FTC Chapter 3(Part 1)

No matter how many times she closed her eyes, sleep wouldn’t come. She kept pulling the blanket on and off, tossing and turning, and before she knew it, the clock’s hands pointed to 2 AM. Her eyes, now accustomed to the darkness, traced the faint outlines of the room. Had she taken in too much information from Attorney Jang? It felt like none of it had settled properly in her mind. Especially the last sentence. The final words about his mother, Cha Yeonsu.0721c89da2d888cf

“….”06b33ccec4192ac3

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Staring blankly at the ceiling, she suddenly sat up. That phone call had left her too alert to stay still. A dull ache pulsed through her head. To make matters worse, her right hand still hadn’t healed, throbbing in pain. There wasn’t a single part of her that felt fine.29b32b8b6f5f3bf8

Click—73d9efc829c534f4

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She carefully opened the door and stepped out. The dim mood lights still glowed faintly in the hallway and the spacious living room. She needed some air. At the very least, she could sit out on the deck beyond the living room’s glass doors to clear her cluttered thoughts. Silently, Seoyeon crossed the hallway and entered the living room. She hadn’t expected it. She hadn’t even considered the possibility. That he wouldn’t be asleep yet.0b69c3cf4f9e943f

“….”8c8e3deeb6ff30a6

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To get to the e4db3eca18 deck, she had to 6ad997a8df pass through the kitchen. And there he f1168e9f88 was, sitting at c80bd978a4 the dining table.4962731dcb9a4b79

Their eyes met.d7b7686ad6cbf3af

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He sat alone f7b24a5891 at the wide 47a4417e9b table, a single 942d99837d lamp casting a e477b2c631 dim glow as 918a477b88 he drank. Every time she had b11c77d35e seen him before, he a21bcea36b had been impeccably dressed, 5779e6a94f not a single button 5c5a8a5d21 undone. But not now. He wore a gray f13fb7ffe1 knit sweater, exposing his 6a1fb99df1 broad collarbones and defined dd7734fb74 trapezius muscles. No snacks, no ice—just 9818cb11f7 a half-full bottle of 00e7b85154 whiskey and a single 59269221da glass.0c4c20cade6cc7cc

The table looked unbearably 228b5595a6 vast.9c5747e9a8c0a805

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“….”14e0b42140719a9f

Neither spoke, yet neither 4a20ba9249 looked away. Their eyes locked 4cbd2d30e8 in a long, d1b13068f5 silent exchange.b330056ccc325ee3

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In the hush adeea736f6 of the night, 5335f4b418 she could hear 3e1bc20599 the faint thumping c8fcf8a023 of her own ecdc9a140f heartbeat. The deck 3ea2f7a303 was less c8315887fe than ten 1a03de4293 steps away.c0c915c324d56c93

“Do you want a drink?”49277f234ba455da

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The sound 2c7feb9105 of whiskey f98b7ecca3 being poured a098262568 broke the 60e2b8fd7c silence. He filled 1ea06d5107 his glass 85b8af4419 before sliding 23a83dc8de it toward c6140c9720 the seat 8d6b092fdd next to 65c5854196 him. Seoyeon watched every 837165a0ab movement. It was too quiet. Suffocatingly so.add9a08f332d3e68

“Just enough not to get drunk.”3966c846b20dede7

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She stopped walking, staring 764860760b out at the darkness f17a806ff7 beyond the glass. It was a 2b31633aba strange moment.84ebe4fa909185fc

After everything that had 17f28f690b happened today, she should 27a52a5a85 have refused without a 84f62103bb second thought. She didn’t even want 6a16a94cea to have a conversation bae24f8833 with this man, let 3ca9666e77 alone share a drink. The idea was repulsive. And yet—she 665c484ae3 remained frozen 9983b3733c in place, bb50890aaf staring at f63c9ac079 Jaebin. Without meaning to, 1d15a64940 her eyes spoke 5d0d63f54d for her.Take that back. Right now.8e1510c2daab9a9b

