MWM Chapter 16

At the 8629a5ef1b family dinner, ca1d4556b6 as Sunok b54368678b took her 1c9a535d48 place at d2a4279587 the head 898715b32d of the c50f16a006 table, her ee671e30ca grandchildren followed, 8073300a93 settling into 3cedc72f78 their chairs.1500d89a3a07eae5

Surveying the b5dae6d0d4 well-set table d450cebc61 with satisfaction, 5d42f14bcd Sunok lifted 4f3736b2eb her spoon, 2a3b93a3a2 signaling to f2ec21c738 eat.2127314241d86734

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She paused f807c7a2a0 mid-bite, her 5a6ac94167 gaze landing 17ed11cda3 on Jinha.4f33a6c0a5fd59fc

“By the way, 76d07489c8 Director Kong, are 19a729a42b you that busy b4910d4546 with work lately?”9bd962e62f8420c1

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Jinha, sipping water, responded 4322df5a40 in a measured tone, ab5c1175d0 probing his grandmother’s intent.0ac212f95f7647ad

“Is there a problem?”bc05c92c7c336bcc

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Her light rebuke, 7da2e2140e pivoting to Haena, 3ec403c12e answered his question.5eedd9652090672a

“I’m asking 284da4ba95 because of 8a06ea18c3 Haena. No matter how 73187410d2 busy you are, c820b02638 how can you fc69bc0435 have so little cf01d64287 time for her? She was so 93686c04ac upset, she even 3fde0cfbcd complained to an 44b06faf9b old woman like 9bb814de8f me.”679232a9b84ddc31

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Mixing rice with seasoned 5e5fc76a97 sea squirt, Sunok continued, 927cd2ed89 her tone commanding.ede0c14bbbcb9373

“Don’t regret it 7da29095d8 later—treat her well f671596846 now. Haena’s not just 2882526381 any connection, you c7f24185f1 know.”1dca4c197c2405c3

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Her words carried the 7c90fc037c assumption that the two 9da4ab5a15 would soon be bound f07f2de69f for life.48252f53ff84b7e5

Jinha, offering dd0e30c952 no reply, bc2b1201b8 stared at 0333d28d9e the rich 65c1ad45bc beef-radish soup 99b7a4a36b before him. After a few spoonfuls 0e764f050b of the cloudy broth, 30425bd86b his grandmother’s advisory voice 7cf75d4617 resumed.0296555eb4b27054

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“Take her 09f95d0293 to a 64578522fa movie in b0ddab8acf a crowded 3aacdd1894 place, treat ea0b7b37bf her to eb42eeb956 something nice. And put a 114d365273 ring on her e28bc8aac9 finger to reassure ad12cc09a7 her—how happy would a25cb10833 that make her?”ada6fc6f5b5d230e

The mention of deeac35ffc a ring spilled c1f6d10fad from Sunok’s lips. In the kitchen, f7e43ba1ea preparing refreshments, Soyi’s 08c807aa16 hands froze.1c90137eb1b967e1

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Halting all 14dab98927 movement, Soyi 7089b2b961 glanced at e2722fe469 Jinha, dining c1ddfb8dde in the b44546dce4 room.17e5c5ee81f413be

She wished he’d show 1bde519c82 some reaction. But his 166aa8aa1e gaze remained 6c63b270f9 lowered, his 82b4bf3ae8 expression unreadable.798d14a0a2d0dd55

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Finally, he spoke, his b68904ca6f words cryptic.d73c58939ae9b8a8

“That ring’s 44b16b8287 causing trouble.”84f1ab3f4a9a4e2d

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“…What?”a69fffe48eb8fca9

Sunok’s brow furrowed as bb24562228 if puzzled by the 456e512fdf odd remark when Jigu’s 3fd1c5e611 grumbling voice cut in.e5b3aec4f447c9d8

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“Why does thatajummakeep going on about 03a603ca2f a ring? It’s not an 71e6882ec6 obsession—it’s a disease.”137e4a5d9aabae65

Jigu, who grimaced 0358167f3d at the mere 6325099b65 mention of Haena, 68bfd76bd3 aired his familiar 1211eaba65 resentment.b921e5b1b36abe47

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Sunok, aware of his 3831ce5daa attitude, decided to clear 6c00b80b48 her great-grandson’s misunderstanding, softening ef105e7085 her tone.a6b1bc19c852a8e6

