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    The dark shadow cast by the umbrella made Tae-jun’s face look colder than usual.

    Seo-hee’s heart pounded as he looked exactly the same as the day they first met.

    Realizing that she had been staring at him in a daze, Seo-hee stammered.

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    “…I usually carry an umbrella. The weather forecast was strange today.”

    “Forget it.”

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    Tae-jun opened the back seat door and nodded.

    “Get in.”

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    “I’ll walk to work.”

    “I said get in. Don’t make me say it twice.”

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    Tae-jun looked at his watch and frowned. As if to say he was too busy to argue, Seo-hee reluctantly got into the back seat.

    The morning commute was congested because of the rain. Seo-hee stared at the raindrops sliding down the car window, then turned her head.

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    Tae-jun looked at his tablet.

    ‘What will he say if I tell him I’m resigning?’

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    The night the loan sharks came, they turned our house upside down and threatened to take me and my little sister away.  

    With the money you lent us, we barely managed to pay off the debt and survive.  

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    Your kindness meant so much to me that I knew I would never be able to forget it.  

    Now that it’s time for me to repay the debt and leave, I wanted to tell you that I will continue to wish you happiness from afar.  

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    These were the words she had carefully prepared all this time.

    ‘Words I’ll never be able to say.’

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    Tae-jun was an indifferent man.

    Even if she said she would resign, he wouldn’t bat an eyelid and would tell her to talk to the personnel department instead of him.

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    Just then her bag vibrated. 

    Seo-hee’s face hardened as she checked her phone.

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    * * *

    [It’s Cha Ye-rin. I have a suit tailored for Oppa, but I need Seo-hee-ssi’s help.]

    Seo-hee sighed after ending the call with Ye-rin.

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    The two of them were about to get engaged.

    It was an engagement that everyone, from the adults around them to the people involved, wanted.

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    But who was she to object to this engagement on her own?

    Seo-hee smiled bitterly.

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    She shuddered to imagine what Tae-jun would say if he found out about her impure thoughts.

    “I’m jealous…”

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    Even if Tae-jun was too busy with work to pay attention to Ye-rin right now, he would make a wonderful husband.

    ‘I won’t live like my father. I will protect my woman.’

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    That was what Tae-jun had said once.

    He was a man who achieved his goals by any means necessary. Unlike his father, he would keep his word and dedicate himself to his family.

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    ‘This relationship will end when he gets married anyway.’

    So it was right for her to resign before the engagement was finalized.

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    Seo-hee, who now had a bitter look in her eyes, turned around and walked to the secretary’s office. 

    “Managing Director Kang is in a meeting.”

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    Yoon-jung greeted Seo-hee warmly.

    “Yoon-jung-ssi, I think I need to go to Cheongdam-dong. Cha Ye-rin-ssi had a suit made for Managing Director Kang, and she needs help with the size check.”

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    “You’ll just check the size and come back, right?”

    “It won’t take long. I’ll be back before Managing Director Kang’s meeting ends.”

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    Tae-jun was in a long meeting to select a site for a resort complex. Thinking that she would be back before the meeting ended, Seo-hee left the company without telling Tae-jun.

    “Seo-hee-ssi, over here!”

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    Ye-rin was waiting for her at the main gate.

    “Hello.”

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    “We have to hurry. We have a lot of places to go today.”

    “We’re going straight to the shop, right?”

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    “Shop? Oh, we’ll go there last.”

    Wondering if there were other places to visit, Seo-hee asked Ye-rin.

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    “Are there other places we have to go?”

    Ye-rin was busy using her phone screen as a mirror to fix her short hair.

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    “Just get in. It’s hot.”

    Seo-hee obediently got into Ye-rin’s car.

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    “Driver, to the department store.”

    The department store?

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    Seo-hee wondered what they were doing at the department store, but decided to follow.

    “My friends are busy today. Seo-hee-ssi, will you be my shopping buddy? We’re the same age, so let’s be friends.”

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    Ye-rin linked arms with Seo-hee and dragged her into the luxury goods section.

    “Pick out some clothes for me to wear on my dates with Tae-jun oppa. You have a good fashion sense, Seo-hee-ssi.”

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    “Now?”

    This was an unexpected turn of events.

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    Seo-hee bit the tender flesh in her mouth. She knew Ye-rin’s shopping style very well. She had taken advice from her personal shopper when preparing birthday presents.

    Ye-rin didn’t shop by herself.

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    She preferred to have the items brought to her in a private room and to shop comfortably while sitting down.

    “How is it? Do I look pretty?”

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    Ye-rin asked, picking up clothes from the rack and looking at herself in the mirror.

    “Does it suit me?”

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    Seo-hee took the clothes Ye-rin handed her one by one.

    “Why don’t you answer? I’m asking if I look nice.”

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    Seo-hee smiled awkwardly at Ye-rin’s question. Before she knew it, her arms were piled high with heavy winter coats. They almost covered her small face.

    “I woke up this morning with a sudden urge to go shopping.”

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    Seo-hee interrupted Ye-rin’s complaint and asked, “What time is your appointment to check the size of the suit for Managing Director Kang?”

    “It’s much later.”

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    Huh?

    “I made a reservation for 6 PM after we finished shopping. They usually close at 5 PM, but they said they’d wait because I didn’t like it. They have good service, right?”

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    Seo-hee looked at her watch. It was just after 10 AM.

    That meant eight hours of shopping. 

