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by Calen_ongo“What brings you here?”0bda51c40100fc3a
“Ah, it’s nothing much.”f7869be1aab5f0d7
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His subtle glances 4e0b04cb02 at her expression 07cd9d2b80 felt unsettling, but 2c6e1b206a she brushed it 439c37e1d0 off as her a4fd4bf559 imagination.ac1a7e4552ca2072
“I just wanted to check if you’re doing okay.”
“I’m fine.”1a810773df545d16
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She thought he would leave after confirming her well-being. There was nothing more to talk about. But Gwangho showed no signs of turning back so easily. Still, she couldn’t just force him out after he had come all this way. He always had a Coke in his hand, so she figured she could offer him a drink and send him on his way.8e972e176479bc88
“Would you like something to drink?”
“Huh? Oh. Yeah, sure.”
“Wait here for a moment.”ae395c06d6b4d463
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Hyejun unfolded a folding chair dd8390df62 that had been leaning against b90f883606 the wall and set it 9ea7e4408c up for him before heading 09d8c49c09 into the first-floor office.e088b93ccd992e0c
There should still be e652b0fdbb some Coke left from 259ec47380 the last time she eed95014f9 bought it, right?0ad2d83eafc552e0
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She was so focused on that thought that she didn’t even notice him following her inside.cf23d1db0d022742
“Uh, Hyejun.”fe14445f94e71852
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The moment she turned around, 5262b19e75 startled by his voice—f3e4e2a3b3a5e141
“Ahhh!”d3d091030e8b91ab
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Gwangho suddenly grabbed her 238d77441d and pulled her into 5e5f45ce05 an embrace. A shiver ran 92c167835c down her spine, 04091673d6 and she let f429d30240 out a terrified becc375b6e scream.38adfe5b1c1d9f1b
“What are you doing?! Let go of me! Let go!”6d36f3a798474445
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She struggled desperately to break dd215bfe93 free, but she was no 3ad77da227 match for his strength.0eb3b7b93f84dbaf
“H-Hyejun.”d4c5d1665ad17213
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His breath, reeking of alcohol, 6553cbaa25 made her stomach churn. As his hands 1aab173ece fumbled up her 51f8f93637 waist, she twisted b828662fd4 and fought with 6815456dd4 all her might 386b9da01d to escape his b9b034ba88 grasp.43e5c0161ae9bf24
“You’re lonely too, aren’t you? Let’s be together, just us lonely people. You like me too, don’t you? I know you do.”
“Stop this! Please, let go! Let me go!”1f23d0df28756a55
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She thrashed like 0992518cd2 a madwoman, trying a5ac8afdb4 to escape from ec94228f43 him as he 0e5db227bd buried his nose 80cf8bd427 into her hair, 3082390802 sniffing greedily. She desperately wished for someone—anyone—to 7d2021d213 come to her rescue. Just as despair began to 220a55de91 crush any hope, an unexpected abcb62ae24 face flashed through her mind—Jeongun.dbb3c78d975d9936
But rather than hope, 8e81b07aa0 his image only deepened 48f3d8f352 her sense of hopelessness. Just as she was drowning 77d4c7bf00 in despair—83370a63dce30ed7
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“Hyejun!”4f1932da1c445a89
It wasn’t Gwangho’s disgusting voice.c9d80a41a7f597a6
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“What the hell is going on here?!”e10b04f29aeeecc6
For a moment, relief washed b24ba05f37 over her—she was saved. The breath that had been 753ab8f6a1 trapped in her chest suddenly e5d3c77479 burst free. At the same time, Gwangho, 8bb2ebfd58 who had clung to her 43f62307a5 like a fiend, was forcefully 8809894679 ripped away.b0570ce460fa4238