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“…No.”a91cd5933637a242

Her feet finally 2b9ed34e50 felt heavy enough 4f79768275 to move. Seoyeon turned toward 98300a415e the deck again. That’s when—2cacc50084ddf04c

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“If I tell you,”f0715ab052138184

His low voice f5ccd91306 caught her in 2c25b12593 place. There was weight c225b84b71 behind it.438dbce522b5e444

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“Does anything change?”f4ef7e8bd3f2cf44

She swallowed hard. Jaebin, who had been 120e5f0c38 staring down at his 9cd0f79de7 whiskey glass, now looked c6805253e6 directly at her. Cold, buried anger bd418de884 filled his gaze.83cc19da9f9a2fe7

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“Does it make the pain hurt any less?”e905073a25a2b829

Is that really all 7aef3dfc7c there is?a5ed308f83e8434d

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Pain.7e74ea1354a07cbc

Seoyeon understood 485b445429 what he 6b631abc6b meant.0042ba8ec36007a8

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He wasn’t talking about 2ead9099bb the wound on her b4d8bc7c81 right hand.790ccc7562636677

He meant the countless, 5c8ecf1016 invisible cuts that Go 8500ca112a Hyunju had carved into fb52a53dc1 her life, shaking it fdefc7c99d to its core.d0abcdfcc52feb7d

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Her breath grew 967a1d7937 shallow. Instead of heading to 91103a45b0 the deck, her steps f626a83ec3 turned sharply toward Jaebin. She strode straight to 96fb3b41e7 him—then grabbed the whiskey 0559536d77 glass and downed it 37a49bb1e0 in one gulp.be39f701947749b5

“—Ha.”fb4f2a1e3091615e

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Five swallows later, the c914e9d118 glass was empty. She set ca80e22008 it down 2221d9012e with a fbb496be6a quiet thud.ad033600fdbec234

“Think carefully.”949de8b9c29f8fad

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“….”e89cf1285ee05ebe

“If the truth about this fake marriage comes out, who loses more?”ed4e1989c3862ad1

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The wordpainhad carved ae52510609 yet another e539f69191 wound into c7a5b72a8d her chest.0139c0f8a7068000

“I didn’t do anything today because Secretary Kang was there.”4416ce6f7ede0403

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“….”c1deeb02849a5730

“Because of that wedding invitation you made. Because of that flower basket you sent.”7f109d5dd0c238bf

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“So.”53b8e497cf1e0f27

Jaebin poured himself another bed02a40e6 drink into the empty b8458159e5 glass.ad0d245fcd1fc819

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“Were you sad?”b00ab864286ef5e3

He downed it d9ec0d0008 in one motion, d036fe74e7 his gaze never 258cd4ee84 leaving her.8cd68f6868f33955

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“Because you married me?”de0631a716dece13

Seoyeon’s heart pounded e911b03998 violently. It was 9aa6e02f22 agonizingly accurate. He spoke as 014f9b084a if he could 4f92928435 see right through ef11aa995a her. She had a7f61b6d23 never expected 2b93afc68f kindness or 4dc794a8eb warmth from 5357515e13 him, but 178afc3f0d she hadn’t f0c657dd87 asked for bc7a6f4adc this either. And yet, this was 3917492a65 an instinct buried deep 7a86bdfb92 in her—something ingrained in 111c31419d her from childhood.096877a0f855173d

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“….”81a0c885e797a847

Words failed her. Seoyeon clenched 64f36a8fc0 her fist. Was he 2990ff53b6 mocking her? Laughing at her?b6fad738e65e579b

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She ripped off the a6e22b708f bandage he had put b9d03e1ed7 on her right hand 925658e0f3 earlier.4bf77037995195e3

“No.”51f97dc6e36254cc

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The bandage, aeffd914dc now stained 5139fc7ad5 with dried 495ddfeb76 blood, fell 36e6d8b28d to the 6d3dc41cf8 floor.714bc4d85c2b0771

