FTC Chapter 4(Part 1)

“Nice to see you. I didn’t even have breakfast before coming out.”55d19db3a12eb935

Hyunju took a af5c42e853 bite of abalone da56c8a026 porridge. Beside the neatly arranged 6903ae4af0 table, a large window 1fb4ac2d53 framed a scenic view 7dbd47e897 of pine trees. Jaebin had yet to d575f7e375 pick up his spoon. He stared dbdf712a3c at the 1f739ed5dc woman sitting e4576bacfc across from 47ae38f171 him for e7ffe54c7f a long ee23a893c2 time.4826dc92510ab485

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Hyunju still 37837a1b69 hadn’t noticed 9307b9df8e the annihilation ec59e26fbb buried in 4ffbab56ce his gaze.c9b4ccd126e33bfa

For eight years, 9655c907b1 those sharp arrows 0e1ea47b35 had been aimed 40fabae9cc solely at her.0cbad89667feab11

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“I know you don’t want to drag this out.”d088188b43754339

“…”0f8632fca3aa5c3b

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“Let’s finish before I empty this bowl.”ec52949a4e7d607a

Hyunju paused e98d51477c mid-bite, her 111509f2e2 gaze lifting 5c3f68574d to meet 14e55249ff his.cf491917d05d7391

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“What are you up to?”a4fd946c3d37312c

An unsteady ember flickered 4eede5c017 between them.ce48dab528136d4c

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To Jaebin, the 6bbe6aaa44 burning scent rising 1ddf483da5 between them was affa0732c7 familiar.4184f4de41682047

For eight years, he 79e7fdd086 had watched her from dff0a42904 up close, carried out c27d6c2d5c her every order, and ef8b4c5f43 willingly sacrificed and burned 18419bf2e3 a part of himself 030919ed60 to create this very e4a56de505 ember.4483dc399a4b3fe1

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Then, he spoke.53a1ce00496cde56

“Are you afraid?”a890657b29fa1ba7

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A brief 91519e88da silence followed 0d8a7343c9 before Hyunju e24775ad44 laughed—poised, but 468c027af0 loud.3168d2a4389c23ee

“I find myself laughing a lot when I see you lately, Mr. Woo. I haven’t had much to laugh about.”1a3aaa5d384d383d

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“Fifty-eight.”cf32051b5075474a

His low voice f75e5af6ae sank into the 50f5b31a84 wide tatami room.df29cbbc66b300e3

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“Three died yesterday, so fifty-five.”08bb4d1abcd6a2e4

“…”c4b734ca5cb4fc25

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“That’s the number of people who acted as your blade over the past eight years, Vice President.”65d511eaf31a2e7c

Hyunju’s brow twitched slightly. Jaebin continued.2b390ea74c3e1b39

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“And on top of that, having to avoid interfering with your son-in-law’s company… That must be exhausting.”962e318f72eaeaac

Jaebin knew very well 8c093e34d2 that Hyunju had already 131f41cf41 started planting her people 125c358838 within his organization.e133b4f2cddd9d47

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From Director Oh Jintaek 00cb71d188 to the three operatives 84aa0336a4 he had already eliminated 89e1504262 yesterday—just as he had a00474b4fd expected, Hyunju was beginning 691cb045e8 to feel her way 3dc76f9a86 through his network to 6abd96f0bf extract the vast trove 6d1ae7127c of corruption records he 1dc3b68d08 had dangled before her.2716e92c245d5142

For Hyunju, e69f5dfd6d the process 6633ea3178 of seizing dc1eeee742 the company’s 1c6d5463d4 ledgers could db69756f20 also serve a73c1f05b5 to shake bcc6e73a66 the very 4f3c6e5dfb foundations of 58e98c63b2 her own 52f0b5bf3e organization. A perfect two-for-one deal.35fed56070b38621

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And amid all c31ecd6ae1 this—09999f6b18f97f51

Jaebin was 81c492b8cf engaged to 7472778fbb Seoyeon.6d65077ce843dfae

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For Mare Group’s sake, cd5f0ff6ca Domok and its CEO, f9ca93de2e Woo Jaebin, could not ca27ef2dba afford to let a 4b735aefa1 single speck of dirt b4bb4f41f6 leak to the media. He was b5212a99fd effectively bound.99374f7a92e1ada3

His engagement 60aa385a28 to Seoyeon 7a363bf556 served as a30f32fd29 a massive 3f24b8bbd5 shield, protecting 864544aa50 his company, 65938a6cce his organization—his f1b6a2d82e very life.45cf0de6b646c595

