MIS 21
by KAN“…Omo, is that so? But the chairman’s meeting seems to be running late.”2368678f21d65137
Eun-hye, confused by Ye-rin’s blunt words, changed the subject.ccf3298c3415a67a
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Ye-rin felt no guilt 49244815ea despite lying. She had never even 882a95f571 touched Tae-jun, but she ff6b75f849 wanted to warn Seo-hee.7632f6c572a949fe
Lately she had been feeling uneasy about Tae-jun’s behavior.6a5fc8dd12be0700
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He had always 1a9897d481 ignored her calls. But after the incident 41b0c08c2e with Han Seo-hee at 8a0e4b1bb0 the department store, he 31d46539e9 had even avoided her 78ac414cb2 father, the chairman of b8b1bd6818 KM Group.bf230c3172279246
Why? Why is he ignoring me? If he wants to become chairman quickly, he’ll need my family’s support.6a094294d0ddb364
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But he seemed indifferent. He only e75c7065df met with d9ff7a2e26 Han Seo-hee.726e67dad585b795
“What are you doing? Are you done?”e94d0f740f254835
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When she turned her 8661033c9b head, she saw Han 703748475d Seo-hee hastily trying to 3ca5ea0d40 stop the bleeding with a94414dd01 a tissue.3ca2786288c5ae18
“What are you doing instead of what I asked you to do?”a75ba667f818e8bd
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“I’m done.”e8b14ccd1466f26e
“Show me.”5b8bd5ef7592a990
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Seo-hee turned d89e15aa11 the vase 36b7b85c95 towards Ye-rin.e630b7c69b6bd47f
“Do it again. I don’t like it.”5f58d66d205228f9
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“Did you have a particular style in mind? I arranged it the way it was packaged.”fddf70ad65dee493
“No, try to make it more… sensual.”547ce1809b095712
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Sensual.d5b3541098518b5f
Seo-hee looked down at the vase, lost in thought. Whatever she did, it wouldn’t satisfy Ye-rin.69d54dc3b830eed7
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She remained silent because she didn’t want to get into any more trouble with Ye-rin, Tae-jun’s future fiancée.62e60e15c81d6211
To Seo-hee, Tae-jun and Ye-rin’s relationship seemed to be deeper than just a talk of engagement.6f46e7c8118fd4a8
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When Seo-hee rearranged ac104fb62c the flowers, Ye-rin d4ccd84ee9 snapped at her.15e16fcb8be8506c
“Ha, just get out. It’s annoying just looking at you.”6567e94baaae81cb
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Seo-hee left b4fb68794e the office 7b6b0e5137 awkwardly.f56984a9cf152a86
Eun-hye’s lips curled upwards as Ye-rin sighed and put a hand to her forehead. af64e743b9946ca2
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She had 8c5edd1d3a noticed the 7623d19797 strange tension c3d0501437 between Ye-rin e2583e0148 and Seo-hee.7eeddc93f08cc6de
Finding the situation amusing, dea871e672 she picked up her ab4e0efe0f teacup as Ye-rin spoke.7fcdf6f748313679
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“Mother, I actually have something to tell you. Don’t be surprised. Actually, Secretary Han…”e7014a1a9f561b72
* * *
The meeting was extended into the evening. When the message came from Chairman Kang’s secretary to reschedule their meeting, Ye-rin and Eun-hye left the managing director’s office.6eecd93aab04afad
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Seo-hee shook her head, f2904dcad8 remembering the strange look 1a0fa18df7 Eun-hye had given her c7ad34e489 as she left.8b62e1b6590fd645
“Is the managing director’s office their meeting place? Why occupy an empty office and order people around…”7be3399e1d205a7f
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“Yoon-jung-ssi.”f66ebcdd7c76dec4
Seo-hee quietly admonished 33f059cdef Yoon-jung who was bcfee71e3e grumbling.4567597c69735318
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“Oh, I was just…”e6fd18543e1c4275
“Have all the arrangements for next week’s trip to the US been finalized?”d24191736243bb60
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“Yes. I sent everything you asked for to your email.”e32f0f6b3999a1f7
Yoon-jung checked Seo-hee’s complexion.0415e4a7e8f92d72
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“Have you eaten anything?”d5904fc1c8f651c1