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    “I like staff with a properly ingrained service mindset. When I marry Tae-jun oppa, I’ll make sure all the staff at home, even the secretaries, are like that.”

    Ye-rin laughed and put a mink coat on Seo-hee’s pile.

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    Now the situation was clear.

    She understood the meaning behind Ye-rin’s subtly hostile glances.

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    “Secretary Han, put these on the counter.”

    “Yes.”

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    But she couldn’t do anything because she felt a hundred times worse than Cha Ye-rin, who was playing these childish games.

    Because it was she who coveted a man who was about to get engaged.

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    No matter how little attention Tae-jun paid to Cha Ye-rin, the engagement would happen unless there was a special reason.

    “My arms are weak, Secretary Han, please carry these.”

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    Ye-rin called Seo-hee after paying.

    “Hurry up! Why are you so slow?”

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    A staff member handed Seo-hee ten shopping bags filled with winter coats.

    Seo-hee followed Ye-rin into the lingerie store, carrying the large bags in both hands.

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    “Do you think oppa will like this sexy style?”

    Ye-rin held up a fishnet lingerie set.

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    “Or does he prefer cute ones with lace? What do you think, Seo-hee-ssi?”

    She couldn’t even force a polite smile.

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    Seo-hee didn’t know how to answer the question and just sweated nervously.

    The shopping bags hanging from her arms felt even heavier, like waterlogged cotton.

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    “I don’t know.”

    “You seem like you know. You really don’t?”

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    Ye-rin chuckled again when Seo-hee got flustered.

    “Just kidding, just kidding. Seo-hee-ssi is such a boring person.”

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    Ye-rin asked the staff member to show her a set of matching lingerie, saying it was a gift for Tae-jun, and then let Seo-hee choose one of the two.

    “Ye-rin-ssi, I have no sense of style. I don’t think I’m being very helpful.”

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    “Don’t you shop often? Shopping with you is so boring, Seo-hee-ssi.”

    Ye-rin said she needed a break and went up to the top floor of the department store.

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    They sat in a private room in a Japanese restaurant. A delicious-looking meal was laid out on the table. Seo-hee felt uncomfortable just sitting across from Ye-rin. Even though she only drank water, she felt nauseous.

    “Oh, right!”

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    Ye-rin exclaimed and put a piece of tuna sashimi in her mouth.

    “Can you get something for me while I eat?”

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    “Something?”

    “I ordered shoes from Italy and have been waiting for months. Can you pick them up for me, Seo-hee-ssi?”

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    “… .”

    “The store is in the arcade of the KM Hotel. Can you go? I’ll give you a big tip.”

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    It would take at least 30 minutes by car to get to the hotel. An hour round trip.

    She was asked to leave while Ye-rin enjoyed her lunch.

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    Fine, let’s go.

    She had to stay with Ye-rin until 6 p.m. anyway.

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    “I don’t need a tip. Please enjoy your meal.”

    As Seo-hee stood up, Ye-rin smiled brightly and waved goodbye. Seo-hee took a taxi to the hotel arcade.

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    “I’m here to pick up an order from Cha Ye-rin-ssi.”

    Seo-hee watched as the shoes, which cost more than her annual salary, were beautifully packaged. Then she took the shopping bag and returned to the department store.

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    When she returned, a mountain of shopping bags was waiting for her.

    It was so much that even a tall man would have trouble carrying it in both hands.

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    Haa…

    Even in this situation, where it was clear Ye-rin was intentionally tormenting her, Seo-hee had no choice but to endure.

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    And the shopping continued. The sun set outside the window.

    It had been seven hours since she had started running around without even eating lunch. Her arms and legs ached from carrying the increasing number of shopping bags while wearing high heels.

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    Seo-hee persevered, thinking that she only had to hold out for another hour.

    In the middle of the day, she received a call from Yoon-jung telling her that Tae-jun’s meeting had been extended until the evening.

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    She was relieved. Tae-jun, who must be busy, wasn’t interested in her whereabouts.

    She felt it would be embarrassing to let him know that she was acting as his fiancée’s porter.

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    “Where did you get your bag, Seo-hee-ssi?”

    “Oh, this?”

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    Ye-rin pointed at the bag Seo-hee was carrying.

    “I see you carrying it all the time, so I wondered how good it is.”

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    “It’s cheap. I bought it on the street.”

    “On the street? Even if it’s from a select store, there must be a brand.”

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    Seo-hee’s eyes flickered with embarrassment. Undeterred, Ye-rin tugged at Seo-hee’s handbag.

    “Because it’s pretty. I’m also curious about the price. If it’s too expensive, I can’t buy it.” 

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    But hadn’t Ye-rin spent tens of millions of won today alone?

    “Hey! Please take a look at this bag.”

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    Before Seo-hee could stop her, Ye-rin called the staff of a luxury store.

    “There’s no such thing as a bag without a brand. I’ll have you check it out.”

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    “Wait, Ye-rin-ssi!”

    Ye-rin grabbed the bag as if she were about to tear the seams.

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    “Ye-rin-ssi, seriously…”

    Riiiip.

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    The unbranded bag that Seo-hee had been carrying every day for two years had become too weak.

    When Ye-rin grabbed it and pulled with all her might, the handle broke. The contents of the bag spilled out onto the marble floor. Customers and employees of the luxury store began whispering and watching the scene.

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    Oh…

    Just then, the VVIP manager’s eyes widened in shock, recognizing the man standing confidently in his luxury suit.

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