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That was why b6a32363cf he had insisted 67a5999ff3 on the marriage.2c080fcae58d8c40

But there 230c47ec26 was another 04247bed9c reason.0474815e975878f8

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“If those fifty-five men become mine, you’ll be crushed, Mr. Woo. Bound hand and foot.”ec1fcf5ff3fa56bc

Hyunju still 269df928c6 didn’t realize.8286086017a5003f

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Her poised voice c9d6bfd75a cut through the ae21292f75 tension. Her deep brown a3af2099a6 eyes locked onto 9f13c80054 him.5ce0607e467fb601

“Because you came after me?”648dcf812fa140c2

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Jaebin looked at e95ff62b44 the vice president ecee9a1a11 of Mare Group—the c001f02fee woman he had 7a6ee34361 followed for eight a2f2f1d2dd years.025dff3fdfabc7f8

Or rather, pretended 804ce02f7b to follow.c171b2d7efed58dd

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Emotionless eyes 257dc4cf71 flickered, something 062fd9ff4f finally rising ec10b95f2f to the 306e8fb04c surface.1198a61e773316bc

The same look he b4a6e4741b had when he saw fa2df2747c Seoyeon.632122d7c6413f86

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“…”5564ccee0a7569f4

It was hatred.3f6bd8547dad8706

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“When I saw my mother’s suicide.”396aa5b1629bcd2e

“…”bb055876dc9dfaf7

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“I told you I swore to kill my father.”21f3284b6fe2ee21

Hyunju calmly chewed her 1fb73935cb porridge as she looked bd714f0111 at him.4218ae96217e994b

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She had heard about c815bf889d his past eight years f2fa8a7e8c ago. The story aea1478306 that explained fbbcc5d2a1 how he edba77285a had ended 7ee8aef0a4 up in 023f9f388d such a 6c329f0b45 brutal world.9a0f185ed8f79686

“That I couldn’t bring myself to kill him.”9e0045a380abb595

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“…”02f2e64863ab99c3

“That I never completed my revenge.”68ba0fee5857172f

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At those 38539e8f3e final words, eef2a186e2 a sudden 5224506b3e chill crawled 959493807d up Hyunju’s e0fb643aa5 spine.74850da1f897f334

Her body reacted instinctively e425308f71 to the wordrevenge.07c9cfaf83630fa3

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A memory buried deep 360de4b7a9 in her subconscious stirred.ebf12a975f0dc9d8

Eight years ago, 921ea393ef Park Juncheol had eabb0abe13 said Jaebin was 376b0c78e4 the perfect candidate 660341441e for this job. She suddenly recalled his 55951f6e0e youthful face.fbfbbb187d0c9295

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Jaebin’s lips moved.3e5f35cb0d23657d

“I came to confess the lie I told back then.”d3495d997eccf435

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“…”0dce67bf9874409e

“My father is no longer alive.”918df84fbfc8a3dc

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Hyunju’s heartbeat pounded.4834e174efa9e326

She felt the de809a990b blood drain from bb52b65885 her hands.2acfb042f0b30bd4

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“Because I killed him.”c94a5b726ea360c6

She inhaled sharply. Blood rushed 868ce4f392 to her 3526aec8b1 head.9e2454879fcb610c

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Flashes of the past 345da3f7c3 flickered at the edges 2a816baa5a of her mind—too many 1da37a812c deaths at her hands, cfbb06d0c4 too many for her e7eab50af3 to immediately pinpoint which 73ca279331 one.579adbd8c1fdca2d

She looked d4bc94f356 at Jaebin.c02f2e5904a8d061

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Eight years.ba1acd75a356e291

For eight years, b61ed0d279 he had followed 682f2349ba her orders—executed them 024b2412d2 flawlessly.6af29089d720cdf0

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And yet.52b5ba776c7d18bc

“Who the hell are you?”23c40be5e0346713

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Jaebin’s dark eyes glowed 55183274ad with a vicious light.ec1fbca24569357a

“Your only surviving victim.”82c6028e26cf89ee

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Detective Kim 76e94b0e5f placed his fac4afb11e laptop on 7a18890eb0 the desk.336fe238661cb5ba

