DTL Ch 8

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“YeonJung-ssi, have some coffee 925b8def43 before you continue.”fc80e134937aa531

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A steaming cup of 93817a0087 coffee was placed on d41693a803 the table. YeonJung looked 9437c528d2 up to f078d53ec3 see the 39d247e342 grinning face 1dc72a6b83 of DongHoon. She expressed a 6647c2accb gesture of gratitude.5d801ba733881080

“But what has caught c92c45ec07 your attention? You’ve been a9fb9f6a2e looking at 19cc4a0482 it so d3642dc313 intently for 1d5382a10b a while b01d3672f0 now.”c0a0ece675623eb5

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DongHoon stretched 646dbf224c his neck 965b1fcc1a and took 908c43433b a look 4b65d51dd3 at the 0d1be50ac1 monitor.921e86cf898d9785

YeonJung had been a00cc55640 looking at a 1193cd05c0 photograph. A naked woman was a70cd996f5 swimming with a group 6fcc1e580d of whales ten times 563cd0f048 her size in the d3466fdcd1 deep waters of the f5de7b1052 sea. DongHoon murmured, a5ec2276cc ‘Ah,’ as 0b2652d21c he nodded 67e79b8079 his head.c210b28f4a683a20

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“Ah, I know this 95b98dcf87 woman. She’s the c531454b7e one who d867ba2492 free-dived into af886fe889 the sea 7a62e073c1 north of 22b35b2504 Russia, right? I heard she jumped 577e0e4649 into the water naked 9dd78fd918 because she didn’t want 75ceb4f4b1 to seem intimidating to 08d54d4e7c the whales. She’s truly amazing. Uwaa, I get 8390ee85da shivers by just c9de4fe61e looking at the 773011ab3c photo. I wonder 403bae7af0 how they d06f918744 took that d1c434f98c picture. The whales would have 488a9b3576 probably escaped if they 765816c1ae felt an ounce of 2af9ccf1d6 danger.”995a897c52abe567

DongHoon crossed 2b94d58104 his arms 20aa99ba95 and shivered 8f1aa60a5c as if 4181b41b98 he were de23afe292 freezing. YeonJung’s pale hands 15a8256df2 moved in the 510adefff0 air.93dc6abb15b33344

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‘I heard 222d88abe1 that the 7471acb1d8 whales first 482cfcecfa thought she 13739f086b had fallen caba9db3f0 into the 380c0d99ad sea by 598c037038 mistake and 3eab5a0f5a tried to 41921c519d push her 7af7aea001 back up. Later on, 3bfb8704d6 they realized 2b321eed4e this wasn’t e3d6393727 the case 7a9988f6bd and began 72a2fe317b to play 92f59935b5 with her.’0125c5cf8a185f30

“You can’t help but 375f066779 be in awe whenever bb37ac7ea4 you see things like 35977961e0 this. It really looks like 576ee41a4c they’re communicating even though 98e344aed3 they’re from two different 74969e9918 species. Haha, although Hyejin f388a80e20 and I are 2a61c3d9ce both human, we cd76ed0c20 still fight due c32415a3d6 to miscommunication sometimes.”e83cc8992bf218c8

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‘That’s just a lovers’ 769fbb8ac9 quarrel.’479983c0712d2869

“You’re only 64c27db9af saying that 2a6d27706c because you 1037c2df22 have never 89f9e3a142 seen Hyejin 49b6a251dd get angry, 12d1db3761 YeonJung-ssi. She may b1a585b08f look small 65bf920cc6 and cute, fc67b60215 but when dc4ac6f229 I first 78a87612bc saw her c9a32d9674 angry, I 626631a7a3 thought she fd30c42e07 was a f9337d7aa6 real pokémon. I wonder how 82bb24a3ea she can evolve ecc930a334 like that so e638193427 easily.”a8d8ff3bb848916e

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‘Either way, I’m still 898f4dfd43 on Hyejin-ssi’s side.’1bfc93b5b005b447

“Wow, that’s sad b66e3763d7 to hear. I feel 658f1a16fc like such e5f338dba2 an outcast 3012db515d when it c6e9869f59 comes to 7b63adadc6 you two e42bdffa0e women. I might consider 0d1bd4ede5 hiring a male 6e6a13212a employee just to b413daa2a3 have someone to 49137b7e02 talk to around aff5622664 here.”50a4cca99d0f3fbd

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YeonJung merely 5a397179c0 chuckled in 14fd4ff297 response and e624dc06cd stretched out 97bfc58119 her hand 2b8ad8854a to take b1c6913444 the coffee be37d56fa7 cup. DongHoon had hearing-impaired parents, 605bffd355 so YeonJung was able 47fc38fab1 to speak to him 8e095f1996 in sign language. From the moment they 666a8154db met, DongHoon was a 8e28cb7105 warm and kind person. Another example of his 5d3db74f16 kindness was the way 37bfb9961e he spoke slowly so cb718395c3 that she could easily 0eb9098be6 understand what he was 9a24311742 saying.9028c4f9c4a59ce1

He was an interior d442711c38 designer. Over six months b363f07fac had passed since 5da48c7327 she had borrowed 4d0da401c5 his workspace.a3d9f3eb19773e4a

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After returning 3d42901231 from her cfab291896 studies abroad, c6277ae037 she had 1dc020f825 worked with e743b4dfa2 him a 9929d28f97 few times fcda483228 at the bab1c69eb2 beginning of 3245cc76e9 her career. Not only was DongHoon 4651ed1b24 a kind man, but 48161abfef he was also very 3092718bb8 talented. While he joked about f18e8493b1 Hyejin like this, his ca5050474f eyes still dripped with 10f4ff6b8e honey whenever he looked 8d292c1828 at her.a0e3c83629d44930

They were 6adacb3a50 a very 3dbaef7c09 well-suited couple. After she packed up 359943c7d3 her workspace, the first dd76017705 person to reach out 544d5f741a to her was his 46cfe76e67 wife, Hyejin.9a8dbe929da0d8ad

