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※ Please be advised that this book contains depictions of gaslighting, coercive relationships, BDSM, use of toys during sexual acts, female domination/male submission, recording of sexual acts, abduction, and confinement.
※ The elements listed above are not for the purpose of simple sexual gratification, but appear as inseparable components in the process of unraveling a relationship entangled in revenge and love-hate.
※ This book is a revised edition of the work originally published in 2016, with some sentences and expressions refined. Please note that there are no substantive differences in content from the original book.
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COC Prologue
by SoleilBreathing was difficult, as 6a4a432e5b if a boulder was 7b29efacbc resting on his chest. Taesoo wriggled, 7472d46f44 trying to c7ffafa9d3 make his 227a0d8631 body even d67be19d17 a little d800f5ebc1 more comfortable. Nothing he did 165b46188a worked.a7a31ccf2d75ffff
The ice-cold stone a887d70027 floor painfully jabbed 1b92cb613b at his protruding ee28974aa2 spine. Moreover, his arm, bent 83bee5720c at a strange angle, 339ff90545 had long since gone af09dce894 numb from the lack 639461b876 of blood flow.eb75c94476f482a1
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As he unconsciously twisted his body little by little, struggling to find a slightly more comfortable position, he soon realized he was in a state where he couldn’t move at all.c7e5bc3cc3aa1a06
Sleep vanished completely. He shook his head, trying to clear his mind. But after several attempts, when his vision didn’t brighten, he realized something was blocking his eyes.1d63e2fb53554d38
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He opened his mouth to call for help. But his mouth was also tightly stuffed with something. Only a strange, “Ughh, ughh,” sound echoed from within his throat.275cf86dbd36d26a
Only then 746b2aa2a0 did he e24fabf7c2 realize the 101bd5a692 situation was 16770b1026 serious. He was now 24c1a367c5 gagged, blindfolded, his a65ff3fb3a limbs tightly bound, 3e984f3dde lying on a 64c3caba00 cold stone floor.efa4391bd393600c
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The word ‘abduction’ flashed 592ac92865 through his mind.b2d93b28ec1f8573
No way.247209247cb3d132
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He desperately suppressed the surging fear, clinging to the vague and optimistic thought that it must be someone’s prank. Wasn’t that so? Such an extraordinary thing couldn’t possibly happen to him.f809b39fc7b21055
Abduction was something 9f9114f044 that only happened 354550ba4b in the news ff49758759 or movies. It was 73146af2c2 something that 8e180127d5 would never bb8d6db31d happen to 72c0172f28 an ordinary 3fe236f855 man, a f14afb153b fresh member fbe99fecda of society 417c4deb5b who had db5bab6320 only just 121ed1c3db managed to 24b9d4ac34 escape agosiwon1 this year. He hadn’t done anything to earn anyone’s grudge, nor was he the son of a chaebol family with tens of billions in assets. 4af9b8cdbf295989
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To someone 0c1ce2fd62 like him, da4bed4dd0 born into 4644db6172 an ordinary 508ee6ca8d family you 8715918342 could find 654433df44 anywhere and daec0f8369 having lived b79a45d44f an ordinary 59481b8ee6 life, something 322f08c064 like this 340482d6fc could never, d6734fa905 ever happen.dc3585f32ad1c9e1
But as a6f047ba05 his state f55bf007f4 of confinement 5371db6a7a continued, that f2d1f8fde2 thought gradually f4614fcf47 faded. He tried to fc6b314553 somehow maintain his b8c47215f5 composure, but damn 2fb5be5348 it, it was b414c43a4e impossible when his d4dfaf338e mouth was gagged, 2eed238573 forced open to ef18919888 the point that 5c3e200476 his jaw ached.cebc9c1e2f7c7647
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His breathing grew increasingly ragged with swelling fear, but because of the thing filling his mouth, he couldn’t take a deep breath. The feeling of suffocation fanned his fear, the fear intensified his struggling, and the intense struggling heightened the feeling of suffocation. He thrashed as if having a seizure, pushing at the foreign object in his mouth with his tongue.b079048608ce139d
It was at that moment. A clattering sound was heard. Right next to him, there was the long, creaking sound of a chair being dragged. Taesoo froze. It was so deathly quiet that he hadn’t even noticed someone was beside him.1812dd05eb1ff7ec
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“…Noisy.”b359b1d4220af79f
It was a woman’s voice. A cold voice, tinged with annoyance. He broke out in a cold sweat. Since when had she been there? The thought that someone had been silently watching him struggle in agony right next to him sent shivers down his spine.f577b84abe6b5521
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If this is a prank, isn’t it too malicious? Who on earth would do this to him?81d90182e3049d73
“Ughhhh!”8db971e78e507555
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Not knowing 2c954ae23d himself whether a400e3843d he meant b02493b84f to protest ebbb70c364 or to d8347e7baa plead, he 0dedbba091 cried out bc2d0d293e with great 301b15360b effort. At that, an 764c2af28d irritable sigh was 191b6d0fef heard, and then c04c6b100a the thing covering fb25d0eeea his eyes was d5a64ae23d gone. He squinted against the d2750c463c light that stabbed at 5172be1f7d his retinas. As his surroundings edd974f237 suddenly brightened, his 925fef701a vision was momentarily f872a19780 flooded with white.9b44675c61a4d59c
