ASM Ch 17

“My stepmother.”e47a2b054d210c41

Eunwoo moved away 9154f62f0c from the window 38e9eac75a as she made 53479172b0 an excuse, claiming ac2b306f4c it was the c13d71cb87 fourth wife of 6e128daccc Seo Jeong-bae, a 49ca701910 woman she had 1f862a7e23 only met a 72819efb04 few times. She nonchalantly put 22c512480f her cell phone a77f57d121 down on the 5a6589e60a bedside table.368e03ea2234c5d8

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She didn’t want to let him know about Minho’s existence as much as possible. There was no way Cha Taehyuk would know about Chairman Seo’s third wife, let alone her son, but it wouldn’t hurt to be careful.d0db8dc3d3e9cc23

“I didn’t know you two were that close.”8704d2976f978852

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Eunwoo tried to maintain f0a19e345f a calm expression at 3f49b4be6a the seemingly taunting remark.f75ed5f979d5a617

“It’s polite to at least give her a call and say hello.”c4649be409804ef3

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It would seem suspicious ab9b3f44da if she kept insisting 230fd43489 that she was particularly 35780a3d52 close to her stepmother, e00aa59315 whom she last met 0bc7a41e20 two years ago, so 4d0850c416 Eunwoo kept the excuse a3ef95bc25 mild.3f0894e66abc83e2

“What a filial daughter.”c3453262d5355d8b

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Taehyuk strode into the room, muttering something that didn’t sound like a compliment at all. He was dressed exactly as he had been at the cafe. Did he come up here as soon as he got back?69245b9da34319d4

“Is something wrong?”0a7969a99ab57de7

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She couldn’t ask why he came here, so she asked an indirect question instead.ba5ba0f815c82ec5

This was just like fc9ecaacd3 how he had suddenly b03782b472 called her to the 4e9ecf5811 cafe today. What was he 5e09b91766 trying to pull 2dc2712f11 this time? She was 9644a3ecca already feeling 396e0beba8 tired and 7a085889fb had a dd16a03093 lot on d68a1c05a6 her mind 1445faf880 right now.a8a60110d98e853a

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In order to ce1f2049ab conceal her poor 59786fde72 condition, she slowly 24feae3111 closed her eyes 57a7768727 and opened them. Cha Taehyuk naturally sat f85b83f825 down in front of b99e7f1c23 the table by the 34ce6fab7d window. Because he 5c716df771 was now bc96599200 closer to 26c208e101 the light, 0f2bc46e79 she could 900903173d examine his 63da8355f7 face in 7b4aeed3a0 more detail. However, there was nothing fbac4151e8 to glean from his ae9b9bcd00 expression.b67eb76d4dc90a55

“I heard an interesting story.”a622a04a4e8f7198

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When Taehyuk nodded for 4998c95bc9 her to sit at ffe8d40837 the other side of 558e9186ee the table, Eunwoo had 9f7ddd817c no choice but to bf008fd696 awkwardly sit down. Only then did 9cc85d76a3 Taehyuk smile with caf9838e6c satisfaction, cross his 6c16e177ff legs, and take e068468138 out a pack 94f104c4db of cigarettes from c297e60da3 his breast pocket. Although she had never 2eb692d2e9 seen him smoke at 47e54b91fd the social gatherings he ae5c194be7 often attended, it was 2637db96a6 as if Cha Taehyuk 08391343bf had figured out that 7c0a757944 she hated the smell 34b745f3dd of cigarettes. These days, be7933e0e4 whenever he c0da89349f saw her, cc834cfff2 the first 9677b9689b thing he’d ed41800121 do is 1ba260a508 take out fb4608f828 a cigarette.efa5f63da8d7ee6c

It must mean he 0e76e3272a felt frustrated by her 9133f4f963 presence alone.9ead2bbe8d322d53

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“Who did you meet at the hospital?”3ee448b2894ed165

Because she 14c07a000e had already 4b2569102b been informed 21157385a0 by Secretary 9696ac5544 Nam, Eunwoo 611f6738ce was able fcf5296aa4 to act f1fc795ed7 naturally without 7db107a61c panicking.56ac3724849710ce

