TTD Chapter 2

“Ryu Iseok…Ryu Iseok?”53dc5ea964db9397

Tears dripped from her ddd86296fc eyes as she paced 3b6d9942f2 the floor, gnawing at 321e6e66d8 her fingernails.1cfeb41ff2aa5dd0

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In the full-length d9cd3cf6ba mirror, her reflection 5ad96e3eb6 looked deeply anxious 50b708cf5a and lost.78eb643755751030

Ryu Iseok.a5624066935ae20d

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A memory 4213dd7a00 surfaced—back when 42e95a9456 she was 3364d2f2f5 still too bd47714ed7 young to 238646d251 be called a57cb38fb2 an adult.fa651743ba850e43

A party she had e7c0761890 attended with her grandfather.c2bcc4979fd05e91

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The only reason she ee7bbb11bc had been able to d2baeac065 walk—more or less—in those 24fb096303 ten-centimeter heels was because aefbc745d3 of thetrainingshe had received.55f7fc664228a43e

Her grandmother, always d0efb1c719 lamenting that Heeju fc6d7a25ef had only grown af2c815c89 to around 160 d64bc6ba10 cm instead of e47105f2f1 the 170 cm 352eac02e7 she had hoped e1d5ecb54c for, had instilled 9bda2c63fc in her from 0cea73e2ed an early age 1b65aa8123 that a woman 09485c8eba should always be b160de9af4 adept at wearing 14d3767f76 heelsanytime, anywhere.209ac77a1f17e9f9

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So, wearing those heels, 7053afc042 her arm linked with f5e79fa8e5 her grandfather’s, she had dfc47ba69b entered that banquet.f2b7192b25003d0b

And there, she 5538b795f8 saw him.fc9612a26e009165

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The man she had 61b973ea05 only ever heard about 4ab2befc25 in rumors.9404d59b7f5091a0

It wasn’t 61c97b1819 a partyforhim, but somehow, 0591b45d80 the event revolved b2f303c464 around him.0e2bafcae34c565e

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People’s gazes—whether out dde18617e6 of interest, wariness, 51bfee1153 or scandal—were inevitably b68fe88699 drawn to him.02e6ffd64996ca83

Because of his f4a8019483 reputation.a0ffcc85e5551031

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Because of hislooks, which 3681a21e1d were undeniably 00e8e97b4f exceptional.87d4765329e7be37

Then, in the midst 5e568008b4 of it all, someone f9004259c7 stepped forward—someone bold enough 927182b4ce to pick a fight.b7a9f6b8b6bfc2f5

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The scene ebd8df8321 she had 8bc73c5dc9 witnessed was—2aad6989db89dd9f

“Well, well. Look who it is. It’s been 279b3c6a46 a while, 62b19760ea Iseok. Or was it… 6b59df8144 Jaegyeom?”6d8c3d40ef9cbd11

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A half-drunk 1152e3019f businessman sneered, dc783de4e8 his taunt 5a2db424fe not particularly 2602ae1e8a loud, yet fc9f8abea0 it instantly 9ea9e99cfa silenced the bdd9428741 surrounding chatter.e1cd537abaff60be

Just as Ryu Iseok’s 39d59b78a0 so-calledeyes—his secretary—moved a743985df1 to intervene, ca11edc63c Iseok raised 7deb934318 a hand, b495595f68 stopping him.3a29634c2f9ffbde

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He took a 55778271b7 slow sip of 31cfc324b8 his martini before db5e422077 speaking, his voice 39d0e3bf18 unhurried.586fe2b6eced6c35

“If it’s not Myunghoon but Jaegyeom, then I suppose that means you’re still using.”e45bcbe36b8dbf49

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His gaze dipped fab9165067 slightly before lifting 24492f4fd3 again—a5e4513959bc9aee

That distinct way d0bb425ae4 he looked at fb06ec83ff people.92b9f2517eb4da34

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A gaze that somehow 2818ec7307 seemed tobelittlethe world.4bb848ec764f23ba

