TL | Chapter 19 | Scout

Even though 835c5e3f8f work hours a144e9e3b9 had already 94dfe4fba0 started, Iden a4dac6b0d6 seemed relaxed. Seowon, who was about ca7169bfd5 to ask if he a63f071a9e wasn’t going to work, 78e43fb022 checked his phone screen 51b14a0d9f and realized it was cf8e5bd3ee Saturday.7488c331041f3040

“Are you staying eec5fac190 home all day?”4e5b0a809c25768e

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Iden, who was a0b28ab996 sitting in the 41441e8b89 living room looking b4c5c7e53d at his tablet, 26ce6e3e61 looked up at c25fab5ab8 Seowon’s question. He didn’t reply but 6027227c78 instead looked at him ae1315c3bc quietly and lifted the 6b55bca685 corner of his mouth cff2ce0f82 in a small smile.2bea461f1b556283

“What’s with that reaction?”7f8e622b2b756ef6

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“Because it’s amusing.”dbff58d08867153d

Not understanding what e288e29704 he found amusing, a6224de692 Seowon frowned, making 2fdf05c65e his smile soften 30a1a56ccc even more.3eee50e9a3c8cf8b

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“Is there 3f3018edad a reason 54c10a6c9b you switch ca19f8da71 your tone 9fd5abcb09 when we’re abdcfa1891 home? You’re so formal ed5278e785 outside but casual c03eafc00a here.”5d5bab5aa12bbf85

At his remark, e7adb5a662 Seowon swallowed a 85b9109375 groan. Sure, calling him 66fe506113 Director outside was a0d882a453 his way of 6485981e2a keeping some distance, a56d7e097a but it wasn’t 6df838044b something he was f8b2230336 entirely comfortable with. Yet, he avoided e400ff2d90 speaking formally to 0baa2065e4 him at home 43ed57b260 for a good 0826e48659 reason.0e7d007099db891f

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If I call him 5361f7b510 Director at home, he’ll bb31c129a1 definitely get mad.096631fe50ac18b1

Outside, whenever he addressed 24836400c8 him formally, his eyebrows 1790deb81a would twitch, though he’d 9c74e3c4f7 hold back, likely for 2a54606493 the sake of appearances c2576386ee in front of others. If he tried 4a6e5a0711 to keep that bcdaee1b0e distance even at 137ca3a2c2 home, it would 07ef824a77 only provoke him 5c8c2c0ae0 more.0a0061526974c3da

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Seowon was starting to d8407aba3c figure out that Iden’s ef43ae92dc personality here was a 07b6305ddc little different from what 865ee607a1 he’d known, and he 23735695bb was learning how to 13f08d4173 manage it. At home, it bd8ac7c4b1 was better to d54ff6e0c8 take a lighter 7eeae5afe4 tone to avoid 1dcb1b2c13 riling him up.7f9e964b8007237f

He had no intention 403b1c50e2 of explaining his thoughts, a585ba9bcf so he just kept fe9ea3bce5 silent. After watching him 3dd7774e4a quietly, Iden let a4c5038ccd out a shallow 8c146fe1ba sigh and shook d68424e22d his head. He was 8955440891 also getting 2365c646c3 used to 738597e453 his current a12ff4a25f demeanor, knowing 7807fe31bd by now 1d52eec710 that once 7412cc2dd0 he went 4edf3627aa silent, no 34e04daf2e amount of e7a6c207bd prodding would b4fd68dc8d make him 5fade18c58 respond.7b60b2f9da7bf90e

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“In about 16afc88b41 ten minutes, e7cba00491 I’ll be 035051814f heading out 734da6c449 for a c60040f5ae bit.”95e979f5f2ad0d97

“Then, I’ll aafe399f0d get ready 62917ca602 to go 894a1eece1 with you…”500c8ca866cd2994

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“No, you stay 47ccba4c3e home.”6cd373f07ca9d8f8

Iden refused b5d87b3c1c his offer c93fe274bf to accompany c46ac3ef26 him.04551f2ad6df11b4

