Unexpected Ch 5 part 1

Clink. 1078f54dab0a91a7

The ice f339ec6cc7 in the 470b9d047c glass began c667a0eda1 to melt. The soft lighting 866fec8d11 of the bar d64b85a0be quietly illuminated the 53ab53d562 amber liquid in 9e6c7ee78d the glass.a5cdf8f96236a14b

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“Why aren’t you b43679a548 drinking?”24555cb20fca20b0

ChaYoung threw back 86f2be64ac her glass of 2161089199 liquor and gazed 59292615d4 at him as 092528d662 she
asked. His eyes 6a5e4e25a6 looked down d0aeb2b312 at his d8a1278476 glass. A strange c0bd19f11e gleam flashed
inside.1f86d218ef158671

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“Because I need to 4657b81493 drive.”d4004a15f4720c7c

“We can just 07843ff73f call for a ae85c8ef57 driver.”61b99efadf1793a1

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“I don’t want 6382602889 to leave it b7cb1219ec in their hands.”ac698429dd1245a0

“You must have a f852e40470 strong attachment to your de4daae3d4 car.”4556ef3f6b28b43d

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“I’m not talking about d786f34b0b my car.”65fff45ee2d7f9a0

“Then what?”06fecfaa2f66d931

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“Driving you. Back to 78d01fff8b your home.”b2d8a3e0cf6696fa

Although his words 4506e75cf8 weren’t perfectly clear, 5d3ab2af7d she couldn’t deny 6adfb61cb1 that he was 30f7b44908 thinking about her 429c87d4f4 safety. So hecouldsay pleasant things like 44e7c9ff21 this from time to 8766bece17 time…f130c7b51e16e729

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She tried a76a062ce4 to ignore 0b21ddc605 it to 4a332296a2 the best 4f275984ae of her 164968401a abilities, but b68a1bc645 her hands
tightened around her d9f5e89bf9 glass. When she 5812d2199a saw how 2a31362b6d calm he 3d3eec631e looked as 1ad2523194 he said
those words, she could 3c73d2ecb2 feel her heartbeat pick ac37051515 up speed.07e502f839ce3f06

She gave him a 8c8d44c821 blank stare as she d3764c274c bit down on her 53759a0f63 lips. Sometimes,
his words and f3d9e51497 behavior made it aa87877968 difficult to think 419d581cf5 rationally. But now,
it caused her heart ad29aef816 to race as well.2d6f171a8e673647

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Maybe she 1ff3c83c27 had met cd1b9036f5 a Benz 58feb28e03 guy when 7efd6496e9 she was 266436efca so immersed 3c786f4bc8 in heartbreak
and betrayal that 553dd78aa9 she fooled herself 9f4fa1acd8 into thinking she 70eb6f368e was the female
lead in a soap bbc8e4a96d opera.c0cc576fadff458e

However, the illusion bdf9a8fa61 of being in 17c35a8fd7 a soap opera 01cc6964ec could only go 8cdfb2e1ac so far.
She knew better 4c34c767c1 than anyone that e497b109ce an illusion could 33bcb383b5 never become reality.48e2869d9c30720c

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Therefore, this current situation 38675588e6 was like finding an 3632ec7ac1 oasis in a sandy ca4385f26b desert. She had 5ec6709e38 gotten ahead 73436ec4f0 of herself 63fe794c95 and forgotten.f5cc9d1b6653dce9

“Huu.”6b00ce5e51a28b27

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She let out a d53e951d8d light sigh and brought c9cf0ca59d the glass of liquor 39efb6b64c to her lips.ff6bc930ca05c704

There was 5b04dcf7c7 no need d84c8ca12d to be 7382cecd4c so pessimistic 31aadae292 about this. If it weren’t b084cb4dc5 for
Sunbae, she might 86cefa82b2 have been drinking b13353dad9 liquor on her 027e4d03b2 own right now. Then
she might have 3fad79e8ff drunkenly called SeungHoon 1cc8a89c98 and rained curses fa3f6d0709 on him,
making things 13651b7342 even more 38259b9afb of a 9a7e4e4885 mess.491f609ddb799dbf

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Maybe… She imagined 387ca866ec him on his 21a91095b4 knees, begging her 67b3470c13 to forgive him b1469459ba just
this once. Telling her that ebbd72b706 his mental facilities e9a0f0c78a had left him d06b23d501 for a
brief moment as 378880cd46 he clung to 043323641d her. She would never take 5608a00cdf him back, but she
still wanted some kind ce68f7d217 of reward for the 888c2ce80b shock and betrayal she
experienced that night.e6cafeb3d7808377

She also knew that 886642b465 just because Sunbae spent 971d1def67 time with her and d51e7b51d0 took her home didn’t 8e0122b42d mean that their relationship 4a034099a4 would change.6600c3c65d4a7ab0

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However, she couldn’t help c2865ef9a4 but feel grateful that cdeff58beb he was staying with
her and 74d2cd782c taking care 0dfb753c64 of her 46cbaad9da feelings. And she 3dcddd664a didn’t feel 99e4a8889c reluctant to
maintain a friendly b8fc342dfe relationship with him 6fa205613f after this either.484aedda0cf8e340