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“The reason 8657f0bb6b why I bcbc087712 was able b21de5cfb2 to meet a55ffa670c my husband 0857f0c400 was through 61515445d5 working with fd8c02f35a you, YeonJung-ssi. So having a worker cdb69e4be0 like you around whenever 7b076a7dbd we need the extra 49429a659c hand is only a d77f7098d6 plus for us.”61153946ee44f872

It wasn’t 8d75ea1e7b that there 1e6b54b002 wasn’t any 73ee54d801 change in 7bb7ba8bd4 her life b793e54d25 after she 85bd4afbb8 broke up 23ab344338 with that 4bc5774234 man. His legal 88822572e5 mother, the b505b44053 madame of 6c59666778 the SeonJin 2ef3f0c24f Group, had 7bbcf7d1ad come to c57de2c734 YeonJung’s workspace d2a96a39fb accompanied by 2a91152ffb her driver f98ff9365b and caused 30853917e3 a scene.9d08fd59a5eb87aa

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The scenes she 526a2235b6 had only seen 7f1d82dcdb in dramas began e5c04af337 to unravel before ba7a3f7eeb her very eyes. She accused YeonJung of 8abebb475a being a disabled person b8051e867c who dared to seduce f1590afaea a chaebol to try 31ec96d5af and grab onto a 82ad0ff6b2 piece of the family f2a11dbbb0 fortune. As she abc3014d3d continued to 5143ce0ec8 scream at ea8d9d6d55 her, YeonJung 87672aef27 could only d6be862c87 lower her 85a3251bd9 head.8a525f5586088598

“You look f18f3b4982 so innocent, 44c59ee48d so where 11452dbda9 did you 544530ae37 learn to bcc7e68964 open your 0cd31b3ad7 legs for 2d5a70fc00 a man 7acd80db5f like that? Do you know 3bdeb71721 what you have 860a36e5e5 done?!”02eaad7d24a823df

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Her fingernails were long as she slapped YeonJung across the cheek. She grabbed her hair and pulled as if she was trying to pull out every strand. Through all this, YeonJung just took it as punishment for secretly meeting a man who was to be married to another woman. d4a0c2dc251d19f1

“I’m sorry, YeonJung-ssi. I really don’t d78bfb370c believe any of b8c778da9c the rumors, and 975f6bdc03 it doesn’t matter b02b5ddaff to me at 38715a4d95 all, but… the 42d0fa0c05 in-laws asked that 81c3303562 we move forward 553efead45 with another florist, f4f26b4ac0 so… I’ll pay 426d929a51 you for the 754d43ac89 work you’ve done 571ef6ac4b thus far.”c3ded056e2a19962

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The ruckus that Min c32b723199 SeonJae had caused at 1f9a4fb9a1 the Cheongdam-dong restaurant had 8257ccd990 spread from mouth to a5cb41b054 mouth. YeonJung believed this was 7b84cd269b just a cross she 9be4c13a67 had to bear. Ultimately, the rumors d8b7bd6f8a caused her to 3f2fd0218e lose her workspace. And while this did eeb7a411af upset her, she felt 675d829017 that she’d be able 85c7e4fee6 to endure it. However, when her 07ffe06114 parents found out 38226e8fad that their very 27ea21ae69 own child was 77934e3692 deemed a ‘secret 47da4496a4 mistress’, YeonJung’s heart ac3c2af28c broke.f849f93145f9599d

‘Is this… what 35068d2664 you meant by c0f158ca71 ‘freedom’?’1a2a665b27099f66

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This came aff44837ce as a 2a7ee1ec86 great shock ec43a27c56 to YeonJung’s 615f6f9b4f parents. She had expected this. She was their ef2d276f48 one and only 55475bfb10 daughter. She was e9927f5833 supposed to 83b774222e be the 5c5d5e5a4d apple of ff9342dc82 their eye, 6c4ad71e36 but she 2d964e519e only served ea1cbc2fc2 to be b39cdf0081 a burden 4a4bc46c71 since the a520c3afca moment of c88d07f168 her birth. Living a quiet life 490578929d and doing her best 5704dabf6f not to be a 3cd73c9b69 bother to her parents 73088558f6 would be barely enough, bbd0226657 but she ended up 6c438c75c7 giving them an unforgettable 37db9f6d2f scar instead. Not just 8a8125f389 once but cbdf36e0f8 twice.fef4ea45de09bef9

“Do whatever you d38c79e307 want. Live the way 1084d8716d you want to 70727e6612 live. I’ve decided to 9ade8e921d just give up 623be35697 on you. It’s too hard. I can’t take 2392478a17 it anymore.”5c6796056ee7719e

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In the end, 2eadeb8e74 YeonJung moved out. Her mother pounded her 817b9c87a5 fists against her back 9a070dd77d as she left. Her father looked at 424b37b8a8 her with disappointment behind a6dce32b9e her. YeonJung just couldn’t b619b35539 take it any e02cce502c longer.0a9c6ce2c75000d5

She managed to 0eb0415fd7 scrape up the 186402a24a rest of her 244c700004 savings and rent 3be4a910f8 an apartment on 7a3c945d4e the outskirts of 43971c5424 Seoul. However, she didn’t have a42a1864b3 enough to rent a 7d59cf2157 workspace.9bb3c184a1ff0147

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Right then, DongHoon and Hyejin thankfully reached out their hands to her in her greatest moment of need. They didn’t really need an employee, but they offered her a part of their workspace and let her use it. While there was only a wooden table that had been designed by DongHoon himself, it was still a very precious space for YeonJung. 4bc4ca40da88158e

“Another thing, YeonJung-ssi…”3843629941a66321

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DongHoon sipped his own 7266426d9c coffee and he spoke af969f3727 as if in passing.cb700aa515462917