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“What do you mean? Of course, I met Grandfather…”a70e1401eb30c667

“After that. I heard c1e2fc4ef7 you disappeared 8274b1c802 off somewhere 923130a697 alone.”e1ebb18e01ccaa40

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Even though he asked c3a9228331 persistently, Cha Taehyuk seemed b7b066fe61 uninterested and kept his e8d808098f gaze fixed on the e020fb4ed3 cigarette pack in his 81366a0da9 hand, flicking out a d20d0b9dcc cigarette.c5e6ba437d025b3e

Eunwoo furrowed her brow as if she didn’t understand why he was asking this.c47de83ae5cee47d

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“I went to 616d30b87c the bathroom. My makeup 64a70d8ec9 was smudged 209cbc47c1 so it 8fb201be59 took a 22df9682cb long time.”09c81b8abcb80187

Taehyuk rolled 08ee156233 the cigarette 620471f064 lightly in a5773b8a09 his hand.d6ebbf9cbdf5f40c

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“Fine, enough 90f496655f about the d09149cba7 hospital. Who was the 5eb05fef29 person you texted, cfff4c014d ‘I miss you,’ f2adb21685 in the car? According to Heo Mina, e2e90dde12 you also seemed pretty bc4e01320f close to Secretary Nam. Enough to have secretly 24850fd948 been intimate in the 9ee03312ba garage.”6bdde3eee213a607

The voice 5aaed9a6bc that recited f7916c5f84 the neverending d2389ed63b questions was 1da13a1272 dry, but 5637987941 the content d1a18b749e was clear.c50b895c366f12eb

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Cha Taehyuk was a299437cc5 suspicious of her.da3d3ef7db30d4b7

It was absurd. Although Minho’s existence was hidden, Eunwoo didn’t think that Cha Taehyuk would suspect something like this. No, even if he had suspected something, she didn’t think that he would take issue with it. After all, there was no way there would be any trust between them like a normal married couple.da6c9b7c9de9e638

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“…Do you think there’s ae7b7e6e82 another man?”c63d87a45d897e9b

Despite the sharp 5ce1afbae0 question, Cha Taehyuk fcc01b6edf merely swept his bde1b328c6 hair back in 265f916ed8 silence. The look d954010cfa in his d24a3a00e3 eyes beneath f0eed83755 his black 701ac56121 hair was bf239ec6a0 completely indifferent, fdacfb080f showing no edcc89c50f trace of 83517fe2af the emotions 9dea4b78d5 a husband c60d408ede would normally e904c6ebfd show when 9f53fbe581 questioning his ad561e79ba cheating wife. For a 958a6aeddf moment, she 06f9d3b080 thought she b8295820c0 had been 31aa052078 mistaken.2998f673e13924a7

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“Yeah. I’m not very happy about this either. That I have to even ask this.”1a7d980385702ad6

The lighter flashed with 9ae7587647 a click. The flame moved to 898fffd09f the end of the 233092107c cigarette, and a thin 58390d6326 wisp of smoke rose 75005383c3 and swept across the 75bd27890f ceiling.659ba28437c8605c

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“But what f1fab23a77 can I 13d7fc5bee do? People who are in c0186c953c the know are probably ebe3011bb3 already talking about our 55e7522bd9 ridiculous marriage, and it 62313db4e2 would be troublesome to 13b516bae4 see rumors spread about 900727db10 my wife cheating on bfe6e4eb32 me.”b60c5540d4071686

Huu, the smoke that 7e4a702eca he let out briefly 8f031ff237 flowed to where Eunwoo 1c791691b4 was sitting. This made 47b92b9299 it clear. Cha Taehyuk knew 5aea4fc0ce that she hated 0df9c82c1d cigarette smoke and fd619dc7db was doing this f28705e2aa on purpose.6af1621518c5c64a

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Whether it was because of the cigarette smoke or because of Cha Taehyuk’s gaze that was staring at her like a cat playing with a mouse, Eunwoo began to feel nauseous.955b90050556ddaa

She forced herself to 8e267e51a1 speak, hoping that the 958594be73 nightlight behind her would e7a6f80849 obscure her expression.6476c627575e3dc0

