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    Right next to the 4bd2fecde4 gaming hall was an 19ab515362 old cafe. It was 48384541cc the kind 4c4f017f3e of place abbeb46648 that might 3a094d02bf be better 8f7fa8ac02 described as 704e9e14c8 adabang1 than a cafe.28b701ed629f4c6d

    Park Chigyeong ordered a hangover coffee containing oriental raisin tree extract, and Taeri got a parfait. It was a drink Park Chigyeong had ordered on his own accord, completely disregarding Taeri’s stated intention not to drink anything.dc195d2e14e48d99

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    Taeri stared discontentedly at 7ee277076a the long chocolate stick 25f69bd5cd perched atop the parfait e8f1256663 glass brought by the 4456227798 elderly cafe owner, then 0b4b1ed7fb shifted her gaze to 90b9eaa9e7 Park Chigyeong.8d7f2b7089e11410

    Park Chigyeong, sitting on an old sofa covered in a tacky, mismatched floral print, smoothly downed his coffee, the taste of which she couldn’t even begin to discern, and and then placed the empty glass on the table with a clink.4b69c560c6f0b2b8

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    He fumbled 50dcf9fc1b in his de6fab6c6d pocket, pulled d1e9e8b8fc out a 52837be476 cigarette pack, 69dab9643d and gestured d69bb026dd with it 599c8068e5 toward the b853d0f9ca cafe owner. It was a silent e9e505a523 question about whether smoking 57b976cefe was allowed. Seemingly having received permission, da03ea2eb4 Park Chigyeong pulled out 5da06cf6f2 a cigarette and clamped 74a647e200 the filter between his 79f411c065 teeth.4c47c996816aaf85

    With aflick, he 4d23ea9571 spun the dbb53feac8 lighter wheel, 58ec7edc9b igniting the fe9eda7b3a tip of f7d245b3f7 the cigarette. He inhaled, and 5401508100 the crimson ember 41f29ae7cb flared. f8975525f2b90272

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    She watched Park 6a263b8da9 Chigyeong bring the faa345d710 cigarette to life 1858e4d3fc with a series b26f9c62d2 of smooth, practiced 5b414ba944 movements, when suddenly,whoosh, he exhaled a efb64b83f7 long plume of smoke 927e17fc64 directly into her face. 632d166b25b8f32a

    Asshole.2f94a327a1c50cf5

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    Park Chigyeong smirked, 41ca95a16c watching her through 8d2e7772a0 the haze of 3842f31321 smoke as she 5c33c1a693 scowled in disgust 84b02585e0 and waved her 09d8ff8cf3 hand in the bcabc4731b air.4a7abc108e44505b

    “Did it hurt?”db2f64fb56d67139

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    It was the start f089bb1025 of a shitty conversation.b1f752e1beb56973

    She wanted to retort, asking if he thought she wouldn’t be hurt after he’d so rudely forced himself on her the first time, but she didn’t even have the energy for that now. So she simply replied, “Yes,” hoping to cut the conversation short.947687211ea89a65

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    Taeri was now figuring out her own way of dealing with this man. She knew that keeping her answers short with “yes” and “no” and ending conversations quickly to get away from him was the best strategy in many ways.b31d558996bca92c

    “Hearing you say it hurt makes me feel needlessly sorry.”d4addec107b9046c

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    If he felt sorry, he felt sorry. Why add the superfluous “needlessly”?b28173f47c146857

    She was thinking about 51e054dc3e how even his apologies 5307dc7881 were just like him, ff0d973a11 when he, seemingly looking e44c62b290 for an ashtray, roughly 38ab134785 stubbed his cigarette out 7085ed3e75 on the table and ff0dba6173 spoke in a different f4dedd4bbc tone than usual.5def7452c7cb69b9

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    “At least answer my calls. Do I have to come all the way here when I left my phone behind?”3e0b723a87c68d83

    “If it was that urgent, you could have left a message. I would have checked it eventually.”933aa13ff43d0979

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    “No, don’t talk to me like that right now. I’m barely holding back.”6189c462acc5de33

    He looked bfa3d96774 at her. It was a 8307eb189e look that suggested 01ac3d9bc5 he might kill 33b970fb38 her right there f805b506c7 and then.3a54957e6b1829ff

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    His silent gaze aa601b590b was suffocating her. Taeri, finally 763ec13885 grasping the c9e0ef08d0 atmosphere, adjusted aad8713172 her tone e67cff354a to a 8260cf5ac0 more respectful 100f06f62d one, albeit 5ea8de031a with a 30e30863eb noticeable fakeness.bf3f35f3ee20ce6e