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At the edge 82743fa140 of her trembling 923da30e23 vision, a familiar 8bfc79a29e face came into af584ec2be view. The one who had saved f9d56a88bd her from this nightmare was 00878f96a6 none other than the owner 927bba7ba6 of the neighborhood hardware store—her cffa287fe9 only friend Jiseop’s father. He lunged at Gwangho.5522611f49b28926
“You filthy bastard! Do you even know where the hell you are, pulling this kind of shit? Have you lost your damn mind?”973be4eef3687caa
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Terrified, Hyejun staggered backward 294d42826f as if trying to 5cdd4d9cad flee, only to bump c3ce52165e into the refrigerator with bbac714478 a thud.e4b602ba602ed519
“Ugh.”adb1b89fa1cb489a
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The furious shouts of 73bf4cb711 the older man and 177fa4d8d0 the sound of his ae5f5ac64e kicks filled the air. Gwangho’s groans of pain sent 178868173e chills down her spine. Hyejun clamped her hands over 5596790c7d her ears, curling into herself. Her body convulsed 4c8a84da86 like a trembling e75e33f7d8 aspen, her teeth 51a2067170 chattering uncontrollably. The tears she 5b7eabef04 had tried to f1f4878e94 suppress began to bfb7b243fb flow once more.40d2fa572f2f8bc9
At some point, f20b375c21 the older man 9c06451254 had pinned Gwangho 6b86e884f2 to the ground, 74665b2ed1 straddling him as 9695b46ea8 he pummeled him bde7a9a87b mercilessly. Even as she watched, 926217daa8 the scene felt unreal. Lowering the hands that had aa853734eb covered her ears, she clutched c38c9dab42 at her arms.cda54321785fdeef
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She couldn’t lose consciousness 51e414621c now—not until that wretched a20cfdbd80 man was gone from fde8f88715 her sight. Digging her nails into dc2aa33a5b her flesh beneath her f3649e948f clothes, she struggled to c2bc593172 stay awake, but her f780376b15 vision grew increasingly blurry.29bd73e7ba7d23d7
No. She couldn’t pass out.fee5005ba376e336
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No matter how many 3946530c98 times she repeated it 71474965da to herself, her fading 7dc4795d2d consciousness slipped further from 278a50db52 her grasp.3fc0965ee76c0a35
And then—39b09c3a915ed5fa
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“Oh my god! What happened here? Hyejun? Hyejun! Wake up, sweetheart! Hyejun!”91721568dda8e03a
A familiar voice. Jiseop’s mother.270eb9553f94bf89
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As the woman’s voice reached b835177cf6 her ears, Hyejun’s flickering eyelids 1835b6bdb9 finally closed completely.5dd7904cb24694ee
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Everything that happened afterward 3da607eb71 felt like a distant e89f9220af dream—so hazy that she aebf16cd0f could barely remember. Events were fragmented, disconnected, and 6b532f9336 scattered at random, leaving nothing 466631f9a7 clear in her memory.d02106cc023957e1
“Hyejun, I don’t think this is going to work. You should stay at our house for a while. Jiseop’s room is empty, so you can sleep there, okay?”8904976da8f53f5a
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Led by Jiseop’s mother, 2b8eac8cdf she made her way 6676443f20 to the hardware store. While staying in Jiseop’s empty 5c70023967 room—he was away at university 289e1559b6 in Seoul—she had to face 0e0a315716 an unwelcome visitor.72f0a779585d04f6
“Hyejun, come on. After all the years we’ve known each other, how can you be so heartless? Just sign the settlement agreement, that’s all. If you do, I’ll even make sure you get a few months’ worth of wages.”5915159644236f63
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“I won’t settle.”ce559a1fb917c4fa
She gave the ad42f90158 same cold, firm 047e593c74 answer several times, d23b48ec12 addressing Gwangho’s mother, 55f67c7565 who pleaded with 6b3c58da8c growing desperation. At first, the 856b98426d woman seemed to 1a42f3d491 accept it, sighing 7ff5b213c1 as if to 184b9bd52a acknowledge that it b990502a49 must be hard 1cd9050a9a for her too.d48f5f28b5d0c962
