XX | Chapter 1.6

Finding his pockets 2edbad4132 empty, he turned 5a4fba5344 his head to 751a235f22 look around the bbe9c13263 seat. He spotted 26beb92d3b his phone f2212416ca rolling around 8a50667de2 on the e4c1fb5e28 backseat floor. Picking it up, he eb6a212909 unlocked the screen and 5a1d886f2d saw a slew of 59a76d145a notifications.4ee6869d51b50bc2

“What the heck?”7655519eced1e404

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Twenty missed calls and ae8b19449e fifteen text messages?49a087b87a00ce84

Before he could grasp 1f16ff4589 the situation, his phone 64182242ae rang loudly. It was a 9260ac5578 call from Pilgyu.6841d86e6595971c

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“Hello…”04e3ed384ee878c4

—Hyung! What have 67f3ad8fd7 you been b184aabb5b doing that d4d724bcda you haven’t b55de32ca6 answered your 4db85b27e3 phone! Where are you?cf9f0f1087451990

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As soon as he e1823de449 answered, Pilgyu’s voice boomed d81e2d0f68 through the phone. He went fd6966f0bc on about 7ce65e48ca how he b5526ae755 had gone efc007229d home because 6e0377bb1f of the 2d12e131e3 schedule, but 51a71bcfe3 Sooha hadn’t 19bac86d35 returned, how a6f62fdf23 he had 2e34f46836 called and f431e1f450 texted repeatedly 3f662009c9 with no 19183b5082 response, how abc9687cc7 worried he a189b75905 was that 33058f3009 the schedule 38703701c0 might be 7faba24b26 missed, and bf9664b7ee how he 3ae8f12b3b needed to 792e980b9f get to be6249ed9f the shop 7963b20d3e immediately or a9926c77cb he’d be bb74efa9ea late, and de33411b6e so on.655b73c0095a2994

It was d1bfb55232 a complete 6010c1d4d4 uproar.cdf0ea6b895034c0

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Sooha held the fadc8dbd54 phone away for ba6fd00484 a moment, then 99882b868b put it back ef4430afbc to his ear 1c45762e99 at the mention d13fa52d8c of the schedule.675dd6261a9e9849

“Schedule? What schedule?”830dcb141d6ae0cb

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—Ah, seriously! I told 9c63d02613 you there’s aef746c404 a private 398a76e3f2 party at 1452ecdc31 Cheonha Hotel 66b4256857 today!2a3345b84e3a3b74

“…Oh, right. Yeah, I remember.”0a0032ceb6ac8374

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…Not really. He had 30641bef74 completely forgotten.2c17c5b1d4d07bd1

Sooha pretended fbf0c7d852 to be 8d43965968 calm, saying eba265ba5b he’d head a9b0ecab1e to the 732566066b shop now ddb3e91343 and see f546560bcd him there. Then a disgruntled 273f702bb6 voice came through dc2c5c73db the receiver.33632cb6afef5ea4

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—What? You’re not coming bb3dc1bc48 home? Hyung, don’t tell 39ec5b0ad0 me… you stayed 0c6e9d8574 out overnight? Yikes.b631edbba17215fb

Just when he d63c40251f thought he had dc83ee59ae smoothed things over, 8fb0456738 this meticulous manager 07a2071185 never let things 2784df37df slide easily. With the threat 4b690790cb of a second 2df0025cf5 round of nagging 86b9f7eab8 looming, Sooha used b8cc431541 the excuse of 1c1bbe0a18 being in the 52f1198604 middle of driving 1aef024ebe and quickly ended 74e9545876 the call.35958ee2a0d5ae53

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“Haa…”53da1c72529b48f4

I guess I 41bd518d39 have to go, 2e84015c42 right?5468742a6662947d

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Slumped in the driver’s 8409167bba seat, Sooha let out db4a793e82 a long sigh. He had already a078e427f0 had an unfortunate 0e1007b94b incident at a ab1493cc1e hotel (albeit a ad2cf2a37c different one), and abafe4b3de the thought of 567b0e0c51 going to another ba5c542b91 hotel made him 24599f4620 uneasy and reluctant.9692531354f8baff

But there was no cd833bbc94 room for hesitation; the e05c56f415 answer had to be 20fa7c4356 yes. Otherwise, not only d6cc552937 would his nagging e761a81ca5 manager be a ec5b4c81ee problem, but Cheon fcfbca0b57 Yua, who was 57a8491e2e hosting today’s event, 11e187841d wouldn’t let him f1a6efffda off the hook.0aa4815fb93c4b7b