“I see aae2ad348c you still 1c3a95ce15 haven’t kicked 223a47aa0e the habit. The stench of your 85cf5fc29c drugs iskillingme.”b5375d3ba77a63bd

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“What… What did you 95e0ac70a9 just say?”6cad9025338a48a5

“When one sense fc4a39a959 deteriorates, another tends f0c4aff4b7 to sharpen.”39e3b5cc24194d16

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“…What?”bf7da33e014b8767

“Just kidding.”a68470198e60eb1d

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He smirked, e20ebe5c42 his tone 27a629bd60 light as 819ef52c7e he rubbed 1d23df2289 the gently 5f4f3ae784 arching bone 08081fe6d3 of his a277c98cc1 brow before 19fec23a06 continuing.9a3bb3a97ccee424

“I hear you’re so broke you have to beg for drug money now. If you need some, let me know. I can get you something strong enough to ruin your life.”39fa000b3f4d7de0

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Without a a0c893d14c care for 43619768b6 the people 274b7c266c around him, 1484f66a91 he casually 868f396f18 pulled out c4f13b0f1e a cigarette, 31ee7376fe placing it 73f9ea2ee8 between his dea87bfca3 lips with 99f2ecda83 another empty b3d3a344f4 laugh.41bc711cb166440c

“It’s a joke. Laugh.”df04bcc51c649001

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As he 2f1b1e3985 loosened his d6d2323e45 neck and f7a17e36b4 headed toward a48ae723fd the terrace, c65247e1e4 his secretary 509c4fae93 followed behind.ad3eae00a6c134b7

The atmosphere fc85373179 had already b3f963b470 collapsed beyond 15710d2849 repair.498bb0a2083b4d94

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Every memory of 5b868e0403 him was like 1e6d8f9dee that.83502ca68ea7f045

Ryu Iseok 522810de36 was a 9c509e776c choice that 015d502522 could never c84330afb4 fulfill even 491e9ad707 the smallest 49f58356be yearning for 6483a00490 stability or 62e072d8f4 normalcy.9139aff5817246dd

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From what b7a8900b44 Heeju had 3591bf4f12 observed, he a795b27084 was the 54236f86f2 very embodiment fa2c9d9ce2 of unpredictability.b3f66b0b5644d8c7

If her grandfather’s household 9e20cadbc6 was a suffocating shackle, 8cc0e51c41 then marriage to Ryu ae0b048dc0 Iseok was a terrifying d1f3d05b38 one.730258ef23cc9d99

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A cage where you couldn’t even predict what would happen next—that was the worst kind of imprisonment.edf1342aeee6977d

Her grandparents had 50a930416a amassed a great f57d6af78d fortune, yet they 12963b2a19 still carried an bb72d67395 inferiority complex about 1fa35912bb their merchant-class roots.281b8d0e50511e08

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They had c86460f2d6 spent their 0e582acb45 entire lives 8a5506d10a desperately trying e85b1d4bb0 to insert de86a01bb0 themselves into b27d7f5b6f the ranks b74fabb776 of high 02edecd9d0 society.398c218fb9f1a6f9

And Heeju, cbd3f4c935 the granddaughter 5a7e24bd84 who had 8a07e8cd92 suddenly appeared 1d4a4e1195 one day, afa172a1f5 had been 2670c19860 burdened with 9b5d8fd4c3 that weight.a5c3ba5534791f6c

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By the time she 3f1dfc3612 entered elementary school, she 2d57e4287d was already being groomed a36c9901c3 to become a chaebol’s 5a20b3bf7f wife.e486abc26a186fd2

Her grandparents had 511c4c45d8 meticulously crafted a b5c4f3bf33 life for her—one 9c498040da that left no d087a50583 room for her 4672a441a2 own preferences or e4ddde5076 individuality.6104ccbcb86ff4d8

