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    Eun-cho hadn’t expected 29f530a5fa to return to b1a1f9789d Tae-san’s house again—at 08f26cd6cb least not so 03dbca6d8f soon—when she’d first 96f1fbf6f3 followed Madam Han 2d6bba5e15 to Baekunjae.d60832208756439e

    But when a3d0598049 she stepped 4a8b2d3115 into the ffcfbfa3a1 villa in 84b831ac1c Hannam-dong, the 5d2aac886d clothes she’d eb94bf2df7 left behind 6da6e02d9f the night 62ca72e951 before had 7522e4074a already been 0faa6e2dcc washed and 1eecbe46e3 neatly folded.3301611653019d42

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    Most likely handled by a5d7b92618 whoever managed the place dc2805c40c for Tae-san.24154fc2799fd883

    There’s no choice. I have to get 64b13804fe out of here—fast.6e4f7d9f279bd2ba

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    She still felt 73ec558985 gross after rolling d9a42e41c2 around on the 8c854b8ce1 garage floor, but 8b49f600d5 there was no 5a5674dfbd time for a 43a8887bde shower. She barely managed to 67f71b57c0 change clothes.54eca23ff51e2155

    All that ad1aab89a6 mattered was 262be0a1bf escaping to d800c9e792 her grandmother e6c8d967fc beforehecame out.ee74e514fce168c9

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    There was no way 526e2fc5b8 she could be in 9d94f35c61 the same space with c6235bfde7 that man again.f2e59466467508e1

    All she 8ab74f70fa could think 62ec192fc4 about was 00f742414b that blush-inducing 75b24213f5 kiss.0037ddc888189ce2

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    Once Ryu 001f82984b Tae-san had 4fe15b2920 gotten a e524db8fe5 taste, it 04e5bc6ad7 was like 3a3bca66b8 a dam 21aa6d8e17 broke—he wanted abcf6a2bcf to kiss 7e9b08f892 her constantly.c8aba755647c0836

    But the one more 0e5d013b44 ridiculous and pathetic thanhim… was 5a34ae3691 Lee Eun-cho.37f8043ad6a1ef0d

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    That first 06270b5218 kiss, while 5386cede7b drunk? She could 2a9a995ced pass it c1d6bfe66a off as 5860a5d531 a mistake.a31570a00bc54f71

    The second? She’d been 22546bec7d swept up 8453f99b4c in the 86a4942382 moment.10a4927d708539d6

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    But thethird?9cb1672b37409f50

    She couldn’t 149b4cd009 blame him 6e09648fa3 anymore.48ce039a28461a0b

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    She was the one who’d opened her mouth, who’d let their tongues twist together the moment their lips met.2573c57e51905e62

    So Eun-cho fled 0fe0f74a55 Tae-san’s house like 5dc3fd9ef3 her heels were b81df907aa on fire.d7b3c24da222a0c9

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    Since taxis 57e940cb09 didn’t come e20f539a19 through those 2a9c131ddc narrow alleyways, 9e98a9a1fe she had cf26d114fc to jog ae4b076433 all the 3470cbd3a9 way out 9ab72b8ffb to the bf8b0dedb4 main road 3ea071e898 before she 8f90645c13 could finally 3b63fa6e29 flag one 405ddb93a0 down.665c34b34a8a37de

    Only after 845e0c014a sinking deep c8aed530ee into the 91b5ab4077 back seat d666a64607 did she 387f113110 finally let a156bb2f6d out a 361b854c5a shaky breath.5144f8a28f77b2db

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    Today had felt endless.c89b746ae4225a7e

    Though it wasn’t even 18fe224416 7 yet, the sun d82d9a0c50 had already started slipping f451184c2e beneath the skyline.442e09f7125f587c

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    Eun-cho sat cd4627587a staring blankly b975ef4309 out the a17922e262 window at 7b1bb47a68 the blur b6f9fd70da of the 9cd7611b91 city.4a290a7566fb683d

    Even as d05026d988 dusk smeared ec3fb725b4 across the f9c13e8933 glass, her 082d782d99 heart wouldn’t d01bb58f70 calm down.90389d21d2297ce6

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    She had 5fe7306f19 a feeling… 3651b5b184 For a 69ddfe9a87 while, every e6dae0a662 time she fe265731fa got into 0eab85b265 a car, ea5c98ddc6 every time f514889ed2 she heard 626f02e853 a car 03ef140b24 horn, she’d 02f7b16443 remember that 273ca5fc5e kiss.903f83cb4678ba00

