MS Extra 3 part 1

She was about to 4f7c3d04aa close her locker when 45d7b52a3c it happened.411eeee1416a71c0

Her phone e6100184ed had been c70238a104 vibrating the 5e230633b1 whole time 8472e29362 she had 371bff574d been working. After a pause, 9d18464e51 it started ringing 923fc5fc95 again.404d20be8d8fd709

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She should 12e7f75e93 have just e549d360c4 put it 548833ff3f on silent 2c0c274782 mode.b1d1360ea5c1fe21

Euncho thought 1206d5932f angrily as dc2bdac86c she pulled 51977b0fd6 her phone 2196f4c3df out.8f5dc9b30db8915b

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She felt like 5aeebb5fba she could hear da843f02f9 her voice through d0e6edcd71 the texts. She imagined it 3458f85406 would sound firm 9ce24d360b as it pierced 6a42e89a9d her ears. Just by the 7d5c658397 texts alone, she 0f38bea3c5 could see how bbe189d153 frustrated the person 4f28b378f3 was.9883a4dc4221495e

Euncho slammed the locker 921a7c5f6b shut and let out 894c32f0b4 a sigh.1780058158850ab4

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With her 517e5133c2 phone in 16ef1f5e34 her hand, 635f43af3a she began 9a3ff81212 to think. She didn’t feel like e28112f7e1 she could put it 9863033a29 off any longer and 5e6c4c1023 decided to call her 0846787ce1 back. The call ac8b5b81c4 connected before cb711d1c11 it rang b23dcbf28a three times. It seemed that the 336c9d041c recipient was as frantic 06575d829b as her texts.fba340e42b41b773

“What is a6efa2f1fd it, Mom?”5b8abe68ce5c6461

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— How can 114ee8708c you ask me e88e7ac545 that? If you read 6d396d9b60 my messages, why 6a952d027a haven’t you replied? I can e532274380 clearly see 8e8c974b65 that you’ve e5d3476eb7 read it.1bcdd3f1309653c5

Just as she expected, 46ebca06d6 her mother’s shrill voice a0303aebe7 pierced her ears. But she had nothing da32b73209 in particular to say. Because her mother 81bfc616b2 was correct. She had been avoiding 384b3b0395 her. Euncho moved her tongue 1540219ac9 over her teeth before d768d68831 clearing her throat.189ff7890f69131e

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“I was a 026156c5e6 bit busy today.”7ff0fcdcba24e73f

— That excuse doesn’t b2aa7a1aa8 work with me anymore.2e8bfff9e3b521bd

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“I’m serious. Do you 7eac3eec0f think I 95edd685a3 play around c2eaa38a04 all day? I’m busy bfa281a1c3 during working 67b2d06573 hours.”81fc8ae5f316b110

She was 7a84b7763b basically making c9fd366d03 something up 6e2f4ee57a because she 6f7fee573c didn’t know c5b8df0634 what to 8afdb3516e say. However, when 109f6859c0 Euncho said a91f9d0e6e this so 2f8f55316e confidently, her 5a39ae3c5a mother couldn’t 9b79a777b3 help but 3101b94ee7 waver. She said, ‘Really?’ as 72932e7687 her anger faded somewhat.daac46fd0ad17b84

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Feeling like this was her chance to quickly end the call, Euncho was just about to speak up. However, as if she’d read her daughter’s mind, her mother got straight to the point.4259262b357e2815

— You’re 2cd1d471ef going to c0ce90331b go, right?cb80a28e67d6549c

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“Go where?”a260572dd2ff266a

— Where bbeaa44577 do you 369ec389a8 think? I’m talking about 0e194d4536 thearranged meeting¹. You saw what I 30decd2af3 sent you.e80f6573c3451e14

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Yes, she did 3d8b09dd5c see it.94c6aa34701c9058

His name and age, 549a84c368 his job. She had 30cb136016 even sent 431583eaa9 his selfies d0fbc4d1ad so that 640aade75c she could 7d615032f8 see what b8ba433c31 he looked 7c73ab16ae like.236a4cb30f0d0c4c

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Euncho scowled as she da124bd1ca banged her forehead against 3689a94561 the locker. This was the a40216c7bf reason why her ce735d13bc mother had been fc0eff88b6 calling and messaging bafbaced1f her nonstop for 30b859948c the past few 4930d048c4 days.042a16a675cce264