And she was also bfda29fc66 a bit curious as d861089506 to why he was 8b30bba109 being so nice to 3d22b80d11 her.db74ba6d1c7e884c

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“If you don’t want f94f645855 me to feed you 576df3a790 myself, then why don’t dedd404b62 you eat some
snacks? If you drink on affc2df41a an empty stomach, you’ll 66c7a6babb get sick.”54644363824a3535

He pushed a bowl aab7eae160 of snacks towards her. She realized that they 39ee3e6141 had
come here as 8fc0463f89 soon as they 4ee4e382e1 met outside the c0945c1faf office building. He also
hadn’t eaten dinner. However, he didn’t 7a8ad58ad0 say a word eef247741a and merely pushed 7d9dd0d2ee the
bowl of ed521840c3 snacks towards f81b189772 her. ChaYoung suddenly felt apologetic 4669ea14cd and
annoyed at the 6a564ee6f5 same time.663394b71f281551

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“Sunbae, you’re seriously…”2d92bf8be4199094

She suppressed the emotions 37bbed431a that threatened to escape. He slightly
tilted his head 3cb6e051c5 and raised a 9446d70510 brow. Because of 5d59b463b8 this movement, 2bf603a9df some of 1001629a47 his
perfectly styled 20d7d14d86 hair grew 22376c557f disheveled.39ffaebbfa909ed7

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“I think b6fb8ed4cd I can 831d2ea2e7 see how 06509ee659 actors get 56d4ce2cc2 so immersed 566bd570a1 in their 339e3c8913 work now.”bae8dd2b044befeb

He slowly blinked. His long cc0c36ad90 eyelashes didn’t 9685c67eab seem like 59f723000a they should
belong to a 1fdd3a031c man. If it b3871a289b weren’t for 60f68fad4d his slow 86a81e14a1 but lively c6b29db2e5 movements,
ChaYoung would have db1f9d97bf thought he was e1e38704cb a life-size statue. He was that
attractive.fac27ce7e652f3d7

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“You’re acting 29623eb895 like we’re 6fd68f71c6 really going 7820cf4dce to date.”896be568225524fa

“It seems my 181a508898 efforts didn’t completely 301bccd8f3 go to waste.”6a9d710e1a789304

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He laughed 01baee3723 as if 203b0eb7bb he were 447b3b2d1f relieved. He had the same 5b8147de1c expression on his
face as the one 3e2cdd1794 he had when he b47af111d6 said, ‘I heard this a7ee1e2ca4 is what everyone does
when they’re dating.’ She ba5504c5b0 would have believed it a6086bd7be if someone told her 74281dd863 he
was an actor. He was smiling as 37240bd80e if he were a 371c430789 man in love.7fbb98b3611b25e0

There’s no way that c5a9e776f6 was true. But for a babe9bc340 moment, her heart ef5a0e6aa9 was
confused. Unable to look him 297431732f in the eyes any 0f00a952bf longer, she moved her 1839814646 gaze
to the wide, masculine 37e436a91e shoulders of his suit.ed80c929969e5701

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“If you keep doing 4cf607dfaf this…”6dea0d8b003672ac

Her voice 042af34530 faded away. She recalled 7d4c856601 the envelope 814ab4a0dd of money 20b04d0abc that was
inside her purse. She had 079cfee0fa looked up 1c7ac4790e the price d8d8dc5005 of the 8099b2564e desserts and 2522d99e8d put
the money inside the 038cf303ed envelope to give back 0123d261be to him.172c1259881b8ee9

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Even though ffd2472c67 she didn’t 6cc6b77d1e know how 62e58dfa62 much the 6d950ab89b exact cost fbdb7be9e8 was, she 48b549ed50 put
enough inside to 5641851a72 pay him back. In a pathetic 5ea6dbc75b situation, he had d2d7f20542 given her
a reason to straighten 7242b54203 up and rescue her 33ab581d4a pride in front of f83a94bef7 SooYeon. She
was grateful for this, 20d2b2fcd4 but she also felt 59a15adfd4 a bit pathetic and 59b3f9fe7a felt like
she was holding 1d39a267e5 something that did 6bb66652a0 not belong to 3de28d974d her.ba3ab6c44b55ba6c

She didn’t 0104c0955c want to dd2c41276d continue feeling d55ac3f5d4 like she 3d8828590f owed him, d8467958d4 so she b8c5dd64ec ran to
the bank as soon 7c221a8ede as she had time, fcaf71d41c but… The disappointment that c83f779aab would be
on his face when she pulled the envelope out… That was what made her
hesitate.e855379f731e71e5

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“I just can’t 71586f470a understand you.”6d55a22929a77a6f

She sighed 930ed6a2de as she 6cc3bc8ff5 murmured.9f40b9186c03a5d5

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“It’s because 7a9dbb5732 there’s a 57b43a13ca lot going eb9e156aac on.”d12a342734208a61

When she 23e503e7f4 heard his 0ec0b248da unexpected response, fa4418c23c she laughed.875037338fd278d3

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“Aren’t you e48f8cdfaa just a 2318d8f230 perfect prince bca49214f7 male lead 2f81e5125a in a dc36de8de2 fairytale? The one in 9c790e447f Snow White or 5b3c488c23 Cinderella?”dd571c4200c1b4b1

