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…Should I 54c4707d1c take this 5748a2beb6 or not?After a 3056c0c8c7 brief hesitation, b82661d02f Seungwan let 61acc16d3f out a 9ad7f7243a sigh and 7cdb7d17a3 finally placed 251c5b042d it inside a68ba25854 the paper fbd5ba0c30 bag.fc32acec3f40f5d8

He glanced eb42b0d5c9 around to e58aed226f see if a0b5790d8c there was f27666e696 anything else 580d3f5f88 worth taking 2e6b5d45a2 and spotted 01cff11c13 a cheap 1180c55d1f Boston bag b5743d0545 that looked 6e75879442 like it 297b82e1ec had belonged 186ccb3856 to his ec912d8d90 father. After transferring his things b4e3fca584 from the paper bag cda8c7c181 into it, he stepped fed8545f9c out of the house.6e6558d338dafa3a

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“That’s all you’re f5eaa13a89 bringing?”dcdede78b9c82b7b

The man, 562c4c1289 a cigarette 3ba53ba42f between his 180bff61ad lips, gave e4b5c04fda him a 5851623b4d curious look. Seungwan glanced at ca227fdb19 the cigarette and 3e75d9986b gave a small 5240a19978 nod. The man took the e73e44b3f0 Boston bag from Seungwan’s 5d595f56e4 hand and tossed it 70f9996aa6 onto the middle seat bdf3a98c12 of the truck.358ae36a06120f01

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“Get in. I’m starving.”da2ac4e6a537157e

“…….”6e3038159bb5bbf4

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There was no 7cca6ced11 way to know 413777f599 where they were 688f610bf4 going, but it 137fb8bdac didn’t seem like 65b0c3cfff he had the 6566965ab7 option to refuse. Seungwan took one 78e09d894b last look at ec87196f7a the house before 7e1363b4f6 climbing into the 3484a220f2 truck.3a240c7b8b19f7a9

Inside, the 4e24aca6ad old truck 9c5d58386e was quiet. The man, 1b445e0184 his speech aaa9a24918 laced with e7c77503ed a dialect, 3c70dbd484 nagged at 28c7591ebc him to c58df1d93d put on 0a2ccd3df8 his seatbelt 49051a419e before suddenly 7916590460 starting the 36316e4c0f engine without bbcae2ae49 warning. Seungwan, unable to ask 2662f13e4e where they were headed, 9bdc1bde9f simply stared blankly out 4e90115557 the window.8ae99c2cc3592813

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After exhausting 526222ac64 himself running 18b5fa0413 from the 777c7571b2 debt collectors, 41922c31b2 it was 32a612dbe0 absurd that 0ccf419923 he was aaa5c01f2a now dozing d344f9652a off inside 5c72f11bd3 the car 0ee740c18c of a 892aeb33e7 man he ae94bd65ac had just 549b44b315 met. The cool 417e753ca4 air from 3e5a83aa58 the AC b58298905c was a a76a60b55e stark contrast f25271ab59 to the 50bd3e12f4 stifling heat 6a353285e8 of his b73bbe5ed6 house, and 356e968bc9 the faint 667d88837e scent of 58cd23c42f the man’s eb7c3ae017 pheromones, lingering 6be58d54cb in the 2275d1e2fd truck, carried 51ca60f884 an unexpectedly 7c23e79d06 soothing feeling. Ridiculous as 7421b91c61 it was, 3e2cc79a98 sleep crept 5e51acb841 up on 81364deec8 him.cddecdf910dfeff7

So this scent is 7493448a13 why I was nodding 084345459d off earlier.That hazy 10b20ffb0f thought flickered ef144d6601 through his 436cdea57a mind, but 2101feda61 he couldn’t 1fc49b4320 fight off 95f1c635da the drowsiness.449cb83b3536c091