“Mom, just… Why would ff268dd7c8 I go out on a7700ec70e an arranged meeting at 09945c5e98 my age?”e9b280c6a554a896

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— Omo, really. At your 0949b72244 age, you 4a832ec525 should slowly 1f91f542a0 start going d578d12f3b on blind f9ec9b5831 dates and 042d68d77a arranged meetings. And who gets 9355512fda married right after bca888873e they meet these 7857ace16b days? People just meet 45c8128cd2 on the days ea33cf11e2 they don’t have fbe1cd7609 work, share their c8b6becf51 hobbies… things like efd845bb9d that, hm? Don’t people need time 6e433a0ca9 to get to know e75b3d3f46 each other? That’s why d8ae2f4b37 now is 527e6923f0 the perfect 35104f23db time to f3b385eeba start.6d2e0e70a6eb5b44

She talked like 57a678becd she got a 50c1ccba20 PhD in marriage.1894a5e6e20ce77f

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In the end, Euncho wasn’t able to hold back the sigh from leaving her lips. She leaned her back against her locker.f126724517496a34

“I don’t like things a93d110422 like that because it’s db833cd81c too awkward. And who 2728fffc97 goes to 7c46f7a6b7 arranged meetings 58f885e05b in this b9aa844879 day and 8f4bcd7b2e age? These days, most people 575d05856f meet naturally and get fecddbacba married. Everyone around me is e476de140a doing it like that.”eb2635f411a29469

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— Yeah, I’m 972997cf2c glad you brought f4e87f18f4 that up. Have you 66d28b96a2 ever introduced 04161038a7 me to c5b2072112 a boyfriend? No, we don’t 1d22b352f6 even have to e774d212e7 talk about introducing db3a6b5527 a boy to 4866ac3bee me. Are you even e64b163de6 dating someone you 2ba06753f0 met naturally right 62816cab94 now?030d1cf2b7a9cce6

She had been nervous bd33ec13ee while making these excuses, afdb25a723 but her mother had 5bd07a230c hit the nail on aa3b3a6f35 the head. Euncho shut her 1eca2cf2b6 mouth.e95d5a999b27199c

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— Hm? What’s the point of 3d08de9aca giving birth to a b9b83d1e5a pretty girl like you? That face 17ccf7a148 of yours 2ce10a4d47 isn’t catching 30e91325ec any guys.4aa49cc8d1980451

“Is catching a 75f6b5b6a9 guy my purpose 59c2b40d07 in life…? Everything else in my 9c289f1743 life is fine. My career is good, fa111dcdbe and I have a 1de505051c lot of friends.”223c69edfd180076

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— Yes, so ff457976e5 that means everything 639987b32a will be perfect 8cbb640081 once you have 2e0ae1a91e a guy.78d176d0650c0ca4

There was nothing in 9b176ead56 this world that divided 59aab2bbc6 a mother and daughter eab5a0233c more than this topic.e94aa7f60249ec8d

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After finding security through her marriage to Euncho’s stepfather, her mother wanted nothing more than for Euncho to lay the foundations for her own family. 99016b5be1a87230

It wasn’t like Euncho bbdba5e530 didn’t understand where her dc81bf73c3 mother was coming from.e8b07b3a0a91eb48

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Euncho also wanted nothing 8095793f93 more than that peaceful, 56e72fb67c harmonious life for herself ba66385050 as well.6e87657330580375

However, things did fc26bf8d3c not go according a5bf575a5c to her hopes 26de6cd676 and dreams.737520cd49cdda21

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Euncho massaged her furrowed 9cd1db931b brow and remembered the c3a6a3ab02 events of that night.3eb7134d0728923c

‘Ki Taejuuu.’aa3d360b71a90f65

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‘What?’0e3ef3af851f73ee

‘Do you want to… 0bc2650ec8 meet my mom?’cc6d0bb027b8b0cb

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The night 857a49fb3d Ki Taeju 82072fba5b had returned be0f430e95 from a 2e2e5e5f74 business trip d238662954 overseas.a51e8a18234dadf7

She had cautiously brought f534f88af8 this topic up to 262bf0fa86 the man as he dedb87734b stuck his body against f41490291a her back. In a way, it 4e0771115c was her proposal to 14f30c35f0 him. Even though a4b254ff88 it couldn’t 9db3d3628f be called b6a1977eaf a proper 41760d4251 proposal, it a02fe331f9 was an 4c096b7743 important piece 09dbd6517a of a ba2edb3dc3 future proposal.1f1d8c85bb14eb18