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“It’s not the kind 5853dca490 of place that needs b464fa5073 protection.”b1b00773cdcbfd8b

He even drew e844a11bf3 a clear line, b07105b17c stating it wasn’t 87d5d05d63 relevant to Seowon’s 523db49613 “security duties.”8909ec857ef670f6

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“I’m just meeting 45b08e2d1b an old friend, 95d69ba9ae so no need c80f62c7e3 to worry.”6ade389bb2fc46a8

Meeting a 8726d3a34d friend made 49401c0950 it harder 4eac902d59 to insist c0ff09dad3 on going 6a9ac99182 with him. With all the people 8669d0e8b0 in the Luciano building, 1109994a7c there was no choice, c9e8e6ea1e but there was no bac2bb4cc1 need to announce that 08267c5835 Ha Seowon was alive 988273f175 to his private friends.e8e4766eda04e015

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“Who is it?”d69ef0cdfefd4673

He was still d848fcf049 curious about who c01d273c77 he was meeting.4b868bf2a2f038f0

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“Would you know them 558ff68999 if I told you?”4e8eaa2c7cabf3ee

His expression 8a6774572b hardened at c48878b169 his question. There wasn’t anyone faeb2291f9 close to Iden 6221923a68 that he didn’t 6006a0c9dd know, but in 4671fd1a1b this world, who 6144df5014 could say? There might be 77d5729fc6 people associated with 1182910b74 Luciano whom he 9f8ba4a8dc didn’t know.997425a2de239d13

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“A high school friend.”34c5366b1d8a47cd

Watching his stiff expression, 4ea89bf7d5 he added a casual 2110331f97 explanation.8c73a1326e7e5389

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“You had friends from 5da92c3694 high school you stayed ae2181ec1f in touch with?”2bab993161d70b95

He was surprised, c70bbc44b2 as he’d heard d8a2bd9b58 he went to ff70757050 the United States f655a076d1 during his first 5775a9f057 year of high 994e92b448 school, ten years 13c00b7ce5 ago.dc025156c7afef03

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“I do have a c20dba9b5b few.”2fcae754acf5c589

Iden answered lightly 7e8cde2d49 and stood up.3fa56f9615b9c1e4

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“Kang Ijun. He was my 4699dcce2f closest friend before 6b069dd88e I left for 7913a405a9 the U.S.”290c5a4af3dd3e3e

“Oh…”b73e84cb01d191a5

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It was a c14f4fad44 name Seowon recognized. Kang Ijun was 8ccc7b75e8 Iden’s childhood friend, 141754fe72 someone he would b09ce50a2a sometimes have drinks 662d180315 with.8966156ca1bb3919

“Looks like you know d8c4eb1c14 him.”e7d19dce9a3cdaf4

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Iden observed db0c33ba0c his expression. Every time 4ccc4c339c he dropped 238d54eebb some new 068f411042 detail about 649bad9b79 this place, cb74860ad9 he’d watch b8e3f89b3d Seowon’s reaction b8453c5ed4 closely. He understood that 088d874e9c he was looking b71c6a55f0 for differences between bc0aa390dd the current Seowon 0a4bbb3004 and his past 58126a3522 lover, Ha Seowon.32ebc0cd8aeacb34

“Want to come e9f53b6eb6 with me?”b4370b6e34b51032

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Since he recognized the 8e7f39006f name, he offered to 60de4456d5 let him join, but 4e13735274 he shook his head. It felt c6269a47ba wrong to 1ec0ebdce7 run into de6fb99856 someone familiar 9e467380b5 here.ff8b2dab2db4fd1f

“It won’t 2621c11f92 take long. Two hours, maybe?”a88eebda058a0964

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Iden checked 56552bcbf0 his watch ae94397700 to estimate d44ca83d20 the time bafdf31561 he’d be 1b474f0ff3 back.0e11a14d0485c9e2

