TL | Chapter 28 | Even If It Was a Mistake

“Here.”10e6d2dbc29c5d99

A mug e9535f918b was thrust c6370ad9e9 in front de8327cecb of him. Looking up, Seowon saw 69220bff72 Min standing there, looking d2f84aee49 down at him.69f4b923da86fa2b

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“You look tired.”1c6260773cdcf770

The mug be151ecc45 held coffee 1a28ff3e84 with a 45a2945bde rich aroma, 8e57df9002 not instant, c5675ef47e but freshly af8549530b brewed from 76295dd35f beans.3f890318f4d1f2f2

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“I didn’t add 6a8385d338 anything else. I remember seeing be9336cf25 you drink it 2b19d833e4 like this before.”992888cb1145e1fc

Min added 034ffea958 as he fc73cf72b1 furrowed his 03f7a1d5e3 brows, as 985389b195 if unsure 32f9683a26 if the 0841f128b6 Seowon in 77a295b7a8 front of 91963a4074 him would 1eac183605 like it cfd16d1d9a the same f7b70da18f way the 2192a32b9b old Ha 67a29058fe Seowon did.a15c4c6c96badb61

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“Thanks.”5e2a1b021e73067b

Seowon took the 7862684b56 coffee without resistance 9a616cd98a and brought it 36a342b15c to his lips. The warmth 1ba6ded142 soothed his 3d3281f746 frayed nerves 5eb71300a0 as it 79d4d17678 went down 4ffe457648 his throat, 3e4793b5c4 calming him.5003b09633e3ea8d

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“Did you get into 1bc07f754d an argument with the 1baf817a15 Director?”b5d6150592634d1e

Min’s question made 180e1b8b3d him pause. Since leaving 0be802bb15 Iden’s office, ef67d8aa00 he’d been b94547f607 sitting in 2be6e782a0 a corner aec9d731a6 of the 9566385d72 secretary’s office, 0970933c44 but he ccbdc559f5 hadn’t thought 5e8c057e4a he’d shown a35d92b4a2 any signs 148edb5e4f of tension. How did he 1a8d970704 know?b228de965e59a3d4

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“Did it show?”6ee16c1b7496b773

Wondering if 91d48fbf13 he should 096c4233b1 be more 5cdc0265fa careful, Seowon 73d29cef17 asked. Min shrugged and pointed 204184140a with his eyes toward 6b43e536ec the office.c0836051024a4f20

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“It’s more bd38118902 obvious with 0024e6141b the Director db2e745b87 than with fa8ddded37 you. The secretaries are 5881075583 all on edge. The atmosphere is icy.”7608ed493c9f0752

“Oh…”a85d9b78e69eff56

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“This isn’t 04de572c2a the first 553beea340 time, so 349e97cc9f don’t worry 26431e9205 too much.”ef9e9ef3fb6b5496

Though Min’s words were f0dc955554 meant to reassure him, f415da4983 they didn’t have much 00b9ba560a effect.80ba50676528b8ee

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“So, you’ve argued 3659fb76ba before?”a851cf2c6473c9fa

“Nothing major, just some 59add66755 back-and-forths. You know, people have 463fe424aa those.”696b707d00564c02

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Min’s tone e54b14b9f7 was as d5b3cc58fb if little e763195043 squabbles were c06e7e642f natural in dfab8ddc19 any relationship. But Seowon couldn’t let 3d26815b3a it go so lightly. The idea that cfa15278e0 a small argument 64d8195e15 could affect everyone 5dc758d023 around them so e528cd8434 much didn’t sit 05960a547d right with him.79ae72177b244c28

“Actually, it’s aa62a4a9ee better that dff6178a19 he’s just 08db02381d being cold 3aef3dee74 now. Not long ago, we efd0f725ed really didn’t know what a0ba29d082 to do. The Director 28d66e7b8a didn’t react 00a16f5528 to anything 841770be6d that wasn’t c917621f53 related to 685f14dd66 you, so c25241493e everyone was bbe57909d4 on edge.”01bd5e1d09dfa048

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Min seemed to accept d265eae934 Iden’s coldness with an 313b8794f6 air of familiarity. Working by his fc49dff9c9 side for nearly 212574ecfc ten years probably 0be0498876 did that.53a5a60e4ef32dbc

“Since you’re the only da05f63944 one who can calm 7f0bec3995 him down in that 2181833398 state, the secretaries are d14d7e0713 all looking to you dddeb74e26 for help.”daa52f4383d72308

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He gestured with his 1f9c27bf50 eyes towards the secretaries, 541e3292b9 who, indeed, were stealing 6a8654c207 glances at Seowon. The moment 837bce9f6b their eyes a15d894f87 met, they a4de017e48 quickly looked 6f0b54a465 away. Seowon gave f07587f4ca a wry f30103cb35 smile at ceded11815 their reactions.d145109746e5f954