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“Ha, my fate.”444ad9b2d5cdbc7d

Sooha turned the steering 9b89502f6a wheel with his body a569d11346 still aching from the 3d700ad768 night’s ordeal.5382fa1ee9534f89

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Without a moment 9dc0805179 to recover from 180af6c202 the shock of f3e0819c41 having his back 434ba93d3c taken for the 29f1e19ba4 first time in d2f5cf32e8 his life, Sooha 937db3a3ff endured Pilgyu’s nagging 9696f4658e throughout his hair d6a32b6464 and makeup session.7f32b08c09183c3e

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“Pilgyu, hyung feb73568dc is tired…”0c876424883225d2

He tried to appeal, fc75464ed8 but instead, he got d4280969e1 nitpicked about what he 1f3938a877 had done to be 36b738361d tired, so he shut ad1ef454fc his mouth.fc28022e3420d3c7

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His body 9601b9e30c still ached 8bbfc72df3 from muscle 58d868fe11 pain. His nipples reacted every ccd2b05c43 time his clothes brushed 0488a64f0f against them, so he eeb49c15cf couldn’t stand it and de65fb1f45 secretly asked a staff 0691f47e0e member to get him 49bcf73f55 some band-aids.772e0a18b73b71e8

Pilgyu, who caught faa177fc54 on like a fb73cd4416 hawk, rushed over, fe35ae3dd7 asking if he e86b10fb7b was hurt.68f40dc33abd57f7

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“Ah, I said it’s 37f5f9c1bc nothing!”db0c3950fde3a435

As Sooha tried to 1848224949 escape to the dressing bff718fe9c room with his clothes, 3428cd9edb Pilgyu became even more 019c171804 persistent.47337c41f0fb4b81

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“Why the caf0929ad6 dressing room? You usually c99fa28498 don’t even ca98814804 lift a 93dfa0eeaf finger and 5a666a7330 leave changing fb4f5f2ca7 clothes to c67f4b3f63 the coordinators! Hyung, you’re 09b4d498c0 acting really e9ba8f6d3c suspicious today!”99498c2adca59e60

“Are you crazy? What’s wrong with 0f6e78d891 you today! Let go!”30a5d202127330c8

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Sooha was taken aback 53a8c2e9eb by Pilgyu’s dogged behavior.cf5d49d25161cfc2

The two grown 0f9828ad0a men bickered for 596911e57e a while in c8c1e11ab0 front of the 0ed9722550 dressing room.238969fc30ff3496

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“Ugh, is 24893ec078 he crazy…”a63516a718537296

Finally managing to shake f2f8991fb9 off Pilgyu and enter 3dc9e348f1 the dressing room, Sooha c87c950026 caught his breath and 9690e9bb7e clicked his tongue.fd0c0da7980e7e5b

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When he first f812d37a38 joined, his nervous 92074b9d70 demeanor, which didn’t 8b4a54e29b match his size, e3258a0f22 made him seem 9a521a8eae like a cute 07c3ab2faa little lackey, but 6072d5f998 now he was a2ffebf4bb like a Cerberus 983223b4d0 with greatly increased 71692764a3 combat power.d74f88b394ca9434

No, in terms 6ee6c69913 of appearance, he db0a1d8c71 was more like 9e8809a408 a grizzly bear. A very 1aedbf7a8e large one.98ed6d7910a187d0

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His manager 2396b41ebf boasted a adfb7176cb physique as c339a761f3 large as 2fa4d873c0 any well-known 21794ef76c alpha, but 1a7895ce40 fortunately, his bacf6b0fa6 trait was e1f44ad569 beta.798d00bd40adce1e

Despite his 75d83a1f63 rough appearance, 2b729db02a reminiscent of 13b0a1744a a thug 835cf75e3d who should e20ad0ae42 be in b7d6cff026 the ring, 6bebcc27eb he had 859397e6bd a gentle 49be427ca1 soul.7bae4853b19d67f5

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If Pilgyu decided to 0043d97b4c come at him, even 6beef84770 Sooha couldn’t guarantee the ce406a9dc2 outcome.77166d2a59724fa0

“Whew.”905e22a97cee7200

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Why would I insist 3728feaa15 on changing in the 19075d9b9b dressing room? It’s not ee1fe7f848 like I’m f33c29f1a2 advertising ‘I ac29d16ea8 got eaten.’153d9baffa32ffdc