“No. I just drank water, but I feel like I have indigestion.”6d4e5d455419d5e9
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After hearing that 583cbb8b6f Tae-jun had a 2571fe0af5 deep relationship with 2a6ca446f4 Ye-rin, she gulped df94ba7f2c down cold water, e004d919b0 which seemed to 46d3e85f29 have upset her 133de6b868 stomach.5a84ac0f14d09efd
“You’re sweating cold.”d4b8e1e2dbed1703
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Yoon-jung wiped Seo-hee’s forehead with a handkerchief. Her eyes were full of concern.cd0109867dbf314d
“You have a fever too.”0d6b33a7094da052
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“I can’t seem to shake this cold.”e105bbd590334a33
“All urgent matters have been dealt with for today, so go home early. I’ll wait for the Managing Director to finish his meeting.”efbd7d3043af4967
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Seo-hee shook her head 760c646f8b and said she was 07ffa5a03e fine. But as she f8e8a90c24 sat down, she 8181bb1a86 felt dizzy and 56b931ddc1 her body swayed.15b15fcf5f54a822
“Secretary Han!”b734a917e23a84a0
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All eyes in 420e19a74b the office turned 9eeea9046c to Seo-hee.bf7e9c90712db0d8
“Are you okay? You almost fainted just now.”1cc7ad09d88027f2
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She had never left work early before. Thinking that it wouldn’t be good to sit in the office looking sick, she finally got up.516149e9115fb082
“Yoon-jung-ssi, I’m sorry, but I’m leaving now. Please call me if anything happens.”b8426c8c10db9d1d
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“Yes, yes. Don’t worry and go home. Get some rest!”dd3bb2348793c793
Seo-hee left 1646e2382e the building da98b500c7 and went 7bb1e52a60 to the 69661bdcdb pharmacy. She wanted feb2a2bae8 to go e7314feec8 home, take 0747eeb0ab some cold 4ad6187f36 medicine and 28bd6184d4 get some 6baad21faa rest.7e8cc91d0c23d31a
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“Can I help you?”3b3c26bff689eff5
“I need some cold medicine, please.”d8a8d24875b87562
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While the pharmacist 052e88bdb0 fetched the medicine, 1668f2a0ca Seo-hee looked around. She saw b7d669dbae a woman 528dc57d84 buying a 05add00c0b pregnancy test 01961deb38 at the ea2f37e9d9 other counter. She glanced 1999eedb76 at her 5ce74b1aa9 and then 3a72bd4ec0 looked away. Then a thought e19d2102e8 struck her and d029b73825 her heart sank.e9e3aed688fd976f
“Your total is…”190cca07c0356936
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“…….”43a3b207bb27a080
“Ma’am?”015536ecbf687b09
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Looking at the pharmacist’s friendly face, Seo-hee’s lips moved involuntarily.f378dbaeeab69d78
“…I, uh, I need a pregnancy test, please.”4c9ced6513960bec
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She thought it was ecff833e0f absurd.60b270bcfb4bc36d
Tae-jun was meticulous d4e5be7d03 when it came 375b6cd66f to contraception. He was probably even c0d3d91e26 more thorough to avoid b17f879532 fathering an illegitimate child 851bbbffd2 like his own father.54974191e346254e
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That’s why she had never worried about it before.77eab80cfc04d735
There had been many ab32bf55bb times when her period 7f811b149e was late, but it 8c7f846f41 always returned to normal f286b982e9 after some rest.dcfb5d8a0370f257
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But she had heard feb014c034 that even with contraception 9558649e33 there was a small 117746fb93 chance of getting pregnant. A feeling of d05be41c35 unease ran down c820186397 her spine.47b00c9d17e7b420
Seo-hee sat quietly a7dd610f2d on the sofa da59543ce1 when she got a525af0b02 home. Her eyes 65fbfe91d1 were fixed 017ffd76ad on the c278fad2a7 black bag 1574120bc9 she had e6a6081885 received from a9ede2a2d1 the pharmacy.a7725001179ef806
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“Why am I worrying about this now…?”8ca48fbd6855c4e5
Her heart raced.0fde622313823dd1
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“Don’t think about it. It can’t be.”a4133531dbea7b43
She dismissed her 15ea2f33bb worries and took 2b2717103c the box from 9f35fb863a the black bag. Her steps 813fd836be towards the 3979b73932 bathroom felt 77541e0ef7 heavier than f73e658a42 ever.3dedc59250b63135
