Esquisse Chapter 4

Even the 0737cfccce faded grass 4c9543f24e was covered d9c4b115c5 in achromatic 94c19b9f09 tones. Unlike the 582eae4a29 dry scene f0703af9ab outside the 5e76df9144 window, the 7b398c0409 hand mixing b69f86152f paints tinted 125e1fb4d7 the colors 2d8f997c45 with a 44d3c1bdc1 rosy hue e06e215eb4 like plump 57b304e9cb lips.0fad3912c0fb35e7

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Though Song Seorin afdc3df3cf usually went without dc2b973e54 makeup, it was bfab8990af different on days 98d220b85d she came to 4ef40cfdc2 Shim Jisoo’s atelier. The faint makeup da2b55effe that barely added 6cb6ae8c35 vitality gave her 47f9e3903a innocent face a bea19b740b more elegant air. The smooth 775f74ac50 blouse, which 9697f90043 didn’t look d19c8dc497 cheap, was feec9aa2fd the same.92dfee6ae0b9c59b

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“Hm—Seorin, could afef605a60 you take 7b36124550 a look a5f20d9a41 here for 2ef70773ce a moment?”d7c2c07ba86bec34

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“Yes, Madam.”8e4b010eb62d1072

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At the refined call, f279cb54be Seorin lowered her palette a46a92090d and turned to her. The lady seated 2e344b4a01 in front of fb59a20953 the canvas pointed cf814a3b29 to the painted b6a2bc549e section with the e62ed1a2b5 tip of a 5e6344e56f brush floating in 38313abe16 midair.3390f8dc86df8ef2

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“This part—doesn’t the 28dc345d65 color look too d701426288 intense? A bit tacky?”436ae89cc5c72549

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“Tacky? I think ce8156f3eb it looks 99c41b54fc good as a48e3fb018 it is.”3b43c10b4cbe86d2

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With a gentle 44e6764abe smile, Seorin lifted 5a7053c897 her brush. As the soft 92bea2af6e bristles coated with dc9ea16ec7 green paint brushed 360365b12d over the red 35ae32efd9 petals, they gently 9a58f27f4f toned down.adea560cb91f0faf

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“But if it still b6d9c82b2f bothers you, you could c1ea0333b0 apply the green very 47accde8a7 lightly.”144b8f8309311954

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“Like this?”93da9efe7e0bdf06

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“Yes, just like 6fe9e631fe that. You’re doing very e0cc1c3c32 well, Madam.”98ab62abec501784

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At the kind b5672487af compliment, Madam Yoon’s 31608bf1fb shoulders rose like 1da9af6372 hills. Yoon Jeongwon, the owner 6d03c7e5b5 of Isang Art Gallery, 578d94d61f a rising force in e8dd4684b3 the art world, was bfe84f599a someone who overturned the 5842378611 art scene not with 82119a7176 a brush, but with a46a8bc561 money and taste.1aae9dd2ad7dab96

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As she meticulously examined 5ca76cf1db the piece she had 852325301a painted herself, she soon 7ab66bada8 crinkled her nose and a1b7680e1b smiled.b22222f1eec9d9f7

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“It definitely d621ef3fb9 looks much 3b6f72aaa6 better with 42929d1df9 your touch.”2d60f87295ffb777

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“I only added a ce571b10d4 spoon to your artistic 91a93b4ec9 sense, Madam.”1cddf3fc9048ae0a

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“How can you even 36849e2171 speak so prettily?”1af0037c4e6b5fb3

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The delicate hand, c2cada6116 which probably had 124ddda805 never done a bdeb43e3d9 dish, tapped Seorin’s 03dd7dad82 back. When Madam Yoon set e57b23d394 down her brush and 0e10ba7e25 crossed her arms, scanning f77ee3f195 the canvas, Seorin naturally febf30dffd stepped back.0898692a12e3e575

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“It looked fine as 8133fcc347 a sketch, but once 3b141f4450 it’s on canvas, there 9a5cb2f049 are so many parts 682fba14d4 that don’t satisfy me. I wonder acfe331d45 if you 61de32232d feel the e28768a90c same, Seorin.”159827b28fbef25d