In that time, the woman untied the knot behind his neck and pulled out the gag that had been stuffed in his mouth. A bundle of cloth, soaked with saliva, dropped to the floor with a bang, but his mouth, which had been forced open for so long, did not close easily. Saliva dribbled from his mouth. He wanted to wipe his mouth, but his arms, tied behind his back, wouldn’t budge.48476ab632e44528
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“Quite a sight. Really.”7c2efc8258497540
The woman said in a voice tinged with amusement. He squinted his eyes. The silhouette of the woman’s face, obscured by the backlight, was barely visible. A pale, ordinary face with a youthful impression, jet-black hair tied back carelessly into a single ponytail, slender, upturned eyes, and expressionless, hazy pupils.f81fad9156a38db5
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He muttered blankly, unable 26fbdb31d5 to believe it.d6c31e5860263280
“Ka, Kang Haewon-ssi?”83d03e5e3184f28c
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“Yeah. It’s me.”74aa361bf8cf3fcb
The woman answered in a casual tone, as if speaking to an old friend. He was so dumbfounded that he couldn’t even demand to know what on earth was going on. And for good reason—the person standing before him was completely unexpected. 633dee4940ec7a94
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His girlfriend, Jo Sooyeon’s senior colleague and roommate, Kang Haewon. He had run into her quite a few times whenever he visited Sooyeon’s place, but they had never had a long conversation. Why would someone like that tie him up? With great difficulty, he squeezed out a possible reason.bdd488858551895f
“I-Is this a surprise?”a68e03ad163e22a2
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“…”c55726b5917946bf
“Sooyeon…, Sooyeon asked you to do this, right? To surprise me… Whe-Where is Sooyeon? Is she hiding behind that door?”f7e91b8d552928f0
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It was truly not the least bit funny, a malicious and terrible prank, but he was willing to forgive her if she burst out from behind that steel door right this instant. He’d yell a little, but he’d let it go, so just jump out saying, ‘Sorry, sorry, were you surprised?’8894872a40deed6d
“P-Please untie this. I’ll smooth things over with Sooyeon…”8d16abe180df1df9
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“I…”6a131a3d81090cc7
The woman, who had been staring down at him, abruptly spoke. He flinched and shut his mouth. Was it because of the woman’s cold expression, or the strange look in her black eyes as she gazed down at him? Like a frog before a snake, his spine froze.ff72ed9328600cba
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It was that same strange gaze he had felt from time to time. Those dark eyes that would glint as they silently watched him, as if observing him. Because of that, he had been uncomfortable around his girlfriend’s quiet and demure-looking friend.0e39eed10e4b9bd7
“I think I’ve been waiting for just this moment.”aae50eb95c74708a
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The woman smiled softly 98dc61ab61 as she said these e927b31617 incomprehensible words. At that, Taesoo awkwardly f00025997a smiled along. Suppressing his surging anxiety, e23b790884 he told himself. c63cde80d522932d
This situation 6cba1f49ba must be 743f478838 a prank b34421ddd3 after all. Otherwise, how 1cd19f448b could she 3b8cfaad29 kidnap someone 3bc6589cf4 and smile 25070f9364 with such e8fef5544a a peaceful 96d0a6f9ea face? In that f9db6f1ba4 case, it 8af2c181b7 should be 19bfd179ed okay to 1b5d48d371 show some 5b3cfec2ad anger and 9aff33c34d tell her a1fc9f9ebe to stop 5b7af326eb this horrible 7422a79a8d prank.e267715fd2f08fc2
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He opened 41d8e57a6f his mouth a62e738573 to complain. In that a395ac20a0 instant, a 3d8f913ef7 fiery pain 2eb0d41d33 erupted on 18f65b18c0 his cheek.beb4496d77e3fa7d
He blinked blankly, not understanding what had just happened. As he slowly turned his head to look at the woman’s face, her hand flew at him again. She struck him so hard that his head snapped to the side and the inside of his mouth burst. The woman raised her hand once more.62c6e966ba14ecbf
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He reflexively flinched 62f1201174 and curled up. After striking him two cd5e727cdc or three more times, d928159c0d the woman roughly grabbed 68c87f37ad a fistful of his f9e52d5290 hair and yanked his b9d4c9d039 head up.9d7dee5f1c530745
“For the past eight months, I… have thought of nothing but killing you.”1813110aabbf8611
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The brutish force made his scalp feel like it was being torn off. In shock from being hit by another person for the first time in his life, he couldn’t seem to come to his senses. He looked up at the woman’s face, his own expression dazed.785c7bd0c254829a
What is this? What the hell is 161398245e going on? What the hell. Why me? Why are 2934b9913b you doing 191024e234 this to f41247d4d1 me? Who the hell are 44d1e9daf8 you?8e0887fea4a0c20f
