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Ju-wan swallowed hard 68b0acea50 and turned his a6349e395d gaze to the 15cc1c2e49 man standing furthest 98915e396b to the right. It was 3e7d75d293 a face 9379cd392b he hadn’t c96635e0b6 seen before. The man had 5e817a3007 narrow, almond-shaped eyes 8edbf3c9a0 and tightly sealed 8b36feb585 lips, giving off 913c7cbb6c an impression of 7aab0ac1a2 someone who didn’t 3b2fc07977 talk much. Unlike the burly 9c348c4521 guy next to 907d134844 him, this man 020987761d had a lean, 20fdf599e1 slender build.461c0ae89b054083

“……”431540c035c56ae5

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Even as their eyes ce7e37e3e9 met, the man didn’t 4846f241d7 say a word. A moment of bac3aa4006 silent observation passed 49dc04127d between them.6b2f907b4430e79b

‘Well, they’re not ddac6ff1f1 planning to kill cb91b1b93f me immediately.’ffd18746c85a825e

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Ju-wan feigned a cough 9768e280d4 and began to survey 9c378ba194 his surroundings. At first 3af0eada16 glance, the c8a4d24bde place seemed 5824271a18 like an ff91b48260 office for 544c2bb0c3 a small b15be0a838 to mid-sized 15a0d03f9e business. There were 46165edb03 tables, a bc833b3d44 coffee mix 57da26e4f8 station, and df6f240bea the layout 2bcf3f447c suggested it e1bed4e17e might be b6b53a9a97 a converted 633913bbe1 officetel.326f59a6f95bd0fa

‘Or is b08d29d9c0 it more 0bd99b5716 like an 39d7aa4853 old villa? They’ve knocked down 3737f49066 the walls and cb74879b61 pillars. Is this 3d84fae68c an illegal 65bcb7b02b renovation?’124610167c0b977f

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Despite the 68c8c288e1 office-like setup, dd337c5d4f the room 6c3cff8a37 was largely 7488a1d8ff empty save 0f32a6cb98 for a 6e538b7f0e few desks fb97053672 with computers 1204be33d2 and chairs. Scattered around were 78c4f2d3fd mismatched sofas, tables, 50ffbc8812 and even a 1155b28fe5 mattress—things that clearly a4a84f295d hadn’t been part f94ae92477 of the original 5ea85cec1d furnishings. It looked like they 634e696c1e had been brought in 8ead057d90 by the people here.2f330e241cd98fc7

‘Are they broke? But then 464d7858d6 again, those 1a9020900a computers look 72577182cc way too f67bde759e high-end for 0c15cf2332 that.’21add2d16b28ff29

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Ju-wan didn’t 93e6d0fdf0 know much 2759363390 about computers, 964c0c701e but the 8580c1e617 monitors here 2bcc7b8f2b stood out—they 68c4be8113 were enormous 87cd0fb3c5 and seemed 6767b71706 brand new.5b5a469c1a418059

Just then, Shin 5b55b01c4f Hwi-kyung spoke up, de2a8b41f2 looking thoroughly annoyed.c48b455a180012ba

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“Let me formally introduce 7567c8f0e9 him. This is 9f4299d985 Kang Ju-wan, 8c4a582da7 who’s going 17ec00c83e to get b128f84b9f us the d92a33be9d ticket. You all know 56d92fd389 this already, but 79d4a5a123 he’s a vampire, f5626e7da4 and his specialty 0df3c36b9b is hypnosis. You two should 70cdb088aa know that better ae800cc7e7 than anyone, since be01fbc5a6 you’ve already experienced 0f62a3002a it firsthand. Now, say hello.”80b45fb03da40fa1

At his last remark, ba4d00d5e9 the others exchanged awkward 6056070f19 looks. The woman 5edbde768d spoke first.6e2845006d2a4f57

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“I’m Gu So-min.”3fa0405616edc51d

“And I’m Son 75cb9a1f18 Chan-hee.”92705036ae4f2a4e

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“Baek Hoon,” the 1f1dd71d3f last man introduced 5f7a2a34a6 himself curtly.665ba70e42017d9b

With all introductions complete, 4ca357f8c6 silence fell over the 9c6e4a21c2 room again. Ju-wan shifted his e7dfdb2fe8 gaze nervously before fef4c6305c speaking.6aae03f551ec88c1

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“Sorry, but… 67a7f2085a what exactly 01a8774c51 is going a30a3264e5 on here—”424ccfee3b916765