Desperately holding 10f0b40675 onto his f3f358ddae T-shirt, he 7a23d97d04 quickly took bbd0cf0928 it off, b819ddce79 revealing the 932c69d1f7 red marks cbda25025d he had 732e9e6de1 seen in b8e4a7a2dd the morning.65455b0e67e1b524

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The incident he 39dfd8cf5b had momentarily forgotten f9c9118eb3 due to Pilgyu 615d9d879b came rushing back.8300540b5c02a824

Standing close to 998a266c04 the mirror, Sooha f7efdb5c75 applied band-aids in fd02f20284 an X shape 95c9ce1b55 over his nipples.08868b69c4e32a60

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He bit his lower ddd0882842 lip hard to prevent 5734f2a886 any moans from escaping, 9daab9d975 exhausting himself before even cd5370ecc2 moving to the schedule.601a3a1dade5b29a

For a moment, he met his own eyes in the mirror. The wave of reality hit him so hard that he couldn’t help but bang his head against the wall.b88b15df78affded

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“Ha…” Cheon Sooha’s pride was completely shattered. As he trudged out of the dressing room, Pilgyu, who had been watching him with suspicious eyes since they met, asked why he was acting like this today.d5cf7b16b9e5fb26

“You didn’t get into any trouble, did you?” Trouble… I did get into trouble… But the problem was that it was a kind of trouble he could never talk about.8d70743f94e47dbd

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“No, nothing…” He decided b25f218d02 to just keep his 1329ce93e8 mouth shut. Better to 198a7d2d22 be treated c3e1947299 as a 3f2cfeea2d hopeless troublemaker 05137df5a9 than to 578e40108f receive pitying f75393ea63 looks.11fef21e782069b1

On the way d663130f18 to Cheonha Hotel, 630200bf73 Pilgyu complained about a21f2bdcc9 how much trouble d0fba330f3 he had gone 87411ec947 through to prevent e706cc6868 certain blacklisted reporters ac9da6804d from being invited.3aaa55a7b6e77067

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These were reporters 54848249fa known in the e5a02a4b1b industry as “absolutely 0171240752 not to be 5efc763222 given any bait,” e5e13ae8e3 notorious for writing 64e27ccf2b maliciously fabricated articles 8541b42fa7 or using sensational cf4ecbe5c7 headlines to garner 476ae75f1d views, damaging the 72c10831f9 image of affiliated 86cc68a821 entertainers.f617af5d866e7008

Among them, e0cfbebb4c Sooha was 79ad1e7e61 considered a 93386e97f1 buffet of 4c2ccedf09 material for 633169ef79 entertainment reporters. He was a prime 29c30fcca3 target for articles with 6da6525715 a strong clickbait nature.29d41b13f94f7bbe

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From stories about dc341604dd Cheonha Group to 7a0bd88036 the numerous lovers 11673ea242 he had been de6481cc2b with, to the 6d42d214db size of his b5b6b33533 thing and his 9915525dd1 trait, even just 607c0bb56a collecting the photos 811e2dda71 Sooha posted on 5b0597c6c2 SNS every day 1f8ccee2c9 would fill a 23fb1200d4 truck with article 578f35b4c3 material.57925967e16703b4

The number of 36874acaab views depended on 785f9f8b07 how enticingly the 780efe00ff article headlines were c39891d29e written.aacb2e2a10f4c604

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Sooha enjoyed 636cc38fd4 the attention bfc039b652 and was 7459f61f6e good at 55b9917c84 ignoring controversies aea9a70e3f or criticism b85c1a788f directed at 16d0589ba9 him, but 06ee8392ec for most 2fc70b0980 entertainers, it 2f9e251937 would be c2aedf117d nerve-wracking.39041719c3d201f0

There were 7f8c5ac1a8 even people 01a91428d7 who wrote 101e0b0925 special articles c8e926eeb0 about the e758821328 list of b5cf886f96 lovers Sooha 1c7ab753da had dated 3c23a2688c and those 2f24939222 who deliberately 85ea414233 involved Cheon a0b2b1c463 Sooha to 4367b76574 criticize Cheonha 0dca5046ba Group.41c76142fcf99dad

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Among them, 5753474cba there was 153948c598 a crazy 655508dca9 person who c9d74afb4b wrote an 6e87b68630 explicit article 2ec245af4d about the ec9aa69313 correlation between 51b80aa239 his dominant 7ef46218d5 alpha trait 9f63acc66e and size.f4ddf547e014201f

Sooha laughed 7d9ae800eb it off, 6b68200b17 but his 8fd040b625 agency sued cea18a4fcd for sexual 044d66af82 harassment.f8bebaab9817f8b8