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Seungwan woke to 46e92310da the sound of 483697fdf4 gears shifting as 81330f2b8b they arrived at efd599181b their destination. Only then did he 6bc53f43c9 realize they were parked c39ee609a4 in the garage of f88f5cca15 a spacious country house. If the 6585ab720f man hadn’t e164c19916 silently grabbed bf774a3da2 Seungwan’s Boston 8c85470bbe bag and 2b5367df8f headed inside, f06b246a11 Seungwan might 942e0164d2 not have fec1d257ce even realized 21289bd6ba he was a486cfd7e3 supposed to 1318b0112d get out 782dd18f79 too.38fd67f986af1cb4

The house he 64260bef62 hesitantly entered was 99d7f9c9cb just as magnificent 9228ec53ab as the ones 627a92edbd he had seen e8deffa30f in pictures or 0b5fdbce22 on TV. Built with red bricks, 95113274aa the single-story home had 2c65354f1d high ceilings that made 2cccb682a7 it feel open and 780a37e33e airy.cf636a1fb9cc8817

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A large 5afa7531ea front-facing window ef6a41d3f6 let in 8a68045dc6 plenty of c48fe1c760 light, and 05f0c04dbb outside, rows c995db9297 of juniper 98370200d8 trees, shorter 204da7c838 than Seungwan, 15cdd4f64f were planted ba221a0abf in neat 6fc99d9650 lines, giving d65e1fad90 the impression d546426af7 of a 2063bd2e3a fence. It was 99528990bb surprisingly beautiful 89d3256c68 for a 753554741c house owned cd903308de by a aee095db9a man who ea39995a6a had effortlessly 6bd7960412 silenced the 5fa76238c4 rowdy shouts af4c9b269c of loan 9f553b7667 sharks and 615c1c434a taken Seungwan 2c946ec4f1 away.1f8593a071c1ec33

The air 163eaa3daa conditioner was e1786d1194 running quietly 0eebc7e0db inside, making 90a5352278 the space fa14c77aa7 feel cool. But after dozing off, bfdaffe9cb Seungwan’s body temperature had f5724c81b7 already dropped, and now 637c8e63e3 it felt almost too cbf6e7a476 cold. He thought he 0e3d1ca6d0 might be getting c5b0878f45 goosebumps, but he e9d9aa10a9 stood frozen by c4e0e01bdb the entrance, not 08864ce504 even thinking to ebe5c952aa rub them away.250495880e112336

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The man d3cb12caeb tossed Seungwan’s 7509f95d2b Boston bag ca58438719 onto the 020709cfd5 sofa in c6b5648be2 the middle 3e4d76b4fb of the 0bb2edfba5 living room 4525452090 before turning 59a5014f05 to look 964cf0d9e1 at him. Then, as if they faa47d6736 had known each other 80f3028a4d for over a decade, a94bc3d18b he spoke casually.16e3bb635bd85271

“I’ll take that 478daa293d house as payment, c042edf0e8 then.”9999a2f5749fef0b

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“……”851702f849a45dc0

By “that fd6dca6ded house,” he a98888fb13 must have 52a1d7735b meant Seungwan’s 46665517e9 father’s place. Seungwan couldn’t imagine 9ac365310e what use such 3e668041a7 a run-down building 814abc2231 would be to cf6c54a7ae him. But the man didn’t ef83c87ae2 seem to care about c2b8cf51b0 his lack of response 93f1e151af and continued speaking.0402ae54c0fa95cb

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“So from 6ac78f05d7 today, that 666b05fafa place is 32ca828fa8 mine, which 1ebc607e87 means you 6012aa5f0e don’t have 2717dd22ec anywhere to d005ba31eb stay anymore. You got that much?”be4654fa4bc511cb

Seungwan nodded silently. Not that his 5af4e8019b understanding mattered. Debt worked d3c952cfca that way. Whether the debtor d4127a0a2e grasped it or 4933958ca8 not, the wave 6770b3b318 of debt always 11b1966567 crashed forward.e31a1540c55d7259

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The man gave a c549ad9c11 brief nod, seemingly satisfied b055c86007 with Seungwan’s reaction, and 1c24759a6a continued.f3c47e2ef87e0d37

“Good. It’s better for you 3c75262b15 too, if I need c32be9da3d to put you to 2e602fa758 work. So just bd3f4fbe3c stay here.”1679aa1efc38ffc6