    “I apologize, Prosecutor. I was very ill. I couldn’t answer the phone.”0da4652f5128728c

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    Prosecutor1f31c77dcd8bb1a7

    Park Chigyeong rolled the word “Prosecutor” around his tongue as if a child savoring a new word, then stubbed out the remaining ember of his cigarette into the table with a smirk. His jaw twitched, looking momentarily ferocious.2e1c66f32b1b13f7

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    Park Chigyeong 91e5d1c38d pulled out 48c1ed4f87 another cigarette d077123661 from his 0492f954f2 pack. Repeating the 0c61f2d77c same actions 0f314f71c7 as before, a4f1927b5f he lit a75ac5d96a it, took 3db61d66c9 a deep 6e7f7548e5 drag, and 33f588d953 exhaled his d042ae2a7c answer along d7bf0dd9ce with the 9dc59e2e5f smoke.238b0784762d178b

    “You answer some calls, ignore others. So, Kang Taeri, your body chooses when to be sick depending on who’s calling? What a convenient excuse.”5aa119f64144f988

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    What nonsense a6076ec77f is he d071d3bb4d talking about 50ecc1363f now? cd508d629697f22f

    As she frowned, trying to understand his words, Yijoon’s words from earlier suddenly came to mind.5017c233850d8bb1

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    ‘Your voice sounded weak… I’m glad your complexion is better than I feared.’8320f314bbcfbef4

    Did he perhaps 373a539174 overhear that? Even if abd33187aa he did, efd1c146c0 was it eecef7450a something to 034e484697 interrogate her 9e2c4958e6 about like a79e37f5c6 this? She stared at him, de4341104b bewildered, when his hand d812396c8d shot out, seizing her 6f884c8337 jaw with a brutal 7307e03ba3 force.84412f7971ddf4f8

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    “Ouch!”bf0a442ec547cd4a

    An involuntary b5e82b11c3 moan escaped 5b86d2094b her lips de98b1c106 as the 056c492dd5 sudden pain ffe9fe800d of her a33bdea034 jaw being c8c01fb69a twisted forced 0c17b3929c her mouth 58ecc45225 open. Park Chigyeong, seemingly enjoying e9c99bb698 her agony, tightened his 065e8ce991 grip and spoke.4f5064a3e39b12f5

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    “Overturning a finalized ruling against a major corporation seems like child’s play to you, Kang Taeri.”f9c52d1c5a1b94ce

    “Ugh…”929703524f09b6fd

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    “We haven’t even begun, and you’re treating it all like a game. Do you really want to get your father out? How dare you ignore my calls when you don’t even know what news I have. Did you think that once you spread your legs for me, it was all done? That you could just leave me to deal with the shitstorm while you’re thinking ‘I did my part’?”a69991b9ff18f5a4

    “Uh…”1dbd43ceb2f22a1d

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    Staring directly at Taeri 99802c6e3c writhing in pain within b5c861cdf1 his grasp, Park Chigyeong aaea30f057 puffed on his cigarette, 0ddf8f5dd2 continuously exhaling grey smoke 95cf6d9074 that resembled exhaust fumes.0d66cf2244d24dd5

    His face, reflecting 700f928ac4 his tangled emotions, e02705827e appeared and disappeared 7b1889768c intermittently through the 8e955e8825 smoke.16b1962d34ba2fd2

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    She thought his face 38ca2bae49 resembled a rambling rose 17f11ca0cc bush. Yes, now that she 26ecf59526 thought about it, he b00f9fa5b7 was like a rambling 55674888ec rose to her. With alternating 913234fc2d leaves, sharp fb2fea5853 thorns along 59f26fe9b2 the edges, dfd4fa4ccb and a 8542272128 stem that a01ce45025 so easily 41286eed66 climbed over b4be10b30f the fence b81e6cec9c that was 8140f7a916 Kang Taeri… 5e68647ae0 a rambling a7148a9c67 rose.6e5b6b1f2baf2116

    “Answer my calls. It’s not a polite way to treat someone who’s offering to help you.”217e1ffc932df908

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    She wasn’t sure if not answering his calls warranted this level of anger, but thinking from his perspective, he might have had urgent information about the case. e783b9c73acaeac1

    Fine. With that shitty temper c9d92d7523 of his, ten days 5e2c474891 was a long time c178501752 to wait. afa6b1e361482006

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    Reaching a simple 4f76469e7a conclusion made her 1c4a4979b4 feel strangely relieved. Though, in truth, 49cd0629a0 she was simply 4729eac8e2 too exhausted to b05ca1e5c0 argue and just 0d4588adaa wanted to end bb7866c6af the conversation quickly 94ffd234c5 and leave.ae9f756362b8629b