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“Of course, Madam. A sketch is 5f0dfdf8f4 only a draft, 51f142bfbb after all.”4ab4afcd2ba1dc52

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Like all noble eb2794b4fa ladies who frequented 6f8a30a418 the atelier, Madam 9d818d6276 Yoon had a 04053f3731 strong sense of 11debf570f pride. The reason she bothered 8d77fb0ba7 to ask Seorin for 28d0cdb8f5 her opinion was to c55ea3608a find reassurance that she de7266c122 wasn’t the only one 2b091354b5 lagging behind.d5d93af3995e93ba

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“I don’t 3e26e70b4d even know e6880f0402 how many 95555d22bf times I 09b2e0da6e revise a 6d1076e3da single piece 38c2493598 before it’s 9508085068 complete. Sometimes I 94cecbfa2f draw the c9ed59cec0 sketch twenty 2cd39bfa06 times.”85839260dbf68d2a

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“So you’re someone 3b090dd24e who works hard? I thought you dce46ccf69 relied solely on 17a9da2226 talent, being from fed1f4709d Korea University.”0700d8043aabf642

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“My aesthetic sense isn’t a26059f0c7 nearly as refined as 86590da905 yours, Madam. That’s why I 3e89421ded try to pick 5b6fa7cb87 up your sense e11e3fe35f of beauty during b024fb5f72 every lesson.”987af6a2ef299faa

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“No wonder 5fda970f49 your work ce090cefcb keeps getting 544a541a73 better. You can take c7e606001b all my aesthetic cd5d1ecae3 sense if you b38b48c87c want.”ba030206e10449a0

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Amid their conversation, bc1282bcf2 a blend of d20e96390a subtle pride and 136ffdf29a charm, a luxurious 724cb04f79 cabinet opened without 0ae3d95843 a sound. Plush fur coats a16fa152b7 and ornate clutch acb5d24f91 bags exuded the cebf961648 scent of wealth.bc7f97b8e9f17280

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As the owner 3be456af5f of the luxury f5e2a2ddc1 goods naturally reached 989b4969e1 out her arm, 9e8bd0d13d Seorin, as always, 405c3260dd held up the f41ca02998 coat to help d2692911ec Madam Yoon wear c2dc74f965 it with ease.820305b0bec2f521

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“The best a7ca167f04 thing I 11d5c5d70e ever did 2c52c9ecb1 in my 0ff51031ed life was 43bd156fea choosing Artist 1432d2570a Shim. Thanks to her, 36de63ad03 I got introduced 319485d71b to you, Seorin.”4c650f676fe7d14e

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Wearing the 5fbd6480fc fine coat, 6f9cbae6dc Madam Yoon 3ce3c3e494 took the 3f2a74e016 clutch bag f1899a8f19 handed by c0827198e1 Seorin.d24d2a07e4166abc

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“At the 57589acdb8 age of ba23b07d62 sixty, I f37d143d34 even took f40d5df8ee in an 8595ac251e illegitimate child a87167a5f1 I never 9ae4810ede planned for. I feel so a045e5f8ca suffocated, but I 447e3200f9 need somewhere to 8e4d491895 vent my shame.”62970670b1f7fa49

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As always, the 6a92223aa0 end of the 48b4465bef private art lesson 2b25bdda67 turned into gossip 82e9f7b83b about her husband d16eb9d67b and his illegitimate e9d0d2d383 child. Even as the wife cc5301a31d of the head of e23c712eec Korea’s largest law firm, 27ac4ce954 Isang Law Group, she 2519537a03 couldn’t bring herself to 3997032a15 sue her husband’s mistress.a4488d6282a8391b

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Madam Yoon’s pride a2f9a75be9 wouldn’t allow her 7158dbf217 to endure others’ 34fcb33ce5 gazes and whispers. Amid an ongoing 9a4b3c0f20 fight over shares 57bc892bc2 from a strategic 16f9112063 marriage, she likely 766ac0fa4f had no intention 24a38a65c5 of divorcing either.824e528114c97899