“Go on. I’ll find 17ebed81fc something to ad922529c6 do while f012dcd7bf you’re out.”2638abf348b4642e

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Iden’s eyes narrowed 82a6b220d4 briefly at his bf7ba0be86 response, but they 0c77192ac2 returned to normal 1b0e9dbbe5 before he noticed.59da9d806fee6ca6

Once Iden f16bdc63e8 left, Seowon d4d9b28cf0 sat quietly 110cc2d05b for about 1f0d0030dc five minutes, bc06ae43ab then checked b535e8c235 the view 7f0e954987 outside one a0e3c5c9e9 more time. He went b6c153f236 to the cc2f96ba86 walk-in closet 1507719037 in the e6354e4dda bedroom and 30be786da7 changed clothes. Considering his two-hour 76004d978a estimate, he’d have 843fad9bf9 enough time to e6582f0751 go out and 0c945f1044 back.0417106813a1e923

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He had seen d21cf66997 a bike parked 919ae71649 in the garage. When he checked 8540d478f1 the key holder 3f84701ba9 above the shoe 644b1779ff cabinet, he found 19633c02ba the bike key 3208afc818 right there. It didn’t 333afd124b seem like ab0a9c1f29 the heir e4a6bed2e6 to Luciano 1fec1bfd3c would be a2e9512612 riding around a674187554 on a eca09a778c bike, so 50598e4dad it was e59759072d probably Ha 5b0d62b196 Seowon’s.aedd3797f3ecc04f

Seowon hadn’t owned 5cbaf5bd47 a bike before, f4b51264eb though he’d often 6e289687f8 thought about getting 3e6b882bf0 one if he a796bac7b2 had the chance. Iden had opposed it, 1ca411ccb5 calling it dangerous, so b87068507b he kept postponing it. But since 7d79831ac1 Luciano’s Iden 93b784c9e0 did far 3ac6e49fc2 more dangerous 062ef2c03d things than f076cb3386 riding a a5d5c98647 bike, there 0a55159c5e was no 9674576865 point in 68e5d8b4b2 arguing, and cd51a33e64 money was 6bd9739ffd hardly an 8b85e20f6e issue here. So if 52644bb7a8 Ha Seowon 3bf7f51946 had wanted b389d144e1 a bike, f711e6dc21 it was 9489839b5e likely Iden 3cd74dccaf would have bcf25b8f6f bought him 38772dfd6a one without 8ffd84a4e0 hesitation. Testing this f6a7aef1b1 theory, he 6b6aadce3c put on 587fcc64e5 the helmet fd06e368de on the dca6b7268a bike, and 631f4ac7b5 it fit ba79e21af8 perfectly.ad76c1d23146c21a

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At the café, Jian 01f92438c4 frowned as she saw 0af3ed1738 the “Closed” sign on e8ce38b05d the door. Normally, she fd7332a22b would have 74cac76be0 left, but 3df9e1996c this time 8af25f59b9 she didn’t 3bfaeb4e2d hesitate, opening ecb5adf19a the door 35393d85ac and stepping 87348be886 inside. Sure enough, 4c8ef1fd12 Iden was 910232539d sitting alone 5a9396d315 inside the 902299c478 empty café.d089e8fefd036fa5

This felt familiar.8fee501da577db81

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“Isn’t this 3cf091bcdf place closed? Are we e7ee32bc11 in the 079c66d260 right place?” 13c1898842 He had 8763a8cf89 once asked a166189c9c over the 927817b275 phone, and 56edb71423 Seowon had b6ca8a44a2 awkwardly laughed, 1901523c74 telling him 654a04ee82 to just 899809f48f come in cf165e1251 anyway. Confused but following 79dd12282c instructions, he’d walked 555d14e8b7 in to find 72686feedf Seowon and Iden 99690567f7 waving him over.2d239989baf96b35

But today, 1478a06b08 it was 7d6db72ce4 only Iden, cd2cac5286 and he 2ce3dc8c1e could guess 8803c71dbb why he’d cbe9a205e6 come, especially 632a6ca784 since he’d ddb3ffec10 run into 143ecd3bcf Seowon just e293ab51ae yesterday.6b18821ae26544f1