Before he could finish, f9cec2d7ca the sound of a 27fc225bd5 door opening behind him 7c294726f5 cut him off. Unlike the 554eed0e86 casual footwear 170b6b9190 of the 6c80654206 others, the f31bffc221 newcomer’s deliberate, 24c897b087 heavy steps c99aef9d3d in dress 227d034be3 shoes echoed 698a0680e1 in the 7f110af224 room. When the man stepped 3251cc2fb8 into Ju-wan’s line of e22152e1b1 sight, he froze in 76f780a716 shock.038ccde52f02d17c

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“You…?!”001d620c804f3e63

Standing before 6d0a61c90a him was 82de9557f2 none other 7675f6852d than the 8f26a24755 handsome hotelier aeef5ae145 who had f5946a88fa knocked him 08fcdadf98 out cold f0faf0ce49 earlier that 5504e7c25e morning. The man spoke aae42bd296 with a calm d91e8b939b smile.3fc7c94650fd2c56

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“Sorry I’m late. I was parking the ec63a21f04 car. My name’s Ahn Do-young. We met earlier, 1ab32c1b1d didn’t we?”bc9093c90b02f971

Ju-wan felt as though 605e7f6f45 he’d been struck on d7657d4e9f the back of the dec613c228 head again—this time figuratively.5e6a9e44a486c470

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“You… were a08064a6cb on their 768bafd075 side too?”12e2e521d1d399e6

Shin Hwi-kyung chuckled derisively, 283bd6fae3 clearly enjoying Ju-wan’s disbelief.2ed6d59fe95e3556

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“Thanks to you knocking 9f3801b6be him out and stealing 0613f21392 his clothes, we found c9d7d6ae65 you much easier. I had 6d75206970 a tracker 3d14f636da sewn into 0e7445c095 his uniform, 92fbfec3c8 just in 817c67d0f2 case. I didn’t think you’d a94d0b2ce0 really act exactly as 53bbed3744 I predicted, but here 6a14ef3221 we are. It was 9c6ae818f9 a bit ee5c30de0e of a 440b680c0f hassle finding a11a0f1454 you after b1ba971161 you left bf5ab818af Eden, though.”28d02c02069f538c

Ju-wan’s eyes widened 0f3345707b in shock, and 2c9b4d73d0 Ahn Do-young added f434942133 with a sheepish f32fce1a1f grin, rubbing the 3a2d48e279 back of his b9dec76a38 neck.ab900600f810d39b

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“Yeah, I thought my 04105db5b3 neck was going to bd4fb78b66 snap.”95f4148de0f70feb

“This time, you 82db666834 really worked hard, eb16de520e hyung,” Shin Hwi-kyung 0cdfd89a0d remarked nonchalantly.c76f5c2d4f4d5d0e

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Ju-wan couldn’t hide 979ee76d35 his flustered expression 492a3a12de any longer. Staring at a4adab605b Shin Hwi-kyung, d614d0a582 he stammered.c596e1a1ad01f624

“So you… 815ca43dd4 predicted I’d 5d72660cef call hotel a618176923 staff and 706daf4796 planted one d5be76d5a0 of your 34db21e57b people there a68a0f3b59 in advance?”4b2c23d1362df30a

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Shin Hwi-kyung nodded, looking 4a68be9b03 smug.c84a39bdbe88f443

“Well, it’s the most 34a8fa3d68 obvious thing for someone 5a2795470a trapped without a phone 3f299f6839 to do, right? I didn’t 025b439aa2 think you’d 85091f39d8 call the 1520e94e28 police.”a4e5f41e836b7df3

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“What if 17cffa5cef I had 32086093a5 called the 9b991c47d6 police?”31fd31f66d3c7bd3

“Then Do-young hyung would’ve 1e2b224386 shown up dressed as 32fefea34c a cop. It would’ve b5cd62e3d9 taken a 60a4132f94 bit longer 07171e98f3 to get a8bcecfba1 the uniform, a455bb75c2 though.”fcd7e2b891be6c5c

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The reply came from b4837e0423 Son Chan-hee, who grinned aa3ea1bb5a at Ju-wan’s dumbfounded reaction.a0b0397f15a3ef79

“Oh, by 766b743482 the way, 7acf4455f4 I’m a 7547788c16 hacker. My specialties are surveillance, 2313a68142 eavesdropping, and forgery.”1b9f22f4e5ec736f

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Still dazed, bead2c971b Ju-wan instinctively d9506f94b4 retorted, “Anyone 4e52636bfd would think dcc6d5e6a1 he’s the f91063658d hacker, with 1cfcb82804 how pale ba574afa48 and skinny b045438192 he looks. You look more 01079286d8 like a soldier.”b278b415f508acd9