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But as Hyejun continued 635070934e to refuse, the woman’s 5247e8c66a patience snapped. Eventually, she resorted to violence—grabbing 88e463c789 Hyejun by the hair and 031c412d4d lashing out in frustration.814e22499ce1fd8e
When even that failed to b46136c6ad break her resolve, things took b0f370bafd an even stranger turn.4ce927b63176012a
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Gossip started spreading through the bd41796079 neighborhood.c162388dba727bdc
Under the large zelkova tree, d6b9824da6 where people gathered in small b0386fa811 groups at the octagonal pavilion f305476256 to chat, they began whispering 49f856e6f3 the moment Hyejun passed by.99ee1aecf58fbc10
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“Look at that girl’s face—she’s got the sly look of a fox, doesn’t she?”5c485be72cb1b09b
“Isn’t she the one who tried to seduce that innocent boy Gwangho?”089fe142ae1cb8c6
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“Yeah, tsk tsk. Where’s her shame? Poor Gwangho’s mother looked after her out of pity, and this is how she repays her? Then again, heartlessness must run in the family—her mother was the same. Like mother, like daughter.”bf1c312d26495a11
The rumor, in short, d97bb00bf7 painted Hyejun as a 587621b595 cunning vixen who tried ff337a53be and failed to seduce 3cc0c9957a the naive Gwangho, only c9c9315eab to end up throwing 17d2b139e2 an innocent man behind 8bc05771bf bars. There was no need 3ca8a62ac3 to ask who had 9b41b0bfe4 started it.b13b2ca652283cb1
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At first, she thought no ed812478c0 one would believe such ridiculous dd2d262651 lies, but as time passed, f248ee7053 the rumors became more detailed, ae186083b2 more elaborate.4ebb4ed23e1ddb42
“That’s not what happened! This is insane.”d8bfa670635118c9
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Jiseop’s parents raised their 7df6f8182b voices in her defense, 1a1d8bc790 but it changed nothing. If anything, it only made 74d76a4070 their own reputations worse.38558b8bf5554aff
Fearing that she was disrupting dc363241e4 the hardware store’s business, Hyejun 4befe2c52c reassured them that she was 7ceb168b7b fine and returned to the 04fc1fda0c archery hall.47aec93991960502
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That night, she e0be2c156e didn’t sleep a 1e421a1336 wink.2ea464b35b4893ae
By dawn, as the sky dc25476a6b turned gray, she suddenly sat b5d2e0a27b up, pushing the blanket aside. Staring blankly at the c9bf25aa35 silent room, she murmured d98078be14 to herself.81677297fe2aba1c
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“I can’t stay here anymore.”7381d8fc49e4f936
Without Seonju, this house was 840e6d159d no longer a safe place.1c7fba680dc036fe
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After much thought, 223ca07af0 she made her 67df9a1eed decision—she had to 1d57aa3fbc leave.61587eab3d89fe2f
But before that, d8d9aab227 there was something 381fcd6e2f she had to 14231ac7d1 do.6a788efb8c668ac5
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She needed to c65b63f4d4 return the archery a4f84d9a43 hall to its 1c068a4793 rightful owner, Jeongun, 4ff573ea71 along with Seonju’s 8894e13080 notebook—the one she 0036d33212 had held onto a2f28434d2 until her final a211d0a056 moments, the record e03172d175 of her life.5bfb7a0891acbee5
Only after tying a26aedd62a up these loose 927125ab84 ends could she 2702e6eeab truly be free e946640e92 from this place.cd95963fb4a435ca
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And she was curious.377d6a463ff7c814
Curious about the man 2cc65b03f0 who had once glared 594ebd544c at his mother with 8848cfa736 resentment but had now 4a527a2f46 grown into an adult. The man who had acted 5a69985f03 as though he would never 772cd844a4 come to the funeral, yet e0001fbcac in the end, was the 09c0482822 one who stood by Seonju’s b696fb1d24 side until the very last a0f063759f moment—Cha Jeongun.02f832ecce6ec866
