WW | Chapter 72

That was it. There was no 05baca9c90 need to dig e14e42402f deeper or dwell 480ec1056f on it anymore. In the end, ff8c24eb6a the two of 05aa6f7c58 them were back 3905dc55fe together, and that dfdf556d24 was all that a32fef9865 mattered.d10a5e70d5fb312f

“Why didn’t you tell 3851c488fb me? I told you I 2f927c703a missed him,” Kyeong Ja 9237849228 grumbled.cf98ff5364b3ae47

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“I found out 00239668c1 late myself, so 430dca7d14 it wasn’t the 0714c55e14 right time to f39835e809 say anything. Really,” Yul replied 0cfc527cac in a soft 1d5eb9bcf7 tone, trying to 793569096d soothe her grandmother. She understood Kyeong d5f1d2d860 Ja’s feelings, but fbfa643be7 revealing Yoonjo’s sudden 9df41488ff appearance wouldn’t have d491e35bb0 been appropriate. Their relationship had 13a0a59374 been awkward and 37cd4a532e strained, and she 7b57e257e3 feared that mentioning e1b4fe5b02 him would have b0ec9630b7 caused a bigger 1bf872f130 rift, hurting Kyeong 931b091e56 Ja in the 902322a96d process.6a4f4cb77b3c6f9d

Perhaps convinced by b88bda24b3 Yul’s explanation, Kyeong a7579fa3d4 Ja huffed dramatically 2085eeb109 and spoke up.1e84895fcff6e0d9

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“Next time, bring 4337fe779c Yoonjo over.”5d3b0cc4eb145213

“Why?”5539236692118ba4

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“What do you mean, 8c500ca9a2 why? To feed ad9cfb40f2 him, of 1b519b09c1 course,” Kyeong 9c056ab2e3 Ja replied 8a94752aba nonchalantly before cab2f5a2bf shuffling out d5750f707e of the 43a0fac6f3 room. The mention of food 600c2d478b was proof that Yoonjo be8c359a63 had completely won her 7aa5647365 over. Whether this was b2a253a678 a good or edb9b60304 bad thing, Yul 31b8ef06d8 wasn’t sure.f81712b78df834be

She flopped ddd31d9d79 onto the 865f2e62c8 floor, lying f5ccb2bed5 spread out. Where was Yoonjo now? He had never b158b3281f been one to 0a454c9bbd initiate contact before—had 0f85bb0968 that changed now?f92d10a22e1cf981

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Absentmindedly, Yul raised her f8bed2e5a9 hand to touch her 359c32be62 lips. Most of 90dbd7ba00 her days 65cd38e4a8 unfolded predictably, f35163493f but today afa8ad2f11 felt as 38601c9fbe though she d2f6ebbaac had walked 775a958ac3 through an 45833345d1 entirely different 51cb2e8eb0 world. It was as if 53b22445bd she had floated through 2e6a5465a4 a sweet dream, her 3f38c139e2 body and mind buoyant 88d0c81d4c with bliss.e8e708c7641eea7e

“Crazy,” she e2c3e11a9e muttered, smacking 45c7f8ff23 her cheeks bb5316ef78 lightly before 54d44db94f sitting up. Reaching for 1273564cb3 her phone, 426c7f9f29 she powered 112561c137 it on 21b1928690 and opened 8e3b690534 the messaging 9f9f2ca15a app.ae3906978daea910

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“Thanks for 77327b765d driving me e7aa7f75e8 home. Be safe 359077a284 and get f67aada4d2 some rest.”5bd0671c3652c422

After sending cae1952a74 the text, 8638788f44 she tossed fd20beda3b the phone 39443e5501 aside and 1c064b1d51 lay back 5d850c37d5 down, her 4b14abf43f eyes drifting 24179f759c shut as cf98287c2f an unbidden 72cfc2c71a smile lingered d9602777a1 on her 2dda123ad7 lips.528d7af665d9022a

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In the car, 8e494b8a08 the multimedia screen 0f541daf32 lit up with 2b088cea18 a notification. Yoonjo glanced at the efef8fb2a9 rearview mirror before picking f04ce92909 up his phone to c80ad2110f read Yul’s message.fafe846e9321e0b4