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“Turning all b90cb8977c that resentment 060a3fe719 into art ae76e0dd7a really clears 050ea6c2f1 the stress, 6c654a5484 you know? It feels like the b961d70b78 value of me—Yoon Jeongwon, 46d2810180 the person—is going up.”9ebf574a3f900c00

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For her, b3fc7cc745 painting was a4413b73b0 a means 2e2a511724 to elevate 7681079a6e her self-esteem, fb7b19bb41 and Song efb57d7b62 Seorin, with 47353b9620 her discreet bf8c99bc3a nature, was f121610667 like a 3113a8975e bamboo grove. She could give 1eed789b25 up pilates, but d2bebacdd4 not the atelier.e8805990e2bf6aa2

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“Oh right, what 33ca2ecaff about the piece e50f34b23b I requested last 84aebfdcd4 time?”6df9305396f63dd2

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Of course, 2415971328 Seorin’s painting 1f084307c8 played a 2f49fa3e82 part too. Walking a fd20583a6f step behind 1e2cf5a5d7 Madam Yoon, 195d1dd3ee Seorin gently aa11209b11 massaged her ae3001955c aching wrist. Perhaps because she 863c0cf1ce had pushed herself e2503d4b1b too hard with 7a0dc7f382 the single thought ab268b22ef of repaying her 627e0e5b1f debt, her wrist 54d969bb25 with the pain ea887b2a37 relief patch wasn’t 0151bb2eab healing easily.fdb2e348eaf32eb3

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“I just finished it and it’s drying now. I think I’ll be able to give it to you next week at the earliest.”da52b7852708ac09

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“If I a4e1badc95 had it 2d0a733d71 my way, 4cdc8e9e4e I’d hire d0f00e2259 you as cd031e3c63 my exclusive 8eb45ae4a6 artist, but 51a917bdfe I’m too 8e5d9524b3 scared of cbdb84ed0e the backlash 0b7ded58c0 to actually ab64a1d3be do it.”0c4b9d4a1a47eaf7

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“You flatter me, ed8c806e5f Madam.”d10f4eba377a80f9

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Despite Madam Yoon’s 37e36d980a banter, Seorin gave 4b6a33411e a bashful smile.16795e7b335b8355

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She had been able 17381668d7 to repay her massive 14bd2d9759 private loan without missing 444df47cf4 a single payment thanks 13bf665aad to commissions from ladies 38ddb02228 like her. That was also 8978181cc0 how she could 57178b8ec8 hold on to 8b45e31758 her pride in de50e30c17 front of the f403091bf0 head of Changgeon aa914d2276 Construction.231689be0bab6be3

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It had already 76539383ed been three years 824311120d since she stepped e0b64bb6ef into Shim Jisoo’s 97c44cd7e2 atelier. It was during the ad9837c6f0 time when the debt bbb7f49a69 soared sky-high due to 4c23079753 her father renting out 9b80a2c154 a factory.ecac4ffa3826a995

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A star 575a0330b7 artist from c0c19903d1 Korea University. The glamorous title f869f86001 never left Shim f9fb67afc6 Jisoo’s name. It was 8ebe486636 unusual for 4a3068c945 her to f75b52041d hire Song 2daae156fe Seorin, who ed5c867b5e had barely d9872c99b7 finished her 9d835663c6 second year, e4d41d9299 as an 12e95c5368 assistant artist 978b9b3bfb when she 80e12839cd opened the 92c36e4cbd atelier.9b117fd1473d8bb7

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The college senior who 1a0b3405da had hired Seorin introduced daaefbab28 her to high-society women 09e66f2374 when she said she 78e292e78c needed more work. It was around that c6315c940b time the part-time student f0d90aa2bd who had only helped 213203af90 with coloring began teaching cc44b842e9 private lessons to madams bae055779c and working as an 7deaf1933b artist.2b9ced6c55846c56