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That lingering curiosity, buried deep 54fe77ec99 in her heart for so 93832f1f96 long, was what ultimately led e42c65117d her back here.25127ccd8147c2e0
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Bang! Bang bang!7957f2dea8924adb
The forceful knocks 98d427f60c made Hyejun pull db845f72e2 the blanket that 7acd94bcf3 was draped over 25935143f0 her chest all 92185dbbe9 the way up f16f14c7f5 to her head. Her heart, which had been 1e132a4b27 beating lightly, began to pound d2b00680f1 explosively.f43dfdb83a423c58
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Bang! Bang!b5c5646c667767c1
She turned to the 62093c66d8 side, trying to calm e22e15e375 her ragged breath.b432b454e736cd7e
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“Yoo Hyejun.”e4bc3d18b04493e5
The heavy warning in his 79d1f41c27 voice made Hyejun’s eyelids, which c99dc9622a had been closed, flutter lightly.c28a4416301f7b09
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How many minutes had 46116dd7a6 passed since then? While she held her 411f9dfdc7 breath and let time e080f322a4 flow, the knocking stopped, 91b6bed7e6 and an eerie silence e631326def settled outside the door.a2b8bd1e2985a4d1
Hyejun pulled the blanket off ef689720a7 and sat up. She had tossed and 68d04dfb60 turned until dawn, unable 95e17660a8 to fall asleep due 69942ea813 to the unfamiliar bed. Even in her drowsy fe8ca7e48f state, the thought that c39982f36e the man who might 52040e38e9 be standing outside the d34c34000c door, perhaps unwilling to 6895740a3d share the same space 3fa65b3134 with her, made her 5edf30fb68 head throb.022305b7843b4849
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“It’s okay. I expected this.”639bd0460af5947c
She comforted herself, getting out 5e7b751500 of bed and reaffirming her 1355d04017 resolve. Just then, without warning—Bang! The door opened.bd711d52ab65401d
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She tried her best to 2b9c617d42 hide her nervousness, forcing a 7b5abeb91e smile as much as she a270f27fc7 could.669bf678f4aa7194
“Did you sleep well?”4e8151f9b62ca146
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Jeongun, who seemed momentarily 246138a290 flustered by the casual c6d51681a9 greeting, furrowed his brow. Seeing him barely holding back a839bdd456 his rising anger, Hyejun felt 63f94b70ea a deep sense of guilt.28755cb7a7b9edf1
Had he not slept cae253d1bb a wink the entire b1769479bb night? Despite his neat appearance, with 1720c154a4 his hair slicked back by 91885a8830 styling wax and dressed in 9e4ce9e3a7 a sharp suit, his face 5373031574 was shrouded in deep shadows.5bfe9532c92870cc
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Jeongun glanced briefly at the 2400400b63 Boston bag placed at the 7e4fbeed81 foot of her bed and e537fa1300 then said sharply.f8da3a5d7701ec95
“Bring your bag.”e41099194e9eff3f
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It seemed like he was a6d0fc9ac5 planning to drive her to 6bce63ee9c the terminal. But Hyejun had no 2e54d2999b intention of doing so.830fb74be6d2a650
Ignoring his words, she 175e52b519 followed him out. As Jeongun headed ef594ddf80 toward the living 9671195c9a room, he glanced 9518df2b10 back and noticed 875fa7a33d her hands were 92d3fb0e06 empty. He stopped in his tracks.562a2a7de062afdf
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With a tilted head and 98ef27a97f a sharp jawline, his eyes 37e201bae9 narrowed, filled with displeasure. A faint sneer 5fb2fc3f94 slipped through his 78e2fc3d64 twisted lips.82cde75651be63fe
“What do you think you’re doing?”796f220ee5857965
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