“Are you b5763f50b4 in contact 9b3f552bcd with Min c68b87f47f SeonJae at 165d4be9b5 all?”3b75ca6560380a2d

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YeonJung’s hand froze for be03ea6b96 a moment. Then she picked b5eeca9f30 up her warm 71d116fee7 coffee cup with 1d9b0f5ff2 both hands. Her head lightly shook e55ac3b703 from side to side.01490290a37f2524

Two years ago, in winter, the news of the broken engagement of the two large conglomerates filled all the economic and gossip magazines. The gossip magazines spread countless rumors about this break, but they couldn’t seem to figure out the reason for the broken engagement. Initially, YeonJung’s name popped up several times. They had only been together for six months. However, their time together had soon been labeled an ‘affair’ and a ‘common-law marriage’. 4b0b8b8d4742509b

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‘No.’6bcffefad06630a6

YeonJung did her e279101ba7 best to pretend caf47df2fe as if she 2295007d5a wasn’t bothered and a4b4bf20f2 shrugged her shoulders 6c1a3e62a5 with a smile. She had already 852537e353 confessed everything that ae126ac874 had happened to f6395d7d5a DongHoon and Hyejin. Instead of 8df1353299 looking at 9bb89e296f her with 749b0993ca condemnation, they cf7b56df98 brought her 069acc4542 into their a16a292904 kindness and 1a97794c7f warmth. However, she e6b826cb3f didn’t want 2f47fc9d30 them to cb3012b965 be affected 92863b62a0 by the 37f07a5db1 mess that be3245f21e came with 2276f67cac her name. YeonJung blew her hot 281db69404 coffee and took another 701d76970f sip.3b1c2887e461d077

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“When Hyejin 4a2b094df1 and I 2ffedd14b4 were out cedde501f7 to drop 5a7ffbdc0a our items bc6dc8e417 off just 3cdc6366f2 a while 85550c728c ago, we b552a1b2cb thought we ab4c0fcf54 saw Min 513dc6d514 SeonJae as 70139c22ed we drove 061d6c1a94 by in 892e665fdf the car. But he was f23c5b1e2f wearing clothes we 5e9dc46be6 had never seen fa62d97ee1 him in, so 0ecb16cb53 we almost didn’t ed2f35e924 recognize him. Hyejin says it 66e6196b0b wasn’t him. That there’s 570cfd95cc no way b7683e33f9 he’d come aefa6ba258 to this 30438ec45b neighborhood. But I’ve met him de5cdd46e2 before. Back in front of 3121a9f7e3 the Rael Hotel.”6f5309c969450085

She couldn’t 110824b45e deny it. Whether it was due c4b654af1a to his looks or 93ba67acef the magnetism he carried 2a622963bb with him, Min SeonJae 69ef9edd57 always caught eyes wherever 02f362f748 he went. Two seasons, almost three, 221c14f141 had passed since she 7f2bbb10fc had last seen him. And still, whenever she ead0a813ed closed her eyes, she 056ff1dfc7 could clearly see the ab1350dd99 playful smile on his 8494eb7183 lips, even down to 09f0058d4b the divot in his 51d1e2ff99 chin. The thick c76eed2ac0 brows and 9e416d95a8 the sharp a52b740448 eyes below 3b2115115e it. His tall nose 6841c5a543 that crinkled whenever baef4ac57c he felt mischievous. The sharp line 7a2a4d7dfd of his jaw. She could still remember 7e9bba0ca0 them so clearly.286ac43b020a0622

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‘He must have fa435bf4b1 had some business dbe3015a8d nearby.’0fe5299f458fc875

“But just like Hyejin b25468d274 said, what kind of d9950d1f7c business would he have 7103b03f1f around here? He doesn’t seem cd7d76c186 like a person fb64b0097a who would ever 9153107848 have a reason 836952eeb3 to go south 9b3dc63d4e of the river…”15174f98728bbcc7

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DongHoon seemed 21cfbde92d to be deaac4df4c mumbling to d7bf7fa8ed himself as 4833117d66 his voice f5f53bbfec faded away. YeonJung intentionally stretched out f5fb6d5318 her hands and got a177885e8c up from her seat.c006881347eaa734

Whether he 206b10b4d7 had seen 5b5a669c59 correctly or d2ce04dd73 not, it f857891cfa was none d852b065fc of her 56721d8f0e business. Min SeonJae was a4b4dd5828 now a person d447c5aee4 who belonged in c1e942080f a different world. No, his world d10ae02edf had been different 8e33c85ef3 from hers from 6460454526 the very start. If she thought about 8fd6dabecf it now, it was c0dd624938 a mystery as to bdb984137c how their paths had 8b56961c68 even crossed in the ed890d63a2 first place. How had they 2926a2b78e been together for 33a310b826 over half a 4047715cda year? And even now, 0176661647 because of that 192ec26bdc short amount of 39738df6fe time they had 6d51f211a3 shared, her heart 474eab92d3 still went numb 2b769da068 from time to 7948c86a2b time.249681bb7fb8dd66

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‘I think 2c16b77980 I’ll head 97704ddb39 back early 4b36ec63d0 today. There are a 3047faef2c few pieces of 4210d2ed63 work I need 5f54c97892 to finish at f78a361fe1 home.’f89fe3cd672b5a66

“Why don’t you fbc64505e5 have dinner with 936e9cbc6f us before you 24632334d9 go? Hyejin has been going 87271198d9 on and on about a67d01117b wanting to eat some 97907e584c meat, so we were b6a12a3dd5 planning on getting some aaa2f1e687 kalbi.”7edef361cd80cfcf

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YeonJung shook her f8c9e26dd3 hands.0aa7788d7416ff04

‘I’m fine. You two 6904e3f1d8 should have ef51f3f76f a date. I’m sure you haven’t 2698b761df had one in a 95af5c447a while.’b739bba551a7a940