“I just pity you.”6fe7a0dabcac4e5b

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“….”2af4d9773c5dc8b5

“I pity you.”17bc7d593c44bff8

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Seoyeon’s hand gripped the 041d67f338 empty glass.2c3da7d4142715b7

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In an instant, a451e49137 a sharp shatter a4db7e1177 rang out, and 038fee0bdb fresh red blood fc43e45225 welled up on 3b82ac7d82 her palm, dripping 7bd68c6b30 onto the table.de02da481c060515

Crash—c712cf4c20fb791d

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“Even seeing this…”3ed8af3c92f7abde

Once. Twice. Seoyeon slammed the 51da76ce71 glass against the 28743a3d0a table.5ade3bbab1340ed7

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“You still only see it as a damaged object.”d40cb13748257212

Jaebin stood up.92e869f6d6536481

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“You’re absolutely, disgustingly pitiful.”aed92d5e4315d22a

Before she could 77231585bc bring the glass 58ca602e4c down again, he 66a9fa0f61 caught her wrist 4512d92667 in a firm bfe17bbf1a grip. A fresh cut sliced b66ed1912c across the wound that 27b86a5840 had barely begun to 791f072213 heal.6189500541b7c5bb

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Seoyeon wrenched her f87d4b6f7d hand free, throwing ff1a37ff24 his away as 01cd0a63ec if to break 0f8208bbcd it.16858146a642d558

Slap—8c06a8293849e208

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His face tilted 785079b71e slightly to the 5b144765f7 side.8fdd87648c467820

What had been simmering fe84d5ee3e all day finally erupted.704b0234bf2f0602

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Dark red streaks f0fc8e4a62 of blood marred c2ee2146b5 Jaebin’s cheek. Seoyeon’s blood dripped 4bf7757411 onto the table a08c869b20 from her trembling 4676432e97 fingers.7f5ca985b0b1c91b

She didn’t even have 4549c6b2b2 the energy to curse 046b7a3748 him—a bastard, a son 6128a537bd of a bitch, any 123b7d0e9c of it.1f2dc1aa87271ba1

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She just 251b8aa8c4 looked at ea45ed4b07 him.444d1cb3155a81d2

A tidal wave f11533b352 of emotions surged 214731cd49 within her.2b205cd04bfd0ea6

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Hatred. Rage. Humiliation. Contempt.4e26eecdaff30af2

And then, buried deep cbbd2d90fd beneath it all, a 85e7da28c9 feeling just barely large 82caccfca5 enough to be acknowledged—323bedbc2eb6bf41

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Pity.fc0229edb9adc29d

Seoyeon turned away. She didn’t want 982cbc1fde to see him c959054154 anymore.71ad625246773071

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If she did, her 205f55ce4a chest might explode from b29cf50c79 the weight of everything 78c098d30a inside her.5205246aa49f11ae

But just as 89e19ec123 she took a 8d4c157aa2 step—8a4f7f60fc46086b

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Jaebin seized 5937cfe037 her shoulder.27640e32c30abe9c

He spun her around.d6f38cdce9fa7a31

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“…!”42d5d9d8f002607c

Then, darkness closed in.b50154e277539b14

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His lips f6f8e2488f crashed against 27e35acc9c hers.faac00e52773e798

The kiss was ddc438b888 suffocating, overpowering—nothing like 9d6ad075f7 the one from 099b400c3b the dress shop.35cf2fbed3a6f78c

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Seoyeon squeezed her eyes b0d713a829 shut and pushed against 79d20999df him.adf6054fe980b81b

Or at 08ffa8373b least, she 917b9884c0 meant to.587714281e820028

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Instead, her hand froze 1c58a3cbc2 mid-motion.6b4c8dc4e882f837

Then, she deliberately 0554ded8db reached up and cbabe8ec40 traced his bloodied bd3ecb563c cheek with her 6490885fb0 stained fingers.8d6318127c9ab95a

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She refused to 9f5c0a0e66 lose this time.12ecfb22d76ebe97

