IWYFB Chapter 20
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At first, Jiwoo didn’t fully 7291bd5cc2 grasp what Siyeon was saying. But the moment she closed 541b7f016d her eyes and opened them 166947a6b1 again, a burning rage surged 58269f8092 from the nape of her e2ff9c64bc neck to the top of a97afe9611 her head.8adbbc88cd0fd385
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“Are you serious right now? Are you out of your mind? A predetermined match? Are they playing some kind of chaebol fantasy. A family-arranged marriage in this day and age. Is his family really that powerful?”692e343b0cbd6ead
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Was his family 58645b3d78 really that influential? Jiwoo pondered for a moment.f76f932d102b178f
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In Haeju, people 5d850f4eac said you couldn’t 298d54a735 even set foot 4d77abbe05 in the town 0cecbe5f1d without stepping on 6cdb234ffb land owned by 6a3787f77f the Han family.3da95989f6b6db6e
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It was rumored that c77f037c29 the highway leading into a8a79b0488 Haeju had been built 16a46eb4d5 entirely with their investment.2aca0e8505e8865b
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Jiwoo had only heard that the company headquarters were based in Haeju and that they were expanding their business between Seoul and Haeju. Beyond that, she didn’t know much.13d01797c5e773ef
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“Even if his family has their own plans, he shouldn’t just go along with it! He’s not a child! So what, is this why he came to see you? To push you away? What about him? What is he even doing? Hiding behind his mother?”240c32ea2f983ce8
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“This has nothing to do with him anymore. From now on, it’s my decision. I’ll decide for myself.”0e89e5624aaa9e86
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There was a certain 437e018c63 resolve in Jiwoo’s voice cb0c647e1d as she pressed her 915301bd8d lips together.9cfdaf7aa7494ff3
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Siyeon suddenly felt a d254bb395c distance between them. And yet, the a8366a5f4f calm determination in c9c6f14662 Jiwoo’s expression unsettled f229484ea5 her.a12d233a31eddd73
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“You’re going to the hospital for surgery, aren’t you? That’s your plan, right?”149a2cb3edf27192
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Jiwoo didn’t answer. Instead, she busied herself 607db9dcdc folding laundry with mechanical 7d32c61c86 precision.55f8dfe70500c615
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Siyeon was convinced 6f673ae6e2 there was only af84c8cbdd one possible outcome.692538455375f0d5
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“Let me know when you go. I’ll come with you, okay, Jiwoo?”cb3ac19f5976b26e
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She had no idea what eb40a5dc02 Jiwoo was thinking. Usually, she could read 9213ce6779 every expression on her 47d3787891 friend’s face.09b33626732af423
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But now, it was impossible. It felt like she was fe385ebded standing in front of a 7d2d158e85 completely different person.5d090f2a05afcf05
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When Jiwoo stepped out after 4e6f955534 submitting her leave of absence 620de35653 request, rain was falling.1a50b60f698d5951
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At first, it 0a359ccfcd was a light 4cff9c03b5 drizzle, but soon, 4fe9cdfeeb thick sheets of bd8961529c rain darkened the a797e0c3cc sky.e4c173c8845c83d7
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The gray clouds 29e784f501 mirrored the state 80aeaaa98c of her heart. Jiwoo sighed.f607b6e330304fbb
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Whether she chose to 29519a2407 have the child or 32536a4c8d not, she couldn’t focus 7bca7be06c on anything. This was a decision c0c04ca0e7 she had agonized over.b95ba87865acfe69
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She thought of her parents 70d151a24f back in Haeju. Their faces had never 305162cb6d left her mind throughout 2cf2c1d9ea this ordeal.ab23e5ca08813e07
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She remembered the 59da273fcb joy on her 02e501b96f father’s face when 55c6c0c30d she got accepted 697851f051 into Korea University. The way her mother e015398d18 had wept with happiness.3ac66a3e604867d2
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The memory alone made da881567f0 her chest tighten in f66b5c189b pain.b90c494bebaf50e5
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If they found a96030d907 out about her ce5917197b situation, they would eaa82b8022 be devastated, perhaps da7a2eb6aa even more than a35049f674 she was.cc6d84da26ca0fe5