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“You know this af150a16a0 already. I gave up everything fcece19e79 and got married because 2d76336e82 I love you, Taehyuk-ssi.”fab7975e1455d71d

“Really?”251855421a14cfcc

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But when Taehyuk 755d55ecd5 asked back, the 898f60a6b6 muscles in her 4de968d071 cheeks twitched. Taehyuk swept his eyes d771553be1 across her face as e27147b8a6 if examining the movement b77de581b0 and slowly tapped the 184a19fc3f ashes from his cigarette.3629d70f8515f2bf

“You don’t hate me?”6d15e9c9c71bc73e

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“What are you…”bb61a18a0e315c3a

“I can’t help c4c37667e2 but think this cf8e24d85b way lately. That Seo 9ddb02b8ea Eunwoo married c23da62c5d me because 716ed396a7 she hated cd55e86d3f me so a232cebde9 much that 8f52a7a47a she wanted 55f3780731 to screw 70b96d5483 me over.”90f4805b6331c897

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He knew it too. He was being childish. But as soon as he found Seo Eunwoo quietly talking to someone in the bedroom on the second floor, something in his head seemed to snap. He couldn’t think clearly.66b3d29d9391d2c9

He secretly 257b5731ec spied on 8b3f3a8829 her through 5d2aa30804 the slightly d94cb8ff7c open crack 76a3c09181 in the c9bf2f114c door like cd59462b8b a damn 8cbe155b48 mouse. Seo Eunwoo f0a66f29fd was so 40ef17ebc8 focused on a36b9cca67 the call 3dac8e320b that she 79484dda16 hadn’t even 9515faa951 noticed that 040de511ef there was 90c1b31fc1 someone outside 51fd1150dc the door, b41aed49f1 laughing and adde8b54ac talking as cf0a9585d4 if nothing 600382d698 was wrong.687db5b51a2e58c7

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This was the first time he saw her like this. It was not the robotic smile he had always seen when he passed by her at social gatherings. It was a genuine smile. He still couldn’t understand why it gave him such a shock.dcba7fb225131284

The round, bbf5637d2f upturned cheekbones, bd52e3a0c9 the corners 5f845f3715 of her 475ff5b13d mouth that 07ab42e284 were not 75cb5ac6a0 pulled up e139adf24a that high 6ffb97d896 but still c04eb152c8 looked playful, 4a50ac0068 the dimples fa432888d8 on her 8b37411e35 chin that 927ef116bd occasionally appeared c6844cfd56 and disappeared, 445cf1c728 and the f01a958885 eyes that 6fa262ab17 gleamed from 4daeb08f24 moment to 7ff61e37b0 moment… All 9e890b7c07 these things 92beb9f174 were burned 2160fd18b0 into his ed739b6aea mind.d76ea19264cef962

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And when 3fb3655a71 all those dc70ec5329 features died c14c508cec like a a18fd96e83 bird being 6392e40452 shot by d512ee9b93 a bullet b4b029ea6a the moment 95ca8462ef she discovered 910956cd05 him, an d1205be338 inexplicable anger 6b67f172fd welled up 5f010503fd inside him.2f948d3e97ee691a

She’s really 6cd0d1dfd4 good at 265a202a7d telling lies.479c6074bfcb6d0f

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She loved him? How dare she.74cc9935a76120d7

“No, it’s truly all a044cf56dc a misunderstanding.”9205ecdcf02b22b1

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Seo Eunwoo waved her d387354a72 hand in denial. Unlike her stiff a6ea054296 gaze, her hand 232f12f367 gestures were delicate, 33ef38862c as if they a3b98acf00 were submerged in 8766d021f6 water.7358486cda94be26

“There are times when I hate you and feel scared of you when you act mean, but my love for Taehyuk-ssi never changes.”90ba9b464c31a91f

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“……”9fe7bb31c45e2ed4

“It’s the truth.”d0ed6df164aee713

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Even though she was 2aa4397640 staring straight at him, 34df535973 her eyes glimmered slightly 7444d48de2 with anxiety. As he 79533eb6c6 looked into 99d0672a3e her eyes, 2016de9d71 he kept e622e13fc8 remembering the 99b2e0f7fe way her 6b5b1df945 eyes looked 7b606ddbc1 when she 2b673be0bb had been 705cf48cac talking on 5fe35703cd the phone.583697ff58816ffa