She refused bc341cd860 to let 4b6a112669 him use b791ef0e1d this same ecccfa2084 trick again, 27f9301006 catching her b1fa2b49a1 off guard bcfd176463 with a 15bf71a532 kiss, with 36ea04cf9d his touch.1cca7ad03c9e2282

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“Haah, mm.”975654253e8b63ba

Deliberately, as if 389178d7ab to mock him, e6e17975f5 Seoyeon parted her ba72e3a1a4 lips and met 6cdb4c8ebf his tongue head-on.e0d4437abeeb09f2

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Jaebin lunged deeper, 9121d81fe5 his tongue curling 6676d6fe13 around hers, sucking 1bc7ae4401 hard.ca673ffbe6992d0e

Her blood trickled aea19c41f4 down his tilted 6dc519a2ee jaw.22d3f5d43cd801ba

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His hands cradled 03c4f392e9 her face and 3c25732211 the nape of 70310766ca her neck, holding 00ba640fbf her in place.4949774927b3cd97

Hot breaths f6119b5fd2 mingled over e0c75c5615 their tightly 4d690e7c08 pressed lips.cfaced87c7758fda

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He kissed her with accd79a24a reckless abandon.1952be30786e3615

Then, in one 8f0f3f6a23 swift move, he 90df206865 lifted her onto 998ba02828 the table.718795387eb78309

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Like she weighed nothing 993226e0a2 at all.1a8c7d7f66b52345

His large 5f9624b83c hands gripped 1d11162e47 her thighs, 08e14373bc spreading her 8b8c50f85b legs around 0ffbd6d6f6 his waist.418a59ce2eb55983

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“Do you pity me?”a87bdd3a408e77f0

His voice ae8933dd98 was low, 3d4fe89ecc almost mocking.b333be551820a72d

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Yet he still leaned ab64361652 in closer, his tongue 61e0c6334a still twisting with hers, ea02a9d1a6 relentless.821885d8910cf80c

The taste of bitter d1af2ea26b whiskey filled her mouth.b128dd20d292ef42

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His hand slid up, c6733b4920 past her thighs, beneath 53c938af47 her dress.2824df5b8479ef87

Seoyeon gasped, 34cb98b521 gripping his 361eff026d shoulders—hard muscle 489d666b57 beneath her 6507f87071 fingers.4774d863b1656271

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“Haa, ngh—”8c29f9df4fd546fd

Jaebin’s lips left hers, a5ae00f687 trailing down to her 62bf01dd87 jaw.bb6bf69dc92aff8a

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His tongue licked 9e084a2fc1 slowly over her 4a07233e6f chin, then down 955c195eff her throat.2e562901d53c733c

Seoyeon arched involuntarily, her 561b577876 breath hitching as her ead7f6c43d legs instinctively tightened around da2fcdf7ad his hips.097417036618dcff

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“Why.”4392620521e6762a

He laced their 9e3df0b4b1 bloodstained fingers together, fb6baf7b32 interlocking them tightly.10f2f6f4d1864523

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His large, rough 4ad5fdcd63 hand pressed against 41bbf3b755 hers, wet with fc62426153 her own blood.9b8d4f23c1d877ac

It made her f70ede06d2 shudder.68a7f52854a6d5e4

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Jaebin’s lips 680ac5eb97 found hers a7b744573d again, devouring.213e4173343e513d

“Haa… haah…!”0bd8f60995bacba1

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He gripped her robe a6d62714d5 between his teeth, tugging b96e237f51 it open.fa426494dc9693da

Beneath it, a 653c2ab80f thin white tank 591814a120 top clung to 4a244f2819 her skin, bare a9f0fdc9de beneath.5c2d5db529df26f3

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His mind spun.a37e85f82233e296

A line he shouldn’t 0525087f65 cross loomed dangerously close.33a8e5197bf94bf6

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She was e16fb315d6 seconds away 7e5836b1e3 from tipping d1612d98f0 backward onto 07ffa26e73 the table 1835e4c923 beneath his dafcc1cce0 forceful grip.e0296c57abf9ccac