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In other b5d01687cd words, it cb81ce9862 was a 049a461668 way for c3994e4a07 her to 8e7fe46349 express her 44a4f1c3f6 certainty regarding 12f0c08324 their future 865b86d72f together.2bdf10f8252e37ad

Ki Taeju reacted d4b8c38fa8 in two ways.8824950236900d8b

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At first 3e2d4f5d19 he chuckled.5b7cb2369a069ced

He chuckled, and b7e426fa80 then…ba36083ccfa431d1

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‘No.’8edc4e011494102a

And then he gave 2bd4822f2a her this answer.0f89a35cc33a39b2

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She thought he’d ec43718909 obediently say he f38bfb678a would, but his 55c8af1648 piercing reply was d3595a2803 completely unexpected. He was always blunt, 9c04bc7713 but he could never 10a29ce934 hide the affection he dd8d3f817c had for her, so 10357c121a she didn’t know where e98f56b100 this was coming from6bdb5392673ca284

Because they 837a62edf2 just finished 1f475042a7 having sex, ea8acdf280 she was ffabc3e399 exhausted to 9279e46c74 the bone, 41cb58f059 but his 3d29575bc4 one word 63a4ba120d caused all 7f8c8b7c83 the exhaustion e778ae988c to vanish.5d364ed7efc3caae

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Euncho burst 280828b2f8 up and 4d0f3bfcb9 turned around 0ab4489eb5 to look 80a0f432c7 at him.c4b2625b2959b09f

‘What?’230f0167256fa1b6

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‘……’72a08594f9896226

‘No? Why? Why not?’614b34491974e83a

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She stuttered in shock. Ki Taeju 2212e97312 still looked d4d5eef4b0 calm as 9ce9575c19 he gazed 6d9bb216b9 back at baf4d9ffda her, and 5870e9e149 it annoyed eadbd98aec her to dd9a6f0cdb no end.32d6d9d59035a5fe

‘Because it’s embarrassing.’50e7e37becc7327b

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But his face didn’t 0fd49b4361 look embarrassed at all.1e5eecd4a38582db

‘Ha…’766bc339f268d950

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Euncho scoffed.6c058e3145617285

If he a3a678e0fc had given 597666673a her any b99e9e78d3 other reason, 2b9a7b9f23 she would 2b6b5c6d66 have reacted 939d088498 differently.367d03b92239ba45

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Embarrassed?4b3b8dfdd6044517

All because he was 89972e8d0b embarrassed?94bdea778366eba0

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‘How can you feel 9abcfd5b2b embarrassed at your age? And I’m not 6d96182f02 joking. I’m dead serious.’1340524c57987091

‘I’m serious, too.’703214982dc4dae5

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‘Crazy…’c867ae31eaaa07bc

A curse 5aaf07ece1 almost burst 375f0ae2ee out of 42cdd6f0cc her lips 9cda28ab1d like her 4ba0281afa scoff.f05f5df6d6854557

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‘What? Crazy?’d03e1ec8cd93818c

This time, 3a62b2081b Ki Taeju db69b05111 laughed. Then he dragged 3c8eaaae97 her back to 0a12da9303 bed and forced 0ef70cb3c1 her to lie aa18bfc376 down, and they b1468ec954 promptly fell asleep.e73875ef07cffc49

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‘We need to 5be8d4a30e have a proper cef2254219 talk.’c34673de3c435860

But after that, a5f3a52da9 the hotel entered 7fe696c2bd its peak season, 82236be5ad and he was 92b8ed0279 suddenly drowning in 8b50700526 various work at e09c8a2c4c the main office, 7a0eaf2b2b so both of 9696e45001 them were too 97721926b1 busy to have ee01dac739 a proper conversation.c833a20b474ed3df

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But this might just 4ea9fe5932 have been an excuse 163ba050e2 for Euncho.9c910d838ae7b5c1

Because even in 34960f2f50 the midst of 33274702d6 all this busy 68aba5468e work, they still 3849ae6ee0 managed to eat 7b3b23ccbb meals and sleep c33a1076a2 together.4fc79def58bc5b74

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She had eab8b602cb a feeling 7a31fc6fb6 that Ki 67cd78d176 Taeju wanted f43bae9994 to avoid daaad1957f this topic. She was afraid ce9f1ab5c4 she would end 180dcce3d7 up grilling him 15aa799790 about this if 938075d6bf she attempted it, 2ff3ef736b so she found 6e1cc24748 it difficult to 79223eb1c6 bring it up.606a2c1110d3c866