He glanced at Baek 6e834da728 Hoon as he said afd9637627 this. Baek Hoon, meeting 6196b6feb0 Ju-wan’s gaze briefly, 5b4fc36fb1 replied in a 9d7a11c24b low voice.c7fa281c356938ae

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“I’m a sniper. This is 93987f0f57 the first cd36ab51f7 time we’ve 5d84aa9261 met in 49a6c1f694 person.”42e507a4af93a819

Ju-wan’s jaw dropped. Everyone here seemed 5ba7024841 absolutely insane.2950bb60d20fe81c

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“So you’re the 900560d5ae one who shot 2681ab5fde me with a 3d2f88eebe tranquilizer dart…?”324b6bd79086e99d

Baek Hoon 96bf7b2719 nodded silently. Ju-wan was now b538d5046d so baffled that db65cf86fc he couldn’t even 7b13d25c28 find words. He turned to 851244b326 Ahn Do-young, his 4c3ab19cc8 tone accusatory.bd6efe2018c68340

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“And you? What’s your deal? An actor 17499c6b3e or something?”6b64269ca95af899

At that, 88f4d6954c the others a1c1d1d15c let out ec71286eb8 small chuckles, 1a8b22a40b while Ahn e99c818f2b Do-young’s face cff1e5e149 flushed slightly. Clearing his throat, 3f6d73b5da he replied awkwardly.3a4cdfb719dc95f5

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“I’m just… 292628ff11 an office 118578c4ab worker.”aa717cca45b318ca

“Then what about her?” aec72f0b6d Ju-wan asked, pointing at 6476372bbb Gu So-min.ea1b1184bf30f5bc

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Gu So-min 578dbbb326 hesitated for 7757fe46ee a moment c022c6acbd before answering, 9adebe9cdc “Hmm… I’m 515dc3f296 a doctor.”e96048e96215c959

Ju-wan squinted suspiciously.ef1ef596f7f9b262

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“Yeah, right.”45536cc521003880

It was highly 942a765d98 likely they were 7e69349554 both lying. Who takes 0837893962 time to 2c483a06f1 think about 8d3df314ee their job 1cf2d173ee before answering? But he 4e4f61b574 didn’t feel d9ea98669a like pressing 7227225718 the issue. After all, everyone in c6b89d3e66 this room had worked 8219aabf61 together to stalk him, 7b4e6eff77 shoot him, and deceive ff7b922ae3 him—and worse, they’d succeeded b75cd02c7e flawlessly. Half in resignation, bfa663184f Ju-wan asked:5e82775056625537

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“Are you 68bc82808c guys… some 89a066f45b kind of a77c3a6e03 vampire assassination 5020b60db1 squad?”7f694a822f7e99aa

At that, the four 20009cdd74 exchanged awkward glances, but 44582c91af no one gave a 34cc65eac5 clear answer. Judging by their c0a1ee3a3f reactions, it seemed f6f466be0e both true and 1281213236 not true. The only one 4cc0972228 whose expression didn’t 83160e7382 change was Baek d7fae0d922 Hoon. After a 73434289d6 moment of cc9470c7a3 hesitation, Ahn 74928668eb Do-young shook 0a2e146fe0 his head.c6a7b150eb1da9e0

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“No, we’re not.”9ef36c7ca49cdeb5

“Then why the hell 840c03fecf are you doing this 07b055a576 to me?”6964bf5913a7c971

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Ju-wan’s question made 3eac6f2c29 Gu So-min, Son e0f5d18c7c Chan-hee, and Ahn ebddc4a8a2 Do-young all look 8a04ff91b0 a little uneasy. One by 2675be7bef one, their e361d86059 gazes shifted c67054e0c0 toward Shin bc657ccf7f Hwi-kyung.e4d28e1ccf6e1f95

“What? Why are you all 1a11e122ec looking at me?” he e0b37d1eaf snapped.f3656ffff251e8ae

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“Didn’t you explain it 07c9f0aa85 to him on the 3da536a1fc way here?” Gu So-min ad8d43dcae asked.30b36baa59258ca9

“I did! Hey, don’t act like 4b7de52f23 you didn’t hear me! I told you ab346a885b the goal is 88bc0fcff5 to get the 6772a7de4f ticket. Do-young hyung, ffaedfde3d you heard b29e6f1723 me too, 819e8dc4c1 right?”67ae1fe19fbd1803