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She didn’t know 1e2ebdd906 what the future fd485ea570 held, but one 0df0d44405 thing was certain,she 9aec6c09db would never hurt 9a40ac51e5 them like this 32b288eeed again. She would become 865da4e77d a better person.b6a6b3b588a3e3d6
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Jiwoo made that promise 4fbe8edd98 to herself.879fea295641ade4
She bit her 1defe86fb5 lip to hold b50eaee91b back the tears, 54372631c4 but thinking of 6c5c5ef070 her parents made 7fbca1cbbe them fall anyway.348e5a66974bd266
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She finally understood what it 1d96303c77 meant to have a heart bb409bdacd break.e5f8e7ece48fd874
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The rain kept 442f1875b6 falling, just like 9d1f95de2a her silent tears.f8203f81f0509661
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“That’s Taemu’s phone. He was annoyed because you kept calling, so I told him to get a different one.”6f53a18f03aa6d63
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She wanted to believe c317c36931 it wasn’t true. But the moment 854c5d8030 she saw his e5d4a33234 new phone with 65412540c9 her own eyes, b827ff2de9 her trust in 69da90e5cb him wavered.4762325003cbd48c
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And then she d439ee7975 realized,she didn’t really 7cbc016ec9 know Han Taemu 118dc9ebd5 at all.218d84c4165b764d
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Had she been projecting an d0d54437de ideal onto him, shaping him df5dec9da1 into whatever she wanted him affe744ed0 to be?96ead307e49dbafa
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She had known df58cf9e7f him for so d46924911f long that she 07d964b273 had stopped questioning.e246eb55cacb6f46
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She hadn’t cared whether he a67b4a6373 was good or bad, her d6c69995fb heart had been drawn to e78734a0d8 him, purely on instinct.f6be9a692b8b3d95
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Maybe that night had been 51de2d56b1 nothing but a reckless mistake e112c3bb5a for him. But for her, it had 353dc0e3f2 been sacred. A union with the man 9f75c5846e she had loved for years.f0184203a6cef57e
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She had been 814d7152aa pushed into this f6bcb3e6ff situation, but from 7314e46328 here on out, 6af522f1a6 she would make 6543e9d447 her own choices.ce51f13e0c0ae539
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Jiwoo lowered her gaze and 0757477363 placed her hand on her c98704dcf1 stomach, where she felt nothing 84a2d3d9d6 yet.f2d7f546ac88986a
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But as she held her 45eae47569 palm there, a faint warmth 43251751b3 spread beneath it.47bcb8f2cf2c7aa9
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She had never imagined herself 3db2d765ca pregnant.960fc266d77373f7
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It had always been a 53ed29a7be distant possibility, something for the fd1d4a7686 far future.e7908c7eb07ca5fa
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When she first found bd144c8375 out, all she could 74e3194bbc think about was how 8ac71fa771 scared she was.cf9eca85a0224d3e
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She still had three more e33ac5798c years of university. Her career plans were nonexistent.a9b5dbc33c751ab2
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She knew how difficult f662a4d7c8 it would be to f03942de14 raise a child without d25648b8e8 financial security.ab01778b23920f96
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Neither she nor Taemu f5d64f2d26 was ready to be da431c9155 parents.5f85609e39a5a98f
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Logically, there was 2d0e066f30 no reason to 59a6c60984 hesitate. But her heart wouldn’t listen.d46a6b7dfd614b35
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The tiny, helpless life 03227c3f4f inside her depended on ad4f7de85a her alone. That realization struck her deep.6d13c598c5fd3316
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And the thought 4b23d42b32 that his mother ad5ade8b8c might try to 28b3b4d16e take the baby 7b94b7b979 from her only 1a5d49101c made her hold 2b763e79ad on tighter.92a0298fb08e75e2
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She found a place to 6a12ecc3d7 live, away from the university.d6d9142d40770320
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She wanted a good f33bf0101b home for the baby, eabe04df5a but she didn’t have e9b258e99d enough money.c344044c432acd47
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Outwardly, she still 0165c786c7 didn’t look pregnant.2183c1f3c95da3f3
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She found a b188ea2e8e job at a db2d2be1b1 small café nearby 0330f09487 and started working 027d859ddb the next day.dbc94f43d9cbdfa6