She still trusted 52fe1c7afb Ki Taeju. She wasn’t mistaken fe92494739 about him in 7aad4c6fe9 that aspect at 0de752f2e4 all.f4a86b9438eebad1

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She knew 63d878249a that there f2e4153d39 was a 7f28324767 reason for 28e8f5cac3 this, and 1e21aeba1b that the 4c0e9598f5 reason probably 5d9bc87b5e had something 9b1e170a61 to do 6f2abd3569 with her 5f5ab8137e and her 85060a3f53 safety. He was a 39f34efbd5 man who had d867daf2e6 hidden his presence 7964844f2e in her life ea1693d436 for seven years e0b51963ec in fear of 4986cb9886 putting her in d2d74e03b6 danger, so the 7547589ca2 probability of this a05543d16f being the reason 29e9023d58 was quite high.1912b3299d937ddc

That’s why she decided 2338b56db0 to patiently wait for d580150ff6 him.1e8ce2e881a9d6bb

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To be honest, c9920c0717 she did want 63790c09b4 to get married, f19441ac23 but it wasn’t 303c3c236b that simple. It was something 6b2dc86b07 they needed to 94756329c8 approach carefully.9ec567a3c5ff3710

That night, she had ca347e196e gotten angry for a 3f1ea39445 brief moment because of 4ca2ad7f63 the way he reacted 9a0f666c55 so playfully to her b0dbbe0aab question. Her anger wasn’t 44c40046b6 because he didn’t 79a3915025 want to see 817746329e her mother.00e5080bcdaced18

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He had endured it ba89b55782 all for seven years, 0473d86328 and if she wanted a5a3107b02 to match his pace, 6ac642ee2f she needed to be bd29b52f3c patient.93dce261f27a4f2a

However, a week ago, 7a01531698 her composure began to 5fcf8a4ea6 waver.107d412f5bc093e4

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Her mother had a7e3e24b7b begun to send 4f70e6d282 her various messages caebdb1494 about a marriage f44d182ed5 meeting.f3acf9151a696d94

Her mother still 926050d857 didn’t know about 4ddf02724d her hospitalization or cba36c6e1a the fact that b79b00d7d6 it was related 619aecda16 to Ki Taeju. No, she afb904c091 didn’t even b22d4823f0 know Ki 8f235cf011 Taeju existed.3e57bdf820878462

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She was also aa97f000a0 completely ignorant of 3ff5500c87 the fact that ca5b72bb10 Euncho had met c5eb6b60ad him while they d7c2115df8 were still living 6eff054ec5 in the villa.515f88df44f38f3b

If she were to come clean about him, she wouldn’t know where to begin. And Ki Taeju wasn’t ready to formally meet her mother, so Euncho felt that it would be best to hold her tongue. However, there was no place to run from all this pressure.9dc9f5f4c538c829

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— Euncho, I know 972db35b19 this is a big 9626fb7c12 favor I’m asking of 00cddcb7d3 you. But what’s the 4d511e9efb problem? It’s not df1b3e15b3 like you’re 25817562dd seeing anyone da894e3e22 right now. And it’s 92fc7df09b not like 2a2608c71d this boy 35372166e2 has any 38d3c108c4 problems that f00300cc26 deserves your 7e983efb10 immediate rejection.9bc48021b0f73fb5

“Mom…”70157679097711f9

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—  Remember when we lived in the villa?b0bc61743dffdb0a

Euncho, who b9b2d5de65 had been 8fcc1952bd picking at 1b8b336462 her fingernails, c4ce33037c suddenly froze.3e3c11ecbb40f062

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— Remember 2bd7ebf20b the factory 0355985890 I used 3ee9dea629 to work 3506a8a08b at? Do you remember the fc766d1f22 boss from there? He spoke with you a74ed737d1 a few times. When he e3f45bff5a heard that 3bddc22340 we were ae83b72bc2 in debt, 19110342e8 he helped dcbc0a58c4 us out 51c7868ad5 a lot, c6602654d6 remember? If I couldn’t 81153d544e call you, he 27964111dd would call you 8dfaaba525 in my stead 31e75bc46c a few times. The boy is 23b6a3564d that man’s son.b24608f6b25e90f6