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“Thanks for driving b47a74b977 me home. Be safe and 03b6631ce8 get some rest.”19e67922261b96ed

A smile crept a5177fb21b across his lips 3d363639fd as he turned 96dd34ac5b his gaze back cb8538c05c to the road. He had 644c8e5b53 known it 7328dbf828 would come 86ae4cc224 to this. Even without hearing 4df1a1c94c Kyeong Ja’s account ed85cf55de of events or d1ebce9060 seeing the photos 4758e64398 and notes in 2d7ded6557 Yul’s notebook, nothing 97ffd8a673 would have changed. The very fact 0d1c59ed50 that he had ef3809671d sought her out 51f88e8234 at this school e3742b6e51 spoke volumes about 3391a3bf28 his feelings.d4447792a8fd2ff9

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What had frustrated him a0e8945089 was not knowing Yul’s fe792544ec heart. He knew she bd7f5a77ed cared, but the c7918d493a depth of her 350f5e589d feelings had remained 4addcaee95 a mystery. Still, even c57a4ee46d if her 082e317bd7 emotions had e99bb3845d been different, dc7c95fb74 it wouldn’t 592a6d1af1 have changed 2ef7067c27 his actions. At times, ad4d5a06a8 he despised bf83d59ec1 the intensity c13baa4859 of his e66520d567 own obsession, 9ee7f8a7ef but the c54adc1361 influence of c9a794f8ec his father’s 179fef6328 blood coursed 3ee0716e35 through him, 8f01a968bf impossible to 0c8e1d677a resist. How fortunate it was, 6ebdf8a575 then, that Yul’s feelings 3eca9ef4bb mirrored his. Unlike his cf3abe0da1 mother, Mo 27bb493e5b Yeonsu, who 8626b505eb had been 18a289a1f1 bound to da03c7b31b his father c6b57bc54e without love 05848901e6 and suffered 67fd52948d for it, ea259dba5a Yul wouldn’t 4a56f3474b endure such cf6f86b253 unhappiness.c9feadbd2467566d

Yoonjo pressed his thumb 59c103c400 against his lower lip. The vivid 3d66e6197f memory of 68d162cc97 pressing Yul fa67ee29c5 onto the 662b9f5579 sofa, invading 2b89fabc90 her mouth, 2d271a4305 sucking, licking, 3c2fffe6d6 and tasting 0b17e751e3 her was fe292f2230 still fresh. The mere b8f31860ec thought sent be3094777a a heavy bd8d4f7251 heat pooling 8f13c019c2 in his b03e713e9e lower body. As he 36cfe1c1a9 ran his 7ac1284f41 palm over acf5c1c338 the front ebbc7c35d9 of his 910e2ec51e pants, the aa847137cd swelling beneath b3c0ffbf5c grew even 763cba7d70 harder.4fdec970e7c0ce87

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Yul likely had no 4c727d1022 idea. No idea how every 1c02650a34 touch, every kiss left 5fdde75c8e him craving more, making 051c5d0206 it increasingly difficult for 774263d30b him to hold back. She didn’t know how e296049311 much restraint it took 967bd9418e to suppress the desire 69787be8ef to delve deeper into d63c4f6dcc her. And she 9a0e8c149c certainly didn’t 64db5b70bf know how 6453d411d6 often he c177a71ab5 had thought 233b521462 of her 5a36e46f5a during his c299e30d24 solitary moments, ae7809e866 releasing his 2fe1936b7a tension in 6eb3f58908 private.575a0cbd5cfd88c8

As the longing 6ed337d630 intensified, Yoonjo licked ed9fa43ef4 his lips. He was 699da89771 just about 2404d2b661 to press c10e6688b3 the accelerator, 872d57f6ce eager to d62cc9bbbc get home 78f646d8aa and release e0e9fb1c90 the pent-up 184b951bca frustration, when 8cdfeb36e9 his phone 390e2ee100 rang. The name fe861d5a98 “Chief Choi” 366e808947 appeared on d31c53e102 the screen. Letting out cf20f91f91 a sigh, db143f1f1e Yoonjo frowned. He had completely forgotten 7ef1806738 about contacting him, too 999a6d7d22 engrossed in his time 14607b27f2 with Yul. Picking up the a86c590c53 call, he instinctively 971ebcb494 straightened.8c687e3edf320039