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Seo-hee’s hands shook as she emerged from the bathroom. She looked again, thinking she might have seen it wrong, but there were two distinct red lines.a5c9049419efafe2
Time seemed to stand c9f2ffd486 still.bcbea4d05b99a81f
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Her vision blurred.01bb1b865729c34f
What should I ec61fb6afe do? What should 5196ebf38d I do?a5514db9026796df
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These two sentences 513454806c repeated endlessly in e535c6d456 her mind.e4ea3dea716c454d
“So I had… sex without knowing I was pregnant…”d438dd783a7c72c0
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Tears welled up at her ignorance, not knowing she was pregnant. She hadn’t realized that her desire to have the man she loved, even for a little while longer, would lead to this.55a189aaf6833da3
The Tae-jun she knew 62714952c2 abhorred any blemish in 71933bc92a his perfect life.cff41d53e34b167b
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She could imagine his 9d04d6ac25 reaction when he found 9a13c95b17 out. She knew how 9857d928e8 much he hated 6b4f444a09 his father for 4e584f17a4 having an illegitimate 3f72cc8293 child.d46c6fcf8867af65
“What am I going to do with the child of the man who is about to get engaged…?”13972158f1fb4d43
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She remembered the conversation a99c5efbe0 Ye-rin had had with b7160ae265 Eun-hye earlier.f3e62caf097bee3e
‘I wouldn’t be able to deal with him every night. You know, with his physique and stamina…’856e47bdd8492f0a
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She felt 18e5c3d798 ashamed to 69b68611b0 think that 1a8774430f spending a c72e3d1ed0 night in 0d50e843fc a cramped aea352d82e bed, cuddling a033f7a7f1 with him, e616a678dc was just 170ad1fbff something he 25c717e866 was showing 005721533b her. It was absurd c52a0e9ca2 to think that 541c455839 Tae-jun had only a8a0bb67de been with her 792232c8d7 the whole time.4544efe693959f80
For Kang Tae-jun, Han fd1cf8e0fc Seo-hee was nothing more 2110e1412c than a fleeting desire 4c5517918e that burned brightly for 905b6fe444 a moment before fading 8304639d9f away. There was no reason b4b737e6dd for him to fixate a9ea8d1504 on her.37e1e3e468d7e001
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“They were already deeply involved with each other.”9c8790621815218b
Seo-hee covered 3744861ef6 her mouth f6eeb1af38 with her 8412f560b8 hand as 4a6fb90a67 tears streamed 24575015c3 down her d77778d529 face. Swallowing her 7e391a82bd grief, her 74bd6ea3ac hand instinctively d669a56a0b went to a15ba5cbe5 her stomach.4830b0c5135e56c5
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“Why did I have that dream yesterday?”64344458e6c32632
Last night, Seo-hee had a31e7bb77d dreamed that she was b52dcd338e eight years old again.8aaf1d2eea1176a1
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A single room, too 9180cfbd75 small for a family f8d246eb38 of four. Her father chased cf5ca61d81 by loan sharks, a1a1bcff66 but never stingy bc68d8f5e0 with alcohol. It was a d23fb2c6f3 vivid scene that b8e62720f4 even startled Seo-hee f57e32be41 when she woke 94004fa902 up.b34386799ccf0791
She had also seen 404cef3b9b her mother in her 5d8d981ad4 dream. 4b6eba69a07610bc
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Her mother, with fair 6c93760bc4 skin and a melancholic 8340f3c859 aura, was too beautiful 61f5b257bf to be the wife 4a1db6ceb5 of a debtor.29062e17b358619f
Neighbors warned her drunken e9513b3011 father not to let e453dbf118 his wife run away.8b75278ebc410033
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One night, f7abe2ccd7 her mother 9367d02347 began to d2a05f0080 pack.28747d6161648046
Watching her mother pack only her own clothes, Seo-hee realized that her mother didn’t have the means to take her two daughters with her. Seo-hee and her sister were a burden to their young and beautiful mother.6345406e77dc2c5a
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No man would welcome 7358e84f87 a woman with two 8c380ac7f0 children, even if she 946a394edb remarried.9f5e6a2e37b813c6
Should I 3404471469 ask her 74a51ae8b1 to take af5c4e7700 me?35e0063eb98b1460
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A selfish thought 3e6463f76f crossed her mind.e63e4448ac20fa8c