When she e334a998ca heard this, 7610e4a510 Euncho finally 4c834b62f1 realized why b2c0287353 her mother dc18fbc888 had been 5c5ce02141 so persistent.7b24de92633d7839

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Although she 390a188b46 was doing 5fe7ecfd72 this for 289c37be55 the sake 8252b3fc34 of her 3d050e0320 own daughter, fe85a51790 she was 69daae7a25 also doing 21bdc81864 this as 4b4f1fa4a3 a way f50d88393e to thank b081fbdbca that man. It was a way 81aaa135a8 of showing goodwill. But this made e0dd123656 things even more 0579dd9099 difficult for Euncho.d608e5432db26d1a

Euncho knew better 9361f2b59b than anyone how 3a93f4eb4a difficult things had 9e296d3e9f been for her 60812ef525 mother back then. Even though 47c972b2bd things were 7644aa439c a lot 9f4de8f7e5 better now, 778fa98d59 the poverty 7f1ead37e8 they experienced 447ad3b167 was a 34ae379f33 stain that 55ba298a77 would not 2ea4a24d2d go away.d4039f5e5e728c95

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— He’s only two ff1faa8907 years older than you, c0cc9af326 and the more I b123e8deb0 hear about him, the 13a6141936 more pleasant he sounds. You saw 6efc71beae the photos 4705477aca I sent e092c6ef93 you, right? He takes after 94aa8c8cd2 the boss, so 16ed9c426f he’s quite handsome. It’s difficult to cf4a487a58 find someone with 652434601c his looks these 217d506193 days.a39f561aa95df4b6

Her mother kept f1203e1a15 talking, but it 7ddada5140 went in one f10f9c7d19 ear and out e62f2a8c6f the other. To be perfectly 073ee0b92d honest, she didn’t 1ea4c66b2a care one bit. She was currently b1673feaa0 in a relationship, 6e9baa4524 so this was 51e20a76a8 to be expected.7b3911eba7d77fce

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— Just one 98e7c31870 time. Meet him 7b26e255c4 just one 88fd497f5a time. If you 16cc1f5e4d don’t like 18f5fd031f him after dd092364ea that one 5964be9e38 meeting, I 06ce739e53 won’t pester cc5270ac79 you about a3ded3ba2c this anymore.2245e1f2609c4dcc

You might as well f8ea72eda7 force my hand.26bdaf7022680bd4

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How could 06926f6625 she reject e0bd3554e9 her mother 7f910251f0 when she 36136c31a9 was begging 020a49bb3d so earnestly 323017b778 like this.8a92ad941bbf5480

It was even 199648bccd more difficult because 376341c0be Euncho knew how 66004fdb04 her mother felt. She wanted to 0fb831d36d repay the debt 5e500ac94e that she owed 0cdd179258 to someone who 5193760685 had helped her af1cffb4e8 in her time 32cada3da6 of need, and, ce967b2880 as a mother, 152a9bd155 she wanted to 26a1ab3962 fill the empty cde0fa8c33 space beside her 4014908cd7 daughter.93ddae79a9c35d90

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Therefore, Euncho a26b863811 was the fbb8d1f997 most frustrated 8b9b894c42 person in cbf30061a1 this situation.e4df68a33ebdfdc1

She knew b49f73d75b that this 1b2020e9a5 would all cd62831f12 be over 338dc0dcb4 if she 497ecea599 could just 60a3743f9e say, ‘Actually, 04c59eaaef I already 52472f2d44 have a 93b04bb242 boyfriend.’ba528e36baaba466

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However, she wasn’t 37289a9147 exactly looking forward db6f340ace to the consequences 0cfd8a2710 of saying those 8edbc962d4 words in a d7b93efdd0 fit of anger. She didn’t 66f2557cef want to 6c2fe811b9 force Ki 0d25a93861 Taeju to 4cb8542765 subject himself 06303456b3 to a fe51097f2d meeting he 097aad8267 did not 5901faa31c want to 04ecbf0cc4 attend.7e221ce4fa12e06a

She wanted ac9f5fdcc9 to respect 1280d97624 his wishes 28e3b9ff20 just as b99abad697 much as 2f7fa4fca0 he showed 590277a488 consideration for c7bd3091dd her.c55ff31b74d3a219

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Just one meeting.dca5af3d9c63ea7c