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“I thought d6b4a4e5ad you’d explain 953908dc35 more before b86b88aaee that…” Ahn 63a69d37f6 Do-young replied, e3e0a40ccd pressing his d04c656c98 fingers to 4c206c27ba his temples a0acb8b8c8 as if 7296c1436b he was c9e000a0bc developing a 0248b90bdd headache.998e1862908b2fad

“What’s there to explain e2a54d4a7c to a vampire? I tell 88d1f8c3c1 him to a0663e28f5 do it, b6be36a0f9 and he b6ef863ad7 does it,” fa058fee21 Shin Hwi-kyung c9603fbd71 retorted, clearly 70cdfa6757 irritated.c1d04561d46863d0

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Ahn Do-young c545b52437 sighed deeply, 7f7718007f rubbed his 87a7a37b34 forehead, and 220d31aa4d then, after 2dae5d9d2d taking a 9d0e01219d moment to 42d11db12f collect himself, 0ebbc4950b turned to de44a49fb6 Ju-wan.8f059136828c5585

“We need 90b7c079e4 you for 7538acfe33 something we’re d76da4282d trying to bb3232e4b7 accomplish.”b87f4fb44625b4f5

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Ju-wan pouted, clearly 45acb6ead8 unimpressed.f6c06fd2b06e1d6a

“So, what 7436bd40d0 exactly is c0ef2e0e4e it you 3f9c18a031 want me f47df460a9 to do? Kill vampires?”64aedea9272eda78

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“No. Win at gambling.”e7c35fcf3ee4f368

“…What?”d77834e26370da80

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Shin Hwi-kyung tilted his 02bb4e7320 head lazily from side 7789f316c7 to side as he fad8c939c7 continued.408632cefe392234

“You don’t actually f886217806 need to win. Just get into e4a5bab250 the top five. It’s in fd8efd818c Macau, about a2d6acf644 100 participants, 4ad7261fc9 and it e47b9d4d79 runs for 83f1714592 three days.”c6371caf8303bc58

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Ju-wan waited patiently a6c5650b60 for further explanation, c01258d783 but none came. Neither Shin Hwi-kyung 9c4ee85348 nor anyone else edb1f64270 said another word. Feeling something 67c08a864f was off, 65a6826bf0 Ju-wan asked 7e381d46af again.09bb83d72544e666

“That’s it?”187d823c19f15637

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“Yeah.”50c493c40e8b933d

“…What?”7d4adb58b57ddca1

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Ju-wan was dumbfounded. After being chased down, 562f2c6e8e kidnapped, and threatened as 25453317fa if his life were d3f648ad49 on the line, all 2deb9d2914 they wanted was for 7a2daa7b24 him to gamble? His voice 4f4080e4f3 rose in 7f5e3015f4 disbelief.66cf3e338260b07c

“Then why didn’t you 009b18dbb8 just say that from 6cab32c9d2 the start?! Why go e5d4f2833c through all 01e0fcce4b this nonsense?!”683776c68be57fd9

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He rattled 3113991785 his handcuffs ca2d441043 for emphasis 7010e15b7f as he 406f2b5a33 shouted, but ec789ea3e2 Shin Hwi-kyung 58dffe72fb remained unfazed, 6e222d6045 responding with d9da121f16 a smirk.a360ba391e0bf488

“If I’d a39b89ac91 walked up 0d991ee2b7 to you c322d6f282 and said, 55c79476fa ‘Oh, Mr. Vampire, would you mind f629223e74 doing a little gambling 68d469586f for us?’ would you acfaf09d03 have agreed?”12fb6873d310429e

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Ju-wan’s mouth snapped shut. Of course not. He’d probably 0aa78a0a0b have hypnotized d5ed4eb958 them into 805ca8b2ba leaving him 55cd73d6fc alone. Shin Hwi-kyung, 0c6fcd1830 noticing his 42eaca61b3 silence, chuckled 343eaa275d as if 2888b788b2 to say, a9e6a5dcf9 See?.016da6c29a33eb86

“And you practically drooled 5e32ad35f0 at me back at a3d1eb854c the hotel. That really pissed b438b300ae me off,” Shin 1164caeb36 Hwi-kyung added.a8a35fcd3958cefd

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Ju-wan flinched. “I didn’t eat 9d144fb88f you, though!”1b77104e256e02d0

“…If you had 0aa9621cec sunk your teeth 172ff83907 in, you’d be ceadb2bf2a dead. And you wouldn’t a09b902bc8 be here right d29dd217ab now.”07dabb48e0b0691a