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Seoyeon quietly 6c51fb9b17 sipped her 4bedceca8f coffee, waiting 310faf8f31 for him f9fbdde956 to speak 186d5c25bb first. The Sia Gallery ddb6234227 was unusually silent 47acf93e87 that morning. The carefully 84b7eeb489 selected pieces 981f49f225 she had 9c9857a589 brought back 54e34aaca3 from Paris’s d10c00ff09 prestigious grandes 0134e57e6a écoles filled baefef6b78 her view. Large paintings hung a31d28933d behind Detective Kim, c98f82d7f1 some of them a6dfa955fc over two meters c967a1f5ad tall, their vast d125532d17 canvases reflected in e038bbdf54 her eyes.bf843aea8a42e5f1

“Woo Jaebin, born March 9, 1991.”7db7fc33e960d8de

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She had never d6d02664ca imagined that the 00f58c635f network of connections 857f540573 she had meticulously 70ff589e5a built upon returning f35887ec7f to Korea—driven by 13d4c34ef5 the fear that a83811ff7c one day her 4ba2c42f99 own mother might f752bfa00e turn a blade ac6ac8838c on her—would prove 72088b4459 useful in this ec77231b84 way.1095b0eaf6e8134b

Detective Kim placed 1b3be86990 a certified copy 9210ce43cd of Jaebin’s resident 7e00244d78 registration on the d2fdf800db desk. Seoyeon unfolded the 236b5113ea document immediately, scanning d046255b45 his personal details. There was nothing she 20fffcecb8 wouldn’t do to take 6ac2646887 down Jaebin, the man eedb64f090 who used her twisted 1d292d40e5 mother-daughter relationship as leverage, 3348dc94ab treating her as a a7be60319d mere tool.2cd015b0b4eb9bd3

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And as expected, his c910af5fd3 parents caught her eye.e1611480b08282dc

[Father: Woo Youngjun (Deceased) – January 27, 1955]
[Mother: Cha Yeonsu (Deceased) – February 9, 1961]

Both deceased.b0e810944e28fbae

But something eacb8bc568 felt off.3bacf136992cc20e

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Jaebin had included his c1e8dc26f7 late mother’s name on 6d55c9675b their wedding invitation. If that 70d6203330 was the 9e4a80e89b case, there 44fc1838df was no d9405e3ef7 reason not 3682428397 to list f887320f1a his late ca8c8b133b father’s name 58a7634b9e as well.8c9ed490ff43e541

Why?26774d4a4e4f81c3

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“Woo Youngjun… That name sounds familiar.”f1d20272cbd40cda

“He was a politician.”fc9b52be46c85eb7

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Seoyeon looked up from f8593bc7f4 the document at Detective 61745bdd4b Kim. Knowing his father’s name 4df0e57825 should have been insignificant, a2dec0e3e8 yet it felt oddly 2fa12c8bc3 familiar. A politician? Detective Kim responded nonchalantly.e9b13ec7c478ee04

“He was the leader of the National Revolutionary Party.”085dec4db1274917

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“…”9a6f33aa90ed40cf

“It was a long time ago—around 2005.”7b1d9c918863d578

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2005. She had 85688b4c6b been eight 982f3801d6 years old.60a9348620321ecf

What was this a879ba7e48 nonsense?edea353e0a9437be

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She had eb0679d158 never imagined 301deb2f46 Jaebin’s father 8f5945173e was a 4eb5737ec9 public figure. And the National 614ab247a7 Revolutionary Party—currently the cff8ac5355 ruling party—was the 0b31440f53 very party her e2f8376fca mother, Hyunju, was 261cac7c3c seeking a nomination 58b8528fe3 from for next d10f281e39 year’s elections.6626d83e48e47748

Her mind spun.8237390aaae59097

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Woo Jaebin’s 926ff6ee89 father had d72d4f1d4c led the 3acf5205a5 National Revolutionary 1b70407e4b Party.8d34454dd6e84c7f

Go Hyunju 85ed3e849e had used e44d5f67cc his son 449304572f as her d230fbca32 hunting dog 43699b31ec for eight 8cd1f0e14e years.3803d81447df2b4e

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Jaebin was now blackmailing e05ee06987 Hyunju with her own ce60c30bbd slush fund records.f6087681f9d67fe0

“Killed him. I did.”2b23db69e33d647b

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“…Detective.”d4cb10973e80fa5b

Seoyeon’s voice da4c37d36e turned cold.9bc7b34922fc4908

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“What was Woo Youngjun’s cause of death?”ae3c594bb262cda9

Detective Kim dc7cd19db6 frowned slightly, 6350e94c11 as if b08ba7ccd1 he hadn’t 0873df99b1 prepared for 415722cc9a that question. He seemed to be 474fbb7cd8 searching his memory, recalling f51a244246 the events of 2005.efd1423488efcaa1