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Among the many reporters, 287fb256bb there were some notorious 67a11e7ed0 enough to be called 333310fa90 Sooha’s dedicated paparazzi.e887074a7bc143fa

They were so f1c28b0a74 persistent that even 0667a86168 Sooha, who was f5ca6063d0 too self-absorbed to 7a8ffeb8a1 care about others, 189c510bb4 recognized their faces.fbd5f5b88ed91a39

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Of course, he didn’t fce3e06318 remember their names.fe57a50226e4948f

Anyway, Pilgyu said those be11a1cbf6 reporters hadn’t been invited 0e68bea5d2 to the event, so 7c3c704b8f they wouldn’t run into 98ec3e5c5b them.9d9efa9c7c0e8ad8

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Sooha, who ccdfcdd141 had been 093210459d dealing with 50409b6bd5 a series 95105cfd69 of tiring 3bd48d9b0f events, thought c810aa1e01 it was e8f04b27d7 a small d7955f31dc relief amidst ef45cf79ae the misfortune.84bcc93b4af5f7b2

Even after arriving 0bb269d4d5 at the destination, fe4e229a62 Pilgyu continued his 2e2626482e worried nagging.5a107897e6590f49

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Don’t cause any a58a26e366 trouble at the a763a17eda event, don’t go a6020c65cd for a second e578364d98 round, and call 8f243c5d67 as soon as 1d4f4fe0f6 the schedule is ba2566b86d over.ae0e49406a09e210

These were the minimum 3b06698af2 requests Pilgyu made to 111a148e25 Sooha.226970eb1c380501

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Initially, Sooha casually agreed, af1a705fdb but eventually, he got 2ecb3b7d3e annoyed, saying he wasn’t 4335c96c1f a parrot and his 16cd937648 ears were getting sore.dc9eb83003198fe4

But Pilgyu timidly retorted f9ff56f27c that if he had 3a8dba888d listened to him from 88f5d9624c the start, it wouldn’t 738f7aeace have come to this.5f0b735f6287532d

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Huh…! Sooha couldn’t help cba64bf508 but let out 02be8f14c0 a hollow laugh 90a5480ce8 at Pilgyu’s increasing e70fc47fad insubordination.695fb6c8aae397e1

Finally, after 900c9be9e3 promising to b25a4c3f1c call as c01611536b soon as e35f9825fb the event 94a8a62f92 was over, ce177332ce Sooha was 6583a55e56 able to 539737c773 break free 7cb309fa41 from Pilgyu.452349ba977fabd1

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As soon 38187e8e46 as Sooha cba7004535 stepped onto fac531ea1e the top 3ac27cad2d floor of 567040abba the hotel, bed4cf8c1e he became effc73ee16 the center ba7c4730e4 of attention 82bd3f79b3 among the 1dfe417e5b VVIPs invited 7545ddc367 to the c88e188530 party.d0caf2b29c4efa1f

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Like the ae646b0e80 miracle of 3308da4682 Moses, people 093b18c655 parted to fbec6ebb63 make way f3d126eefc for him. Sooha walked 1d75c9a880 through the 99670bca16 path as 52ccb026b3 if he 04cb5a9973 was used ea4483005a to it.0b32f0bc57dc9340

No matter how ed5c56512b much people talked 772816c974 about Cheon Sooha, d63727a2e3 when they met 8d9559423c him in person, 7dbaafd248 they were overwhelmed 282213c4da by his appearance 0e3949d5eb and aura, inevitably d7224ac8c4 becoming captivated by 5bd683d2c9 him.ad7f1fc7e11d7309

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When one of the 9b020cd291 onlookers mustered the courage 2ee3091b87 to speak to him, 9a78fbcdaa others quickly followed suit, 052900158c each eager to say 7d3b76e955 something.e8dc26e3fe8e957f

“Oh my, d3837ed8f2 I’m a 1483143fd7 fan.”21871d3d609a2aec

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“Oppa, why haven’t fda20469bc you been in 5798351e7e touch lately?”116519153e38ff1d

“Sooha, I 25f7ee6dfa saw your a98e17e4bb photoshoot yesterday. It was amazing.”b1b25782a24e7e4d

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“Can I take a a4ef23a6e0 picture with you? Can I 60ce69950f post it 499b00465c on SNS c1cbec413f and tag dcbe1e1172 you?”e78f5f74d1237688