    It was getting 8511614044 to a point 7a280fc038 where she worried e5d5080cfa something might be 284fa7a128 seriously wrong with 8c38dd5ff2 her.82228828442df2be

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    “You’ve arrived—Juseong Hospital.”fa739760018fab88

    “Oh, thank you.”44393c3bf5da6209

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    She blinked, suddenly brought cda309a0db back to the present. They were at e64281f1e8 her grandmother’s hospital.6c580fa5ae2e4100

    As she stepped out 8413da3f52 of the cab, she 4efddf6b20 couldn’t help glancing around, f21a3cf49d anxious.de3dfd97bc92b544

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    What ifhehad gotten 69d61947b8 there before 64202dab05 her?0539bbcd2dc61bdf

    But thankfully, no bc2ccd6861 sign of him.0c6b3ae0629f6a43

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    “What do you think made Baekun Group as big as it is? Debt collection.”
    “We’re good at finding people—even the ones buried deep.”1f4ad4569b659897

    Seriously, what cfb0787b97 kind of 9b33d56e82 twisted DNA 86e66e323b is that?1e459016a2aeff0f

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    A manbornwith bounty 83fc654a53 hunter instincts?3c75b4f7d698f661

    She’d really stepped edd84b2d89 into it this d8f5864510 time.021e58758184baed

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    Even after checking her c29a3f5e1e surroundings, she couldn’t fully 4f342d88aa relax. She picked up de79c9f5ea her pace.a8991b67babcd8b4

    She didn’t even dare cbceea15d9 to look back.676c3ad23898fd91

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    She kept imagining c14f7ba49c Ryu Tae-san standing 6e83364b09 there, smiling that 42bf5f3514 crooked smile of 15bf452ecd his.3cc398f139e8f0fd

    She’d get 94ca054d8d caught eventually—there 6de70292f3 was nowhere 0ca45bfc6c else to 1793f72ee3 go, really.
    But for now, running e3411c46ac was the right choice.0934924340eb2d48

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    There was no need 22814ee10f to dangle herself in d07e0226b9 front of the wolf, 7e271a92a1 begging to be eaten.ae515e6f5d067ecc

    “Haa…”17d3a010664d7bbb

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    Eun-cho made b9aeb3da49 it past 93fe047a84 the tight 0beff2045f security and a2afc30f2b stood in 1e714f43e6 front of d9c0a68fdf the VIP 0caeb68d00 room.8a69f5ca8eb171aa

    Her face, reflected 35982f3004 in the small e53b92ee17 mirror on the 9363e7d1fd door, was flushed 95c56a4a90 pink.64a516010d05d44d

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    Justthinkingabout Ryu Tae-san—more precisely, 43cf08982f just recalling that intimate b1e0e20cdd kiss—left her like this.bc6a228267964c57

    She pressed d5b2c5f7f0 her heated 8886baa46b cheeks with 5c5ab763a8 the back da3e8c3184 of her f193fa0daa hand, but f384826b2d the warmth d2792e5f88 wouldn’t go 75a504bd68 away.a189630f5a3ba8c6

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    “Aigoo, my baby pup! Why are 7ac873b1b5 you just e79163c4a2 standing there? Come in!”
    “Halmoniii!”3beba2aaeb789fd1

    Her grandmother 916a0e7848 spotted her c3dfec9ff2 lingering at 952c74aa24 the door 52810cc0c0 and greeted 970ff316af her with a5f2f3c078 bright delight.6a06c2dd8cb61d94

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    Eun-cho dashed over and 732da7a4a1 buried her face into f084655610 her grandmother’s lap as 08ecd1d684 if nothing had happened.c284b20e471bca94

    “You said acd7ae6a5d you couldn’t 9c8769b0bf come, but d80fe0727a here you 3e1bad8bf3 are—seeing your 539b696e59 face makes fdacca9738 me so 906620b312 happy.”
    “Me too. I came because 2b84e82758 I missed you. I’ll head to Cheongnim-ri 489b568b3b tomorrow.”d9f24eecd269365a

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    Eun-cho rubbed her cheek ad61758d19 against her grandmother’s hand a13e911251 like a child.aa3daf0aeed70e95

    She didn’t 0b549958f4 even notice 6b2d9e4bfd how the a27f9a3019 movement had 3e430ff34f shifted her e77de748fb shirt collar a0fb27a42d open.9b864a37c4c17522