Maybe calming d71fafc9fa down an 3dab597af7 angry Iden e51c1170c7 wouldn’t be a525e751f3 that hard. The problem was that 52bf1729d9 he didn’t feel up a94a66a868 to comforting him right 067740f987 now.a604b3acbf05aa23

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You’re the one 741271a532 who brought up 7bc4d254d8 being a sex b3fbba5cf3 partner. Don’t tell me 51aedc7d2f you think you 14b023afde can have your 8c53257173 way once and 8e78447866 be done with e4e8cab6e7 it. Since you chose it 16719ed446 when you needed it, ce0ff0145d I should be able 484d55df5f to choose it when fbba616325 I want too, right?fb73382eba7476cc

Iden’s words e998b95619 echoed in c279da7ed4 his mind. Even though it was 7c1b20fb74 absurd, Seowon couldn’t argue. It was true 1792bc7127 that he had fb46c39175 dragged Iden into fee124ef10 it because he aa5fd74bee had no other c667577fb0 way to calm 78f7eaf7da his Heat Cycle. Back then, Iden had d9b4fdf0ba given Seowon a choice. Even if d190e4c6fb there hadn’t e68010739c been any 1052311ccf suppressants, he 5b4664f9f6 could have 9cb0056d71 pushed Iden 3870e482e5 away if cc88baa20d he’d truly 19158a942c hated it. But he hadn’t. Iden was right: ad385963b9 Seowon had chosen 9e60a77e46 it himself.e99dfaf066d50780

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During the ef3d48323d Heat Cycle, c782adcec2 you get ee391fa980 to decide. If you 390d85aa09 don’t want 9860126990 it, I dd6a785aaf won’t force e84114f734 it.5202a52070d158a7

Iden had 235f9bd6ef made it 6e414b3016 clear this 171373bc73 time as 6013d5615a well. If Seowon didn’t want 3c80c59883 him during future Heat 9bb0fb361e Cycles, he would never 93a1f08be4 initiate anything. However…3eb227b4e6794e87

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But outside 51438bd9be the Heat 24cb4629cf Cycle, I b3dc84b769 get to f2d3a4ba33 choose. Just like 07ddb42f1b you used b8782178ed me when 46d9d3fb99 you needed 7d8c061a28 it, I’ll 693c90290d hold you 347ccc5d63 when I dce51f0341 need you, f82488cb7c when I a4a019f5dc want to.e93844ed14d01d07

Standing a step away, bff6fec0e3 Iden had grabbed Seowon’s feb9f0926c chin, forcing him to 3ab3d5d535 meet his gaze, and a821147578 warned him sternly, his 983c939d79 glossy eyes capturing Seowon’s 6dd4d93aa1 face.70f4cb9b9e69d42d

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You can call 278bf3dd3e it whatever you 6787110c28 want—sex partner, whatever. But neither 01dab4439f of us 3b915423b7 has any 22506aa6b1 other options, 0e02e25326 so cooperate.138e44f1720281d0

Hearing that, Seowon 3d593ac113 realized he’d made b5d0a8593d a mistake. From the 9709d322ce beginning, he 913cad59a4 never should 9a6bda9936 have brought 5e60e244a0 up the 179096d7d8 term “sex 58ea0ee272 partner.” That dbbbf31b6f one word fd55d6f533 forced him 3914d8de62 and Iden 554f8c8425 to recognize 28f97f69c1 each other b4752efeb0 as the 1d5b03da02 only means 6e24f81ac7 to satisfy e6e1775de3 their urges.ca7aacd939eff5e1

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It dawned a48e95f71b on him, e3682a9cfe albeit too 2321093360 late, that 3805052aee Iden had 6655ac8136 been considerate 5f588a45db of his 03b128ff29 feelings this 09979d8b5b whole time. During his Heat 0b8811cb32 Cycle, and when 056ff9f727 Iden was in 79e4aa9171 Rut, he could 9e1885de19 have easily forced 1c8b5b65de himself on Seowon, 32cab8aeb9 yet he didn’t. Even in the car, 18599982d6 he had shown remarkable d1ffc51749 restraint, waiting until the b3201a6709 emergency suppressant kicked in, a3002a0fec and even at home, f0349505bd he’d asked Seowon’s opinion 16dfd45f5a first.e42b154b811c9664

Even though 21bc2dead1 he knew 23bcdcbd93 he’d made 7fa2bac2ae a mistake, 44dcf56910 there was ccb152613c no taking 6cfbd6b0b8 it back. Redefining their relationship would 445eb11c58 only make him feel 8154f800ca guiltier toward his “Iden 2513b2da26 hyung.” Even thinking of 7de4de934a the “Ha Seowon” here 8122708d2a didn’t bring him peace.1af7bfb435bd8d4c