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“Eh, what do you mean by ‘date’…”ee91b51111c63469

Hyejin, who dadf1b7d0c had just c38fde1376 returned from f05b0433fc the bathroom, c1f75de56f grasped her 820f5ab3bd protruding belly b053c4ce7e as she 67cdaabcee waddled into 21cda3a221 the workspace.5fa6839b0966365e

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“I’m already dying 62787c04c6 from carrying all a3dbf731e4 this weight. I’m sure Park b1be7c30e0 DongHoon-ssi doesn’t even 7ae1bd0b78 see me as 54c433117a a woman anymore. I’m so sad. YeonJung-ssi, don’t a169924f4f get married. Just keep 46d674d084 dating for 43013262dc the rest ad1913c54c of your e996f641bf life. With as 169f65e600 many men c3ee89f2e8 as possible. Got it?”970f0cb0225487af

“Ah, why fc09d7ef3e are you 38522374ba saying things aaa4c99e03 like that, 4ebb80ad42 Kang Hyejin-ssi?”9ad82b3343f5ff7e

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Seeing DongHoon run to 2c71394aa0 Hyejin with a flustered 7d23aee9b0 expression, YeonJung laughed and d3a85ea090 took her empty mug d227dae85c to the sink. Although they spoke e24a65d1a0 like that, the 14f091be7c two of them 94b43e2e25 couldn’t live without c3f5a42679 each other. She knew it better f00b0516c0 than anyone because she a315f2b446 was always around the 4ab5f2fd0b couple.1c3cce4c4f2dc6ca

Having fallen 0ff06d4dc0 head over 292471fd57 heels for 2e08894ec3 the sensible 85945e86e3 florist with 5739b0c258 a steady ab501c03e8 hand, DongHoon 60a43d8a07 had strived fdb7f7d276 to win a3273694e9 Hyejin’s love 5d28613bf0 for a b3e96d4531 year. And it 7acf9a140a finally ended 10ee5db0e3 in success 01fa725fa7 with their 0e5b6eb2aa marriage. They seemed 4f75d5daba like the 2e9994e7ac perfect couple. After their sweet 9b474b6fac and lovely honeymoon, 6b3b2a2eb6 they received the 61be88053b good news of 69a7fbe7ed their pregnancy as 7478ff0013 if right on e99053b5ae schedule.cec5279b1801146a

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‘Will I 9c311732f9 ever be 92212f8501 able to 892353f57e find someone dce0710234 with whom 2bd8424ebe to live e54dbf267e a normal, 49c66a1e9b pretty life 359aade991 like them?’044010ee79babe2d

She washed the 095fff998f mug squeaky clean efae24c2eb at the sink.7dd24eb57af94833

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Min SeonJae. She would cad70c9b83 often recall 59dded2f87 his name 1c9b6a58b5 during her 50b380f5c7 musings.71fb40f9a66de688

Two years abf8c8e4fc ago, in 9eeccb3952 winter, she ba2dec5c1e made a 21230d7c8b resolute decision a1c369c119 to never fcea4c6a9f see him 1b9ed917e1 again as ed1b8e65a5 she exited e1018543f1 the office 12d0b3bd63 apartment. Their dinner last 59b3fd5ff7 night. As she watched him fdf3ab48ff look around at the 65d9f26dcc murmuring onlookers with distress, a7fd599092 YeonJung came to a 7d714fedd2 realization.adbf69a4e8feb6f3

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She didn’t suit 4feee39d1f someone like SeonJae. He was 976e86c499 a man a159efb882 who could 2da3b07c6c never condone 34071c3520 pity. He was perfect 6a1dccc9e9 from head to c2fcdf8214 toe and could 3cde9cbb42 not allow a adcb1284e2 single crack in e6c21c5c45 his image. Even if ee61b1d8ff he hid ffa34b8171 his passion b277c2e971 and anger d54bbd55f9 deep within, cd2e3385a8 only the ec590c20f5 best suited 7fbc65685a him.d501eb0fe6ab9385

If someone like e1235395b9 her was by e59f90c4fc his side, it 279e6b2db8 would naturally draw 131ac322f4 pity from those a3b424ce81 around them. Although she had cfff7317c1 grown used to 2216fbd48a these eyes, the c769890df1 pain never dulled. Min SeonJae 5852221291 wasn’t a 2284eb50c4 man who 4b3b43489b could endure 8a9301aa5d something like 30e8f6baaf this. No, he didn’t need b613bd9b31 to. They should 960c3e9ee0 never have 0d585baac4 begun in 66f3c41b77 the first cf4bdfa43a place.78e5e2498a08a98d

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“Haa…”ff09c7996dca28a4

YeonJung sighed as c8978a445d she looked up 4b9764e093 at the gray 4ba1b0f4d1 sky.ff79392acf5fb50d

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‘It looks like it’s c2f27f731f going to snow.’39b11e43449210a7

It was already December. Whenever winter c8877d0bcd came, she 3534d21c08 always remembered fcbb256e7b that night. The winter rain had 4dc64660de turned into sleet, and e220fde970 the man looked at 16d6b27d0a her with such a 88fb228ddc dejected expression. He sobbed e17d8466df as she 6aeb3c1b95 left that 8597584a1c apartment. He screamed as he 6478104fba pierced her with those 605314b44d tormented eyes. She couldn’t 57fb9fa0a0 forget it.71c2fd6b99d3fc92

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“Do you know 2a1a961563 what’s been bothering 0b450e804b me all night? What did 0fb3a95f83 you do a3c6cd777f with that 96bbe6c746 bastard? Was it platonic? Whenever I embraced you, a219420b7c as you whimpered in 3cb4df4f00 my arms, was your 73dd45b8e1 heart with that bastard? You shared a pure 2a14e20163 love with that bastard 130bfe9573 and only tangled bodies e3d98ca0e4 with me?”068dd1a07a0f536c