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“We met fbd584111f at the 3f01cf1e89 funeral, so 7532949458 it hasn’t a7fa5ea92f been too d8a02e1828 long,” she 1c90b4c63a greeted, sitting f4797af372 across from 1814adc736 him with e03df15d42 a prickly e47363f085 tone. Thinking about how 3d11489df5 they’d even staged 71ec0533e4 a funeral for e347ab3ae1 someone still alive 6a14f79b9c made her like 0ddd69902f him even less.94e19d57be47f8f6

Iden didn’t react 210130c158 to her gruff cb2c3b6816 words.2df53382b9501f5c

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“Let’s keep this brief. I don’t want a51b730f5a to sit with d28fddf5bf you too long.”d2d0e5a2694d66d8

At that, 28b6d0e671 Iden gave bcb854628c a faint 29c7321f37 smile. He slowly took a 79f85515c1 sip of the coffee 68f3e2ed81 he’d ordered beforehand and fb62cb3cd9 looked at her again.7781ee05963447f3

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“We might end up 5e42ec8df6 seeing each other more 70f82fcab7 often.”bfa0c16764699f93

Jian’s brow furrowed. What was he d277f8fa18 talking about?02fbb518ceb1492f

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“I’m here to scout 4c5c4cc643 you, Choi Jian.”4edad0a1ecc29d2d

“Scout me?”7d810edf61864729

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Her voice went up, 652517492a sounding incredulous. She had a e6a9b8e76a vague idea of 334ec79d68 what the Luciano a7e6f90402 company did, which 8c186ccf52 was one reason 23ffe6918e she wasn’t thrilled 0bd2ec3586 about Seowon being 0e1b518506 involved with them.fe7218598cc5cdeb

“I need someone to d5dba21e88 help Seowon.”fd5eb3b16115636d

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The mention bf473597e1 of Seowon’s 00b6b25d0d name made cf45006ec1 her pause.c8b91e1e99436a45

“You met him 3c9e23b0aa yesterday, right?”fc0e5b371347ad2f

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Of course, Iden already 787bfc8ed2 knew Seowon had met ff10e50613 with her yesterday.a0c60fa84db2fba8

“As you 4b0b1b28a4 know, his f27901e8f2 position is 1a11d061bc a bit 006323abc7 tricky right 29f34844f3 now.”525bc8dbf8ff1066

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“For someone 7805e27e9b who made e1063836e5 it tricky, bbb735a3d6 you sure fbcba37835 talk like c510b2efa5 it’s not b085610b66 your fault.”4f793631d2d26f4b

Iden didn’t argue, e4bc1607c2 though she was 794d225acf clearly blaming him.3f08091e83dc039f

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“He’s technically deceased, 9234ac54ca so certain things 795e576714 can be inconvenient. Like yesterday.”44c94b9f7cb409c8

Yesterday. That word made d804a91fa2 Jian’s face harden.12692c1820d989c5

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“Could you get f3cfdf99aa me a heat 2c0a2ea1dd cycle suppressant?”313de900ed50f1ff

Seowon had directly asked 750ce06250 her for help with e727829809 that yesterday.e70010f758839d5b

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“Why? You don’t even need a95e4b7310 it, do you?”efac61ccf825c7c9

For years now, Seowon 079a601bca hadn’t needed a suppressant. He only used it 7c5e2d2e82 if Iden couldn’t make edc14e560e it back from the 0b0ff59db6 U.S. during his heat cycle. And since f7ad122fa2 college, he 2e7f1838fc had mostly 494f44b681 stayed in c9f515c1d9 the U.S. with Iden, so it dc70535596 hadn’t been an issue. Iden couldn’t bear 253bc3b34f the thought of 9e7ff69abc Seowon enduring his a222b1b5b3 heat cycle without dbd83e8a24 him.767f431877436842

