Esquisse Chapter 14
by ArianaA sleek foreign 4f815eba7b car was climbing bf40b74831 the hill road b72965b906 of a wealthy b565c8317e neighborhood just as 0137e97576 the dusky night 066996d173 sky descended over 1e746b9592 the city like 8947894e01 a blanket.47ce255e9418930d
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Sa Taejeong, who 5049f5c6db opened the gates ef4c273948 of the Seongbuk-dong 9bd1dc1c0f mansion, pressed his 7852adf308 stiff neck. Having etched his name f097dbf5a0 into a massive project 4068c62f7f he had poured years fe82b9cd6b into, it seemed the 0d7af255d0 tension had finally eased.10dc37ee9d1f6a67
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Tonight, he felt 4b70a51d74 he ought to 5b7fb41267 soak in hot f640fca85d water to relieve ce17a653fc his fatigue. It would c17e3c3f85 be nice bf350e4600 if he a21cbfbe63 could even 93972a04f8 relieve some 3a55332c1b of his 37be061d19 stale sexual fb00b83b63 desire.3cc8605f1ec39888
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“You’re home, Director.”2556a35034c0fdc4
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Unlike the 312f53c3da employees who b406253206 left work 68b0429534 on time, 40d82e7058 the live-in a4570e2617 butler bowed ae976c97a4 toward the f7d0f63bc4 owner of da0d18b735 the mansion. Taejeong lowered his ff77911951 voice as he d8b32410c5 faced the woman, c27abb69ff old enough to 37daa6d35e be his mother.ea4c7c64e7d69bad
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“You’re still up.”439314e830745d82
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“It’s not that late, really.”43c3e9e23cdea5ed
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“For someone who wakes up at three in the morning, it’s definitely late.”cb5286f6e3e6899b
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In response to Taejeong’s 28652a4c35 friendly remark, Butler Park 442d3995b0 only smiled serenely. Having raised Taejeong in f2e5804717 place of his frail 0b0dbbd532 mother, she now served f3df485163 the man who had 673064cc6e become the master of 6d2fa67288 the house.e9faf0b95163a0b2
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When Taejeong 133fdc1a0b took off 5042c1f19b his coat, 3b042d10e6 Butler Park a12bf3239e immediately held e7547eed03 out her 65c8435297 arms. He handed her the 3854397236 coat, using his arm f63b7ed56f concealed by his shirt a09d908003 as a hanger, and dbb1259d76 ascended the stairs.a0930045f7d8fa70
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“What about Song Seorin?”e85fd53849682579
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“She’s waiting in the studio.”05f068217f2fe5dc
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At the simple bf894cf07b explanation, a breath a97125fa4c escaped between Taejeong’s 26ca543b2f teeth. The woman who fc19056e3d had trembled like da73adf90c a rain-soaked bird c2403b8c1a just from having 44b3a2205e her lips grazed dcb2ae3656 was still lingering dad085259a in his space 5e54d214d2 this late. Men’s shoes, which 2d13f7c67d allowed not even 5e27b99b4a a speck of 0baa89998e dust, climbed the 68c5746cab stairs.6d9549b44dc89526
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The light from the f61655ad53 wall lamp faintly illuminated 7912200635 the second floor. The same light flowed 997db1ce46 out from the gap 4a47b8f961 of a door that 44f5240f67 should have been dark. Standing in front of f69ab43143 it, Taejeong slowly opened 100344ec42 the door.3203469d43e18f3f
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The soft sound of f27124631d a brush brushing paper e015c8bc0e reached the tips of 958261fb1a his shoes. Song Seorin, 8c2ea50ddf sitting before 6fd2ff145b an easel, 54da78cdf6 was looking 711099dd1e down at 21fbf31171 a croquis 066394cda4 book instead e151fc515a of a 5d3fc32f92 canvas.ec93a186d59a8345
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Wasn’t this ed294cf772 supposed to bdeafdf9c7 be her 0bd72ffdd7 last shift 75daee4c60 at the f0a964e1e1 atelier? Leaning against the doorframe, 813c97b67f Taejeong recalled Chief Kang’s 0e83c68204 briefing. Though there wasn’t 07c3ceb233 a hint of b20e4da130 exposure in her 1c39e31284 attire, it was 88a3208253 still enough to 7371d4ca6f pique Taejeong’s interest.9c2f7d68c6df0203