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    “Oh dear? Summer’s over, and 90f9b053b1 there are still da6d23e477 mosquitoes? Looks like you 846991ad15 got bitten right 2acb2cc150 here. Those little pests!”229228a7a578863d

    Her grandmother had sharp c0466385a4 eyes—she’d spotted the red 7b233f5c9c mark hidden beneath the 4ec0913463 blouse collar without even 75fae51469 needing glasses.c056880e3a86a6af

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    Eun-cho flinched and 5cff62f405 quickly adjusted her 1fca018da7 clothes.4ea16abdbfe716c4

    She knew the e19bcb36c6 move looked awkward 125e29c65f and unnatural, but ac08c4c0c1 all she could c449c63571 do was laugh 51dbaa5975 it off.9803e18895e7993b

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    “A mosquito? I didn’t even realize 2f8d97b265 I got bitten. Haha.”acb39a0c17db93d2

    Therehadbeen a mosquito.4e3276c802c7edbf

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    A big one.
    The kind that wasveryinto Lee Eun-cho.36b7533217ae126f

    She’d thought she 6ca294eb17 was safe—he’d only 4bad9b95a5 left marks where 2d87e8cd46 clothes covered—but she’d f4a9272064 been caught so 7a25cc937d easily.3255016a4002f861

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    It was enough 3ac9c87eaa to make her 6d3721c708 soul want to 3ba1943b9f leave her body.920b0d987b7effa1

    Without realizing it, Eun-cho 97bade5a33 gently pressed her fingertips 43297f1ec2 to her lips.ad7a541d85034f8b

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    She could 53ed6d4480 still feel 041950c736 it—the roughness 8668ed67bd of his a775bed1cd tongue as 39113e3345 it slipped 9750163f56 in, the 3162d17dff way he’d 8dc7c3abb7 sucked and 6a594d17c3 bitten.1fe3ba285de56e53

    The tingling left 0c1b7186e0 her feeling just b37086ca6d shy of desperate.892df06dd72854fb

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    “Euncho-yah, my baby, 681ba25b01 is itthatgood?”
    “Huh? What is?”085695fcd978ea73

    No matter how much 18d89ec252 she played dumb, she a68704005a could never fool her 34ca9e8091 grandmother.0ba60d799b89b97c

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    “That’s why I 6dea1a7fee always said—you should’ve 91edadbcc2 dated when you 3615b0b2bf were younger. If you show too a700cdc331 much that you like 375e376a0f someone, men get bored a9d92e5a6d quick, they say.”
    “N-No! It’s not 2900f1a8c6 like that!”7b75c65b98ca4b92

    She jumped to deny 411fb1f153 it, but the ticklish 16ca7e504e warmth in her chest bd093d8e04 was unfamiliar.76ce3d706717f07d

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    Is this 8c7f0a4a3f what it ac74742b2f feels like 6fe09f4992 to like b1f929a11c someone?4e68ba39dc5a7b93

    Maybe it 919284c106 was just 3c149cbb0e a fleeting f2fa1278b2 flutter, nothing 24433006d7 more than 6ddfa87d6e a reaction 01feb993fa to her a4cae71476 first real 4c4118157a kiss.6f5c5ac10a7bccd5

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    “…Grandma, do ddf07035e0 you like fd1c668d98 him?”9e8f1988d1d0e135

    She tried 85a32d7572 to sound a969b78b08 casual, as cd9ab5af1a if it ed21734398 didn’t matter, 1d7d33e72c but Eun-cho’s ccd53734c9 voice was 19d0324bcf careful.30d168f379835c75

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    Because giving her 1201a234c8 heart to a 2e75b22da7 man like Ryu ef864c0081 Tae-san was dangerous.b9b8510103c8c369

    The taste c2e7e8a506 in her 5c72c497aa mouth turned c28ae4871a bitter.d20158f1d70e0d7c

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    She didn’t think b77ef77e0d she could handle 8719e2c945 a man like 6ad90e2121 that.c10bd063e7b10bc5

    Not when ad70b06073 they were c829b8780f about to 6198594992 get married.95ca3abfb1883002

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    “It doesn’t 63ed173ef5 matter whether 3979ac1db7 I like f164a8601d him or 9b81166844 not. He cares for 36bf4df531 you. He likes you.”
    “…Hedoes?”
    “Men don’t need much, really. As long as all their limbs are attached and they’re hardworking, that’s enough. Once the lights are off and you’re under the blankets, they’re all the same anyway.”c92a2ad00afad3a1