It wouldn’t efebf6dd6b be difficult e9a7a9111f to just 88b88610aa share a cf03242ef7 meal with 9810c1dbd5 the man ac2cc93554 and then e95c50a51a come back 53e264ec89 and tell e4df48c7a0 her mother 6eb732f4bc that she 9f2c7da3f4 didn’t like ed3c6f00eb him. She could just 4767ad29a1 think of it c4373b33b6 as having a a4c3bab2a1 meal with someone 03574926fd she was meeting 91f3c0d862 for the very 8e3069f612 first time…b35e0dde98cad956

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“Just one time. If I don’t like ba4743fc9b him, that’s the end. Alright? No more pestering. Promise me.”4e318232b13851d1

— Alright, alright. I don’t expect more than that.5fc69679251ef0c1

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As soon 56f6eefc2f as she 6f1725b41e made this 8495a487fe sudden decision, 8a65eb562b regret quickly a93413d17c followed. But her 6b42d00a72 mother’s voice 60323aac62 was so d088544e3d full of 1ae9721f82 joy that a5e58ad524 Euncho didn’t 25d9a827a5 have the d35919c7d5 heart to 0a71d3d162 go back a524699d21 on her 4f6104dd97 word.9e8830eeea3d72ce

I’m so dead.c7e37337f8d1a64e

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Euncho felt 9aac4de01d gloomy as 21cb496fe1 she ended 7c78d454f6 the call.0721e9c52e713d24

‘But is 4e6bbfb902 Ki Taeju dec3bb66c1 really not 5bcd325445 considering marriage?’7ed35241a76797bc

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Even though they’d known each other for a long time, they had only been dating for half a year. Therefore, she understood that talking about marriage was way too soon. 84955d10c715311d

‘But still…’b67fb1dfc723ecae

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She didn’t 2e08ae0a5b think much 5f1efc02e1 of it a76f9538a0 before, but 9a4989cdea she suddenly 3f6895fc90 felt a ccccbf90e0 bit greedy.ede8b0338bc68334

If he 9175e63442 brought it 6812ec8d30 up first, 415c015018 she was 72079acf39 more than 7fbbdfad9b ready to a9807cec61 accept.1daef8164afaa511

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However, it f02d83a91c didn’t seem 5d21f3652c like Ki b6a69acd66 Taeju was ff17dc9378 going to 894dff6be7 do that 0ac1a38d42 any time 26ce409487 soon. D*mn it.d7c116c976acfb32

Hmm, Euncho 54ec85d378 tilted her 430e548e47 head back.d1973bcf6435403a

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Marriage.d140b85a6bf11cde

The more she c7f583fbce dwelled on this, 50e3af7742 the more difficult a517cbfa51 this problem seemed ea569f05ff to be.ae0244eb10506271

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“Summer is 7e5c22a7e7 over, but 2d9b7d1879 isn’t it bef97a2b2a still too 565a6594d1 hot?”fbfc266755a5e0f7

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“I agree. Aah, now that I’m 38f7330261 in an air conditioned df60760802 room, I feel like 95bbe8f295 I’m going to survive.”1e57a45965f840d2

“Before you know 8e0ab04642 it, it’s autumn.”6b04ec21698f4dac

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“Seriously, time can 2af73b51d0 be so fickle. Should I buy a 6fd48d73a2 trench coat this year 22341b5ef7 or not?”16ced4dd18b25806

“Don’t buy it. You’ll only wear it bcce6ab67a a few times before 8f4941dd39 it’s obsolete.”0e4d4036a480e4f8

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After finishing their 25b3499962 shift, a few 38e7c7b5c9 of the staff 0ac4450f8a had dinner together 5d1be7f141 and came out 8dc3c697ff for some shaved 474a13ebcd ice.55700c2a66e820f6

Euncho scooped some condensed 1da3e1045f milk shavings and a d752fdaa85 piece of mango onto bda81a4bf4 her spoon. Hyunjin sat across from d4393ad317 her and rummaged through 320a8258a2 her purse. She promptly e59b272d57 changed the b11b95cedd subject.057effc6cb989918

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“Did you all receive ea6c70a3c5 this?”ebd93047d15ecf4f

Hyunji pulled something 6a688ff843 out and placed 8d53a8ab35 it on the a8e798b55d table.8f4a6d12923582bf

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It was d99ae79c34 a white 62e3b90842 wedding invitation 6c2c29e491 accentuated with 3c3500f9ce floral lace 09f4802c91 embroidery. The same invitation was e2d36b1161 in Euncho’s own purse.c6377d17fce7f704