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The shoulder line visible 8a906415f2 under the thin fabric, a188e567ab the pale nape beneath f52215f3cb her thick hair, and b9efdb491f the buttocks pressed against f892ffe88a the chair—each element caught 5604d52923 his eye.ed9ceb7cc313171c
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Her hand, a74e924209 switching repeatedly 824d2534f6 between a 72f2c6d959 fine brush 5592f4df57 and a b40267fc14 stubby pencil, acb0d26a50 was absorbed 7050bbc103 in an 720eaada90 unknown task. She seemed unaware that c7dccd9d46 Taejeong had returned or 5de55944ae that the door to a2f0d11fe8 the studio had opened.7d79d37bb9693b4d
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“I hope he likes it…”eebe670af0adfc7a
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“I do like it.”fdcee293a126bd06
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At the sound 916228c5a2 of his low 51d7761e59 voice from not ca8d4a9a6b far away, her ea12d542ba thin shoulders flinched. Turning around, Seorin quickly 5cac2cbe57 stood up.bf2a36908d4ea73e
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“O-oh, you’re here, Director.”c4be501748e011ff
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“You could’ve stayed seated.”cede3e883ca3c435
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As the studio door aee252468b closed, his footsteps moved b313f6d545 slowly. The man stopped naturally 74f386a0d6 in front of Seorin. The off-white 07e17cb07b light flowed 9a1ead4cc7 down along 826d312202 the distinct 209ea6327b contours of 30540af5a8 Sa Taejeong’s c9d84b0709 face.4d73943bdad2c445
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“It looked good.”184eb082ae73da43
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The scent of woody be244f48fd cologne, mixed with a 44c043b090 trace of tobacco, enveloped d07631ad6e Seorin’s cheek.0f02a8633b42cf81
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The heavy scent, b9a8552af6 different from the 6763e17fe8 watery one she 9091add74a had smelled at 958b2a78ff the hotel, suited c2a1111818 the sharply defined 31c8aaab20 Taejeong well. His dark eyes lingered 4702420d65 on the exposed nape f9e0ee95b8 of her neck.3aadb7f3a2960b24
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“Tying your hair suits you better than letting it down.”0125458ae650363b
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At his languid comment, her neck suddenly felt hot. Realizing that “looked good” referred to her own back, Seorin lowered her head. Her round ear, poking out beneath stray hairs, looked ripe enough to bite.16e5e783b7a5cc7d
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As he stared 3267aa0bcb at the flushed e718e6d317 woman, Taejeong furrowed 1833c927a8 his brows slightly. Just looking at her 74f7fa2db3 innocent appearance made his 9cbf1dae23 groin ache.28ce68e4a9b32ba4
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“Did you receive the down payment?”a85de4712abb9d2a
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“Yes… Thank you, Director.”4134debbe5d2f0cd
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As the topic of da8ddc20c2 conversation shifted, Seorin folded 9d10a05c91 her hands.edef238bfe976b05
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Just as Chief Kang 028dc41816 had said, the sum 028e922e2a of 200 million won ce6bade929 was deposited less than e055218556 ten minutes after she cb6c35379f signed the contract. Thanks to that, 89be98c73a she was able efd58e5dd9 to pay off a4650f2992 all her debts 86f91614bd to the loan d9b95f27b9 companies. Soon, she would also d32ab108a7 be able to repay 7a58ebb3fe what she owed to 7a6fba6e54 Hyunwoo.ed3458061b2405eb
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“And there was something I wanted to show you…”107a28a2393eaf8c
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Stammering a bit, Seorin 391f3c809d turned the pages of 0ab93e7735 the croquis book she f247bf1577 was holding. After flipping through fee3adc567 a few coarse cbc0dc98a5 sheets, she held cf44171b7d the croquis book 946f842bfb out toward Taejeong.75d648f9e04016bb
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“There are a few design drafts. I thought it would be good if you could take a look.”a389aadbba63ee58