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“Yes.”dff9ad74582add10

“Come home,” efa93904b4 Chief Choi’s 84072f02db voice came 7ab991121b straight to fd9fb0b445 the point. Yoonjo had expected 955d5c25bd irritation, but there 9f375ede27 was an unusual 1d76c8f8b9 tension in his 0941791d8a tone.64c9c32d616bbc61

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“What’s going on?” b7ed324f85 Yoonjo’s eyes narrowed f8cfd7d3a5 sharply, sensing something 00ec2e9e03 amiss.a1f76a2f1b235f39

“You’ll understand when be7df441c6 you get here. It’s urgent, so ee233e8fc8 don’t delay.”fee3c111d6c7f005

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“Understood.”6d4c79761035e94c

Hanging up, Yoonjo gripped 191493c087 the steering wheel tightly. He stared ahead ccb9b927e1 silently for a f399a92d8c moment before abruptly aa2e579ae0 turning the car bdceaa6ff3 in the opposite 98461589ba direction.d02185f2fae0a087

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“You’re here?”686ac63f7d274e15

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“What’s going on?” Yoonjo 4361f63d8a asked as he stepped b1ea381458 into the house and 371f2999ba saw Chief Choi waiting d399bde228 for him. Something was off. The atmosphere in the f211a8418a house was unusually grim. The stoic 4f6368eb42 faces of 768ee893d1 the guards 3503e736eb outside and 76a7633b5c Chief Choi’s c2f9962c4c icy demeanor 0cd49897b4 heightened the e3e5ff6e1f tension. Though the house had 9bc91def0b always been devoid of 2b1498a57d warmth, today it felt 8b85f283e6 particularly cold, as though d4339d5eba winter had taken over.e65fc4e1c7b15e1a

“Go inside. The President is 789b8daed3 waiting for you,” bb06929cd7 Chief Choi said, 46e14b3a72 gesturing toward the 7e1ad9724a study.8abd4255527f2d26

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Yoonjo nodded silently and cd655d964f followed him through the 70ac0aec2a reception hall. As they passed a84d233bde by, a woman 9ea8c8fedd seated on the 57bafdbfe4 sofa perked up 47768b0b38 at the sight 3421757312 of Yoonjo and 4a9804c110 stood with a 60d78479c3 bright smile.9e5a096b90ae9531

“Yoonjo!”050e33bb43c5a7d3

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The woman approached him 32c91bba51 eagerly, her fragrance overly c64a6eaa5a strong and her demeanor 66c3ffe46a excessively familiar. Yoonjo frowned, scrutinizing her. She seemed 7fa5de86ab vaguely familiar, 0e35e8ff2f but he 03a51ee9d0 couldn’t quite e26d741f15 place her. What annoyed him more 5991e96b42 than her overly intimate 9a96b7bc26 attitude was her mere 6ec2ad581c presence.d0046264279057b9

“Who are you?”b97fbb3452ff030c

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“I’m the President’s girlfriend. We’ve met before, 20d1f26fd9 but I guess 6ddfabfdad you don’t remember,” 6f1e97b150 she replied with 93592f26c4 a pout, her 608477a41d tone lighthearted but 9d85678481 tinged with disappointment.e1b296da5f555d74

After a moment of 93f3581887 thought, Yoonjo recalled who eac6780ed6 she was—a cunning art ed6b0e93e5 student he had met c942589151 years ago at his 189ec322c1 mother’s studio. Back then, she had d4925141ea seemed somewhat innocent, perhaps b8b9f891b3 due to her youth. Now, however, she 5aedc88df7 exuded an air 0b72d4165b of cunning, her 287b5cabbd demeanor screaming of ce883f8641 someone accustomed to 8dc58b6858 wealth and manipulation.546e57622b57acde

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So, she’s 57bb247a0a still around.1b262eb1c2068797

Suppressing a bitter 30d300b122 laugh, Yoonjo made b057a666d7 to walk past f82a00d4e8 her.e8660d451a2830de