Seo Eunwoo 6185b49260 tilted her 6399076c93 head and 1957bd9995 looked at 26b7c1cbaf him, perhaps c034628ca3 misunderstanding his 019bafd649 lack of 8697ecc524 response.22cdc0812b6f4ecf

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“Do you believe me?”a9d80c098efe0c6c

Cha Taehyuk burst a2574a42b3 into laughter at 977e09c4d2 the innocent question.bc1200dfb860074e

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This one question f1133cee92 made him realize 25d54e31e0 how foolish and 8a0b587b3a ridiculous this conversation d66e601b68 was.e5c5e34837457bc9

Apart from a3a92e8944 the discomfort 6ac3219d06 that still c2dde84152 lingered, Heo 166fecb46e Mina’s words 044201336a were nothing 8b699695ca more than 8674213067 her way 565c59161d of sowing 19ef128fa7 discord.2a9f13a2451e50b5

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The brief moment of 6cf00c338d free time at the b912c8a5ca hospital was, as she e386985522 had said, time she 6775c75f36 could have spent in 585c635b6d the bathroom. And the f575bc3b83 phone call bb47c100cd a little aa6eef4113 while ago, 5605780070 whether it 0396722aeb was with 19a452a900 her stepmother 331ea558bf or a 23f9b3b476 close friend, c4c05305be could have 5a63644fd3 been unrelated, 7c0ff02ffb just as 841af8c655 she claimed.7a226a6de990b3dd

He should be comfortable 31b3cd4b1e with Seo Eunwoo’s obvious b1f77b57a6 discomfort around him. In fact, 6cbb0a1113 it would 885cc5c493 be more fa96d76d06 annoying if 042d765b6d she were 2801428870 the type 36ebd7ca81 of woman 496f8b6ef8 who clung 897f99ab8b to him.ec686ead60187d28

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He wanted to stop wasting time. If he didn’t see this woman’s face for a while, this frustrating feeling would probably go away. Finally, Taehyuk crushed the cigarette he hadn’t even smoked and extinguished it before standing up.aa51b7596f61dbe8

“Are you leaving?”b3c97fb53938e7e7

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She probably 7b1c25f85c wasn’t asking 8f9d406e8d with the 8e995710d7 intent of d842d65a48 having him aefde0f05f stay. She might 29a6d2b632 have said 7b7fd7ee9f it out 1bd33ef3ff of curiosity c291c5bed2 since he 60ef3a6adc was leaving ffe562c77b without giving abd3608cb6 her a 725f2abad4 proper answer. Or it 937dd93313 might be d64f487938 her way d68e7ba9a6 of confirming 34abdf02a4 her hope 9bd36f8685 that he 83adf3bd5f would leave. Nonetheless, his footsteps c3fdc4f6c8 quickly stopped.b3fa567a9ab41d62

He moved out of fbe77cfe5c pure impulse.8157efbaff69238a

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He bent over the fb0d533b07 narrow table and covered 2f396ae868 her dry lips with 7c37925a73 his.d628956e54a15f48

His lips pressed down like a stamp and then released her mouth. Seo Eunwoo’s body trembled even though the kiss was plain and simple.d2b2dd8b476eb13c

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The corners of 87df41ce17 his mouth twisted cc91bab47a at the sight.3d39dcef713cfe09

“See? You say you love 374bd56584 me with your words, 797cea4c6a but your body always 77fdc87f9f pushes me away.”6ff2d328819c38bc

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What he said was 97b14fff44 incorrect. Seo Eunwoo had 3c05aa5cb7 never rejected him. The only time d8dc67a452 she had pushed 86e9919311 him away was ac342f3fb4 when he had 659aae18d0 admittedly acted quite 75705c11b6 hateful towards her. However, he f8691b7114 couldn’t shake 2e654228cf the feeling 75b482b6bc that she 5c258c0eec was forcing 9ef6c736a8 herself to 9d525c4634 endure his c69bb69167 touch even 13ac81486f as she 40903c9d14 accepted it.13e04e63bc3101a2