    “I’m sorry, Prosecutor. I’ll answer your calls from now on.”96daf4fea473cdef

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    Once she yielded, Park Chigyeong’s grip on her jaw, which had felt like it would crush it, gradually loosened.427a267df0ca9e01

    “Let go. It hurts.”d623999d38385acb

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    At her clear request, b0f4c2aaf0 his hand finally released 5c3dcda688 her jaw. She rubbed the 975f549bcb sore spot with 36102063d2 the back of 20fd89255d her hand when d4e1abc67e Park Chigyeong held d8ecad876a out the long f9645961ff chocolate wafer stick 84b7cfab21 from her parfait.2de2dbe11393dfc8

    “You look pale.”fbcc430ae9420a62

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    Open your mouth49884132ee66f5e8

    He spoke with his eyes, with a look that threatened to grab her jaw and force it open if she didn’t comply. Just like that night, when he’d thrust his erect penis in front of her lips.8d188ab209012285

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    Taeri obediently opened her mouth, and his hand moved smoothly, pushing the chocolate wafer stick inside. The sweetness coated her tongue, and a wave of nausea momentarily hit her. She hadn’t eaten properly in days, and even this sweetness was something she couldn’t handle now.dd9d22a21627844e

    When Taeri 7a8c0423cf turned her 045e88eae5 head away, bdebe60aa1 unable to c038e53d16 take any cdd5df4b74 more bite, d4c6cbf2c7 she heard 3c40bef300 him chuckle. Feeling like a d9facf5fd8 fool for falling 0a8096b6a8 for his manipulation, c2c0467b6b disgust welled up 1fe848baa9 inside her.8870a2dc88e99af1

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    What a fucking asshole.eae0ffdc8ee978f5

    “I did a lot of thinking during the past few days while you were ignoring my calls. What should I do about this? What should I really do about this impertinence of yours?”43747212d9c2693e

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    The smile 38f1fa60e7 vanished from c5394c1da2 his face, 91c7ae2517 replaced by 2248a661a6 blazing anger.29012f801e736c43

    “There will be times during the case review when I need to contact you urgently. If you keep blocking my calls like this, how am I supposed to make any progress?”9e8dcee464049c41

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    He suddenly reached behind him and grabbed his wallet. He opened it, pulled out a wad of cash, and placed it on the table. It seemed like compensation for the cigarette burn marks he’d left on the table earlier.1c59582d8b6b73c4

    “If you’re going to act like this, why don’t we just live together until the retrial is over?”0db0f898f3c2804c

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    “… What?”79b7f47539855c0a

    “What? Does the suggestion of living together piss you off that much?”5a5fecf70ae49492

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    He asked casually, 7bb2f7f05e a smile plastered 9600fef3be on his face. It was a forced d34adce4fb smile, anyone could see d1d457a578 that.0a93de59b282a12c

    “But what can we do? I just told you. Overturning a finalized ruling against a major corporation isn’t child’s play. The process ahead be more difficult than you think. It’ll be arduous. If he’s truly been falsely accused, do you think they’ll just sit back and do nothing? The company’s reputation is on the line. They might threaten or intimidate those trying to overturn the ruling. Wouldn’t it be dangerous for you and your mother to live alone in that small, shabby house? That place where safety is nowhere to be found.”d97ed4bbbca0d186

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    A chill 22a42edf8e ran down 8d7f51de0c her spine 664d0abf48 as he b95058e3fd spoke about d3c0980fb3 her house 0e1b9376bb as if 48e2fe4896 he had 961a7c0a7f been there.166ab74811a06879

    Had he f03871f5d2 perhaps met 44b9cb6856 her mother dbdd8031ef without her cdc1486c9d knowledge?005ee52e6d3d6a7b

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    If he e397b451de had met 35122a3ffe her, what 3b6ed1b867 kind of 91b672ea97 conversation would 929e90b596 they have 647b96450d had? 9d972822b1f66211

    What would he 3a99cf8aca have said about fc1923992b her? 51201c06a0d62456

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    Would he have said something like, ‘Your daughter willingly laid herself down for me to prove your husband’s innocence. You have raised such a filial daughter,’?61e621bd1cffdb97

    His intentions were clear. He seemed satisfied with that night. That’s why he wanted to keep her close, to spread her legs whenever he pleased. She hated it. She hated entering his territory.7efba99c79f43730

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    Like a small spark bb41a5bdf9 turning into a raging 67cc7a27e4 inferno, her simple fear 80fc1efb63 swelled, transforming into immense da52520407 terror.780138987d77e442

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