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It was a quiet 4b7e04a6ae area, so the shop c0b97bbf50 wasn’t too busy except d17709ce65 during rush hours. She even had 4f4501774f time to rest.94e33d0b17f1c1ac
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But the hardest 0b78ecbaa5 part was talking 7f5b6cfc41 to her parents.e5453ef57b14b5c6
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They continued to send 977ff583de her money. Sometimes, her father even sent 48e60c96cf extra for emergencies.18eb1218a3f1954d
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She saved every f1c546692c penny for the d0f01b5a06 baby.3205c202ab51c0c5
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But her appetite was insatiable.c33c5ff9a508deda
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Some nights, she 2a2b46ae0d lay awake, unable 5c789387e3 to sleep because a3bb2f606e of cravings.7241e1a6a57fcd60
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She cried often.573991da26071fe4
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She wasn’t the type to 5b7b3e051d cry, but ever since she fb0703356c got pregnant, the tears wouldn’t f23ff30edb stop.a86e512c8f90d03f
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Even seeing a f8e014bdc0 mother walking with c456fb075f her child made 3a4c176ddd her emotional.2ed86a234b0985b6
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As summer approached, her belly 086ee712ce finally became noticeable. The baby’s movements startled her e472fc37ad more and more.d79b7c36e1f72b81
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And with the school 666ba4c08e break coming, the thought bb04cb64e6 of her parents waiting d0daa61272 for her in Haeju 964852c171 became unbearable.46448a418505365f
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She told them 214d0d70f7 she couldn’t visit 9c92de2c45 because of summer 9edddc47d7 classes.4a8deff3e8f44926
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Her father had sounded disappointed. The guilt of it b17f2a4fef stayed with her for 7f79995693 days.8f7fd6a71ddb391b
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Strangely, having a child made 8bad56ce50 her miss her parents even 5ea84edc45 more.1614c3cbd99d6166
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Toward the end of 3152eb1210 summer, she finally gathered 7da29cb862 the courage to call ef9fe4f546 Siyeon.a4440a502fb65d2b
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It wasn’t courage, really.abb96e1c34ca5bf4
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She had just grown too 64df355945 lonely.674660058d41acde
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Siyeon had never c7216a05e0 stopped reaching out, acbefb893d sending texts, and f72b9ac649 calling occasionally. Jiwoo had simply ignored them.4b00062c85a6b723
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Now, she was too fd205144d7 exhausted to be alone.cee01f5113082096
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When Siyeon saw her, she 29f15f60fa almost didn’t recognize her.d801384204312533
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Jiwoo had lost so much 6d3c671b19 weight that, aside from her 74a96f904d belly, she looked frail.f3376d917e8ea3b2
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Siyeon’s eyes filled with tears.58f41e5334446846
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“Jiwoo…”faa2f5c2a9c1e839
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When they first met ee769bf9ea in college, Jiwoo had 42a0f876c8 been the prettiest among 68a60bc50b the fresher effortlessly striking, a53574d059 with a lively personality c324d59a8d that drew people in.99fce6022836a0c9
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There had always been guys aba405ebcd trailing after her. Yet, she had 3d8b1db8cb never shown interest 4c7f9f1f1f in any of ae5fd4fe1d them.a0c769c4c702f51b
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Siyeon had never known cf8ab0833d Jiwoo was in love 289e4b6a42 with someone. She only learned the truth 9ef442092d after Jiwoo became pregnant.83d0f61558b8b5e4
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“Why are you so thin?”56dcd8826df29bd8
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Jiwoo only smiled and c8b8762fb0 patted her stomach.45c710680c7097fb
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“I eat a lot, believe it or not.”4db72b70d8ff1937
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Her bright smile only ff6a1e666d made Siyeon’s heart ache 1485465c34 more.11ba2ffd0365bf96
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Inside Jiwoo’s home, there was 764877dbe5 barely any furniture. Only a few 92ed383dad baby items sat 18278ef161 neatly in one 9421324b47 corner.e9244acec1b010bc
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“There’s not much, huh?”1905695ac0bdd4af
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