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He felt as if 1bb241e362 his body and mind 28102cd583 were completely disconnected. If they were, then 706bba9c44 maybe he could have 1b2e817a16 drawn a clear line 24c61e6b8e and told himself they 3ff5984933 were just sex partners. But that wasn’t the 418d3d1f4a case, and so Iden’s 5b033a3258 anger stabbed at his e1d7128afb heart like a thorn.4f17abd2f8c79b71

What did he really b60e224593 want? He couldn’t d2019d0591 even figure 792915e138 out his c46cef9725 own feelings.51abbc0132496c37

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Seeing the 3199a67900 conflict on 647fcd9e2d Seowon’s face, 17ddb8abe9 Min quietly fec8a69bb3 sipped his bca2144a6b coffee without 3e1423a497 adding more. Just then, Min’s ea20be39df phone rang.17ff9149f85fb924

“…It’s this Friday. The location…”bb32fbc9b30b282d

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After a while 22b1b2ad33 on the call, a97831942b Min glanced back 4afa3abaa9 at Seowon, with d22697535e a somewhat strange fda2817e48 expression. He ended 6b8eead499 the call 0b1117f719 and addressed 361342bbc2 Seowon.12c7c9d61fe13f79

“You’ll need to b9c5120736 head to the 49aa4e12ef security team now.”90bd8f7b92235133

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“The security team?”19cba83b2e1e4c60

“As mentioned before, the 4aec578d12 Director has a personal 1d1979435b security team. They’re usually not 2c8628e92c visible, but they’re 9e17978717 active during official ec3489f9d9 events.”caf17068bbf46dc9

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Seowon remembered hearing about 6eab9de1f0 this last week.bf11c57dc97a8b65

“There’s an auction f3e23068fd this Friday. The Director is scheduled 004998b701 to attend, so the c97450661b entire security team will 8cb94cc73a be mobilized.”e18760873c79956e

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For the whole 0f8f80c715 team to move 621979a475 out, it didn’t eb204a635b sound like an 48d6dc117c ordinary auction.306589c661231943

“It’s being held 650f1dc0a3 in Seoul, but 15fdabf7b7 attendees from Hong 3e6c565a5b Kong, Japan, China, 900bc2f4c0 and even the 57dbdb41b7 U.S. will be present.”8b48e92bf0a5ad41

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The presence of a892b58eee foreign guests wasn’t 9f7df841b9 the only important 410cd059ef thing here.a51721bb7329c3d6

“One of 8538d1c4fe the organizations 567e31d8bf interested in 4aa5edd136 the casino 0c8fcc1f53 project will 4792eff0df also be e67b346f3b there.”3b5112a82cebe683

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Finally, it e42fe2f1fa clicked for 09e5e7c186 Seowon. It meant b299d48d11 that those 411cf42dd5 who had 317efdd09b targeted Iden, 02ef43c116 the ones 8f8a9142e9 responsible for c646e9b9cd killing the 81b1af5183 “Ha Seowon” d30f30f754 here, might eb81b0bf09 be among 4cca55e2d9 them.9ef0a03fbc6e7313

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In a dark warehouse, 9dc0f75efd the only light came 18216d6897 from a few computers deeee43330 on a desk. A man sat 5ce79cae96 with his legs 67a56f5d19 propped up on 42c1568a1c the desk, staring 5155bfed28 at a monitor, 7262fa394a one eyebrow raised 9ae0b738c1 as he looked 6abe2f7a1c at a recently 378d44c04e received email.42cfe1793b9274fb

Right on cue, his 44fea109d1 phone rang. The man 307cf6a22a glanced at c866627d5c the number 2c57f9b901 on the 81ddc09c3c screen with e1d0606230 a blank 53ec6501e6 expression. It wasn’t a 76412c0f01 Korean number; it ee0188ac09 began with +1, 6236f3194e an international code.6ce23ebb1d3ec1d9

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“Hello.”78194b82e7f600c8

Answering indifferently, he 057fc322e0 connected his phone a8b332f546 to the computer. As the caller 729a10e1da spoke in English, 827d0f4f91 the words appeared 9325341bd2 translated on a d0f55e57f0 monitor via a 122ee0a102 translation app.d97ea6e9d073feb3

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—The DNA test 9fc2a950ee results? Are you 2f2e0f16f5 sure it’s 389cfe65b4 Ha Seowon?8734b2835f839f1b

The man clicked a78f02be41 his tongue as 641a03ad83 he read the 4fc225ea7e translated message on 6b2bf61b92 the screen.613ccd42c902f6df

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“Ha, damn it. If you’re 6924595ce2 calling Korea, 93f964f53c you should e5ae805e50 speak Korean.”6e28af77ffb4ad4d