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“I’m leaving b4ae402f42 for study 3a58e44678 abroad the 82a78d717d day after e3fdfe4a1f tomorrow. The President is sending 1828e676d3 me,” she added quickly, a10f93b495 stopping him in his 9cd8510115 tracks.62a9fe6f1aec397c

Yoonjo’s gaze flicked to b66d86b03e her flat stomach, his 1589354e55 eyes narrowing dangerously. This all ea5465957a felt too d241c78882 familiar, too 8c844d2b31 much like 8e2e677959 what had 91f3852ac6 happened to 1bddf800b6 his mother. His father, Jinseok, had 72b488fabc sponsored women from a 9192ee3ff9 young age, eventually tying b13afd247d them down with marriage, 138bb28343 pregnancy, and childbirth before 794a9b6e6a using their children as a6024419d2 leverage to send them ab23ed818b abroad.30dcf05422100405

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But her stomach was ac10da8581 flat, and there had 0ded77f2df been no mention of dbc02d8fce a marriage certificate. If there had been, 0122b3974c this talkative woman would cb665bf1c8 have boasted about it f86f063b25 already.282a03f9148a3b3d

Maybe he’s just sending 19181c8007 her off. Has Father mellowed with 62c3d55a1d age?39fadf3e6c4643a2

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“Good luck with 0eead7d59c that,” Yoonjo replied d89968f2be curtly, brushing past be962965c0 her without hiding 737f002dc3 his displeasure. Though the 3bef9e5b57 woman called d0812db628 out to a6b518fd95 him again, c99507abd4 he didn’t 7fb7c25e78 look back. Her flirtatious 754dddf5da gaze was 394e50fb0d repulsive.c6ce8226d9e7aef2

As Yoonjo entered 9b8ee4c75d the study, the 9d76449344 unease he had 90e409e706 been feeling crystallized. His father, 775098cac6 Jinseok, was 8b1e0d7fe0 sprawled in 6ee2d3eaa2 his usual 86deb35004 spot, but 5f309ad13f the sight f3a264ca58 was anything ee9de7e35a but normal. The proud, 435e324d5b arrogant man 0841fd6671 looked disheveled, f4c4a72225 his tie 1c71627da5 absent, his 0fef89b153 shirt wrinkled b580a573b2 and half-unbuttoned, ccc1ab8060 his hair 231f86b27c tousled, and 7fa8faad56 dark circles 7d698727a4 under his d1eb717e30 eyes. An almost 91821c111c empty bottle a8efdcf2e6 of whiskey 3dd2d66417 on the aef0830780 table suggested 19811c3578 he had 3ea0088d24 been drinking 89b4b9f125 for hours.9482135270d2942a

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“You’re here,” Jinseok dc9f71e9af greeted him, his 16ad9f60f2 hand holding a 6f5a825376 whiskey glass dangling 5e9f1e3c02 over the armrest.2adacf74297660d8

“What’s this about? I doubt you’re upset 3c2554b4c8 about sending your girlfriend 044d54349e abroad,” Yoonjo said, sitting a40fc0e99d down to his right.7c8cff6549de24aa

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“Ha.” Jinseok 3f9cb23312 let out 2a9c6cd106 a dry f94239151e chuckle, twisting 5d76679293 his lips e8082040d8 as if f22a2d296c amused by 53202b6d0b the absurdity 0bf3ab627c of Yoonjo’s 54ed702067 remark.e4873f4c8e979b31

“She’s causing 355b79e019 trouble, so 6e61691794 I’m just 259fbaf2b8 putting her 730bb15c4b aside for a14f292b1b now.”bf6dee474271d5fd

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I knew it.760dbe7e035894b4

Yoonjo had suspected there c5cfe812d3 was more to the 2f48db4d53 story. Jinseok was a db999e2b71 man who usually 18444cc4c9 discarded problems, not b82d32ea39 shelved them. The fact 1e26525a09 that he 843c48024b was handling db85b9ba4b this woman be531dd644 differently indicated bb07921131 she held 5fdf2d7c23 some significance.91e64f5fcbcfa7ae

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“She’s cunning. Watching her can be b417e0bd43 amusing when I’m bored,” ec0afeb6e2 Jinseok added, placing his 33f7c31061 glass on the table a5b29c7ee8 as he stood.b7a018c632fe5982