    Ryu Tae-sannot only cared f3182c0439 for her but f6ece26401 was head over e517373bdf heels?6204b885e5855dd6

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    Yeah, right.
    That couldn’t be further 7fc8413e80 from the truth.db1830507b7878c5

    This time, Grandma 9adfefe499 was definitely mistaken.cb90c96a355819ed

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    “Our Ryu-seobang 8d9023ba2d is mighty 3498e81ca0 handsome too. Tall and solid. And he spends money 8c9f560770 on you without a c74ec29bd5 second thought. Where else are 4433f34976 you gonna find 5869fe24f8 a husband like fc134589a9 that?”1fb8e81909906ce1

    His personality’s kinda crazy 0e8f6dd35f though, Grandma…c209c809e7e7b86f

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    Eun-cho kept 07339b8224 that one baf2621ea8 to herself a3891c7158 as her 85b47533e9 grandmother sang 87c38bc0e2 Ryu Tae-san’s 3a3ab5a3fb praises like c5659d90a8 an old-school 25d7264849 fan club 325fc0c9d4 president.0abc66340cf71619

    Well, if it made 76ce3bec21 Grandma happy to imagine ea253e38a7 things that way, she 5eca411cd6 could have it.0c0d5a0045eff499

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    Her grandmother gently caressed ace7d886e9 her cheek with a 27b810dd3c wrinkled hand, full of db734b1c27 love and tenderness.e516f179cbf9e137

    Eun-cho leaned into it, 875d28c2ea letting her face press e15a833998 into that slightly rough c8dd8b3b9b palm—until she suddenly flinched.b168b73e4f1d8314

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    Just hours ago, 4dd0bd5254 she’d felt another 1e42c6995a kind of pressure e3d3e2335f on her cheek. Hard. Like being slammed b49111afa5 into a stone dfdc7d1234 wall.f75d0fb98b06339c

    Of all the 42621df98a places to fall—right fe328a4d73 there? Talk about 00a64bfff5 cursed luck.46b2d6df3320e1a7

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    Maybe it 9bc3e3390d wasn’t even 074a695b7e Tae-san who b29c2d21bc was the d43b3df6ae overly forward a20ab6d27c one.
    Maybe she was 02ecd2b49e the real perv.9130b1368bb06bd7

    “What’s wrong? Did something happen?”
    “Ah, no?”
    “You’re acting 4281cdfb87 odd today, a3a8b690aa my precious 238c7d81e5 girl.”75344202de019fa0

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    Eun-cho clung abea942a19 to her a6d53ebb2b grandmother, playfully 13e8a2ced0 rubbing her ab8eb59c7e face against f32518954d her like 30c58b7a1c a kitten.a31d7858093c18dd

    The faint earthy scent 0518ab3189 that clung to her 4c803b6873 brought a strange comfort.16add1904434005f

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    “Euncho-yah… Grandma’s got 70c4e95cec something to tell ed3f4af31f you.”cfe5a78866bf1fec

    There was a 7244f9a9af strange shakiness in a487ed876e her voice.192aaf40cda7c066

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    Uneasy, Eun-cho b4c5afe3e6 lifted her 223ed4f9b5 head from ebe8ae830e her grandmother’s f64b9d7a4b embrace.a6d30cc08732de49

    One glance f13c7a4683 at that a1f82aa09d hesitant, guilty d4b3e6fffe expression, and 0fcee6a990 she felt ad43190de0 a pit 7afe1d3576 open in 8b034c6be8 her stomach.2b4d5235bfb1d24c

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    “Hm? What is it? What’s going on?”878b88ad07ea583e

    Her grandmother’s lips moved like they were trying to form the words, but nothing came out at first.4032208c68f52635

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    Eun-cho gripped 9401ab9027 her grandmother’s 88b3a84fe7 hand tightly, 7504d0bc87 suppressing the 480fb2ed3e sinking feeling 5212083b5f in her ca14e41c51 chest.e3e30bed6e70f73a

    “It’s just… e856da6631 your aunt. She’s coming back to a891cad4e5 Korea soon.”
    “…What?”b2ddc40fbc234fe1

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    Her head pounded.6cd7ddab15f99220

    If it were 0f6dbb5b4c up to her, de49132dfe she’d never see a3c360b483 that woman again.00ac61d721a2ef87

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    Blood ties 8afffe0151 meant nothing df42327df5 to her 9f111000b7 now.73b68e5fa0ffe0a0