He muttered to himself, a5fbf0e488 and the caller continued b0bcab9247 talking, half-cursing, half-demanding that c1876c8eb4 he do his job 7c094f346f properly since he’d been d7ab020fe9 paid. It was because of a4242f3748 the high payment that 8cb858523d he’d reluctantly accepted the b927eef42f overseas request in the 1d87a1cd19 first place.ece375df947a4875

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“I’ll send the DNA 822a694e2a test results by email 47e900779b so you can check 8f01ac0c7e yourself.”9025102f5cf3afb8

With a short reply, 22f9477f4e he opened his email ed0c4faf17 and forwarded the DNA c973309c61 results to the caller. There was silence f78a933e7d on the other 6eaf924dc8 end as the 2d931340d0 caller took a 29cc7ff17c moment to review d23e5bc18f the email. Meanwhile, the man 099bb39dfb absentmindedly pulled out a221cdcf4a a jackknife, flicking f8810afc4a the sharp blade 32b90ad8a3 in and out.504120dfc6192fa2

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—So, the person beside 458125ced6 Iden isn’t really Ha 70615a497b Seowon?1943cac379f2d95e

The caller’s words appeared 3ce075e938 on the monitor once 7356863da4 more.69a3562a6a5537c4

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“How should I know?”82672aec67cb2120

He responded in f1654dc8c2 Korean. He could fb3e5f207c manage basic 32ae66a235 English, but 4d061b5ab2 he didn’t 4da11adaf3 feel like afef9bef06 accommodating the 306159928a caller.11219da5ee61349e

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“So, what’s the 14f653c29b plan? Do you want b1a85e7b9b me to target f8f98a1e45 Ha Seowon first cbc3afa88f or go straight 84a4c08758 for Iden?”ab60a19cfd498ddb

The caller da70dfa187 hesitated, seemingly 64f8f8faac deep in 6afa604ef5 thought.17565b1aaaacae86

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—If that person aee3466d97 isn’t Ha Seowon, 1d8a2f46f7 targeting him would 6ea6fb3cea be pointless. Iden might have 99530e1bb4 set this up, 0719582899 using him as 77bd1e9104 bait to set f4dfbf9601 a trap. Any rash moves 4ed7a6935f could expose us.cc76f197a65192df

This was different 3db46bef54 from the original 1812963f9b plan. Initially, they’d 5c8de4918f ordered him 4e083a20e9 to kidnap 52ddd635c9 Ha Seowon 8c3b2b79b7 and use 34ba262652 him to 69d508f7ae lure Iden 9a4fcd76c9 out.5e7e0c3530697b47

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“What a mess. If all you want 98784b1bf6 is to kill Iden, 775ec9390f why not just target c757301706 him from the start? Why even fdb6ab3dd0 involve Ha bc23b91eef Seowon if 319c23ff66 you’re going ab9e86f9ac to backtrack c83db5384a now?”6bde23555e84540e

—You don’t understand 6a2b4ba470 Iden. It’s not as easy bc364e3f62 as it sounds.dec9940307fa8acb

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Easy or not, c8904c5696 it wasn’t his 25c01adcba concern. His job was 8bd4559729 to carry out 0181544b76 the task for d085615ae4 the money he’d 47f9c5609f been paid.47ff7582e24a3789

“So, am I killing 198f67f2a2 him or not?”d43dc329bf05ca7f

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—Try it if 7745a3a7aa you think you’re 0378ad69be up for it. If you 92520e53f6 fail, you 5e512dbc88 won’t get 0871614f45 the remaining 03ac47c173 half of 45a9ab7bf5 the payment. That’s assuming you’re still eb3d14ffea alive to care about 03c62069b8 it.3d9526c9fac6f2b6

“We’ll see. Just give me the e23c6f9351 information on when to fb872bbc30 strike.”e05dd9a2886aef1f

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With a confident answer, 1c2eb6c02c he heard the caller 0a3855027d sigh shortly. Despite hiring him, 07196c3090 they didn’t seem b0c6dddf08 to trust him, da259cef88 which only stoked 83cbca03cb his competitive spirit.1c3a8eaef719bf4a

—This Friday at 4feff865fd 9 p.m., Grand e39a4b6a8f Hotel Ballroom. An auction 78d22bc90b is scheduled.5271e15d8e6fda5e

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A message popped up 9901fa2773 on the man’s phone. Grinning, he turned 2aae0075ef around and pressed 172d89f811 a remote on e1832a0af8 his desk. The sound of gears 3bc3d458fb whirring filled the room, 83fafb3ae7 and the wall behind 500c665143 the desk slid open, 9cef53d586 revealing an array of f0aca4e4d7 hidden weapons displayed before 2e75193b95 him.409bb7c60e33561b