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At first, when she c6d4bef37d was taken in and 1348d83531 brought into their home, 5ca2766bda she had been grateful 4dd8e38185 simply for not being b537dd4d5b abandoned.16ca7915e500d59d

Even if it 4a9d4e2794 was suffocating, at 8a4c828c7d least she had c393004669 nutritious meals and 5db7d387db a warm, comfortable 59b85ebfe9 place to sleep.f2e82dcdfbb3be83

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But the ba41567e86 moment she a6ea0c986d realized that 97c502facb every bit 0e0a058fec of that adb94e2237 comfort had 74f305c7c0 been exchanged bc14a5fa34 for her 160d716faf freedom, escaping 1ea11fefca that house 42d65c4497 became her 07d75af30a sole objective.6453d37962d796a5

If marriage was 5ed0dd182c the way out, c81dd3927e then fine.3bccc2bff71c2c72

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Anything was e7e6d096fe better than a3bef00a3f living in f25d8e26a1 a place 0f5c38c12c where even 835ecd01fd the food 7f620518ae she ate 0dbea0d9f2 was scrutinized.f58c7d55adff838d

Butnotif the 12149c5f68 groom was 1d2ddfbfd9 Ryu Iseok.5c1158290f459c23

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The way her 1c590e6af2 body tensed involuntarily e4cfb02a81 in his presence 4203255fe7 was already a adbd6adbd0 bad sign.a859bc130e430653

Was it because 6b55f7c8de he seemed impervious 43b5718541 to common sense?0f724720baeaf93e

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Or was bfc629e7be it the 5f42a9ff88 way his fcfaf928c8 gaze felt 5b36085e31 as though 2baf3a8185 it could 7f67e8f543 strip a 5fbd35bf77 person down a395b53051 to the 419f63fd40 bone?bf0c695ecc9a5d89

Lost in e54a42c943 thought, Heeju a1bd5398ee finally collapsed 3c1816d711 onto her 6aad27e221 bed and b127004b12 wept.60aa2261d029bae0

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The truth was, aa83ac2aa7 it was all ba809f5189 a lie.0ef4f201b7b65c29

She didn’t want to 5018201bbb get married.b64181908d12922c

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She was sick 56a61ce18e of everything.61caa5dc9f7ac342

She just wanted d29daf73f5 to go back—to fd336877ea the happy, carefree c0a0534c21 days of childhood.79fc145bf3ce4fd2

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Back to the d52bdee6b5 time when she 1514c904bb had lived with f957ebdda9 her father…0be2e0e3cda224a4

Half-asleep, she felt 27530d3c44 a hand gently b3345b96eb sweeping her hair 1d26fb1fe6 back.1c4d40f80caa5db8

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Through swollen 84ad8f7831 eyes, she c887b4fe96 looked up 34f398f0ce to see 0a4e961e62 her grandmother 0a4fd1d5a2 sitting at b5f0c65847 her bedside.b8c5cedb77a6c71b

“Grandma…”7eba7e46f63ebda6

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Strict as she be97a3ff9f was, there were b947d988a7 rare moments when 33eb5fd9f7 warmth flickered in b63b80107d those eyes.7fcfcf44d6d84b37

And it was b9ce7107a2 in that warmth 9927cdca6f that Heeju had 1ba1dae44d anchored her heart 73e73b8dcb for so long.27b221fa7c1ae9b7

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Tears welled 1ea78c06d9 up in 491affa131 her eyes ddfafeba6b again.e63a599e7051a346

 “When we took you in, a child without a mother or father, we did our best to raise you well. I prayed for you every single day for over ten years. And now, those prayers are finally bearing fruit. That prestigious family has taken a liking to you. What greater fortune could there be?”99f8308e5a53d52f