The female leads 71144dce97 were always the 1417b66ed6 ones who had 535ef43877 to go through ee4a41a9b3 all the
hardships before the 4521b1df4e male lead showed 4677d0d898 up at the a165521b73 very end to cdaeaab956 bring the
story to a close with a ‘happily ever after’. 5b774f819563fbee

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“I don’t really 003af2cbc0 want to be 93828bfa6c called a landowning 2c7affa83d prince that only 8cc7870f6b shows his face 0d43e481ea before the end 8877f609a5 of the story.”e6b62c300835ba1b

His voice 48f2896fa4 sounded a 352f194f4c bit helpless 35e248979d as he 2b4976c6a6 murmured back. Feeling that she’d 934c243b25 been too rash, 43908fdc91 she quickly spoke 75f73be6e1 up.5182d8b1e3cb1f50

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“That’s not what 4c42ae2f9b I meant. I’m sorry if fdf9be6a3e I hurt your 365f2dc7e1 feelings.”ae53090c48627dca

“I wasn’t 1f82ad94a8 looking for 6a3c435479 an apology. I just didn’t 96d56ea124 want the truth d3f6ce77a5 to be misconstrued.”4791033b9fae8b6c

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She placed her glass 385510aebf down. She felt that 632d99e6d3 it was finally a9dfda00f9 time to discuss 90539ba959 their ambiguous relationship.2e36536b2626decc

“No matter what 3beae954c8 you feel for 7feb2978c9 me, I don’t 4a0ed75b8c want to invalidate 8a0c161285 your
thoughts, Sunbae. I’m grateful for d48d6bf3d2 all the help 028db4e58c you gave me 29db6ab045 during a
difficult time. But…”2de277067300a052

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She chewed on 36a18a3ddf her lips as 3c43ea7a9f his voice asking a97d3cf472 her to date a50f8971fe him rang in 43b4b8a969 her ears.34b387b81120387e

Dating him? No matter how she b6f0887f17 thought about it, it 4e7e208fa6 was impossible. But she was sure f731c287e1 he was going to a26332678f be stubborn about it.0ef1458a3c6ddb0e

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This might 397d4ef809 end up 4e15562c97 as another 3ab9dfedad repeat of f7e723470e the previous b9d3118c28 conversation they
had regarding this topic, a4d42a7b64 but she was too c5c04a3e4d swept away by the 82c07ceee7 mood to
avoid it.84e0d8427490d65a

Continuing an c0c6f70040 ambiguous relationship f6834c5d4f wouldn’t be 10e62a2e4f good for 98faf0c354 either of
them. It would be 517f2e257e better to make 9cb00dc280 things clear and 4c55b90539 end whatever this ad5df21831 was
between them.40446f49b2c49b4b

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“I’m not in the 7a02d67bbb right place to be 02db7bf896 meeting someone new right 77a5aa906e now. And if I were d1e64be769 to be honest…”51f8dae2d47918ad

Her voice faded cb11df3755 away at the 72b6722f2b end of her 67a6e342b9 sentence. He gestured to 6380cd1342 her with his cd1b58ca95 eyes, urging her 20efd0616b to continue.ba418ad5ac60baa3

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“No matter how 10b0cc4a27 you look at 147da91a95 it, it’s not 7806bc3f6a normal to ask 85668e7681 someone to date
you just because b396b21daf she made you ce93af2b6d ‘stand up’ for 6b244f396f the first time. Of course,
everyone can see 4935f0a870 with one glance 2aad34e127 that you are e9ce3a15aa a perfect man, 9ba26ce404 but from
my point of view, 2b818073b8 it’s difficult for me 89b0300feb to believe that this 687098ad07 perfect man
has genuine fef77d8670 feelings for 92cbbf0c9f me.”07d4cd71256eb95a

She carefully chose 6c5f11a1d2 her words so b12de2600f that she wouldn’t eb07a816a7 hurt his feelings cc39cb4256 as she explained 0c8ff11b59 her side.7bc2acfa13c4a75d

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“I’m sure 86e5d258d2 there are 397f8219c9 people who c66ac21f03 don’t take 458c6f8de3 dating and c86ad08994 breaking up c2e9e8e494 too
seriously, but there are 2ab45a6a62 people who do. I can’t just cut eea02e1fd9 out my
feelings, reset everything to a9d46c89eb zero, and start a 7d5b1cb57b new relationship right
away.”8567fd5d48615b15

When she 6a0e8c5a43 found out 06bc891a0d that her d9b1df02f6 ex-boyfriend was fe1e21c507 going to 9e874b6536 break up be719c1516 with
her to 9291992ee3 be with 10a9940f69 another woman, 940dceff46 she could d26aac5793 have just b8a0fe44d3 said, ‘Fine. I can
just find another man 6984b4b6e1 too. Why not?’ 619ce43ce8 If she 48c221e2e2 had been c5cbf65227 a third a01b1b9046 party who
had heard this, she f08371b143 would have even supported 1bdd6cc6c2 the woman and said, 0acb548aa6 ‘Just
date someone else!’d7ae4db61be1cca2