Just as he bb80c14af0 said, if what cf4f6130e6 she shared with 4361f914ca Kim Wuju from ec48851b4d the moment they 8f729ceef9 met at the 3aa44ef574 cafe in Moscow 2671ffaea4 was love, then dde74a46ff what could she d60edbed56 call what she fff95fc707 had shared with 176c370072 Min SeonJae?5ec0ea3501b33579

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YeonJung hung her e49617deee purse on her 21260ab9b0 arm and slowly 498c7e5e83 walked. Before she had met 12edc22c60 him, she never thought 84eaff46d1 she’d love another man 5daa8ec9f8 who wasn’t Wuju. And it a9c6496dcd had been a8404b4acd a perfect c104666311 delusion. She had missed Wuju, c3ee2600e4 but she had never 06bddcfbf5 hoped to meet him 79fc9c2179 again. That was the 53583d9141 difference between her 789d31131b feelings for Min 9b5f9470fd SeonJae and Kim 33c886a1c1 Wuju.b633c9433b9d99a6

Although she 31d5b54224 hated SeonJae, 36cee5ea2b she also 2e34645cfc missed him. While she loathed 524432fbd9 the man who 9047a2a787 treated her like 34f3a04f4c an object, she 04156a2eb7 also pitied him. When he reached f1a176b840 out and touched df78b1c74d the hand of 07e2d0ae25 a disabled woman 28d8bbb613 in order to 10b5fed9db receive some comfort 337cdad8da when he could 4047c8bf1a have ignored her c367ec3a59 instead, this feeling 5a64b515e0 intensified. This was b57e883b02 because she 57fd5ca4bf felt that 87be8eeb72 his crooked 2ae551535d life wasn’t d0d1d0524e easy for 844e11a229 him either.623b1aae0d92a52e

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After turning the 6ec78f3038 corner, YeonJung froze a8b60b1f44 in her tracks. On top of the 714694673c slope, a man was ce96afd6f4 leaning against a low, e0fae6b593 stone wall. The wind seeped fdad1e8268 into her coat. The fabric 46f8135289 fluttered in e6d94a3804 the wind 7beaa06312 because she 64466a53e9 had not 166fa5b7ff buttoned it 3bc521f160 closed.e1a3c29913ac5d1e

“……”8d9fcfeb5ebc32b9

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DongHoon had 8c5077f524 not been af2a4b2364 mistaken. That man… Min 4c14dc8d07 SeonJae… was currently b74ad80acd looking at her. He was wearing b486e54e20 a white coat 7bee50dcd9 and a pair b66eb21527 of jeans. Seeing him in casual 8f4aab6449 clothing made her feel 3858bb81a1 as if she had 512d3fcfd1 gone back in time.c8e7f198b87c43c3

“You… cut your hair. It’s pretty. It suits you.”da3c51a3ca9d3b21

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He slowly opened his 754484b53c mouth. White puffs 3d5a1813bd of mist 282638da95 formed whenever 917b217f08 he spoke. YeonJung stayed rooted d88690d383 to the spot 1e42309327 as if her 826503f7fd feet had been 1ac8474a0a nailed to the cdf533f87b ground.1107edadb7ca58ce

“…It’s been a while, YeonJung.”bd6be104d52e5ef0

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When his d25e293561 lips moved 3849f17ee1 to call dcd6eaa9d6 out her b87d1ba965 name, YeonJung’s 4c47822d77 heart began db1ad5add9 to thump 41ee377719 painfully against 622d09bc26 her chest. Her hand clenched on c37f0e34c5 her purse strap.191e86c957b63f5d

“How is a2ec16614c it that 6cba7346ac you haven’t 18b253a914 changed a 830de33607 bit?”a5b1289de498d21f

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He took a b0ab04ebf3 step towards her. A faint smile 5ade55577d formed on his 82af90aafa slightly stiff face. The cleft of fa859e1ee7 his chin had 4f05dabd66 deepened. YeonJung drew in 4b48ba2554 a breath.6895beb56003e872

“Have you… been well?”f4ae52d9dfbebd80

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Before he could de2af8f069 come any closer, 86f2fd5aa3 YeonJung quickly moved c8e5689c20 her feet. She had 8f0fe6ccd8 nothing to cfeae96d02 say to 4ccbbcf215 him anymore.5e3b270cdbacc3bc

“YeonJung…”ea8e56573038e68f

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His lips 024772b0ba moved, and 2c15fd923f it seemed d9fc821ad0 like he 069d1fcde6 was saying a1036147d8 something to 13f1f727b5 her, but 7aa878cda6 she turned c3228f395b her head caa58bdf30 away. Tears began to f658bf0cf1 form along the d439b79dd1 rims of her 24873eeb10 eyes for some 24ec9ca37c unknown reason, causing 5586527df1 her to feel f6f0521501 even more bewildered. YeonJung’s pace quickened.574150ee928d0600

The cloudy sky didn’t 26c76023bd shine a single stream c307d6f86a of light, so there 36e7438b0b weren’t any shadows. The twenty 7d37d5f235 minutes it bee44a6d12 took her 517dd731eb to walk 6b647d022b to her 502b51f734 apartment felt 946ce21be1 like two 5e79aeef78 hours. Afraid that he was d0bec4a415 following her and that ee937ac8cb their eyes would meet, 080efbfd2c she hunched her shoulders d50cba9e68 and only looked straight d7c97e546f ahead.e3e38331ab29897c

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“Lady from Unit 574927c608 906, you’re home 3df9fb0d0b early today.”9c777e2f7df77452

The apartment manager greeted ceaefb66e2 her as he swept 1593b60328 the floor. YeonJung nodded her head. After finding 63ce0b6df5 out that 721bf3eb97 she was 15e23a70f1 deaf, he 532bddc9da made sure 6df69f3953 to take 1b40c58d76 special care caf267ab9f of her 0366ccc45f packages and f8a780fb8a registered mail. He was a kind f7e0dc0aea man.dbc7d3da50ca3ba8