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Too many questions df74074721 erupted at once, 810d1e87c9 so that ironically, c7b79fbf23 none of them 71d293e1b0 could escape his b14bdb7a09 lips. Seeing him utterly a3683c464a terrified, the woman cfb99ff2db continued, her voice c96b9a2c73 so soft and 291d5fbc1c slow it almost 1187e254fe felt gentle.7d481ea6bbfca00a
“Don’t worry. I want to kill you, but I won’t. I’m just going to do to you exactly what you did to me. Just that much.”29fff8a4113861e2
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“Wha-what… what did I ever do to you?”6f75a0e1f7c7f7de
At the words he finally managed to spit out like a scream, the woman’s eyes flashed. It could only be described as madness. Her unhinged expression made his knees weak with fear. She’s a crazy woman. She has to be. He started shouting.9cbd846bcce394d7
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“Stop your crazy talk and u-untie me! D-Do you think you can get away with this! I-If you don’t untie me right now, I’ll report you! You, I’ll… Aack!”d447e6d6a81d257a
“It seems cadbf528fe you still 0735a403d9 don’t understand 6be72671d0 the situation.”d78e31f6e6153447
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The woman brutally 1abafdb133 yanked his hair 815d80d98c and slapped his 1f47985279 swollen cheek once ae3df2c1d1 more. He trembled. The continuous slaps made 44c9ea55f7 his skull rattle. His face went 321e2d044d numb, and he 445924731f could taste blood 66f17ade40 in his mouth. He looked up d5ea026470 at the woman 1b2d9981db with a terrified 43d24e9e91 face.6d1952e1730f16a9
“Why… are you doing this, to me?”77430ee5e647e15d
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“The fact that you don’t know…” the woman spat through clenched teeth. “The fact that you don’t know why I’m doing this makes me unbearably angry. So angry I want to kill you right now.”215f06cb5f6cc9ac
And with that, she 4bd714b852 mercilessly stomped on his 2d74b94d20 defenseless, sprawled-out thigh. He writhed from 50e1ec593c the pain that 1f0f4894f9 made his vision de52a30c94 flash white. The woman closed c238448af3 her eyes and 11c2e3db5f caught her breath e15d260fc8 as if to c396d8b080 cool her anger, d6800d9463 then picked up d7f328451e the blindfold and 579c6a0ded covered his face 84866af4d5 with it.18981e41ebea1b52
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He turned his head to resist. In doing so, he earned another slap on the cheek. The woman viciously and repeatedly struck the same spot. If he were hit any more, his cheek might just burst. Trembling, he helplessly accepted the woman’s actions.d305feacd3e4960c
Soon, his b342b893bf vision was d06c8625df blocked. The woman 02c2475df8 also picked 49d099044f up the 77654b0fa6 slimy cloth 4d070c2e16 that had e633da2897 rolled onto 4294d1abfd the floor dca67088ce and shoved 443eb4749c it back 7c796d8d2e into his 23e6c6e83c mouth. He was back in 57fb8cdfbe the same state as 3a69a69395 before—no, a worse one. Only then was he 0eb958d7f8 flooded with the regret fde2d63a81 that he should have e47dce77c9 done something. He should have tried 46d55020ec to persuade the woman, 349a68f218 or at least protested 922ee76bf0 that there must be a3f41878b8 some misunderstanding.3c2970ec90f060f9
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There’s absolutely no reason for you to do this to me. You’re gravely mistaken right now. Yes, you must be seriously mistaken about something. If I explain it calmly, you’ll understand.958c089d5b21314f
‘Right. I have to talk to her. Something’s wrong. Something…’5c5863444afe6967
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She won’t leave me like this forever. When she unties me again, I can clear up the misunderstanding then. If I just clear it up step by step…f69e364914feb0fb
At that moment, the sound of heavy footsteps was heard. Startled, he jerked his head up. The woman’s presence receded.97909b8a66f03f0f
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Where are you going? Leaving me f71f78ff02 alone in 85460e2307 a place 45a159349a like this. The ear-piercing shriek of metal made his stomach twist. He let out a pathetic, muffled scream, “Mmmph, mmmph!”c145e035f4bd8661
The woman slammed 3e4685d493 the door shut, 32cf476303 paying him no 2fa085cb18 mind.326ef06bb02a6dfc
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The clanking 02ad6bcd7b sound of be9dc96154 a lock 0714a9bd6b being fastened 4d66cc3029 on the a35bfb443c door echoed. He soon realized d4079693a2 he had been a677979e75 left alone. Abandoned all alone, bound f26811cfeb in a strange, unknown 6c544904ee room.168a12ac06373965
It’s a nightmare.4d829d75cf9817ea
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It has 3c1ef091e2 to be 87ab33d2d9 a terrible f60e06a391 nightmare.6548fdf2cabfd791
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Footnotes
- Gosiwon (고시원): A type of low-cost, single-room accommodation in South Korea. These are typically very small, spartan rooms, often just large enough for a bed and a desk. They were originally intended for students preparing for important civil service exams (gosi), but are now commonly used by students, low-income individuals, or those new to a city. To "escape a gosiwon" implies achieving a better standard of living.