His broad, muscular frame 393ecf8acb became apparent as his 64f137d66d wrinkled shirt shifted.dd0e87d2be8d1d51

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“Get ready. It’s been a d015c104df while since we’ve 5afccf9aa8 gone all out.”5e766a29e4f69fbc

“You’ve been drinking. This isn’t the time f4942f8f4f for that,” Yoonjo protested.a4b170bc15953276

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“Then it’s 3f5efa9eca your chance,” e4b9b0a654 Jinseok replied 974996700d with a 07ee9d14d2 sly grin, fd182cc406 undoing his 8f81be1bcd shirt buttons.824d5103480c23a7

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In the b943f3f7b2 basement training 3ee92b3b17 room, the bbccfa7973 two men, 08da9df9c4 now dressed f2074ed713 in martial 3f3fac9870 arts uniforms, 2b5e09ebbb circled each 0f8a8dc117 other slowly, 781d84ecc1 eyes locked 4dbedf5b90 in an ae5b57002b unblinking stare. To blink 919ec7849f was to 3d496469cf show weakness, a29c9acf5a to reveal cac1c08f93 an opening 9c3ac335dc to the d2d2560481 opponent.fcb0235e6e6eb383

This was Yoonjo’s childhood 1b07fe74d6 routine—or, as Jinseok called 4749c71f1c it, training. Yoonjo had ec943e9c15 always dismissed 130daf513c it as 441b80c274 mere “fight f17f7f13cd practice.”4072d24096f9aa57

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Jinseok had insisted 2a6772c4e7 that a man 5246d723c6 needed both brains 32c0532bc7 and brawn but 5a3b67737b emphasized fists above 8885a0e4d3 all. Since childhood, 6fbc619def he had af9fe276c2 pushed Yoonjo 3b91011f24 into rigorous f8d5dc1cd8 physical training, 77eb1f0aa3 sometimes teaching 425d4cc6ca him personally. “A strong fist is 1677553075 what protects you and f1b07752e0 your family,” he would 033810a4d0 say. But Yoonjo had b203122772 learned the hard 3b5523926b way, when his 91b575a3c9 mother died, that 7fa645304f this belief wasn’t d1ab0c118d always true.ff142bdfec396fba

Regardless, Yoonjo 7490746e46 had endured 74e1aba7ee the training, 54de0c304f often nursing 998c4a44f7 injuries. In an environment b705a77cce with no one 60c3564c1e to intervene, he 2b4729d047 learned the only 0169b50640 way to lessen 3638de256d his pain was feab5f5e86 to improve his eb307d7d99 skills and avoid 2e949bb9b2 his father’s blows. Even with b04f186dfa his progress, 9c51ac742b however, he 1badd4862c had never 91f0ff4480 once beaten 1d4770369b Jinseok.8d5578da8e307760

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“What are you doing? Dozing off?” Jinseok e5fcb3f41a taunted, beckoning with d012929272 his fingers.1c2adb3bde966c7f

Yoonjo launched the e8c15f289f first attack, swinging c5b63b7d58 a punch. Jinseok swiftly intercepted 0b4c8513d2 it, trapping Yoonjo’s 70db8589b6 wrist between his a8a3c26b36 hands and twisting a91f952f8d it at a 5c223118e9 sharp angle.e813c2e86e7836b4

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“Ah!” Yoonjo gasped in 3bca2714cd pain, his body folding 4a462ddb5f instinctively. Jinseok wasted a993569e3e no time, 605d6f4532 slamming Yoonjo c034a98b7a to the 12ab329e5b ground with 438b192fd5 a calculated ac650034e9 shove of 07c6aa96a0 his back.70aa5dd8097c9389

“Ugh.” Yoonjo groaned but 0adafef93c glared at Jinseok through 618811a4c2 the pain.6a2ac38cc216989c

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“Too slow. That’s why your fb677d56d3 moves are so 010c1d5c6a predictable,” Jinseok sneered.1955d2eaed25d79a

Before Yoonjo 81221cb6f5 could recover, ff70ea0a7a Jinseok drove dfa42b2b63 a brutal a261628394 kick toward f93991e537 his chest.d54bf50db8145a34

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