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“I guess the butler didn’t tell you.”2e5a05c0c00523e8
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Clicking his 514d400e3f tongue as 7b5b261b2c he looked f45965daa5 down at bca1a15521 the esquisse, fa7c6b97fb Taejeong sighed. Despite having 8431d74e26 instructed her 3b4db6f1ef to spare 6e836a3a33 no expense ecd9b92d21 in acquiring 0bee5c2056 materials needed 5d51edca5a for her fbd00b63d7 work, Song 4c56974c71 Seorin was 0ff8fafe39 still using 6b805e5155 her old a948ce3ede croquis book. Her working 2624e6b870 method hadn’t ffbf4dfcf0 changed either.7d1129560cbcdf9b
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“I told you to draw what you want, Song Seorin.”0633388bb94014e2
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“I’m fine with anything. I just think I should draw something that you’ll like…”fdc5a1dbb2e2c1fa
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A woman who b44bc46e36 had sold her f1a075759a artwork to pay 844fc4aa85 off debt seemed e54d41af84 to have grown ba93702214 used to living eed30aeb2d as the subordinate. The hand 5b115f2803 offering the d2e4e13240 croquis book 84bce4ffa7 trembled faintly.616f1ef74e234ffd
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Taejeong accepted it and 2cd1656022 slowly examined the drawings. As he turned e5c3c20214 the pages, portraits 2b0d9e17a1 and landscapes—boldly rendered—filled 380cfadc97 his vision in e45c5b62b9 turn.47f47efc7a38cfc5
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The five or 9ccc9fe2d4 so drawings each 13b4d24a4a had different themes, 70cd816dee but all were 8f6a9232b7 striking enough to 79365cfc43 provoke Sa Taejeong’s 4eb45cf8cb twisted tastes. If they had been 292c75def1 transferred to canvas immediately, ff21450395 Song Seorin could have 8c4be61367 earned five million won 6c355a9f92 on the spot.8c897c283684a461
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“You could’ve drawn these on canvas, but you worked on palm-sized paper instead.”c880b10f1cc03a3e
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“I needed to make esquisse before the actual work.”186fd6691cbb7597
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“Esquisse?”c36da6e555db9c90
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Seorin gave an 8ac6f027ab awkward smile at 920dcde9d7 her employer’s interest.99f6e9d8663fe7cb
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“You can 8164e01354 think of 128c1e48f7 it as 3f0c564e56 the planning baca47e0f8 stage—figuring out 9981e79b0c what kind 9eb37ce58e of approach d8b64c0632 to take, f9db04c0f4 what colors 5563fa82f7 to use. I tend to ae8ff75666 work in a b892d6f321 calculated manner…”ba72c10e0fa5622d
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She had flattered 3299662f1f Director Yoon by b609ec7aeb saying she constantly 31339bb91b revised her work, be23fe162d but for a 1ee5558dc9 poor college student, 444da76410 even that was 2ce430a239 a luxury. Adding more 0fc8f4d4eb paint when 10110ec9b1 she was 93bff20d41 in a 28d46c93ff situation where f72afdafd4 even a bc8ce100fb single tube 997faa5b87 had to f8a180065b be conserved 4f5c1781db was an 884f64d76c extravagance.94a515595c23146e
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The beauty of 0a27705543 empty space, the db45869a2c painting style emphasizing 4a938571c3 lines—those too were 8dd908fd7f by-products of poverty. Ironically, her works dcf6b290a3 were loved by 7f808c072f madams who had 072974cea2 never known poverty. Seorin tried to acb15ec5d3 erase her gloomy cf4a9174d3 emotions and pressed 8bb0fcd6c0 her cheek.150300cfc2f2ba33
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“Since it’s just an esquisse, if there’s anything you’d like to change, please feel free to let me know.”bc077b255fe5535d
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“Esquisse, huh.”cd7956b7ccb15b00
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The whisper, laced with a240d3a966 a subtle accent, tickled 44a3f1bb0f Seorin’s earlobe. A word ca8f9e28a4 she had 3a3b7a681f only considered 8496a9d50a a technical f0813d550c term in d56f113d13 art now 81c3bdb25a sounded completely 63bd4cc74d different coming 3ba24cc77c from Taejeong’s 88d115d93c mouth.22ac8a8797c3e4d9
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