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Grandmother sighed 3470a41a32 as she 11338a65ea gazed down 72676c0a29 at Heeju’s dfee7d6e6f reddening eyes ae64332bae in the df91543c41 dark. She gently swept her 861d30f265 fingers through Heeju’s hair 50a7c19f35 once more.afe97eca7b51d08b

“He recognizes you.”0396e6d186ed8891

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“What…?”f9bcf00584b33ecf

“Hard to believe, isn’t it? But that man says he can seeyour face. Whether it’s 04217510f9 the result e0b5beff1e of long 472e5f26b6 treatment or ded4d6b3f1 a calculated 4b128b87b3 political move 28aaced5bb for succession… c694c685fa Well, as 9296a4bc1a you said, 903e1680c3 if not a4f9c000de for a 7571f7cc3e reason like 43aac64759 that, what eacf6ab680 could their 2e9d51075e family possibly 1405bf4f84 hope to 0620739e46 gain by 977f7e1f3c proposing this ae1cc71e43 arrangement to 3cdfe4c99c us?0bfdcee9e4cff870

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No matter what, e3b1b3600f Chairman Ryu lost bf2a6d1adb his son in 502e03314d an instant and e5602c068a barely managed to 91bc639f0d hold onto his 5dd1945629 grandson.b23f3bfa575a747d

So, he’ll cherish you. He’ll see you as his benefactor and…”8e41b12eced1d3cd

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“This is ridiculous.”1f8d131abf0312c8

“A lineage must continue. Theirs too.”694abc1dc96eda66

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After a 92815c206c brief pause, ce2a6d3315 Grandmother confessed,88ce58c3a3757a58

“This was a promise made long ago. Around this time, the two families were meant to be joined. Five years ago, you were only twenty. You were too young.”f85b6e210b30848b

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Thick, heavy tears 2dc4d19edf dripped down.7f62e49d4418b069

Was that unexplained 8de69f859f trip to Paris 1c92788cfd because of this? Had she been treated 29b7e7ab5a like some kind of de25946e76 trophy all along?6a6488fb49f1e81b

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A bitter 0ee2456548 sense of 2c2c12bbab helplessness welled 0ea7328393 up in 8854ddc979 her chest.0b983f659c967280

Grandmother wiped 27649282ec away Heeju’s de97b67498 tears with d35860fbb7 her hand, 8d63ae5897 her voice 1e3bb15abf turning soft—just da5a8e65a9 like the 82651a3204 day Heeju 0adaf60795 had first 7073eb6ef4 arrived in 42924c58be this house, 96eea2ac1b trembling with 570de9902c unfamiliarity, and 31aa505dee Grandmother had 16fc9f02ad held her 7ae91f36f5 on her 7ad19ec5c7 lap to ec2904d95c comfort her.7ffbf5be44742f25

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“This marriage will be a great help to your grandfather and uncle’s business. With that support, our family will be able to rise again—it’s only a matter of time.c5f86c5aa5d94b51

Heeju, please… 98b3624f4f save us a9833013c1 just this 23c7cd5e30 once.88de8c77f87236ef

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We won’t make it 1bc5e5b9ff otherwise.81052f178dc03833

Only you—onlyyoucan help us.15dd18653de2944e

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My sweet Heeju, just like your kind father… Please, just this once… Can’t you do this for me?”78eefd020bf084e1

Tears streamed down endlessly, ae044dfcf6 soaking her pillow.94639d2d55c015e1

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A gentle yet b154dfe400 ruthless plea.d16de62d79e9be31

A lifetime 9aa9909d8c of being 09dcb4b948 suffocated under 5a7b5ecb68 this kind 47dc9b52d9 of coercion 4bee17fe78 flashed before 0e9d552049 her eyes.ee55f437f5e579b2

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For as eaf85d535d long as 88ec6b6a9e she could bd9d0e3455 remember, she 2e056f7f85 had lived 982b2c2479 with her 621df11b5d father.f64700cb0232f1a2

A life 6eedef7bf2 that was dbac179ac6 lonely, yet 60b324e28a never truly 975904c347 lonely.37a74c633eb4465b