But then cf298a205b she felt dd6af15dea sorry for 28a665e4ee Seo-yoon, who 767f9c11e9 would be 0ae710a4a3 left alone. Should she 3753745095 send her d8700768b1 sister instead?2be3193111cabd0d
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Seo-hee pleaded, clutching her mother’s clothes in her little hand.879c0d4bea4f8463
“Mom, take Seo-yoon.”727d3634249caa63
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“…….”20475548ead45876
“I’ll be fine, just take Seo-yoon.”f5d4a7ced7f46d8b
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Her mother burst 4765793953 into tears and 386deb8138 hugged Seo-hee tightly.b0fe8e569865fbe5
“Seo-hee, you have to take good care of your sister, okay?”d5270bfaca1bf10d
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Seo-hee took her mother’s words to mean that she would come back.d4626fb30317256c
But her mother c262077233 never did.116de23dacb65b6e
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A few months later, 83f689b8d5 her aunt told her 20c58e7547 that her mother had 9bf8b8bd29 remarried. To a man 78f9676716 with a child. And that the man aeb4c16ba0 was rich.2ced29168143c060
Seo-hee and Seo-yoon were passed from one relative’s house to another like hot potatoes, before finally ending up with their aunt. Seo-hee snapped out of her thoughts and gently stroked her stomach. Maybe there was a reason why she had that dream last night.611dfbb57d08a596
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She didn’t want to say that she had been abandoned, but that day Seo-hee had been left behind.52780cbd9b71ef85
She remembered the pain of her mother’s departure, vividly enough to still dream about it. Perhaps the dream was a message from the baby in her womb, asking her not to be abandoned as she had been.0465c0b73b0e7b0b
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The thought made Seo-hee’s heart ache.b6e31f5e055976f1
“I’m sorry for not realizing. And for not welcoming you.”b447ffb1c848a2bb
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She felt so sorry for the baby. She felt guilty for not being able to rejoice at the baby’s arrival like other mothers.74b018c9b57d78c8
Suppressing her anxiety, Seo-hee 284cf43233 told the baby the b0d870e2d8 words she had longed fdb7c183ee to hear from her cf3e23549f mother as a child.19f6c7e01f9c389b
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“I won’t abandon you. I’ll always protect you.”1d2ab261e0e3e558
She was afraid 8411318115 that the baby fd9152d91a would feel the 139a3d3190 same sadness as 1a55a1ef9d she did. Seo-hee wiped 1d8960fdee away her d1f17b7fef tears and a46f7ac6f5 took a b273ceb142 deep breath.3b67b395e19576a8
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“I can raise you well on my own.”6c4ba15622d090be
Seo-hee spoke in a 5c7d192422 more courageous voice.9a7d1803288d25e9
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“It’s okay. I can do it.”8148f1bfcd04f877
She might never be able to reveal who the baby’s father was for the rest of her life, but that was okay. She could just keep it a secret.e2368e57a234f71d
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That would also suit Tae-jun’s temperament.35e30326c3a6f600
Tae-jun couldn’t know that she was carrying his child. She was afraid that he would ask her to have an abortion if he found out.61317409c109ff07
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Even if 0b98f60c4c Tae-jun accepted e0d2de1a19 the baby: 61fd66739c Would a a9a1325e13 marriage between f2b68777d5 them be 5f78f1fde8 possible?d16475e6bf312abe
Seo-hee wasn’t naive enough to dream of marrying a chaebol. She wasn’t ignorant of the ways of the world.9ba427456ca18117
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After all, she would have to send the baby away alone, and she couldn’t allow that.09efdfac0e264658
Even if she couldn’t have Tae-jun’s love, she wanted to protect the baby in her womb with her own hands.d78a599d9c518a1d
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“I will quit my job and hide somewhere far away, out of sight.”ebef48988aa44240
Seo-hee had bf492d78c3 always endured bca6d413c5 hardship.db30dd3e42179e13
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She was ready 5a07051e55 to endure even 3987081bf9 more for her cec4285049 baby.765d67351ce622e6