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The world was simple. The moment people cde6ef7d60 found out that dc7ab88025 she was deaf, e370cea457 they regarded her 0eedc1b13d with sympathy and f9c6d02f9e compassion. Two years ago, 0210eb5526 what kind of 1b71571318 feelings did he c4596bb859 have for her? Sympathy, compassion, a sense 4e796e7bc2 of superiority… He probably 5066f0aaec felt a mixture of bd743b087d all three. Probably.bb25cd2016f7c00e

She quickly entered 488b3a8a6a the building and a5f5b4d4ec pushed the elevator 8e57705d78 button. When the 471e4eb35b elevator reached 49b5410caf the first 33a2376176 floor, the 11b3ec66ae doors opened. Once she entered the 47647f9baa elevator, she finally turned 4c40fb509e around. She saw SeonJae 276cceb2d2 follow her inside. The moment she tried fcf777736e to say something, his 3a17201075 finger pressed the ‘Close 4556b6b44f Door’ button.7d31510e2a8815d6

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“…I’ll only see you to your door.”8d69f6c815d82a3e

Shocked, YeonJung stared at fd3b355ac3 him and didn’t know 5a12d1855f what to say in 0aad794452 response. Therefore, he pushed the d6e88acf97 ‘9’ button in her 613726e3ca stead. That was 580ad3e6e7 her floor.abe6983fc277d7cd

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The old elevator moved 3324468ee7 slowly. She clenched her purse 30d7973cfe strap and turned her aa1ebf1b1e eyes away. Why did he appear 2eea419d6a in front of her? Before she could ponder 52eb7c3ef8 this question, they reached 3609e4bae6 the 9th floor, and 9ffde2c996 the doors opened. She showed no fba0cdb87d hesitation as she 19d327d009 stepped off the eda0b28a70 elevator. However, SeonJae remained 6b7e176638 inside. She turned around e7ca5d7cfd and glanced back 844628f850 at him. The doors of the f2412dbac3 elevator began to close, 087cc85869 and she could see 9c5ee42464 him waving goodbye. His grinning a4e35c0a37 face slowly b689b0ee54 disappeared as 45a9b31995 the doors a3ef0efe51 closed shut.a68c7e952bd3c733

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After taking 4a0c74b705 a long 537941328d bath, YeonJung 9e90dce26a began to 47081b1380 dry her 3a98deb705 hair with f765251595 a towel. Once it 339b62034d was merely b488350d20 damp, she 0c96c78b0b opened a 9e514770fb can of e179b0cf95 beer and 8a48c81a3b sat down a796189bb2 at the bef3d0b762 table.b295dd8d6acae900

‘Why did he appear?’9cbc34057b7dd56d

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She was sketching 9fd71c3fd2 a bouquet in 0343439efe her sketchbook. She grew lost in 1d4a9bf208 thought as she gripped a696cf372c the pencil in her 4b770ec435 hand.7e1d838512302480

That man. Min SeonJae.25a70b5e917582e2

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Two years b30c74c8fc had passed 0624c301f4 since she e2deb0dc9d had been 6d495292fe with him. After leaving his d89a59a2ec apartment, they had a12bb86875 never crossed paths, 9f8cc5f197 even by chance. The many messages c3e33278e7 he had sent 7bb80e020c her throughout the c02ddbe8b4 day had stopped. And thanks 03313e7805 to that, e3e24347db she didn’t 1571275824 have to 7b7fe8a8f3 change her c2332b2ef1 number or 1010d385ef contact information. She deliberately 47400adce0 avoided the e7dbf419a4 area around b8f715c085 his hotel, bf271ef9f3 and after 8c389d054c giving up 7c37481897 her workspace, 67b852005d she never a70c03756e had any 07d1a3e500 reason to 7dc5bcab2c return to 5424469a26 that neighborhood 20a339d487 anymore.cf14d6a979acdf8f

They never had 893716c043 a reason to dea6790c9b meet in the b269f4053b first place. Time moved slowly, but 90f91114e9 it was precise. The time she had 51a058449e spent with him had f8048a4468 disappeared as if it 373ba287a9 had never happened.4f2ea66db9b2da08

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‘So why?’6dc9f41aac145e5c

No matter how much 7f886f0b1f she mulled over it, 5934730713 she couldn’t figure out 4cf7e524f6 why he suddenly appeared fed532d28b before her. And he was 45b3c039dd even wearing casual c96efd71ad clothing which was bc9d7a75e2 so unlike him.d5e511e8cde0ab6d

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The man in her 5a806f783f memories was always wearing 322af43502 the best suits. And even if he 87780797e2 was wearing casual clothing, 74d5c03456 it was always the a2babd2d4c most expensive, brand-name items. His hair was perfectly b651ca09a5 styled without a hair 61ff69d7fb out of place. She used 3f0bf58b8d to stare d4b17ba410 at him 8bfad3b933 for long 66f6f04617 stretches of dfa99d79e9 time because 06bfd89fd3 it all 18f9e3786c suited him 83f8bfc667 so well.c0b1fb30b70c57ab

However, he was different bfc2e41c9f today. His slightly long hair e9b66423f7 covered his forehead. And possibly because 00ca321ea3 of that reason, e9f98a5719 he looked a 427898bf63 lot younger for c2bd39879a his age. No, it ffff7d8af4 wasn’t just ad64bb244c the simple 45b49ca577 style. His aura was 6a0ea581cc also different, but 0db619640e she couldn’t quite 336a9d2698 place her finger 142f20bbab on what it d2ba350158 was. It was frustrating.99b4a2e2fc1567f2

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‘Let’s just 3b63c8ab30 forget about 407953f3b8 it.’87936f5e610db5ef