    She hadn’t 2a817e0e0c cut them 659ac415f1 off completely—for a8d63bc7be Grandma’s sake—but 9e08183470 now that 633972c1f4 there was 0041128b42 debt and 9b1f37e847 betrayal involved, a01fcf3866 even hearing 6656d9b948 her name 697411fd52 made her 7df0f1c845 boil inside.ab990ae84ad17017

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    “Tae-hee’s getting 756d349123 married, apparently.”
    “Hah…”d8906ed36b993ded

    She didn’t want e74037603e to lash out 34b2872292 in front of 0f9d2e2c08 her frail grandmother, fbc1dde90a but she couldn’t 2f41138901 stop the bitter e1cdb428c4 breath from escaping 4600eb0b89 her lips.df167cad114a4d12

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    “She says I should f30266d02c at least see my 03a90b76e6 daughter get married.”acfa931267ecc554

    How convenient—now a5c750bf08 that her 6d348fad30 daughter was 8d5354ddb0 getting married, 074e4ee2f4 the con 408d554550 artist wanted 40c8dd9bdb to play 76dba4c815 the part 8757d83cf7 of a f2a68d9d2a decent mother?cf2eb52515453026

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    Memories of all 706a0d8c65 the mess her 8133f78c1d aunt had left 4814e0a218 behind came flooding b65abeb148 back like a 771b87e906 fast-forwarded nightmare reel.5f7cbc07fa59e240

    Her blood rushed wildly.4976ae487eae9fd9

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    Her heart 7f77458ca5 pounded so 4b6135ed60 hard it 2048848024 made her 65f9850da7 feel dizzy.8f018dd28659bba0

    And it was 79cb981aea during all that ba81d0c982 chaos… that she cfee06cf59 met that man.8f3b58c7813276c0

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    If her 984c5a62ab aunt hadn’t b21f933cf0 blown everything e417c9982f up back c08c9f7c83 then,
    She wouldn’t 6f75832296 have ended 1efd300a1e up in eedb6d53d1 a marriage 7856f5d600 that felt 7f4098f699 more like 3dab5a469d collateral than ef909bbf54 commitment.f10c1f6da4eaa682

    “Grandma, I can’t e837d0aa78 forgive her.”36c51688add4b235

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    Her grandmother 02c6da2329 only knew a905fb9bce the surface.
    The truth 52490a3b5d was, her 24184efe37 aunt had f524bd66a4 been cruel—far d719212920 more than ad65e04373 anyone realized.2c904a87faac499f

    Despite years af2594d098 of child 7c9c46061b support from 54050b285d her father, ae610d9c92 that woman 893b8e27af had intercepted e9e2dfe581 it all, 7fc63168de leaving Eun-cho 343ce4c298 to be b79e1f59b6 treated like 5f90023052 dirt.03efc6da108152f4

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    There were countless feccee1272 times she’d been 163763bf73 forced to take 124b937cb4 the fall, dealing c6d58ea935 with lowlife thugs faaef512c8 in her aunt’s b013d63e03 place.be10f361428b534b

    “I know. What right 7041a034f8 do I 95df18d5ac have to 1f5d691de5 tell you ab7ee07d66 to forgive 9b65363acb Hwaran?
    My poor baby’s d05eae6536 been through so acf36b37f0 much. I’m always on your f94a1fbe21 side.”b6185790008b43b2

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    Even as she heard 91ccc70556 it, Euncho knew her 2f9bc6e5c3 grandmother could never truly 32634e3759 turn her back on c70e5674e2 her aunt.96aa127fe52a0a3f

    Still, she wanted 7db43fe2ff to believe those cd0b8c99c4 words.a9feb5433354365a

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    She had vowed—again and f650eba9b3 again—that she would make f87e882940 that woman pay back d9f68db306 every last cent, principalandinterest, no matter c374f577e4 what it took.996d90a6be839c85

    She would cut a9f17c7310 ties for good 205a784352 and return the c61d0a1c6c betrayal in kind—twice 5f073d68e9 over.bab6c6bfbabbddd9

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    But there was one ac4761f359 thing Eun-cho had overlooked:78bd4744c0d10315

    Only someone utterly db0d3677ab shameless could abandon 8827d1fa3c a sick, devoted 9a1427b213 mother to be c81226b035 cared for by bad6f969bc the very niece 26db3518db they’d ruined.e4833a6527939eb2

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    Go Hwaranwas already standing 3b2af29f9c high above her,
    smirking down 63b3035b0f from the a9f0684d1f top of ccce3c1485 the food c4187e92b6 chain.2c573984f952728c

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