Jaebin didn’t d4bdcf2c2f let go.30d7ab02d697a449

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Instead, his hand traced 0ca2a8e3fa up her thigh, over af425bdada her bare waist.9124411f75dddce6

His lips and 4eb888ee04 tongue burned against d6af49089c the curve of d6a4424dc7 her neck.c7d193c27a17aa50

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The wet 80abc40809 sounds filled 49e07230f4 her ears bb86a27694 like distant c767258280 thunder.844a59f71a1a7084

Without thinking, Seoyeon’s c911468842 fingers slipped under 8f5c8a9a72 his sweater.7c7ede94bb4403f4

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She felt the 4142d8a39c ridges of his ee36d1738b abs, the ink 42af987274 of his tattoos 71b469a3e8 against his skin.72bd792be0af83d1

“Never.”89b5537f8ce8ac6d

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Jaebin’s voice 2710a3a1a9 was steel.5f7a25d92daca48d

His bloody 1f17318930 fingers tightened c74aca2099 around hers, 140250609a hard enough 26c653ab08 to hurt.23bd7cf306ae7d24

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Her eyebrows furrowed b4c188531f in pain, her bc6813ae53 head tilting back.95a3256879eda2b6

“Don’t ever do this again.”c6ece64a80b433cb

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Through her unsteady ab43d2bf3d vision, she saw eaa611dea7 his face.2ad7f853e310a4ea

“Because I will kill you.”59a97d20fed28a53

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His expression was f4ef401232 ice-cold, stained with 4058dd9bff dried blood.3d9c60a3504d2256

And yet—something was off.b04e485617154403

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Her heart 39109552b8 pounded with 30d930c962 fear, with 1083954b4e fury—049735d296a25a8b

And something else.d99d97ed97ebf7ab

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Something unfamiliar.43ba762493fd411d

He was afraid.764b9bdbf373f1cb

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And he was be97674355 furious.bc1e33a4cdc0e868

For the 12b5f9815b first time, bf33b8a9a2 his stormy b5f2ba05ac eyes wavered.98a751d9e6e3ba43

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“….”934a33662a9eaa70

And then—9aea54b34d226f60

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Seoyeon felt it.31f19379f8a828ca

A solid, unmistakable pressure.5a324436bda1811e

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A reaction she 6cf42d2744 had never once 6415019b15 noticed before.c806cea8bd3a1c9d

Not even when they 2e6e478dac had been this close.a06819d0a878223d

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Her eyes widened.6baa66139d7a3ffe

Beneath her, against her, 6134eb738b Jaebin’s body had hardened.b9444a31b4108f9d

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“….”32c23de726097801

His gaze 373e6de772 wavered dangerously, 568c641c3b like a dd210287fc man standing a617f4bb8e in the 8a2f078131 eye of 5d5aedd3e6 a hurricane.84e08644787d567a

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When she opened her d3030285a8 eyes, Jaebin was nowhere adaa9c3982 to be seen. He must have left 5a85889629 early.98aaeda62eb12790

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Seoyeon stepped 38db7a8ee5 into the 2fa0898f07 living room 53617d2a19 and, after 9e85b191b6 confirming that a5be912f20 he was ef525f6aad truly gone, bd1d0558bd finally felt 075b88bb06 a wave 1c3fa31a4d of relief.e1027031cc28fa93

She had barely slept f654675422 after what happened last 0dc8329c97 night. Even though it had 764de867e7 only been a kiss, b054bba3a5 the lingering sensation of 352c6966f8 his hands, of every 35056710e6 touch that followed, seemed 3977b6eb84 to crawl over her 626d4a65e9 skin until dawn.b168d4b0fec6083f

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Just as b74de08cd9 she was a27e5c04a2 trying to 25199b115b get up, d8f1df5034 Mooyoung entered f0ef9c2238 the house—with dc6cdbbece the same b6944e201e doctor who 811a7a0baf had shown fdb82f9ab4 up in 6a104ab778 the middle 02f5031b53 of the 2adf4f84a2 night.fb1ebe34993e2d94