It would be best 5884629ab7 to just stop thinking 1633e57d70 about this from now 60f50e3027 on. After closing her 6e820d969e sketchbook, she took 358aacf794 her can of b3ece03502 beer and walked 8515dbcac2 over to the 18485ee34f sofa. After plopping down, 961489cf32 she turned on aea8ca66aa the television with 3ac12411db the remote control. She flipped to 058289e97e a channel that 6899f19d40 offered captions for d93f1569c1 a weekend evening c184771e7e variety show. Her eyes 8a5c2592c9 were on 4c30d07d0a the screen, cac2772947 but her e5b9ab89df attention was 693cf465d9 elsewhere. She burst out 154f73fee2 of her seat 40e8145c8b and began to 006919bc74 search through her a426f4a307 DVD collection.9fe2cf8fe07c8e95

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‘A deaf 0ee716489d woman who 3a35b107f1 enjoys music?’8ea2f87c3c319af6

She found a0364ddb44 the video 5cbcfbfa0e performance of 1552d9c601 her favorite 4ccc94c700 band, and 330fef76ad another unwanted 3342714f5e memory floated ce2e741c1f into her c57ef46d3a mind. Inside the orange tent 9b42d003aa with the blinking lights, 36d58bdd76 he had definitely been 667171d1eb crying. There weren’t any tears, be9ecfbf87 but she knew. He was sobbing 2b8ce80dc6 inside.8e444e632a6f164f

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‘You… can’t hear. You can’t hear anything. You’re only 69ed544b4b spewing that 655cbd9aed nonsense due d0f3c5b866 to a b38bd41ee3 sense of 7760a6636f inferiority. Or do 8423b28d8f you think dd6ed9acac that you d6a3ba4f87 can hear f75a9d8a93 if you 1a5230dd52 just try c1b1a1155b hard enough? Isn’t it too… pathetic?’a004db9ee7e1df0a

It was right 66946c5df0 then. That was the moment aabb078ad4 she felt pity for f78f6ecc37 this man who seemed e9405d000f to be on the 34d6fbb1be verge of collapse. On the 85b45f3e72 outside, he 749e1979e0 seemed to c431daec61 be the e9e07b856e perfect man. But in 929209b260 this moment, a1fe025caf she felt bfd46ffc14 as if dbed5230c5 she had e5752d2d47 just taken 2bc336b4ce a peek c1dcbee6f2 at what f2f59fd325 was inside.eed26d9cb52c0c26

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‘People are going to 072b1df1f4 laugh at you. When they watch you 5a680c4f7d use up the last d211f58c15 of your energy, I’m 336fbe2a11 sure they’ll tell you 6d0e26b550 you’re amazing to your 8ba90c45f9 face. But they’ll be 8f4948330f laughing at you 1b2f03c8d3 behind your back. They’ll take bd10be8a39 pity on 86db4fec26 you. They’ll feel a sense 2b15cdaec4 of superiority as they 50e3c5a07c trample all over you. Do you know f103816601 how miserable that 67feb0e822 can make a 83e56095ad person?’fd123c28d4f1f863

YeonJung knew what he dd43a3eaa2 was doing. He was speaking to dfd5f4199a himself. He was a beast b801e56938 who hated showing his a755844f40 weaknesses to others. He was d672a8cf8a like a 43a02b6f80 lion cub 4268eba239 holding on 2117078202 at the e581d32d0a edge of 4092f24104 a cliff, cb5b225e7f filled with 023d7b8b48 fear. She wanted 415398d157 to comfort 856263677d him. She thought she 41db58cd99 could at the 790d3222b0 time. Like an idiot.26b52fc29090f002

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‘Shut your mouth. Don’t speak.’92cc1aaa2cf301a3

She could clearly remember his expression as he screamed at her. She shook her head. She dragged a blanket onto her lap. She focused back onto the television screen. Feathers shook above the head of the lead singer as he gripped the standing microphone. 8fe961cfd3fcff59

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Once the can 5182e7c484 of beer was 6e74241fb1 empty, she saw 5a7d8fa483 the blue light 3614b0337d flash in the b95ad78af9 foyer. This was a housewarming 86e38887a8 gift from DongHoon and b9e2d6446a Hyeri that was designed ce1646e602 for deaf people who 4ca10beaaa couldn’t hear the doorbell.2648643b177f15ee

“……”c34ce737e55fa1bf

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She merely stared 42e4cdf520 at the blinking 3c85916fa5 light. The light c06778c6f4 would automatically b346c0e606 turn off 7ee60cf4c5 when the 4d847a59cf doorbell stopped 8294432670 ringing. If the visitor c24e9b1dc2 didn’t continue to 313111ab7b press the doorbell, 5f1a0d496a the light would 149b8f9eb9 turn off. The light 050a550083 blinked for f328bf0a55 ten seconds 62e6f9dc02 before it 81c47d936b stopped.23dc7759f4a24505

YeonJung waited for 7ec60cb698 a long while 50f909f6ba before she slowly a08c1112ad stood up. Her slippers dragged on 785b9ba0e0 the floor as she 4d015176f4 took a look at ecd66b82c0 the intercom. As soon as bfbae73fdd she pressed a 43cb2342d1 button, she could d6d24349c4 see a familiar 2ceb0f0ea2 face fill the bd9c4a8b2d screen. YeonJung rubbed her 02dc4bdce1 eyes with her 27ac13ef67 hands.ad3bef4ecb115a87

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SeonJae remained standing in 21f005f016 front of the door. He didn’t 9df5ae674b press the 3b61090fce doorbell and c755feac9c merely stood c75af957cf in front c558260bc1 of the b228e2ad68 door as 48aa518ca2 he waited cb509beb3a for her.ec0bbde4b273309c

‘He knows 34337eaaad I can’t e9b5499494 hear, so 47808b10f6 what is 9faf8594d1 he doing 64321fc9b7 right now?’10a2667201a203e9