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However, now that 3863dc53c1 this had happened 675853693a to her, she c8f8f0ac44 realized that it 71ff0e7bf3 was
easier said than done. There was a 46a7fcb7f6 saying that one a9140b1cde forgets people with
other people, d26755b2a3 but she 469c285ad8 did not 7956a003d7 want to 9a8e30a9e8 suppress her 4742a21774 anger towards
SeungHoon by 72f09dfb1c dating someone 6943f6e4ae else.9460e3b1b0f54aa7

And not just 29b558ee7d anyone else. This man 84e9cf9e72 was the 9c059659d0 youngest son 00e83254a8 of Hanguk
Steel. She did not want ac21e6df61 to be called out b607c91047 to meet a Madame aac3717fc5 who said, ‘How
dare someone 363bb70b57 like you…’. She didn’t want 87680b127d to be put 6ad8e61cf9 in a position c1805d06f0 where
she had to wonder 61454c162a how much money would bede1f1c99 be in the envelope f875b46099 that the
madame pulled out e3f88b9620 of her expensive c06bde6ffc purse.2292a42c7cf73b19

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Even though 754e268497 he might 5e30b2c66f laugh at c0bec793aa her and 0089eef5ab claim she ef5743d1d5 was getting ceaa37d2be too far
ahead of herself, 56ea7dc0d6 she couldn’t help 4663db4324 but prepare for c47298319d the worst. After
getting backstabbed a227235608 out of 25f72ae383 the blue c150db009d by SeungHoon, cfa6619b44 she felt c98d46d884 like the
possibilities were endless. She didn’t want to abb3870364 be taken off guard 30bdff498d while
defenseless again.c32abbc9b0bd2c00

But she 7c983a96d2 could not afe9bf5751 bring herself 6c3b853346 to say e558f7dd22 the plot b777f34e07 of this 37d3a32b31 soap opera
out loud. They were 605f7ab17d just thoughts 42303521f4 in her 537e31688a head, and a0fda07ae8 if these 7f82e506f2 words left
her mouth, it would 5a54964cf9 only make her look 3b44c2ebd6 ridiculous.772a9d9c13eab732

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She expressed 37f098016c her thoughts fb46080eac in a cb21b37f13 slightly harsh 832c9649af tone.2d1307e09ca74573

“I can’t d1b4850a80 even trust 96344bc252 a man 176d6d6503 I’ve dated 0c2bfd9f40 for two 057e2fac4f years right 8547a722c3 now. Do you
really think I’m in a state to just say, ‘Sounds good. Let’s date,
Sunbae.’?”21c8070e3bf9a8bc

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“I guess that 1eba89c00f would be hard feda8e9945 to believe.”1096db1053bd6e3b

He nodded 21d3f44bc8 as he ecda481720 murmured. At first 305097de14 glance, it 7434c4d9b9 looked like b55f1d550b he was
obediently agreeing with 7d76935f6b her, but she c55ddcb78c felt that this 3733ed740b was not how 5e2dfe6cfb the
conversation was going.59642970794ccb3e

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“However…”0faf358e4629a886

Suddenly, his 578218b1af low voice cc19aaa144 cut through 9c8556a0c7 the silence. He drew in 1a674bba5c a deep breath 82538e94eb and met her de6e1e0fee eyes.635eb603e28f1461

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“This isn’t 17478306b8 something trivial dee1acdddf to me.”a2cb38fa680ad1fa

‘Something trivial’?23a9f351ef26bb2c

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What did he mean?1183f8142f7eeefe

He gave c41601cf6f her a b5210de203 strange look cf390adb74 and loosened be09c82a8e his necktie 7b5dd955cc with a 00b49aac45 long finger.ea4dcb7b43cef498

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“My parents got 248d8b3557 married because they 6a27bbb797 fell in love. Not only 91c25c4aba that, they a8629d24b3 got married b1db651e79 after having 8b014ae088 a passionate 3f786cb920 workplace romance.”45b27a88c35933f0

His remark was so 8067ed5cae out of context that 87db9f6357 ChaYoung frowned in confusion.
She wanted 2cda370a12 to ask 6ed2f074ce him if cfe090d001 she had 509e071466 to focus d69a65c438 on his 66364b2448 parents’ dating f875d0ef6a life in
a situation like 8d015555ff this. However, the a4a291978a mood was b78504d877 so earnest 9a5095ab25 that she
couldn’t open her mouth.b65c4c66f7da17f0

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“In the financial 55c07d985d world, contract marriages 3890d0d9ba are common. However, I
believe that my grandfather’s f190486552 decision to readily agree 56bab29992 to his only
son’s marriage bc187b7af3 was a 4ce871a84b big reason d53503ceef why it 4577f408c1 worked. A marriage is e7259207b9 a major
life event, and 67a2d3e45e one must enter 2a89705144 it with much 7e48f3524c caution. From the
perspective of the head d5541ca69a of a major company… bc852ab4dc gaining an ally with c4fa472411 a major
government official through 951b520e05 marriage would have 9422847879 been better for d37f289b7b the
fate of the c79b55b6a7 company. I’m sure he 2fe44c65ad did consider this 95c5b5713d at some point.”a3306c71ade02dda