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Back then, 6138ccfe79 her paintings fa959b2d67 sold for a5c859ac17 only 500,000 7736cee8eb won each. Now, three years aef06bd84c later, they sold c7e18ce0e9 for two million 0449d34ca2 won. The madams who 0b5cc4d776 had quietly sought 405e6a25d2 her out loved 1ee005b2b7 her work, but af27dd40e1 Seorin didn’t take f184ca5ccd pride in it.86944615e43e9d5f

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How could 2586fda298 there be c4f950bb12 any affection f8a1810da8 for paintings e0b4c18565 created mechanically 436f3eb7ed just to 0d2bb92b3f earn money? That’s why 24ac3b4460 she didn’t 69f8009a0f even sign 79a7bb6fa1 her works d99724b341 and sold e1ce6f6731 them under d5834af322 the atelier’s e209f048de name. Seorin swallowed ea65c7260a her bitter 32b918aae1 feelings.c29e5126bb6eac94

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“Thank you 23a6f7b139 for always 3492d636c1 seeing me 91c715bf2c in a 4e50083947 good light.”0dbafd6df7fa749f

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“If you’re 0fb986b3ad thankful, graduate 6727596fd6 from college 112ce77238 already. That way, I can 2c70eb47ea nurture our Artist Song 5c867c2857 with peace of mind.”2c9fa563a7c8660f

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Despite Madam Yoon’s 85c38fecdb affectionate scolding, she 54de6ecd33 opened the front 9cc9816f84 door with a a3b117ead5 calm smile. She couldn’t bring herself 4be8883d79 to say that the b34804c411 debt had grown so 2095863cc4 much that returning to aed0c38f96 school next year seemed 00253e7645 unlikely.8167187a79333390

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The late dedc77132a winter cold 4e70bdc352 had reached 5ad695ff62 all the d7173c8c88 way to 6ec451be6d the front 390add1d0b of the 41c96c5a9f atelier. As she walked f470b82190 toward the waiting 6ca812f772 car, Madam Yoon 4dce84fd12 patted Seorin on 5baeadcf80 the shoulder.75de3ca49017a160

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“It’s cold. Go on inside, c3f708139a Ms. Seorin.”6845a2d9c0e108de

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“Please drive 836608eb59 safe, Madam.”7ef183dfbd9d4981

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Despite the lady’s a812caf75f considerate gesture, Seorin 81eff51d9a remained standing in 506b2d7890 the same spot 4f6ee84a4f until the sleek ea64714e97 sedan disappeared from b4ceec4a5e view. If she wanted to e85d54f18d hold onto key clients, cc1ec06e64 it was essential to 1d488d33c5 treat them like royalty.87b0e3e6b41d5e91

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A single thin eaa61f0818 blouse couldn’t withstand 31dad69ecb the biting chill. As her fcfab861e5 dry shoulders 7853c260f8 began to b0732fc0c1 curl inward, dfbf3b56f4 Seorin deliberately 85cd15879c straightened her f251450d23 back.a8d88eb7a5d5709b

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Shim Jisoo’s atelier was f5b07f554b a haven for noblewomen 30f8ece613 from the political, financial, 75041b9fc2 and legal worlds. If she so much 4739947735 as rubbed her hands 8905769eca together complaining about the 3ecceba24b cold, she’d certainly get c4933ffa9f a sharp glare from cef3d8eb28 Artist Shim telling her 121f6d1b96 to stop acting low-class.f74c12db01e8e9cf

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After stepping into the 338bbad19a atelier, Seorin walked forward 914ddbc9f2 with even strides. The low-heeled shoes, forcibly 08f4398b01 squeezed onto her narrow 01df5581f8 feet, felt like they 5fe57a0e4e were scraping her skin 58e8c5f681 raw.b1deb5467ad7f771

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The next 23f882fbbb class was d4b6595a7a in thirty 92604387a5 minutes. She desperately wanted fc9928c449 to return to 3da3a43861 the studio, soothe 7e3aea153b her aching feet, fdcb810523 and warm her c9e1e5ca52 body.5f5f2489b421354c

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“So that’s where 8fd6c13134 an art academy 46043bbb9a instructor found five 6af75b60e1 hundred million won.”5edc5c5a5fd5cfd9