-to-eat food 1bc679ff4d and fruit.ff0154e7dca4555d

Various dishes and cooking e46803f726 utensils had been neatly 0529944767 arranged in their proper f00ff07ae6 places, and there were 79069acc1a even a few bulky 9b8121797d appliances.a24c47d719ce952e

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“If I’d known, I should’ve at least rung the doorbell.”26a2c393273b5328

She hadn’t even thought to c1c08e2fb4 press it, assuming no one 5e7dd27e77 was home.79ee58414a984d7f

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No matter how a39aeb7fd3 she looked at 0dde637150 it, it had 591867d4e1 to have been 9b2b4e2bb9 Sunwoo Chang who 82ad48ff57 opened the door.0f9c4a000e641b9a

“Did he come looking for me?”8608c1e9f9d4b763

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Probably. He might’ve been worried 63d808346b when he couldn’t reach 9792b4a3b4 her.59cdd2f895b02526

…Or maybe not.25a1969b142700bc

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She felt bad fa3192f7aa toward him, but a482cab854 at the same 8c1f83244e time, she was 73625b7f18 a little relieved ff2366c484 to know she 9430444618 hadn’t been the 0d811d8af7 only one shivering 7051827270 out there by 3852bd6764 herself.eaf36eef7277fb82

This was bad. She felt like 97053ae352 she might cry.20ff63194cdde29c

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People always said c9348471ba crying helped relieve f51cf46250 things—but for Eunjae, 73d6ac9a9d it just made 8faf0da5fe her feel broken 89bfba2dd0 and made it e0407e2759 even harder to 67d07fc421 pull herself together. She scrunched up her tingling 87fe1cc131 nose and swallowed down her 9eaa620eff tears.0279970b000632c4

“Maybe I should eat something.”a1a340b67240fcfb

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Sniffling repeatedly as she looked 233ec6f318 around the kitchen, Go Eunjae 12a0553702 rubbed her stomach, which was e6605c58e8 so empty it felt like c6d2e1ffa1 it was about to stick ac5d2add87 to her back.a9d2f51948f75a40

All she’d had the whole 56456fb056 day was jokbal and spicy db28f3ce66 chicken feet, but she couldn’t 2e4d37734b bring herself to touch anything 84d1425437 else. It would’ve been nice 509e092177 to be a bit 2b08089a7f shameless, but that was f4e7e38391 easier said than done.db816ae91381ffcf

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In the end, after some 5bba889331 hesitation, she pulled out an 78892df147 apple and ate it with fcc018ea3a the skin on.d5ca754bf28666a7

Chewing on the apple, she 3ec359d590 opened the door to the 2c90a03bab utility room just slightly. The pantry that had been 1b434ae390 completely empty yesterday was now 3f4ba0a6f2 neatly stocked with supplies.5bbbaafc7ade4bfd

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There was even f30c82ff59 a sorting bin ef5bea2c93 for recyclable waste. She tossed the apple core, b2d6785be8 stripped clean to the seeds, c9a5f079a2 into the food waste container cf56637885 and grabbed a bottle of 086539e36b water before heading back upstairs.2c7e34d5318fe1fe

She sat on the floor d7abd8aab9 with her back leaning against 816b738085 the bed, gazing up at a20aaac8b9 the pouring rain through the 61108af468 window.26e3f74fb425592f

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Because of the tall e1ba008cc2 bed frame and mattress, bf3edacb03 her body was completely ebf26e0a5b hidden from view from 8f284bece6 the room’s entrance.7939a764c6f76885

Everything in this room was feffc77a1f big.e861559b3d0d1f5b

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The room was 21853e677b big, the windows 5c3209e5a9 were big, and 3058ec7cd2 the bed was c7053bd14c big.2622f72cc1cab7a0

Back in the rooftop apartment, 3eb9d541ec even when she sat on 4a577134d2 the floor, the window sill d58afe8b81 was so close that she 00e074a3c0 could sleep with the window ec9202d242 cracked open even on rainy bbba678b52 days without worrying about rain e42d3cc1b6 getting in. But here, that wasn’t an a04fe1f9ff option.45b00235d48259f4

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“There’s a document on the living room table with the schedule organized. Check it. If there’s anything that 2fafc7613e needs to be revised 2a78974110 or added, mark it 3fcad80789 and get in touch 1b617b5c97 with Chief Jeon by b966d8c6d3 tomorrow.”1f6b584e94a32980

Right. I need to 42464e9ab8 look at that.3b9ab63163501008

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The packet was thinner than f03dc24295 the last one, but it 9b4ebb7d1a was packed with details she b4f1b19803 needed to check. She didn’t have time e261ac6c84 to just sit around.37fc968cedc788c3

She picked up a pen a94a1c8519 she’d seen rolling around in 1f6783dbb8 the utility room and scribbled 14efab8f4e on her palm to see e49c283752 if it worked, then began 7252ead4ae carefully going through the schedule 1c167ace53 document.30790b85c3da3e1c

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She realized how exhausted she cdaa2c4d26 was when the content wouldn’t 341ad4af2a stick in her head no 81861247ec matter how many times she 8f85ec817c reread the same paragraph.f47c662b6234aaa1

Her eyes were taking in a6f0a39370 the words, but her brain 645e9a065a wasn’t processing the sentences.a0bf58047f2150e1

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She didn’t even notice that fa490b03b9 her usually upright posture had 8755486ee9 collapsed as she leaned back 47803282fd against the bed frame.bdf4cc68d42ea83f

Rustle.f243474090cf4d9b

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The stack of papers c561b3434f slipped from between her dcc14c298f fingers and scattered across 097ea93ae8 the floor. She didn’t even register 518a5d26bb that she was closing d27d7ddfe3 her eyes or drifting 64e6aa9b59 out of consciousness.a3d1ad3abe62a8b4

Thud.76b6e1775f6e6708

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Eunjae’s body slowly fef0199b2d slid down and 36bc12190f slumped to the 81fae71ef3 floor.42d6284020bb4922