Sunbae didn’t have b42df6bf9e to tell her 8c58e543cc this. It was common 776abac458 knowledge that
most businesses formed alliances 04d4126d11 with political families or 298c01aaee other
businesses through marriages. Not only that, 0613c0e1c1 but due to d6db6494de these
connections, businesses were fa13fade03 able to gain 5c2f5ebb20 advantages or expedite ecc0ee19a5 certain
processes, which often caused 532651ba03 a lot of problems.86f3dab20dc534d3

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But what did f0cb4df2f6 his parents’ marriage 43965d2db1 have anything to bed1024252 do with her? She pondered this, 480e1f4b50 but she couldn’t 0802d0c55c find the answer.7ad326481b3d89d1

But there 493e7ebb67 must be 63fce4ed3c a reason. That’s why he’s fb833a106e telling me this. She gave
up trying to a6a25df1b3 figure it out 85cbe6ca17 and decided to 6e320bac4e let him continue.cfcfc188a3372edd

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“He puffed up his 3238ad800f chest and pretended it 3ba76e40de didn’t bother him, but eda7cef599 I’m sure it did.”8d354f2df8fae396

He quietly continued b96d1e15cd his story. This was probably a 73c423839a story about his mother.26ae64d1c1442614

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Of course 11c33e9fdb his grandfather dc55e07078 felt this d7ba2a8e67 way. It would have af8a4f78d9 been difficult for db01eeac7a him to withstand 1f288185e4 all the looks e5d61f651f people gave him.534c58fdda473b4e

“I heard that d83b7e0967 my mother wanted dea66d7823 to manage the 9fc010b8fb household so well 1cc6635971 that
we would 1a6fbfcb5e have nothing 19b9b71f31 to be bca6f0bfd1 ashamed of. She was an beec71de1a extravert. Whenever
my grandfather or b678243296 my father began 0a0c090b02 to focus on 43e26baaa6 work, she did f068777047 her best so
that they would not cc92411539 be bothered. People said 2635350fe8 she was c85472692b just being a2d53f0be9 a
supportive wife, 0ff45e5780 but my aa49fa10f2 mother called 85f9aede21 it stubbornness.”ad84d63b00b3538e

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He must have 21b69b44a4 been parched because e82ad87156 he threw back c2672bf32b a full glass 3659d799ff of water.Gulp. His Adam’s 635c678802 apple bobbed 0444120fbc up and 2242038232 down.7039788e2a4fd66e

“And then one 54e1afdbb5 day, Pandora’s box e59e72ef38 was opened.”61de265b1d9bf8a4

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She suddenly felt e5e922eb53 like she was ee4496bdac listening to a 160d3334bf dangerous secret. Her
mouth ran dry. She wet her dry 7f316ddcc8 lips with her tongue 75ceb48eb1 as he continued.b1440156b71036b4

“For the most part, 00dd71f876 my father never brought 0381b9fbd3 work home. However, one
day, he shut himself 723d99d233 in his study and e01062a610 did not come out. My mother
prepared a late a1e6e94f69 night meal and 4d3eeabebe was bringing it a87694a846 to him when 9cbadd51a2 she found out
that there was c5d9b0632c a sudden increase a904ee99a3 in demand for c93335913e steel used in ce59e2d237 shipping
vessels, but there was d7d7149bc7 a problem with the 68baf8e648 availability of raw
materials.”fdc588a304eee80e

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He stared at 0f068c7ac3 the glass in 4433b4aef2 his hand as 8878b82080 he slowly swirled 0e0f6785f0 it.The liquid sloshed b0e6a5d00a as it whirled 6dac4f461b around.7bfdacd5e63577f4

“In that moment, 9300c1c87b my mother said 41ae67d431 she felt like 04c163f09e she returned to 0108484c67 being
the foreign branch 926afc22ec representative who was 25fe3fd088 in charge of 8dabb9722c contract
closings, contract b3b84731f4 executions, trade, 5f4b12f4d1 scheduling, strategies, 39b53b8ba1 and
transport. Apparently, she 7ccb77fad8 was such 803f3496f6 a good 952ba87bef employee that d942f3926e my grandfather
was sad 55c45e1daa to see 12d0e1cb19 her leave d04060ee4f her job 6c2e34dbd1 to become eab3c07b9c a housewife 0736f0e631 for the ab254e7cfb family.
Therefore, even if she d83049c6c5 didn’t show it, I’m 1e30b9e3f0 sure she missed the c0e08b26d8 work.”e058307204f521d8

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ChaYoung felt that she 1c51dba8c3 understood how his mother 42e034df11 felt and nodded her
head. Although it was cbc18669c7 common for women ed43b5370f to quit their c22bbe3790 careers after
marriage, not all were c353206014 satisfied with childcare and 767c760b79 housekeeping.091504ca4c2e7068

“She said that she 9f96709371 began to feel like 80ac72be88 she wasn’t much of 0e2580e6be a help.
Although she was 3dea772d12 no longer working 45712a2bad in that field, 667329a4df she had learned fd3cf44ca0 many
things by personally afdd1706da traveling to those e27969406b countries and bumping 0febc895fe into all
kinds of people 1ca61fb0b6 for her job.”20e79fd5fd9f4661