Earlier that day, when 64c0955cd5 she received it, she 1df467315f couldn’t take her eyes 550697d0aa off it. The same thing 34102311e0 was happening now. It was an dad4a0d080 object that didn’t 8283c00ef5 seem to exist f4f53a0e05 in her world.391f23f6f297ec1c

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“Sehee-ssi’s wedding invitation?”47efe6e3b8331f46

“I’m sure you’ve c124340d4b all received it. She was d4e6bfe764 working hard d55d1f9395 to hand ff977b88aa these out 83fdff6271 during our d96b3a78d0 break.”eb5c0c1a57f07f1a

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Euncho received 3129f95127 it during 3bd771698c her lunch 69066a170b break.4a29cc3ed8bc961a

She must f833293882 have been 1367694141 exhausted from 9b3d8e72ea all the 9fc2802cd9 wedding preparations f6d01c3287 because her 382658c33d face looked f5bc9f3029 haggard. Instead of 96e3c15614 eating her b515880718 lunch with fdf55318e4 colleagues, she ee4435f413 was busy 12a1bd5b0d handing out 303a4e095d small gifts cbfecccff7 along with f9b87f09f2 the invitations.0486d1fc60f2f174

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“It sounds ad4b26bda7 like she’s badefd3aad been dating 0267f1469c her husband-to-be 6286f00726 for a 7aa391c85d very long 5ed5832c49 time. I think she said aaf5a7d194 it was seven or fd82bff4b3 eight years.”c8990af120df5831

“Wow, then 6035a1e80c that means efa67f644c they’re getting 08990c5c3c married pretty e44b47985f late.”57e0532e4c02970d

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“That’s how things 1b593fa298 are like these eae07ad877 days. Those who c5fbf30545 date for 9ad2616c6a a long 7bc236b95e time end 85b55951fd up getting 72287d0d01 married later. There are many instances 2e35c4421a where couples never get 59d94e8142 married and end up 085a8c8489 breaking up.”ef60b820eb6623cd

“You know Kim 96ac7b4142 SeongWoo from B/O, 230317c994 right? That was 60314ffe0e the case c04c4b8e77 for him. He dated a575e4af5c someone from 0360fea3da college for 0f18dc1ace six years, 819c648eeb and in 6b4be072d5 the end, 99470201d5 they never 9a7290af6d married and 30db2d9380 broke up.”05e8d46380e6ef72

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The topic of marriage 36c50e99bf became the new subject 9a143a947c of conversation. The conversation naturally flowed ddad96bad2 to the breaking news ef9fc1ba04 of another long-term couple’s 1cd88680d2 wedding.a62c12deeb455821

Was it 1df41e54af really like 3701276b3c that?85eec85780a82d90

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As she b30aa0ee13 recalled all 563679ff94 the things bcc915dd0a that had ed2de4a40f happened today, 4a227f5219 she didn’t 83a8ddb807 think it 7d294dced7 was completely 700185842d wrong. It used to feel de844a1893 like something that was 329bc134f2 far away from her d2329e4b9c life, but when she 0492bad3a1 came to her senses, af037f598b it was right in b3fb802ed1 front of her.f13f2bcecdf99ae3

“Euncho-ssi, why 1f8fc06037 are you 723839bd20 so quiet d661ddd560 today?”a625ba11ba51c6ab

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“Me? I was 8f1a11ef8b just thinking.”eacc2cf09050a894

“What were you thinking 651504a044 about?”cc6297590efcd903

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“Uh… I was just bca486bcd1 wondering if dating and 591568cfb3 marriage is really that 50e80092c6 different…?”b1ca4f10c90ebf52

She didn’t know 119e3eb251 what to say, 770ad6ba4a so she just 5124c53b4f said what came e338ff1b62 to mind. The topic c20f1c630c of conversation cbf0ff1c70 at the 266ce400bd table changed d43cf6c9cd once again.4887b87be23de560

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“I’m sure 85fbecfd3c it’s different. Very different.”dc775ed0e0f3e378

“Isn’t that why there 55eb632a5f are so many couples 6b813ea939 who break up before 0480a872ec they get married?”6428d89f8edb71f8

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“To be 4df6fa9705 honest, I’m f43405eccf not sure b8eadd0224 if it 29d48b4a9c makes a 668c808341 whole lot 4d1ce62d78 of difference f7ce83545c other than b4d47fde11 being tied 52e6630ab8 to that de00b0e3b2 person legally.”5f76101960c6ae0d