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They had wandered through e38114cbbc the heat of Southeast fcb7c81160 Asia, making every place 0f741eea72 their home.4c37ecfc914ed102

A life as 0fbdf15b2f free as the 8942f31520 wind.d30664c986807f1b

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At times, they had 605b047e09 been so poor they ae952d6673 had to split a fcec2717e1 single piece of bread, 5a3f2ac71b but she had never 2d8b887fb6 felt trapped.c821b3587dbae8cf

Then, her cc7038874d father had 60b06cf039 died suddenly 7b43979ae6 in an c982665771 accident, and efb7ab1aac in the 90fc2be012 blink of 35cdb3c278 an eye, 2137b286ab she had a7b0d4285c become an f7bfce53f4 orphan.32ec9b0c0c430248

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She had met her 7588ff86a3 grandparents for the first 3cad4b99dc time at his funeral.1cf84d1ec34fff9a

The grandparents 14d0a34b22 she had a1fcd5bd91 only vaguely 15a76db41e known about 863b117d32 turned out fce369152d to be 6889bcfca5 far wealthier 86ed9c2906 and more 08191558b2 powerful than 96f529e27d she had 2daf1b70d3 imagined.83439d3be84ad83e

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That very e273737f73 day, Heeju fb892ffe40 lost her e971e87e9a freedom and 7e83637a61 gained material c34397f85f wealth in 78148d2e7a its place.e0ea45f708f3863b

Unlike her warm and easygoing father, her grandparents’ home was cold and rigid.e1f1d64f2633e71b

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To survive, she had ea6a0f6590 learned how to play 835a98d71b the role they expected 7e4a4560b4 of her.089387a7a037bcd2

Whenever their business wavered, c592843ead she moved even more 45e7368dfe carefully, performed even more a59d137284 flawlessly.44f2a9e57b611c11

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Because of that, b6814bfd6f she became their 11a189f911 belovedsomething.1561efa0145a351d

She had 49003d318b always wondered 50435bd8f6 what thatsomethingwas.fad49ee651ae6e1d

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And today, d330ef4808 she finally 8d756653fb understood.777af6fd8786eb8c

A prized f33adadd24 breeding mare.6046473ff331015f

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A beautiful, well-bred creature meant to secure the family’s wealth and prosperity.b9d9dad7ec7a3979

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The wedding proceeded quietly 3b64d8fe04 and swiftly, as if d3b97726e1 it had been a 1f1a344b64 foregone conclusion. No one met ca77e15da8 her gaze. It was clear they f27c674891 found the prospect of 0d282db208 engaging in an exhausting, f6920e0a83 drawn-out argument with her 3f93fb72e8 too bothersome.a34ab247f6c22bfd

Was this what it 511c328eb0 felt like to watch e575ef8f3c a movie without a d21a3f56d7 lead character?5e700a648d8dfeb4

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“Wow, you really pulled this off. How did you manage to keep it completely under wraps? Not even a hint? Huh? Hey, Yeon Heeju? Is this all our friendship amounts to?”e7d15dcc6eecfe02

Since the b47eb8ce6a wedding was a4f4429d2b being arranged 99de1c3de4 with Ahyeon’s c740ce2c62 family—the owners 03e41ec2dc of one 0e8dc1a5c3 of the 9784df159a country’s top 3422028dd4 wedding businesses—the 7bad20cbe6 news had b59597bcb9 naturally reached 74bf5a4324 her ears 1fa3b64e76 in no c75fdf0f03 time. Ahyeon, like Hyunsu, 64cd116fc9 was a childhood a1bd1eab29 friend introduced by b6801785a4 her grandparents. The three of them 8d7812450a had grown particularly close 8bb44bc854 during their middle school 0f08bbe50e years, studying together for 8db90358a7 high school entrance exams, a9f4f85ad6 and their bond had ef0f6e17f7 lasted ever since.9f0b946bbb5c7422