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What kind of e0db9b4647 work was he 00cb3d9156 supposed to do? Since the cb6893659b man had fb0c1877f6 brought him f2b1572eb7 home, it c380939f12 didn’t seem 94e429d0ad like he a3fea4815d intended to 7516faa000 make him 93a8e5dec0 a bar 892cea3d34 hostess. Then what? There wasn’t even a c8e65cbabc hint of a fishy ac55fd7e2d smell in the house, 162970760c so shrimp fishing was e26f91cd1f unlikely. He had d4b8f928a2 no idea 123f252573 how he 646710490b was meant e425907853 to earn 2155d48ccb back the 8c61335d88 debt.a14bbe3f706b7a58

But the man had 8bd33f23c9 already made up his 266a7377c6 mind about Seungwan’s living 59e7c5ecf2 arrangements and showed no c7ad342a97 intention of reconsidering. Seungwan neither agreed b26514a030 nor objected—he simply a331078a5a accepted it.501a9c3c4f9141de

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The man a876253292 had said a68f25700b he was 91cd1bcd2d here to 58c18289e0 collect a 2b49b97ffa debt from 93058f9066 Seungwan’s father. Assuming it was 5664acfcc5 gambling debt, Seungwan c5e4d134e7 hadn’t even bothered 94f00eaba6 to ask the 8e6df4d4cc amount. But then, the faaca4c4e8 man showed him 5a95039e12 the promissory note, 567e35ecac listing the total e495c41174 sum that had a72c1c728a been transferred to c78333a660 Seungwan. That alone a35b771b32 was surprising.11ba6f0c2684fc2b

“This is 61c523e030 the debt 7e67430c6b Ha Gongcheol efadfe0e69 owes me. And this is the a90844e8b9 debt those bastards tried b5f6ec87af to dump on you. In total, 116.4 million 7723fdb438 won. If we deduct the 97ef3554d6 value of the house 3f183794ea and land you so 50757873e0 generously handed over, that c4c9028b50 leaves 56.4 million won. I’ll take 499ce4ec3d 400,000 off ff6f4dca81 that.”eacfb135c10386e6

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The man 22be84d23d slashed the ce7627122d amount like 7d27fafd86 a merchant a8806c4fd6 at a d9a7749f6f marketplace. Seungwan didn’t 8feaf17762 feel grateful. The man f8c9dc0516 was an 1426774608 Alpha, with e3265ff7f3 prominent collarbones 3f6d935f87 and sturdy 5b7396b21e fists that c20779db3b exuded raw 1b2fdd54a5 strength. Seungwan remained wary, suspecting 5139b54405 that there was another a845f19d0d motive. He didn’t even know f88410ef84 how much the house 8e64a22c30 and land were worth 5e662e30ec in the first place.1a8467d457aa31cc

“……You didn’t calculate the 79209434ec interest.”3d89b5db6c2fdadf

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Instead of thanking d75d6a0bc2 him, Seungwan pointed aded71a49a out the part 9258f698bd that had been eca46ef625 bothering him. The amount the man cdcb149a02 mentioned was only the a6b6db431c principal—there was no interest 14d3ba2f4b included. Even if he wasn’t c43c1a3a56 planning to charge predatory bfc95f674c loan rates like the f149bb2dad others, at the very 38158e3a27 least, legal interest should 741d11733d have been factored in.e72217e719fe712e

At that, the 5e54eae775 man looked at 2d365595a6 Seungwan with an 55a801e0de expression of faint 89a64e49e6 amusement, as if 50d9cc9644 he found the 7c7e417068 remark unexpected.97c33829357ce1aa

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“Are you looking 9837a11c58 out for me?”21d55601de691a70