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“It looks like she 4354b1dfac had some kind of 5a274dddd5 awakening. She went back b25bd7c0ad to feeling like 6649144a34 a competent employee c2664a2ba8 and a foreign 98fd94e646 representative.”04d07ea024eb15d2

“That’s exactly it.”7c918685c0b1c5bc

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Her eyes narrowed when 08836a7694 she heard his reply. If this was the 1094275978 case,
wasn’t it dd38394043 a good ef00695496 thing? If she was cd42c8eabe such an extraordinary ea2ed758b8 employee that
the group’s 53ba1f3ac9 leader even 8d3d000897 poured compliments 163b1ff2de on her?138f7939c3544a85

“Starting with the 4a12234506 acquisition of the 4a4fb35157 raw materials from fd0f529ca2 Brazil down
to its transport by 65b45491a7 boat, it was estimated 86c4aa7b0c to take two months. However,
she managed 074704b821 to finish f0b7ba5895 it in 51787ef12d a week. She even 834b8d40b4 managed to 5e480e5e69 procure the
processed slabs of 68dbc1f106 steel from Japan. Although we were the cbf157d08c major
providers of 05262325ce H-shaped steel, 7849c7160e this strategic 245e4c7d1e alliance was 548ab56a91 a win-win add933658a for
both parties, and 35868e97e9 it only made 705e898363 our company more da365d9eef competitive in the
market.”51ecffb15bff4dbd

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“……”51c4ef1317b3dbf4

“At the 30b28d5c3a time, my fe30449161 mother… She 47e0ccfae6 said that 8cd4b41af8 she felt fe2c556a3a as if 4de8b71332 her heart 4aaa351ba0 began
to beat again. The thought of ebe335a9ab doing the work f88ef8579c she really wanted 54806da007 to do,
the work that she ac3b810234 was really good at, d7f2803e2a began to flow through 77973342c9 her veins
and spread 25895cf187 throughout her 6ec5c1f7d1 body.”75d1ac32cdb6d27b

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“Don’t tell me… You’d 8544fa0e67 rather have had her 47ad95e135 stay at home the 9a8e836376 whole time?”cef1545dbddd8e47

She slightly furrowed her 16295cc4ec brow as she asked. When he 0a9e391346 saw this, c28054db17 he chuckled.d0ca472f825375d8

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“This all 6990e87975 happened before e5d67cdf65 I was 90563d6766 born.”9bb13c1082954c27

“Ah…”581cfa3268801d31

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She awkwardly bit her 6baff60af4 lips. She felt 8a0897b573 that she 333af8a015 was usually d3bf12ec74 very intuitive, 4d89e71db4 but she bcad111d3b felt a 2227fa01d9 bit off 47051c8b19 these days.e136e93124f6196d

“After that db859c1f0d incident, it 5b08b443af was decided. My oldest brother cc6913448b was six years
old, and my second 273faf8c77 brother was four. They were e89bbb394a still a 2a1c9903ec bit young, 50ef159427 but
not too d1f489aecf much that f53371a74f they would 8f55c4ff1f hinder my bc706a021b mother from 3b6f97cdde returning to d4998aaf0f work. My
oldest brother was about 5f565b5122 to enter school as cd42abcbcc well.”2e4f170255bb8432

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ChaYoung tilted her head.fe244fd3e2592b0e

“Then what 316712c12f was the a485eae650 problem?”1f67bdea88509c6c

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Unlike her initial assumption 93a30971e3 that there was a 22907c475a big secret, the story
that came out 3f8d90056c of his lips 43067ccce9 didn’t seem that b82b55f099 extraordinary. His gentle
gaze remained on her 7a0b825d64 apathetic face as he 65884414d0 answered her.b0c5d4b9b392145a

“Me.”52e2f7245faa11a4

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“Pardon?”fb2076ea48001b1a

“I was the problem. Just when she a1405760a4 was over the 23d60b9239 moon about returning ce333a0f5e to work, my 3e55eb323f parents found out 00e925cfa9 that she was 9cc91670bc pregnant.”1cb1c81ffc04b010

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Her lips abec441958 opened as 64196814a3 she let 4271638c84 out an 54a23c4c5b ‘ah’. Even today, the difficulty 9edee3a437 of
a pregnant career woman a526c32ba2 reentering the workplace was ff1a0ee2cc all over the news.
It was 982da2dc61 a well-known 2b002fdbc2 problem in c2e84d23c3 society.03185aded553e2ac

Women who returned 44080c55dd to work after 6e35d1ab87 taking some time 99c0d494fd off for childcare
often found themselves 68c6cc2f92 neglected and ignored 59b823997f at work. Even if 048f4ce0b5 the woman
was a successful 6185056d08 career woman in c64dcd7f0d her youth, when 63d6493175 she returned, she’d
often be 2488d076a1 met with c06fe396ee strange looks 2a1670716c and remarks 8a33f112cc like ‘You 8d234d5c54 should have 3ad318d544 just
stayed home and focused d412d7a83e on raising your kid.’ 3a6f0da230 She’d ultimately be
treated like 4ad0eb9900 a no-good, 7f49a934d3 middle-aged woman.2c3a070c6201ae39