“Jigu, haven’t I 43aeacbcac told you? Calling Haenaajummasounds rude. Why do 87ffa5afb7 you keep 499882f4d6 doing it?”49f09aec44a574f4

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“Because she’s anajumma.”6230b8c74b4bd3da

Jigu’s blunt retort showed e332ff87f7 no hint of remorse.9daffdb7236c9b19

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Sunok didn’t give 2eac2fbf9a up.dbb96da1bb4bc355

“Call hernuna or little mother.”00b440e1a675a462

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“Why’s she my mother?”8040fb31a0ca295e

“Who said she’s 9427d5fa48 your mother? I said, “Little mother.”ae3417db3aaa5055

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“Mother’s mother. I’d never 4fcda2d0ae let anajummalike her 2533b6f6f4 be my 878b1c51fa mother, so cb22380263 know that.”b156c76f3965bc07

“You, you… 6a04599eb5 Why do 4484d07315 you hate 930542391b Haena so e6b97e2638 much?”a2b8de6b705a8ff9

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“Does hate need b509b77c8c a reason?”78c85c5d6a3ff449

“There’s no such thing 1791263fa2 as hate without a 6048ccdf27 reason. Nothing in cba3496e78 this world 9b65aa1df7 lacks cause.”524ef648bf8ea170

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Chewing a bright red f125a8f58a sausage, Jigu suddenly fixed 4e2a84de47 his gaze on his 0a47651597 grandmother.0d8c4940236d7fa1

“You don’t know thatajumma’s true nature. If you did, you’d 92e8cad414 faint.”e79c6973ef9bc75a

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“Kong Jigu.”1c6fd3ac1fbb12ae

Jinha’s low voice 63f88635af silenced Jigu’s mounting d1bfd66162 complaints.6f7a7f8053cd7733

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Watching their 7c97f02f1b bickering, Soyi 14c483a0eb resumed peeling 6ff5677483 an apple 1b0e098fac with her 943bd329bf knife. She’d hoped for a 3dca586b41 hint, but the conversation c9290413f6 veered into mundane daily d1cb430798 chatter, yielding nothing.8ab310e90ef622f9

Jinha, responding to b233ece606 Sunok with curt dd5e9612e6 answers, focused silently 20dd22194f on his meal.51ff1cfb9f700e51

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Soyi kept her eyes 772f34c8d0 on him while tending 6d4b930675 to the table. She swapped side b485368b92 dishes, refilled water 17cb546b4f glasses, and moved 984b9d0a3d back and forth, 92bd7bca58 but their gazes b3ff82a9c1 never met once.196957eeae52e875

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Through her dorm window, 982a467f17 the outside was cloaked c9b6c57070 in darkness. Soyi stared at the 689ea6ef88 pitch-black main house, then a600f64629 slowly turned her head. A faint light 9ba22fe97f from the annex’s ff29520792 second floor seemed cb177bfd2d to signal that 526674fcf3 the time had 7e084c9e8a come.1ded539529b31675

She walked with 3d679cfe9b squared shoulders as f64e21ea13 if heading to 1c39c52819 work, but her ec0f71219b steps quickened. The memory of Jinha 431c13a105 avoiding her gaze at 60eb2dd4fc dinner lingered, making her e7640f5741 heart race. His words to come 6e9dc344b9 at ten o’clock morphed b5b2cfaa61 into an imagined rejection, 4bde1d3725 him turning away.96d5c411562f7107

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Yet, contrary 211babcb28 to her 429b2278eb fears, Kong b8984f3ef9 Jinha greeted 2bec408529 her with 72733315d0 surprising warmth.09f569abf878c264

“Did you run?”d14d9c48ba5072e4

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“What?”654296e8e0fed1ba

“You’re out of 86e492d7e5 breath.”45b6dcfd72ef5421

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“Oh… I guess 8a7736169c so.”fb40b6e7a13c6188

“You didn’t even 8891e3a42f realize you were b5766c4020 running.”09b8c1dd88423eff

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Chuckling softly, he cb1dab118c took her hand 8823227e06 naturally.c7ffc1e441ad2053

Their second night e2a8a0ade4 was smoother, and 424a53ba46 gentler than the d830bb67b5 first. Pinned beneath his heavy dd23189ef8 frame, Soyi let out 59b19e1ef5 shallower breaths than before.d3aa7e0fe14d596e