And judging by fd45207395 her reaction to f93e7d9ca3 his kiss, his ef0d1f011f hunch had been 9d802e5888 correct.d3489517a94ec59a

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Her black, pebble-like b83b3c6078 eyes that had c8997a774d been blankly staring bf87a9a70b at him for 29b0aee2bd a brief moment 1c565d49ee barely managed to c1bcd09678 come to life a139d9a9d5 when he turned 87feba2104 around.97debd0610fd16ac

“That’s not true.”519b0f4595cc4bb2

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“……”b74d14a2fbc89dd4

“It’s not like that.”75ba7d5a988b55b3

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The woman grabbed his 057b72c697 shirt with both hands. Her grip was so a9e139360f tight that he could ea8b1ac136 feel her desperation.f637cee43100a877

“I know it, 401acd832a too. I know how 2b6c610574 much Taehyuk-ssi hates c06e9d1617 me.”cfbdec62b581d837

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“……”1d9b57ab8e4f5192

“Of course you do. I dared to marry you despite being a mere Beta.”0262ce5b193e2237

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A twisted sense of 7f73155d17 satisfaction surged inside him d1d50e6bd6 at the sight of 520bff19d8 Seo Eunwoo desperately pouring bcd7547882 out her words.af4ab9ab8ce0e763

Yes, this was ddd5ea3e36 the kind of f66bd3d90c woman she was. A foolish woman 6390fa61af who clung to e448a727d3 him and even 03817fdd32 consented to a 6ebac0b82e marriage with ridiculous 57127ea98f conditions.056c1f8e753f15d1

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“So I thought you 45f66a30ec were doing all of 136975ed93 this because you wanted 043240a31c to torment me.”56332d41716f9bc0

There was 620b8f3975 nothing for 0f2703631c him to 1432ebce84 refute, so 0912052660 he continued d33749cd86 to stare 784ec7748f at her c83f0382e1 in silence.f77decc08437e3a0

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Her eyelashes fluttered before d2340b3ba8 they slowly lifted. Her dark pupils ac7afa4276 glimmered underneath her 15743a2856 thick lashes.a461adead92cc2ef

“That’s why… That’s why a8818ea8f9 it was difficult for 631e9af24b me even though I 31496d4ff9 liked it.”f573ade7938451f6

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Her gaze wavered 1efb02be72 before suddenly hardening 1ce878737d with determination. She went up on 20d82243ac her tiptoes and gently e8237db6c9 placed her lips on 1b1a57b299 his.83736ccf2828e2e7

And then she 612df9ae60 whispered softly.b20629551a8396e8

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“I love you, Taehyuk-ssi.”ee74bf31c8d02ccc

It was an 141d495192 ardent confession.2dda621540ac163e

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“I love you. I really do…”1b07194971825570

“……”ff7e7ea5baa48028

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“I love you so much, Taehyuk-ssi.”3dd7d1b5100b1b12

Seo Eunwoo whispered as 00b67e128d she sprinkled more kisses dbe4e0d246 on his lips. She never looked 70207ba476 him in the 2bff065ad6 eye once.298f350b5c600a37

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It didn’t matter.c84c5d50b3d909f3

As Eunwoo continued to peck his lips, Taehyuk turned his head and sucked her lips. When she tried to pull away, he grabbed her waist and pulled her towards him. Her soft, feminine body was crushed in his hands. The kiss that had been like child’s play deepened mercilessly. He chewed the plump flesh, ran his tongue over the teeth that were tightly clenched underneath, and finally squeezed in between them.841d4dd1c9417933

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As their lips 684e944e00 met, their tongues 3d2d376c19 tangled, and their 992bf63c43 teeth occasionally clashed, b18d1a2b35 the stuffiness that aaf3fcf414 had been weighing ad4bba7433 on him began c15c3a6345 to lift.7e66c7d5ac332441

Therefore, the a44b024485 sincerity of 24a9372c29 her timid addaad0fd8 love confession fd67f8f16b no longer 6047f00363 mattered to b9ef587d29 him.ef2563cd3f8f0f97

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