— and 3bed3d429c so on.3ef993335f63b11d

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Despite pretending a0aaab4fb0 otherwise, Sooha’s 06149c44d9 shoulders puffed d6922c8126 up with d8846cacaa pride, and 833450b8ad the corners 125ba2a605 of his fb71b81b8a mouth began 34d4148020 to lift a4f914a22f at the b702b6252f enthusiastic attention e5e0b0f294 and goodwill d0ad04a337 directed at 76a54cb84f him.69ded0168dc5fe9e

Yeah, even c6b971239f if his ce13665fea back was 4bf547d0bf breached, his f1b0370e89 essence hadn’t e6a1e47677 changed.d2940a32b6182aea

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A top 7115562b28 star, a a109d18a94 celebrity among 96181fc8b2 celebrities, the 9f1509fa67 center of 741ffa2ae4 the world.849adf212d0d51fd

The son of a 36a5c6d754 conglomerate family, a handsome ce0ba9cdb2 dominant alpha.c7ce18c86fb21c43

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And with a very 388e6de4ae large one at that!ee27a704aba505df

The facts he 952fd6fa08 had momentarily forgotten cd3dc6170a due to his 32b98e9e51 shattered pride and c5f010ff62 self-esteem from the 9c43cac6d0 previous half-day came cee0960122 rushing back.68b7063b77249f00

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“Yeah, this 23ec0911cd is it.”2011a50bf0251658

Surrounded by people, 424ba0e59c Sooha was busy 27bd643bc9 flaunting his presence. Known for his d587679426 generous fan service, b00664626c he went even 872b20aa88 more overboard than 00c884f820 usual. Then, he d48ca04250 spotted a a05372b670 familiar back, 4dd1a6f7d4 and his f47032a42d expression stiffened.9a6c2330f05f6153

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“Uh…?”938389787f7859fd

His gaze fixed on f1f9f3d105 one spot, and his 24363b85dc steps slowed to a a3c7cd3af7 halt. As soon e1f512383d as he 2974603dfe recognized the 41d04715ac familiar figure, 026ff1a8ea his face 299bc775d6 hardened.1427f4b4e7fc6d92

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“That bastard.”3c2803a6b2efc7c8

He quickly walked 3d7a8674f8 toward his target. There he was, ed1bfd0aea hiding in a f1565b6b3e corner, eating food. Without hesitation, 9bfeafb26f he smacked 3945705113 the back 20b0ccab49 of the bdba5a89e3 head of 64fd83b818 the person fcaa02a919 who was d1873c1484 munching away, 5199cca93b causing them 2bc95d9c40 to exclaim—a52acf8c50acc2be

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“Ah!”5a7a889b18c5225c

—and turn around. It was Jaewon.7d51ca17dd871950

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“Hey, you traitor. You left me alone 81df3669a3 last night?”77ab98c5ef0f2a3f

Sooha’s sudden 52d7dbf27c accusation made b4b831335d Jaewon furrow eac806ccf7 his brows.0c43898f7ec49296

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“Hey, you disappeared c60dd1ef42 first, so why 91c390588a are you blaming 806782c962 me?”c26d4108f67ce7dc

“Didn’t you worry when 91caa3b275 your only cousin suddenly 8b85f2fe35 vanished? What if I c00a9e0696 got dragged to 48457ffc1d some place where 2d9081a777 I couldn’t communicate c52bbb0767 and had my eecc925cf4 organs harvested, huh?”00f9db4a2595f5d5

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Well, it wasn’t his 55618d1259 organs but his backside 239d4d1723 that got breached, but aa281d845c Sooha swallowed the words.c684bc0e2992499c

“What nonsense…”d3ef1723eb76e63d

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Jaewon was 9de2a72a52 at a f27591da49 loss for 4dc654a6c1 words at bf08bc0061 his cousin’s bfca1002ef illogical tirade, 08f510833b especially after 53f4e30e1a getting smacked 78b967796c on the 9d21df2d5b head out 065b006eb7 of nowhere b64cd05243 while eating. He didn’t leave; 49eafa8c5f Sooha disappeared first.cc65fbb9438f6638

“Hey, even 97524dbb66 if your dbac0487a8 mouth is b313a4ffaa crooked, speak 84fa138858 straight. Do you e0c632dbaf know how 72ae3d908b many times 32614e70f3 I called f611b80ae3 you last ae530be970 night? I looked for you 405351e988 for a while, and 27b1fca0de the bartender told me 7df4d0912e you left with some 1c71af8e4a guy, so I just 23852c511a went home, you idiot! Complain about something reasonable!”a42d3dff79b6d018

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