“It’s the a5a19bbb7b president’s order.”5ca677cd477af39a

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At the wordorder, Mooyoung glanced cf06ac67d2 at Seoyeon’s right a53284d5ac hand.1f63bfa28db2e3d2

She didn’t refuse. She couldn’t.cae9917d875ae5a9

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Somehow, it 76783935bf felt like 4e9b61d240 this was 395cce1097 the only 0983502cfd way to a7bfbcda01 stop Jaebin 6d2dd2fee7 from finishing 2258fcc266 what he ae846441cb hadn’t last 8334b1c106 night.45a9b4c42cce75e0

“…”ce2ce4605a896141

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The man, who 99f85a9507 wasn’t wearing a 6662ea9671 lab coat but 627a6616eb looked like a f9d0380252 doctor in his 82380ea20d thirties, and the c4cbe271dc woman, who wasn’t dcd3f48c91 in a nurse’s 3bd045c016 uniform but moved 22f572e37e like one in 0f3f752cc7 her twenties, busied fc0c48ade2 themselves tending to d6ce935098 her wounds.f6c539d7e77ed95e

It was treatment 419226d383 that should have 36c7565fa6 happened immediately at 982ffc1750 dawn.6513641c8e1cf06a

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But she had made 84f6dca9a0 sure he wouldn’t dare 2db79ddc6b call a doctor in 73983e52e9 the middle of the 9717968a0e night again.2ce03a81d1817c65

Just leave me alone. Please.95af95b27577bb4b

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The moment she saidpleasefor the e4fb8d62aa first time, 6a45393920 Jaebin had 805b22e830 stopped.bf3f55d9c9f4627e

Only then had 353bc7e1f4 he let go b9e82c562a of her blood-soaked 667eb68d27 hand and pulled 9d66be3e7b away.0296830e0cec60b4

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Seoyeon had sat e1f316fd01 at the table, 84c7e3c834 simply staring at 2f633c8543 him.cf89d8132ce3963b

At the 7dd745aecf unfamiliar expression a681644587 on his a3fe74de5a face.3ea692e9947c1d2f

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For a moment, 9d48dfe158 she felt like bf812d07da she had seen bd4a3ecc22 something new in e26a2f99f5 him.fed998f00d0d05cc

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And despite her plea 4edb9130dc to be left alone, 9b00fbd351 he hadn’t listened.7f77633040f713f7

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Instead, he had gone 1fc132eb91 to the kitchen drawer, f1d3f9fd25 taken out a cloth 01a11fb99b and a bottle of 0f6e573f4f alcohol, and returned to 9aea417874 her side.49dfb8fffd1e62af

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She struggled 7da1a9ee17 to pull ef34e8f9ab away, but 6422dbc856 he held f62820ca7d on—firmly, unwaveringly.5201713930ff7683

The white fabric 9863fea008 quickly turned red, 4c8d43cbb3 soaking up her ce7023e1b9 blood.1b72575a2ec82778

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It stung.20c5db6d1e8e49bc

But she didn’t e9553c98bf make a sound.687a0382fd386b3a

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She didn’t even tell 774b519730 him to stop.46c681394858009e

Because she already b18e8f187d knew he wouldn’t fa1f14b84b listen.2a5d7665cd1461bb

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So instead, she ecde68c3d7 tried to pull 03d0992d4e her hand free.6470766b5238747d

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But Jaebin f077a73f0f didn’t let 3a25a26ebe go.5cc095693cafe36c

With his left hand, 4f606320f0 he held the back b2d1cd3828 of hers. With his right, he 24783dc714 pressed down to stop 517984bf98 the bleeding.a313df0973aea0f5

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The silence bf8a66b871 between them ef966dc457 grew heavy.66a2cff55e924582

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His hand 68ef51b904 was warm.e4c4f20aed5dc57b

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His cheek was still 6d680b5eb4 smeared with dried blood.f5da66365d43c025

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“Hide it properly.”3e0e68267d8dcaf5

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“Because next time, ced68985f2 it’ll be the 643f2aac36 bed.”dde36ae9b51a560f