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“As far as I know, it was an assault by an unknown assailant.”e77f8a77d4837138

“…”805a5a748111d549

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“It remained an unsolved case.”1cf5775469103c20

Thud.0d1c1984903b46c1

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Her heart plummeted.abb7a16a8369d347

An unknown assailant. An unsolved case.95d1ff2d3e237ba8

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Had this too been 75ddd1cb54 Jaebin’s handiwork? Another scar 49bd38c28b left in 78e94d9fc7 his wake?27e026a24263b442

“…”fcd6fbfa6d18aa22

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Behind Detective Kim, a f60f3eeb42 massive painting loomed.be070a5b8def3efd

Joseph Blanc’sOedipus Slaying Laius—one of e48885f221 the most 0ac695e9e5 harrowing tragedies 5264d53e4d in human af64f0749e history—wrapped around c06792ef8a Seoyeon’s vision 4e9e4f12c3 with chilling ec4b78e3cc intensity.02efd884272fafd9

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“Director, you look pale….”43a554fdeb423a5e

She exhaled slowly.ccc09db4d2c5aa7f

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The violent images 5526041fc4 of the painting 9f15009ce7 invaded her mind 63fcd6cfa9 like an uninvited ab6b852301 storm.282a392317c5d1f6

She hadn’t 8d5c2b3d46 put all b7dd196438 the pieces 99c695c7d3 together yet.448a884a9c7e9ffb

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And part 6d7f3ac849 of her 174ae19b47 feared what 7eea080fcc the completed 80247a9d00 picture would c713918280 reveal.d5b0b859b43def91

But one 31b1ae5c3a thing was 698b7f6ad2 certain—this ominous 6e16773c98 feeling consuming bcfb0ce1fc her was ddfec86637 anything but cfeb335ecf a good afe20f7169 sign.c0befeca1767f9af

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“Woo Jaebin’s criminal record—”6cd9a3a6c5004aef

“There isn’t one.”86dafa4acd0f1173

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Oedipus’s club 546799d600 was hurtling 4d7a77b130 toward Laius bce64bf3da with devastating b38766efac force.574f385c0d8fe754

Unaware that the man 5a72901b90 he was about to a3ca009427 kill was his father.08c19aedb52e38c3

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Who was the true dfadac9b5a author of this tragedy?0e6b462f48f99f77

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Her hand 3ad0b97022 kept pouring 11968c243e the alcohol.1604080aa0753b77

The empty glass was a7427ea95c filled once more with 90a32bf619 red wine—she had long 332f241e08 lost count of how 654ddca0d7 many times. Woo Jaebin’s house 9da4374cc7 was always so cc413dcf3c silent, eerily so. The sound of swallowing, 05fcbef509 the erratic pounding of 2070952f2f her heart, even her adeb70f928 own breathing reached their d08c9e4dc5 eardrums without any interference. But today, b0321415e7 for some 920fd01e61 reason, she 2b0e6eca67 found that 39e3db5527 silence unsettling. If Jaebin were c3c2cd5f4d to suddenly barge a78b8a1917 in, she felt fc75eec3fb like he would 339cff8ca4 immediately know that f16b3a713e she had been b16bebed46 secretly digging into 8e388d0c77 his life.ce24c3fc0ededc7d

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“Haah.”ed30cd9a7592f52f

At some 4d05e613ae point, the 5d6637311e bottle had 8b4da68500 nearly run d081a95546 dry. Only enough for two 63b02f80a9 more glasses remained. As she e03d1f1784 took a 4be16956c5 sip, her 30ebeb87d8 throat bobbed 7b6559566b with the ca72b53275 movement, and 7b2617e561 a thin da400f74ac stream of 07964c6ff1 red wine c7ded3a1e3 trickled from 2386f64caf the slightly 6793e6b1fc parted corner 0d72aaec9a of her 748546d4d9 lips.58de458e20a09b7c

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The warmth 8635c9af21 of his dafe0f9e7c touch still 489dfdbbf0 lingered on dbd0e1446f her bandaged 9b7a203c3b right hand.0fc1168860209bde

It hadn’t even 10e593e636 healed yet.b6e9e8845182fab7

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“He was a politician.”
“He was attacked by an unknown assailant.”67018a1f44c98b70