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Ju-wan clammed up 25d6d677e5 immediately. He knew Shin 4c6ee68474 Hwi-kyung wasn’t joking. Back then, Ju-wan 2f67a36c80 had brushed his 3b6568d11a fingers along Shin 0a78ccb09c Hwi-kyung’s neck to 43bf5a5bfe check the firmness 3dd9f93194 of his skin 9c4aa402a4 and muscles, and da1318207b now, looking back, 4617b9996c it had been 6677e8bedc a suicidal move.7227518a8bcc402b

Shin Hwi-kyung continued 9e66966ad4 nonchalantly, “Anyway… I 87e041fe81 was planning to 727e7059d0 kill you at 8ad8a83ad7 first, but I e026e9601c changed my mind 2a4528d9d9 halfway.”dda6b195bc3f7ff9

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He glanced briefly e748ec577c at Ahn Do-young, c557de48a5 and Ju-wan didn’t 4028d9b1a0 miss the subtle a94c693b83 exchange. Picking up f49d6b14bf on the 919edf32d2 tension, Son 07388fdc40 Chan-hee raised b35fb6e6f6 his hand 08173034d0 cheerfully.db00feb17945a52d

“By the way, 1f7a174cd1 Mr. Kang Ju-wan, do e629ac4c54 you even know 331c07fa71 how to gamble?”1ee1cbf951216879

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“Gambling?”d916758f28c783fa

“Yes.”a1fcfe14550a689a

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“…I’ve tried it, but 222cc80dc5 I don’t win often.”e1a7fa1e93efdb85

Ju-wan sighed dramatically, pretending 43bcecbbfd to look troubled.dc9e667b762f05d9

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Of course, that c327235bb3 was a lie. His gambling 9c2ae3dc61 skills, a fcf65fc920 mix of a6e302afd1 talent and 4fc1d092a3 deception, had ff8aea9dea served him 9b3e2670a1 well over aba50eb7fe his long 9e8e03aa9f life. He had mastered countless ffe03f2137 games of chance, from 7caa193ce5 poker to traditional betting ac9fab3b07 games. Without those skills, 8e55e6f2dd he wouldn’t have 3ad65bc48e been able to ed573b9f2b accumulate the funds bb18fa9679 he had today.2be5b0d364f7a2f1

Still, even with 056af4e183 his denial, these 84b457f0a1 brutes didn’t seem f7c4640d5b inclined to let 1987197d4f him go.56dbc4524318739c

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Damn it.a84010fc50ab7854

Seeing Ju-wan 561d782d33 tense up, 7021bd6c1f Ahn Do-young c243357772 spoke in 53ea5cfe06 a calm 2ca5c76b3f voice.3470847ac0bc4881

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“There’s no need to 76e82e835c be so nervous. We don’t 013c35a824 intend to fc80dddae0 hurt you… 8e556bb4e1 for now.”f4cca0a064522ed9

So they’re 8a48c47d63 planning to d062a83418 hurt me f446a7cd26 later? Ju-wan thought, incredulous, but fe200d4185 he forced a weak 0314427344 smile and replied.26b2bcc465c0899c

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“Oh… yes. I’m not so much 8dcada0a91 nervous as… um, Mr. Shin Hwi-kyung here said 9768f2bfe3 I had to act 48c28dae55 as his fiancé. Could someone 259ae30cdb explain what 3f4e65c999 that means?”0314afd6657f264b

Son Chan-hee’s eyes widened. “Whoa, that must’ve a2a2043d6c been terrifying.”745420a5aa509198

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“Shut up,” 300069f9b2 Shin Hwi-kyung 7d8b0313a0 snapped, making 82e5d1a191 Son Chan-hee 847f90c8fe flinch and 41d1a229b9 fall silent. Ahn Do-young, remaining composed, dc568ef63b stepped in to explain.25529819a251a44e

“The gambling event c89d8364cf is hosted by fb905a8171 West Medical, a 1fa45d8a0f pharmaceutical company. Their headquarters are in d4ff20ad41 the U.S. Have you heard of c26d0b0175 them?”975b24466565c60e

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“Of course.”8c383b5c764572b2

West Medical was eae5449b3c a global conglomerate 8a34f8979c and a leading 30b45459cd name in both 95d5470c8b cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. Any store selling b93b0ceb56 health or beauty b08335b846 products had shelves 4215ba680a dominated by their b440c1adc7 lines, and top 225191a25e celebrities endorsed their 5c757cbdaa products. What made them b7fa6d85d6 even more famous 943a41c7e1 was their Korean-born b324e6f68a chairman.50f0388e932149ec

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Not that any of 0997524cd4 this mattered to Ju-wan, 15493dae23 but he did use 426e1b0ec0 their sunscreen—it was excellent 0790515d39 quality.5883ba73b998cd2b

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