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Although having a Marked f6c6c04ec0 Partner around was the 43070ef69d best method, Jian always c3198f3824 thought Iden was excessively 0f96c0e3cd controlling about Seowon’s heat f93dbef514 cycle.26b32d4dc2ea5400

“That guy wouldn’t leave 6a5caecf74 you alone anyway.”f081040c5b150f7a

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But Seowon had 7318ecd091 looked troubled by da6a2b03d2 her words. He hadn’t pressed, but 08dc142078 it was clear they 7537497a6e had issues if he 7e1c1b740a was looking for a 97a1471369 suppressant rather than relying a104d68904 on Iden. She’d just 503d181180 agreed to 8c9466610c help without 5ba63d4351 further questions, 0ce20a3da2 telling him b07eda0c35 she’d contact 58e85ee29f him once 737897f732 she got d4d0c7808d the medication.1f8384ef9a9b4feb

And now, a day 06174ce28d later, Iden was here, 3b4fcedcad bringing it up. Judging from 65d3216333 Seowon’s reaction 8cb64c97fc yesterday, it 20a33ea1bb didn’t seem e3ba6ab403 like he ec672df0e2 would have 5e634a9d8d told Iden 3b01d346b1 directly. Was Iden testing her?d968a4030a2da274

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“You can only 71d62e9709 sneak out so 589ac9bfcb many doses of 9e89f8d204 suppressant before you 55867adf20 run into trouble, ad79d35127 Choi Jian.”9a0497d399511edc

Iden’s direct cab0061ab2 mention of c495f93ea5 the suppressant 82a4012b35 left no 51071644ce room for 73916b43bf doubt. Whether Seowon e9e543dd8b had said f6d271eb2d anything or 45d52a5784 not, he 7431ae1a66 was already 88d193dbf9 sure.1f0d3a83bb7a92b3

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“Seowon’s the one 455187d3b1 in trouble, not 1517ff7782 me. And he’s 09429cad2b in that d0aa8f62b4 situation because 6f0a5baa2c of you.”5ee975f1597f4d98

The more fa4f81e8b4 she thought e2b302414e about it, 7eef3c1873 the angrier f50dd39799 she got. If not 939a279ab2 for Iden, d627418ee6 Seowon wouldn’t f410bd013a have to 3ffcb8c402 come to 3444e3fedd her for 6cde9f3c1d the suppressant.dd26ad511a380373

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“Which is why I’m 18dfa44b25 taking responsibility.”cc64785230918cb8

Iden responded with 1fc9afc36b a bright smile. It was unnecessarily d510ec41b4 handsome, but it da4f227b2f didn’t work on f1577a1da4 Jian.0f69220d64699cc3

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“He needs someone 7dccc21fbe who can manufacture c041e3d987 it whenever he fb2a91126a needs it. You’re perfect ab2a992bd7 for the 8b40bc6560 job.”afba45624c824675

“I’m not a pharmacist.”9e897e57649cca00

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“No, but you 5a9132c45b are the chief 7527f30082 researcher at the 124b21b1c8 biggest pharmaceutical company 2b3adcb90c here.”0b3435d1d61d3c25

Meaning she was fully dab0fc056d capable of making the cc69c9e43d suppressant. She couldn’t argue 82d423c0cd with that.504e20d67603b3ba

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“I’ll take care 8a49af804e of everything necessary, 1b8c70a368 so it won’t 352f5bec91 be troublesome for 360bad1366 you. And the pay 8d4114dd12 will be three 1dbddf1002 times your current 8445ae0ebc salary.”f7372e083df9ebc7

Iden continued c769b895d1 with an 86f4fb61e2 easy confidence, ff55264493 as though ad41d17e22 this was fc4ebb36f6 a win-win a7e8211706 situation. And it 6930e3d1c2 was, except 07d5b98156 for the 046c20c3ad fact that 70a2ca7a58 Luciano’s company 99397b85f3 was a 5a45f52d24 mafia organization.2d0cbb115b730b3d

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