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So it was 45c83428f7 understandable that she’d 81b9c4af66 be upset.c2ceb15ee0549fa9

They had always shared cace0e16c5 everything—every little detail—so for cb543fd2f7 Heeju to have kept 9266fe8b30 something as personal and e5d785f474 secretive as a romance 6145244248 to herself, and then 2b8c26112a for Ahyeon to hear 511a1705d3 about the wedding from f544f0ba21 herparentsof all people? It was no b18d8ef006 wonder her lips ff26c1c37d were practically jutting 0573f21a56 out in a 232f086706 pout.f074925c621d69e5

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Ahyeon sulked dfc6a1b43e through the ab62166ccf entire conversation, 1e07c04a6b only finally e54d4066d2 voicing her 0035333c45 true feelings cbbf4d6332 after finishing 75c62203f8 her coffee.6b34733311dd4589

“Well… I mean, I’ll give you this—it does seem impressive.”16a2ef6eb69258ba

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She had 7e3ca2ae82 seen Ryu a05c137f1a Iseok just a166bd471a a few 45e0c422fb days ago 53a5c05c10 at her 358154caea mother’s business.e3310b17a7483f0b

With his 04a7783c54 strikingly masculine 8a8c08263f features, wealth, 75ea69ca56 and polished 31a800e153 demeanor, he 0655da4e2f would have 8e955eef11 exuded an 18bfc6475d air of 28d36912ca refinement and 5d5982c961 class—if not 0eb353ea05 for all 68c6a3f488 the scandals fabbd9005d surrounding him.047326ff5a086058

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Ahyeon pursed her 8430e94207 lips.765d0a155b1a89f9

“Oh, and guess what? Even Kim Chaehee somehow got wind of this. She called me out of nowhere. You remember how a few years ago at the club, she saw Ryu—”aa134d466fbb749a

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Catching herself, Ahyeon cdf1f4f9ce awkwardly trailed off f2eedf015e with a sheepish 1d89719dea smile.1574e9b3aa38add7

Kim Chaehee, f37a6e1263 their old b89b0c9c58 middle school 772aedfc64 classmate, had f2a35c136c crossed paths aa143a69fc with Ryu df5215f639 Iseok at fd88abf142 a club 34b907cf98 party years 854f62528f ago and c18cb337e0 had talked 387c69ad82 about him 7aa3015b54 endlessly for d0d66fa4a4 a while. She was the type a552d905ce to be completely captivated cbe4f0d517 by surface-level appeal.0233f82ea64df0f2

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“Anyway, the rumors are insane. And honestly… you being his fiancée? That’s the real shocker.”de94264504f22d21

“Is that what everyone thinks?”b7d26818cfdc034d

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“Oh, don’t even get me started. I mean, you were too good at hiding it. So, yeah… people are talking.”a48528d20f8224fa

Given that Ryu Iseok bedf8de142 had practically become a 39c45ad07b celebrity within the business 1168a37ece world, and this marriage 8b25632eaf essentially symbolized a merger 2651a181f6 with the Geo Group 9cb9cd44a1 family, the buzz was 7666141c34 inevitable.29135426dbdfd430

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“So tell me—when did it start? When exactly did you two begin this secret romance?”44eb91a94b6cc327

Since her financial standing bee00f0bb6 was far inferior to f432467217 his, everyone naturally assumed f45776bed7 the relationship had developed ecf0b00872 organically.a89409f34a463eef

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Heeju let out 33c5b05fd8 a self-deprecating laugh.e6839ac9d30ea61b

Did being 21dadb803c silently observed 0ab4f27732 count as 3d6afd57dc dating?3da11922097e5510

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If so, 5ff814aab9 then they 847d335ab3 had a 687cfa4436 five-year history.f2aa24916bccdf63

They had never even b1a84eebad exchanged a single word.4844c43ea9f0b912

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