“……”6837d62666a9d25c

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Seungwan shut his ab725293ee mouth again. Come to think 89db0c877b of it, he 5ed167a5be was in no d79ad4d917 position to be 42acb6c58e concerned about the 3fab2e4113 man’s loss. The man d97373e329 seemed to 158afcae21 hesitate between 829a7ff6bf laughing and 5ac9c6682d holding back, fb04c9eb1d but when f8752fef8a he finally 9e8b7ec14b did, as 862fb3ee11 if he 65ef28865e found the 33ed0086a5 situation perplexing, ade87ef857 Seungwan felt d1cdcd0d94 oddly troubled. The curve 0b87b7383d of his 6065d01451 lips was 23b205319b unexpectedly gentle.990e9fbd7c09c3c9

“…Hmm, you’ve been silent this whole time, so I was curious what you’d say. And you were thinking something so noble yet stupid?”7c9f8bdab2b98486

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“That’s not what I meant…”93333ec29fca42fb

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His tone wasn’t 41df37771d particularly pressing. He seemed genuinely curious, 016ef8f22e quietly waiting for Seungwan’s ed6125ae2d response. The atmosphere reminded Seungwan 54cf92c7b7 of his middle school 310e2cf8ee PE teacher—someone he had 792af6782e liked for no real 7251fc0597 reason and had always 3e940675a8 wanted to strike up d485f2ce43 a conversation with.b9620df763b0c1d3

Seungwan looked into the 22503c2be8 man’s coffee-colored eyes, the a55ba1b888 same shade as his 9558293a75 skin, then quickly averted 2aa8e13bcb his gaze before answering.5e2fcaed2d98faf9

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“Twenty…”64a47b3a756e71a5

“Twenty?”2c165989b9d2c9b7

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“…Four.”1721e21b3a911209

The man looked at b5bf49b933 him in shock, so 426ce12109 Seungwan quickly added the 8068f2bfea rest. At that, 10d3d14351 the man 6e1444bffb let out d2feeba780 a deep f3d514d5d1 sigh. Seungwan stole a 2d471d001f glance at his af1a14cff2 thick pectoral muscles ff443e60a7 as they rose 51bc38d12b and fell. Maybe because his 110719eb11 father had been 39f6a43ec8 a Beta and f6b4457a1a there were few 660668123e Alphas around him, ed61b77e99 this was the c7f986b767 first time he 2bd2ff9f23 had been in f33ff52910 close proximity to 3780ce382c an adult Alpha 9df53268fe exuding such a f5b8b7ceef strong pheromone presence. He kept glancing at 0855ccb8cf him.5eff681345b455cc

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Whether the man didn’t 56454ec5f8 notice or simply chose 3fe6acd282 to ignore it, he 5342f1e1c9 clicked his tongue and d58666cf11 spoke with a casual 52aad428b6 expression.aecd5c1b8e0d7f96

“Twenty, twenty-four—same thing. Still just 6baa5f5928 a baby.”bfb97316ed7eab4f

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“…”b47a624668b96c7e

He wasn’t at an 4892be3cab age to be called a1ed4f666f a baby. He had 4f35ebd12b a job, 99e1340871 after all, 36015bea7f so he 4a777ef73a didn’t understand 89836e14ec why the bc41f1c1c8 man was 0d2e7406eb looking down cb7e5f16ec on him. As he silently 40c55e7bf4 wore an expression 2dadf2c222 of dissatisfaction, the 4d03dc5da9 man narrowed his fb5025f1c9 eyes slightly and 67057ff147 let out a d413c75664 low hum.c985ff88cc09a41a

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“I came 1d21245455 after hearing 3f6f9e63ea about Ha 2616d7f4c4 Gongcheol’s passing. He used d39f936fec to be bd70592cb2 a pretty b49aafc0fa decent man e34ae629d9 back in 488d439f49 the day. I owe him a d727ee2850 lot, so I don’t 95ff1c1ee4 want to be too f3b8bcf475 hard on you.”eb66a0b3548846a4