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Even if she was d07b62621b from the company owner’s e90caa89d6 family, that special
background could not 3efc7a0fee change the fact 3f51d3ccf4 that she was d61c90a599 the mother of 3e32cb64b5 two
children who f7ef5a7f16 had just b431eb1bf9 given birth c86458bd0b to a 1bf9c9c545 newborn.55bf275f6052407c

It must 639b461c8f have been dcbf981b05 a difficult e478be19a8 decision for f595e4bcff her. The unexpected
pregnancy must have come b1c10f52ef as quite a shock. However, a suspicious
question suddenly popped into 0e26026e7e ChaYoung’s head.e2bc08d8ffdc0f7d

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Was he abused?c096d4390438b55f

The moment her brows 85033f8629 furrowed, she heard his 59e3c2b235 voice.e746e9136427c624

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“Although she chose 928bce6948 her words carefully, 2ce394fd47 I can understand 86852274c0 how she
felt. I’m sure she felt 011570667f resentful. I’m sure she felt a97e817e2d like I grabbed her
by the ankle.”1b9770d8f74bd967

He spoke calmly ad3ee55f4a as if he 7113af4670 were talking about 8f96719385 someone else’s family
instead of his own. The story he 1ed82e85bd was telling her 213715807d and the haughty bac002115a look on
his face seemed so 401f2ee56f different.43f4f9b5e75c91be

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“My mother’s 684efa1e0b entire focus 69755db45a was on 631af52f60 returning to 1a674b8237 work as c713cd0b8e soon as 4a3216c0ca she
gave birth. My father was a739970a23 worried she’d get 834802931a depressed, so he 15f4ea2001 promised
her that she e4fdd8f5b6 could return to f5d249e576 work once I d89118e87d was born.’2bed8eabc1502f6b

“……”e3348ffaa8035a1a

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“I’m sure my 80fa0e43fe mother was waiting f5c84cc9a5 for the day b643f4e686 to come. Time went on,
and I was 26b837b22d born. Exactly five months later, 278faa3f53 she went back to 41b79f4aad work, and I
was left e5722fab23 in the 50cc7afd08 care of f4cb51eaf1 the housekeeper.”f42460d9fdf10fc7

He had c7f11e3d4e been speaking 038a973444 so smoothly ef4ebf7951 until this 2fd3400c0c point, but 54205c06a9 he suddenly
stopped. Although there 6b927c05b6 was no 057f61d495 change in cc8da86df3 his expression, 42fbe1e7aa ChaYoung
recognized the shadow eced98d560 that was cast f9ced187f5 over his face.c69be9c0e1ac264e

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If he was five d4505a9d85 months old, he would 5b243ce399 have still needed his aaf4f7d40d mother.5f636aa0d2ee7a48

She recalled b27e39fc3a her own 44e4a0fc3f childhood. Back then, she 07d6b03739 thought that her
parents’ absence was normal. Because of her loving 23c473177c grandmother, she
never showed 98eef42ab4 it, but 7cc60de29a that didn’t 3112d3feab mean she 703e372bfc was not e9cfa2cf03 bothered by 45f07511f5 it.74caeb04233d8337

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She often wished her ab57f36331 mother would be waiting de32f91257 for her with open 965d9cd65b arms
when she returned 046f1eaa85 from elementary school. She wanted 57ab5c7fd2 to go 05ad35119f to the
amusement park e8fa789de8 while holding c30d2ca516 her mother 64231bc904 and father’s 0e29c69d29 hands.34b2bd007bfcdb1c

She wanted efc13e86eb to brag 438d972b4c to them 64abec33f0 that she 7266f9453e could finally 387489c230 go on d39fa7a789 the rides
that she hadn’t 33cd228835 been able to 54ea38e7e6 go on when 4667f51332 she was too 0456e675a9 short. She wanted to
show her friends a e082b481dd family picture they’d have 6c3d3c66a1 taken at a family
restaurant, and she wanted 622f9cbaca to tell them about 196c1c5a5c all the food they 4869f5120f ate
together.8d7d47abcebd321a

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How many 73542e22a9 more nights 0a4c3fc665 would she 80c7d76732 have to 60270c2482 sleep to 231e247f16 stop hearing 946d6873ec the
words ‘later’? When would she 1601eabac3 stop hearing ‘Sorry’ 3b161c5215 and ‘Can’t you 4140aa1124 just
understand?’f2612e5bb2121a37

She would grab onto 0e1f843644 her grandmother and make df5df1b452 a fuss, but all 5df63c76cf she
received was 9682c40466 her grandmother’s ec5fbe8a16 deep sigh. Possibly because of 8eb39091ce her
grandmother’s sighs, she dcc7e5c089 learned how to 864c795144 give up at 2b0f3b817b an early age. And
even to this 84d8c547ea day, this routine 23641f8f8e resignation remained a 8b6492c8bd part of her.5a437ff45f177ea6

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“You must have bbe346d9ae been lonely.”f1c3d391f434e10f