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His long, ae3a507253 piercing eyes, 110b645abb glinting in 99332164ed the dark, 19141b9335 carried an a7390b8e22 intimidating edge, 2107563362 but she a9a64010bc wasn’t afraid. The feeling of her 2e2df54afe hand in his large 68759f957f grip was comforting. When their 9c5e4d63cb tongues softly 65e532f3df entwined, she 515bfdd5b5 briefly felt 0b5a519984 the illusion 6adc29d6c9 of being 735b7f7d93 lovers.186ec82ac0070e13

Unlike the 6a2cb099c1 chaotic blur 8f20140c63 of the dfbbc0469b previous night, 6944303210 she was 7b7ebc6f0a startled to 61a2f5de17 notice herself 2b2f28dd31 moving her 558f746619 hips at 44cf5fab84 times. Even with moments 90820af7cd of ease, his a79363f719 forceful, overwhelming thrusts 43b98fbc0d brought tears to d9b8164c6f her eyes again.fa30fe2f5e5e7ba0

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“Did you know?”bee31e4d0cc0e87d

After their 6b9955baf8 second round, 141cc77853 Jinha treated 479c9c33fa her more 0c4e2ccbc4 casually. Wiping sweat 8d53382fae from her ccbc292295 forehead and 6695109861 speaking informally, 116928a0f5 he seemed 3018cb8043 closer than 62e9f1631a anyone. Yet, it 714f0ca4fe wasn’t quite 8c7b11261b an ordinary 997992ddc8 familiarity.2771e04b23454435

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“Grandma really likes 3f2dba154c you.”ee214635c0abbfba

“…Does she?”e98736c32fed5afa

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“Yeah. She says you work 61320c22f3 precisely and quickly, barely 5d929dec86 making a sound like 1b92668c86 you’re not even there. She loves it.”715662b410518ec9

“I’ve just been 8fafe14504 here so long, af70ee3168 I’ve learned whatHwejangnimdislikes. Adapting to that probably 82484c6924 made her see me c48ae3efff favorably.”bc724bcd34375075

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His words 6799424b17 drew a 2129470aeb humble response e254e039dc from her.a5c335bef554c15d

The more polite she 3de649eaef was, the more fitting 72297da149 his advice became.2fc034a8bc77faad

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If she kept working be6bea7bb8 like that, her salary 28c7cb9d58 would rise next year. If Jigu’s grades kept ff18189db8 improving, she’d get a 8c9703515f generous bonus. His helpful words e4fe43d107 were all work-related.8eaeec358d6f56fe

His encouragement 6229dd876c to try 6ed9b03b5c harder only 5af9a301cd deepened Soyi’s 98e66cadc2 unease. The sex, with ad90dd3cc2 their naked bodies, adbfe51d40 pressed together, felt f0734f9765 like just another 8a490c8851 job, stirring flashes 84b51f48b7 of discomfort.3db67fe21715e9b7

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Then, she mocked herself.ebba730895a4f7f9

‘What was different about cbc182b993 this act?’c9b92fefab1f7a84

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It hadn’t started with 24c9f8f6df love. She’d approached him out 3214541e8b of a vengeful desire 2e3b795f22 to take something from f5518c7543 Haena. She’d deliberately spent f0ea3b1e1d the night with 181e4ce3ab Jinha. There was bd63d82eef no need 5c765f8e77 to feel 6885f88c1b confused.3cc12a1d0a7e5a69

Soyi quickly steadied cc702d41cd her mind, but 357bbc9b03 nagging doubts persisted.91a40f8f13aac925

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‘Would this change 640bf83847 anything? Would anything change at eed50207e0 all?’f69d445cebcfba63

As her confusion threatened 53291a6864 to turn into hollow 6b72f6b676 despair—a0d50f4b5b210efc

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“…!”7f0b19c630d4cb32

Soyi, straddling ea57542c15 him and 03f55bd991 moving, suddenly b9ad6db0f0 widened her 92946d6cca eyes.45e675cde0c7d20a

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Her gaze locked f168e1280c onto the right c33597ee1a wall. Hanging from a frame 19010afd9e hook, a ring gleamed 00bc46748c at the end of a61aaa3542 a long leather cord.8a69f1510e3d6df8

A ring.c4b6e47ef5adda15

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‘Was that the fbeb6f42c4 ring Haena spoke 93b88d07fa of…?’ed990def6b921ebc