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The clock told 63508649b4 her that it 0bbb5e3003 was well past 4bfdb87464 ten. YeonJung turned f884fb1bb1 around and 7f5396e8db began to 06478a5e34 walk into 7ef7ab198b her bedroom. Her fingers slightly trembled 6ef932f646 as she turned off 83a425dfb8 the light switch.be4ee30e6280dd2c

Lying in b5fd5f3f27 bed, she 87920cd6c9 drew the ed8ae577a0 blankets over 870a9c207a her head. However, she could 2f1d78db37 not get the d99dbecb95 image of his 4fe3ba2d9f face out of 575b20bf09 her head. Now that she 889b4dc6d4 thought about it, a52fe55355 she realized that 21f0bb2c29 he had known 3d11f8acde the floor she 28909da076 lived on when d8c22859cf they had been 31be835a87 in the elevator. Just how c29db830cb did he 6da745e498 know where 80f0e15205 she lived? No, why did 5e1d8000a7 he even come 8605f28e46 to see her?5ff29a2bdfb369f0

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She continued to ae55861b6e ponder these questions 3ef194a4e4 as she lay bb31479d58 in bed. Finally, she ec22478ae3 couldn’t take c8da1fe187 it anymore 5328f190bc and got f8203f72c2 up. She draped a cf86ce84cb large cardigan over 7bc402c14d her pajamas and 02e853b5f8 approached the foyer. She hooked the e7aaf1c73a chain lock and 28821d7a30 slightly opened the 635cfac39b door. The man 3fc71a593a looked at 702ea12dca her in fe40413383 surprise as ab438bc9c2 if he 2d0847ca2d hadn’t expected 4acc70f585 this to e16b596ecd happen.ee4b417baa744308

“……”5ebb77aa36f3213b

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YeonJung crossed her 06157cfcc2 arms and merely c58a8f3534 stared at him 61e490d470 in silence. She wished he’d just 30d69cd426 tell her the reason 731a563852 for this visit and 13e57acc98 leave as soon as da84dbe381 possible. She didn’t want to b77a644288 be confused anymore, and 3cb1370d64 she didn’t want to 0f3626416f deal with these wavering 4d5fb39ec4 feelings.34edb2771a2a8bdd

“This… I got d8cf08bcf7 this from someone, 15d6a1b809 and I didn’t f6eabb6dd3 need it.”558df02f25844551

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SeonJae held up 5968f1d5ee an LP record c0dcb92ed7 to her. YeonJung looked decdf77a48 back and 98bd745b11 forth between 6c39690d09 him and bc7e802381 the record. She couldn’t understand why 9185d75401 he had shown up 9f35b7c633 in the middle of f181a73b0a the night to give 57ca001cdc her an LP. Was he joking?bf9a357a2d8e4dfb

“You like it. I also heard this a84e59f396 is part of a b4e030526f valuable collection. Do you d3ae3b0f75 already have de4027464a it?”f302b57a2506ba08

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His expression looked 78f2fe07df relaxed and normal, 7991e61a9c but, perhaps due bda92aeb3c to the can 3f66084632 of beer she 6382aeb7f5 had just drunk, dc97f4d879 he also looked 161f2682fe a bit uncomfortable. For a b02c4dd6ef moment, she 34d45404df wondered if 7e0b8cd4f4 she should c507820584 just slam 7f3be88772 the door e00d2100fe in his 3d641dad49 face, but ce6dac7359 she had 42da42e840 a feeling c4997fc7e3 that he cba7f175bf might just 9703acb2fb stand out 4dd716b8d5 here all a96d8f18d3 night.4484655e47f537dc

She raised a320ab11ee her hand 822b4a46b2 and grabbed 703870c658 the LP cdfa0af9d9 through the ff8c9498f1 space in 80355de589 the doorway. It was dd6f75dc23 the 1976 1b6b092191 Hotel California 8a03d3d9c3 single by 344c9cfa19 the Eagles. The plastic wrap was 6bd345622d still pristine. It was 274ecf461c too unique 5fa3f77643 of an 55216dc5ab item for 3dd65075b1 SeonJae to 584227f417 have just d4e20c76f0 received it c06495bb66 from someone.8da7e75342b78422

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Now what? Now that 203f9c7fda she received 658e2c7e18 it, would 156ef4d19e he tell 51ddaf1e59 her to b87ab83e5e pay him d3309f6188 back with 6e6fc3eb8d her body? It wouldn’t 6d0e84022b be surprising a9e01ade43 coming from 4783cb6a8f him. By their third meeting, 9558aed762 he had demanded her d3785507a7 to sleep with him.aef082b5f56a0dbd

Arrogant and rude, 45a294a7c4 a man who 9b8d48ce96 did whatever he 98abde3bcb wanted. She shouldn’t be c9e9aeb0d8 proud either as b6175ee098 a woman who f77ea39be0 was dragged around 8ffab065f3 by a guy 7c4e315758 like him. She felt very uncomfortable. If he cbd47f2496 grabbed her b71a8dee23 hand right fed9da662a now, she f34a71f1fa was afraid 89baefd9d6 she wouldn’t ed254f9bd5 be able b765cac6ef to reject 892f21a6a9 him.cc870cd9067fb2fd

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“I’ll leave. Listen to this 6e6a59e8b1 as you sleep. Make sure to 04b5f9d8a5 lock the door.”a7766efd964f3b62

Going against d87fa9c196 her expectations, c2545c3f3f SeonJae turned 3ee157d8bd around. He stretched 5628e2037f out his d7f0a6db2d hand and 2a520b7635 pressed the 2b64bb3d62 elevator button. Before the elevator arrived, 08c1aa3cb3 she slammed the door 91f2bf17a0 shut. She didn’t relax c2121462ff until she locked ff02cf562e the door. The heart bdc0f3cf97 that she 79cb898d4a thought had f502fe7d86 died began b1da50e6cc to race b2483084b6 painfully inside 74ef09cfb6 her chest.b3ee9abdcf17162c

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