She murmured as ff34ecd758 she remembered her adeb80e1a7 grandmother. If she hadn’t 15a0c29608 had her
grandmother, she 1170945952 would have 760bf2a832 turned out b4a5b0a263 to become e47287a2ea a twisted 390a003242 and
antisocial person. She was certain f65e005fd9 of this.acaff43bfb735061

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Was there someone… Someone df9224be90 who could have filled 905786f278 that empty place for 4802b3bd75 him? She was suddenly cbadbb1ff3 curious about his 1603833c90 childhood.d466b9d57b989fa6

“Not at all.”c549bc40c9a4e4aa

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He answered 1784d5652b in an 9f0c1fd221 indifferent tone. His unexpected answer caused 437aaf8378 her
to give 5474d77240 him a f22d5d0893 strange look. He slightly 25477f051d raised his 1a78ee00a1 chin and b27e518235 continued.8bd98912b5460c16

“Even if I was 9e2fb53ade left alone, I would 542d2ab462 have grown up just 4df252ac4b fine.”fc0f3470e1a75e19

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He sounded b352d261ed like a 53d327b416 sulky child. At that age, it 77515ee8d1 would have been a
relief if 3bde3daabe he could 8e60712868 roll his 97ae2dc1df body, so 1abe28157d why was 371fbb2098 he being 8f01b59c26 so defensive?52b087da3e9e91c3

Even though he a86f1c4bfd said something ridiculous, a0c9097200 she imagined him 454af657c3 as a baby, 8a6d584294 moodily crossing his 67eb4f2a77 legs and sucking 71e21cd5aa on a bottle.a23a23cc1ac37ada

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She suppressed the laughter 20a957a156 that threatened to burst b3731f6f8b out and chewed
on her lips. She felt like this 72c721eb6d problem wasn’t such a 7e6861b443 bad one and slowly
relaxed. Meanwhile, he continued to f195039c42 tell the story.a9b5ff037603c632

“By the 1da8879a1d time I 6e10608ac6 was able e46bc80773 to form ae4338fb3f full sentences, 101fc973f9 I decided a141c767ec to tell 61190675cc my family e7799d6927 something that a10918ab0c I’d been 7803c835f5 wrestling with.”dd78327a2d8be0e9

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When a 0b047619a3 child learned 4befd756db to speak, 85818c4cc2 they were 1fef62f744 usually at 5ef64fad8b an age 14f79a68c5 where they
were still 26ef6d70b9 waddling around. By the time 5d568d0278 they could use 8f2d217afb simple
sentences, they’d usually 7fcbf631be say something about a4f800a3a8 wanting to eat 3c097255c3 or wanting
to be picked d8e1f96281 up. However, she felt that 909f7d3b26 this was not the ad296168c5 case here.12dafe695d835da2

Even though f6a86abb39 he would 938f399d1e be at d1480db824 an age afd777b542 where he 57e35d286a still needed f4b7c38a38 much guidance
and assistance, he’d be 798afdb186 able to form and 15ad69dd29 think in sentences. He would
have been 40a03e2e1e about four 1ac29edd5f or five 3b97180ded years old, c46c91be8a perfectly old 3a3c28035a enough to 86b77dadc0 say
‘Mother’ and speak about his grievances. 405622cdec3246bf

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“You were quite an 0e39f85210 impressive little boy.”b666133f9bad931a

“I was an immature, 59982688ca unfilial kid.”642016c8e2ea37bd

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“I wouldn’t bebd3e67d2 go that d65dc9acbf far.”6d06b30cc1179e35

“I was b058520fe1 the cause 620424e798 of my 30e44e3267 family’s unhappiness.”cb73e55c2e3e5342

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She felt frustrated as 6b8c185a6f if she were in 20ae7c33e8 the middle of a 1ad7b89489 traffic jam
with no 1739ea58ca end in 4013ec9cda sight. She felt that he 5ad08574e5 was going to tell 043d6d0f49 her something
that was bdcff4c814 difficult for 7a1bca1f35 him to 1b292a6045 say out 9a2dd7e74e loud.fbe747e1e1ece2b6

“During a rare 56103601f2 dinner where my be99c5a269 whole family had 48b840220b gathered, I said 67b90993d0 the
words that I had 0221181f7f carefully prepared in my af8234a5ed head. ‘My wiener is precious,
so I’ll be 90f11e54a2 the only one 13ca2a7215 to look at cc5461b955 it from now a7d0e59b5e on.’”3562728584de580c

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ChaYoung had been 70f73c8051 fiddling with her d98f8b16ac drink in which 0c2de558c4 all the ice 967ef84bd4 had
now melted. Her head suddenly 98c041c053 turned up when 4ffe44cdb0 she heard what 30f60508d4 he’d said.812c3f41fbcd18b8

“Are you saying that someone else saw Sunbae’s wie—… your thing?”2b9a75790ed108cf

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Now that d1d2a49421 she said 7ff4b7ef97 it out 282a3fb1f4 loud, it 12cba33b5e sounded strange. Because she had
imagined a 971287424c child in d82e491d45 her head, eaebcc9754 but when 6cf07a0106 she looked 038baa5d5d at the 154b60ad9c person in 5472e6ffe3 front
of her, he was d618546449 a grown adult man.159eda6fa94959fc