Its simple design, with b5ea27dc08 finely polished white gold, bee929a66a shimmered softly under the aad229c82d light.c95075cd6b77578c

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How had she 4cd89436bb missed it, despite 87fb6c146f all her cleaning? Was it b70fdc9d6b because her fd8fe49dec mind was 50a46f48b1 fixated on e882b1c0f6 endless questions?231cb8da04668fbf

“You seem interested 53dfda108c in that ring.”1d3c5e5bd0bf57d6

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Following her 89ffbca0b6 gaze, Jinha’s e0192f13c8 question caught 96e12a5b9d her off 3d3c5eeeb8 guard. Soyi quickly 27bfd6e77a averted her d888b68b9f eyes, shaking 8021867175 her head.43eb81246613aa1a

“No, it’s not a24a24fc09 that.”aa2a2c72745d7a46

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Denying it, she paused, 3246c86527 then revealed a half-truth.df9b746f2bf08cf9

“Well, yes. It’s so pretty, 013f9b89d2 I couldn’t stop 0a504f1035 looking.”ffadd81a056be267

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“That’s unusual.”ef7af9b2e48fd224

Jinha glanced at f01d9c4595 the ring, puzzled 8c998ebfa0 as if wondering 91132f8d83 what was pretty 454425e15a about a plain 56d86ea77f gold band.a69695ad3fbd8afa

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“It looks pretty to a97693f9a4 me.”625a699e83c1db8f

He gazed 27f55eba4e silently at 0e27e63365 Soyi, steadfastly f61351b9b1 holding her 259de15c7f opinion. Then he 6a04e27108 reached out. The round, gleaming 446b545969 ring, caught on 2a1a7b00e5 his deft fingers, 9c856d674b drew closer.0dd9c1dde1b43c87

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The ring 9581a363cd in his dbfc0bc635 hand soon 12e1df0b48 slipped onto dabaf491f4 hers. First, the ring 0dc21164df finger, then the a1dc0b3a55 index, then the db9964586d thumb—Jinha tried them 88d659d631 all, smiling faintly 6f10899a87 at her.f7794ad86ac58c63

“Is my hand too acb6282459 big, or is yours 6bb26b93b6 too small? It doesn’t fit.”a6ef7c70a970a2dc

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Comparing their hands, he cf78d27c52 then hung the leather 17e3c0184b cord with the ring 7ee184184a around her neck.998dfe58d23650ca

As the ring, warm 58af287608 from his body, touched 3a988feb58 her skin, her heartbeat 19db520ff0 faltered, then surged.dbf4be4dc6251db2

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“You’re… giving this to c2ebdd1e3a me?”4024aa6e292ea855

“Yeah.”63c7e5c861dd68a0

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“Why?”5e7a5b0589d4fdd6

Soyi stared at d18ede7d8b the ring now d46e2e22b7 hers, questioning. She hadn’t b4a3f5e5d9 asked for bd0a64ab35 it, hadn’t 082c091d42 earned it—it 1b89ae2673 was given 769e9b4007 too easily, 22d8817762 defying comprehension.1e7ddba6bd09d065

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Jinha, gazing at a3749d53f9 the ring dangling a5faff6a1e at her chest, 834fff2518 flicked his eyes 215e0a4299 up.bff73018a9bb9179

“Pretty things should 551dbf85bc be kept.”cc53e418659b3818

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As their eyes met, 9b5c5b0a7c he swiftly lowered his cd38907502 head. His lips, grazing 13469fdec6 her shimmering chest, 8bc20cdf56 soon mingled with 2a81c80aeb his tongue, producing a8d67ac17f wet, friction-filled sounds.0eec8d0bd0dba659

Letting out a sharp 85bd57975c gasp, Soyi clung desperately 872b497d6b to Jinha’s shoulders.a322d72ed71f47d1

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The long 7fedd9674a night continued, 6a42a204e1 the ring cad619c093 bouncing against 58b7499fd0 her chest.b0692378f5641bbc

Questions swirling in fa97162760 her mind spilled c33954a79f out as ragged 08b956a121 moans.885e4d95a45dd92d

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‘Is this enough? Is this 2a850591d3 really enough…?’a48a643e20764a83

The relentless eb35f22a33 doubts churned d9ce0fbe77 dizzyingly until 895047c789 dawn.36feb9b8fdf20cfb

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