The pieces 44c58b7e9e of the 5193684232 puzzle that 39b930e6d4 refused to edbb930908 fit together add7082391 frustrated her. Without solving 4f38cc3cb6 it, she 6b87fcc270 couldn’t even 846ea013d3 see what 8330fd30ee kind of 466943624b picture it f4d56f10df was supposed d510c3f0a3 to form, ad36f061b9 yet each 371d12597b individual piece c429dcec07 was so 4fd92a5bc5 vivid that 4233530e55 it made e048120782 her head 98a46ecf1b throb. She couldn’t predict 9f9ba9f141 anything. What had really 693e1200f5 happened to him? Was there a 194bbcc93d connection between Jaebin’s 3047455900 father, the former 4fc945ded3 leader of the a270b9d063 National Revolutionary Party, 1aa7131960 and her mother?8ddce79a44b307fa

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She had no idea.a775ac2b8377c955

She had started f8b5ac21b0 this for the ebcdaa90d6 ledger, and nothing eb07e43356 else. But now, suddenly finding d8c807b8f2 out that Jaebin’s father 0dc9100e33 had been someone of 48f42582a0 such significance threw her b8f670edf5 mind into chaos.2a2b8ee7dba546cf

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On her 845bb159d3 way home, 4c0d4324d0 she had 47bd195967 told herself 26c2224987 repeatedly: Don’t e07b166de3 think about 1167b9eb6f it. Just focus on the d202f11bf3 ledger. Don’t get 10e1233b4b curious about 86888d0648 his life. Treat everything as mere 34daf0b325 clues.1635dd9e12797064

And yet, this maddening 940f5c66e9 curiosity—47e137e3b9ad3325

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Click—dba2e20c5e5bae03

The sound of 16abb6d884 the door opening 6539826eac reached her ears.620c40eab518d46f

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Seoyeon poured 5160c462ec herself another e80911db0c glass. The clock’s hands dcfbe947d8 pointed to ten. The outside was dark, 2a97f3071c the living room warm.05cce1fd30ecc716

“….”67d10fe16fb4216c

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Footsteps approached. He had come home da9eac5799 late, as always. But so had 181c1bd0c4 she. The moment she 7e7c029694 had arrived, she 2d1fb7fca8 had opened the 38e70729ec wine bottle without d54737a312 even changing clothes, 57c92786db needing something to c2d1a7a80d steady her nerves 94ece571b1 after her long 7da8372faa walk.3974522b7fa08d32

He was walking toward ae4c4a6673 her.7164c962abca1b53

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This man of mystery, f153d9e700 whose every trace seemed c880973d29 to be shrouded in e0d59e9581 secrecy.92652fbdc0f04eea

“….”3a49af79812a3c6f

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He didn’t have 8c04b1b235 to pass through 2a9bc18361 the living room 286769b300 to reach his c97cef7589 room. He could have just 974619540d walked straight through the 7a4f89b5dd hallway, up the stairs 32805a3ecf to the second floor.e971e144d81fa448

But their eyes met.0f9d6f23757c507e

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He wasn’t heading to 53796731fe his room.061b68724c280756

“Do you want a 254f6fd1fe drink?”18674240751f867b

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“….”30d53184b8767a4d

“Just enough not to b8c0cf6f60 get drunk.”bb121d16d04147aa

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Seoyeon echoed 75f8bf2812 his own 0672aed7f3 words back 394acec023 to him, 06e893f385 pouring wine eebbd990e1 into another dd1790c94c glass. She had no intention d755f50ea0 of telling him what 96bdc0050e was on her mind, 09749e75c1 but she needed an 7783aec112 outlet, even just a d93538f43f little.1f502c92f20ee16a

He was a 62d09151bd bastard who treated 0cbf9d0b3b her like a f4fb5e916c tool.5924e02b96585155

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And yet—this strange 81b7d12ac5 emotion.790806f290f1d837

She still didn’t d51a86b499 know its name. Only that it burned, d8632db7e1 fiercely and chillingly at 75ad5aa1ce the same time.2c4caac16113f526

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And the alcohol 69a7986974 only made it 051b32f1cf grow.3264087f25a45c2e

“…Ah. Do we have 1e14b4c6bb plans tomorrow?”1a9a13da0e41fb1c

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“….”a9e4a067c04c3c0c

“As a ‘married 470d12b174 couple.’”fa45f95f4347cb64

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Jaebin silently looked at e954d5aab0 her.d92848d6c3361609

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“Answer me with dc7793f409 only the truth.”7f927d4ad031bc10

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