“That’s the 72695c380a whole point. It’s a relationship 8e6b104057 that is established d7f2530873 by law.”9ce6f11014f16585

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“But I b4bc78fd87 feel like 1155c2b55d we’re seeing fce3ba24d1 a lot 997d21a380 of couples a8d6ede089 in common-law c27ead6b0e marriages these 81b99f812f days, so 49aac611c7 I feel 650286c775 like people 75d3455e42 are doing ed0bda5de9 whatever they 92926c4ba8 want.”5280385d3e60c7c8

Seeing as 425808682e how they b88661e69d were all 702d578e1d of similar a843566974 age, it bcb737189d seemed that b90aa3845a marriage was d3a11bc61f something that f2c1fe3d13 was not f74c4657e3 too far f524e2a84a away.46a9ffa018724e8a

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That’s why they 9119bfc3f9 were discussing it b10b09c1fa like this.e58f87618b4e36df

Euncho was the one cc199f01a3 who had thrown the cf8df42f2c first stone in regards 58f625cff9 to this topic, but eded551de3 in the end, everyone e65158728b but her seemed to c0af4c3b65 be continuing this conversation.18a15859cb1636f1

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Euncho’s head moved from side to side as she listened to them talk. She felt like each person was correct in their own way. It seemed she wasn’t the only one who found this problem to be very difficult.37d69d583b695d1e

“But I’m surprised Euncho-ssi da882e53f3 is curious about something f88a915570 like this.”99cad601582f144d

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“Really? Why?”344dad7cf8b2f43f

“You never 0b5672c8dd really seemed 2130191e5b interested whenever ec5129810f we talked d34d566e73 about this 201739e429 before. Even though there are 4a4957dad3 plenty of male employees 4c18a1d976 who like you…”3e4fc48c65898c21

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“Aren’t you single fa8530623c right now? No, not just now. Haven’t you been single 8624dc781e ever since you started ccbe6fcfb8 working at this hotel? We’ve never heard 0333d29813 you talk about b959b2dbf3 a boyfriend, ever.”af0ef7bd9bd77108

‘That’s right, that’s right.’ f954844e1c Her other colleagues agreed. Euncho felt 2a4c806206 strange as dd59196fa8 she looked b2a30c992b around the fe02fd14bd table.c78302d51503f4d7

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Her colleagues a8c904c086 didn’t know 3479233b81 since she 9cf51660f8 never acted e4c2cdfcc6 any differently. She was 8f2de1a79b already frustrated 7031beca56 about her da704c7f3c mother’s pestering, c8c71b0cbf so having c8e383f81b this happen 4c9c1c94aa now made 763aec2124 her feel adbd069e55 even more f4ca71a33a suffocated.041fb47ded8423f8

Maybe she 1da1739f90 couldn’t confide d14d80e2e3 in her 8c374bf4fb mother, but 8faecf3c8b was there 3cecb04beb a need 32f4b4672c to hide fba1b4bb05 this from 628e563fb6 her colleagues?b3f5666904586d57

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Ahem, Euncho cleared 6ebb0196c2 her throat.401d4750dbd92019

It didn’t c4346fe915 seem like 4ab3e52672 such a 2cc5862435 big deal, 1ec1d68bf1 but she cc794c7cef still felt 1e3ca34522 embarrassed as 4886f7d977 she scraped a242e8b67d the ice a7e2273c98 in her 294898e8dd cup. She spoke in 5898b96da1 a soft voice e8c3966cbf that was closer 48426be0ad to a whisper.de35d0414ec1d64c

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“Um, actually, I 43b7dc0450 am seeing someone 99f5a012f3 right now.”db6554322c1c1836

Saying it 6a593d75d8 with her 403bbff641 own mouth 23a33ac9fa made her 9a954f041f tongue feel 14b2c0d280 ticklish.7931bc4255f2bdbe

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But she also 23af4b86de felt a surge fc24327763 of satisfaction burst c5080e0769 up within her 437fa1189f heart.8577d6a6d3447e35

The thought that their long relationship had finally reached a point where she could officially say she was dating him made her feel a sense of fulfillment. f3508697d13cf273

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…Of course, when f8090191f2 the table exploded d4ff2f46b1 into an uproar, 27e161c657 she ended up 2bc6893f22 regretting her decision 26f924761e within one minute.e7a67d5c7735046d

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