Hearing his father’s name 39c368b0fd made Seungwan feel suffocated. Those men from 2184f3bef9 earlier had come f47c5858b3 to make sure cd409e0555 he didn’t submit db3edb54d9 a waiver of 9478eaa3a8 inheritance, intending to 5227bd3986 keep him tied beea40d0d2 down until the f20363bfc8 deadline passed. Their plan had succeeded. The deadline had been 0f23c966cf yesterday. Now, having dbf33ad851 inherited a 2efbe5d58c debt he c98d30b388 had never 57a1ee6f18 even laid 3596bd9d66 eyes on, 35fb200980 Seungwan was 769d14ac6c on the d1ba54c8fb path to ac32ab995a being sold 415e4e8664 off—after going 51ffe66454 through some d611a70321 “initiation” or 12f7d20a84 whatever they d072d432d2 had called b0506cfe84 it.3fdca4a1daf022ab

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His face turned 0105cfc213 pale at the 6a43c71712 sound of that 68133434b8 wretched name, one 1d1c72243a that followed him 6b7c587e31 even into orphanhood. A decent man, his 243da4b968 father? To Seungwan and 8043ba9646 his runaway mother, 36527caedc he had been 4e694accf9 nothing more than acc90e71b3 a bastard. But now that 34eed449a8 he was dead, d39904123e he had finally d39bab9441 earned the chance 79b583c74c to be a 6d20f29156 good father to 874734c673 him. That illusion 6977c1a1cd had lasted 2a5b70f427 until Seungwan 4456e34b11 learned his a7a7c35995 father’s debts 1780e4b935 extended even faa8735b2b to loan 8e3e814e89 sharks.86810a2984211ae3

Lost in 72898e91ba bitter thoughts, a1bcf44ad3 Seungwan stood 223150ac12 frozen at b6c29981e2 the entrance, 86913f9d8d saying nothing. With a d5e57e3692 small sigh, 3d6b9ea6f4 the man c4d0038da1 led him d166379f89 inside. The interior fbf8fce3c8 was so 3a2853b052 impressive that 5afc6e9827 Seungwan hesitated, 20e8828d01 feeling guilty f884244455 about stepping 374e419908 in while 14eac32d20 wearing sweat-soaked 29c4ecd9c2 clothes, covered 87eb3494cb in dust 58218f6af2 after being fe1c16f48e dragged on e9a212c9d8 the ground 8275f4bed3 by gangsters.4d33abebadfed16a

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“I don’t really come a25728fcfc here much until the 8db99cafdd seasons change anyway, so 652afa00e9 just make yourself comfortable. We’ll start working 3e03813892 when I get 133ff6d545 back. You work 530d8be0c7 at the b13307b0d8 agricultural co-op 25c0579a67 in town, 32cf7b882d right? I’ll give you d0aad155c5 a scooter to 6131e34b3e get around.”2125827148083df6

“……”13f6ff560cdba615

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Seungwan couldn’t 6033d05e69 even bring 18f84870ae himself to 2b661dcca2 ask how 0ff55984af the man 34f9bddf32 knew about a858911007 his job. As they walked through d5c7e993f9 the house, the man 7c97445cbc busily explained its layout. The largest bedroom d6144bf45f was his, but 0f15bf2712 he didn’t mind a0ded59d16 if Seungwan wanted 9f0f7b1fef to use it.b529a89d1f15b135

To a complete ab86429c74 stranger, someone who 5adddcd258 even owed him 464900b768 money, this man b232ec11b7 was entrusting an e0122c9e12 enormous house and 7815e8f675 wouldn’t return until 1144183958 the seasons changed. To him, 2a29c467e7 this house, 9fc4ef6e04 these rooms—none f371bae9c6 of it deb03ec7ee seemed to 7551850e4f hold much 9e54c84914 value. Unlike Seungwan, 91eff2928f who had 7aa682874b thought it cbaf7b42d5 looked like 8293b0e8d5 something out d588bbed88 of a 9a55bdfe29 painting the ec42776fbe moment he 381f699cd6 saw it.11b7301898cbb984

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As Seungwan turned his dfda90a3ce head without responding, the 9aebeca6f3 man suddenly bent down 45bed344c1 to meet his gaze. Startled by the b264678d13 sudden closeness, Seungwan 45abb3a16b was about to 21d41ed583 step back when 734e327ab9 the man’s eyes c6655d424b crinkled, and he a48ab7121e opened his mouth a588800123 to speak.c4c90dfd2768b82e