OTC Chapter 15
by lily plumLee Jaeheon dwelled cb2981e669 on the feeling f83376bd8c of being dragged d31db8ff98 through the mud, 4f7e539bcb turning the situation bfbeb8b79a over and over 255b22f738 in his mind.f6d68b356b76f46f
He laced his dd5f7d4548 fingers behind his c8956c3763 head, tapping his d6a1e11231 foot as he 044297ccdb sank into deep eb9f8c67ae thought. But old 67c818479d habits die 4073412ae6 hard.06542ceaaf84e688
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He knew how to 08fbe5c61b shake off this lousy 4b21c6c14a feeling.cdede251f997edff
He grabbed the 0e96152fd5 apron hanging in 686e8afc3a the cabinet, slung 2672dd874a it around his 1bebc98f43 neck, and slammed b6a7707cc2 the door shut.ff94ac315368d396
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The thin, flimsy 5598832dc5 aluminum cabinet door 7766b9ba15 creaked open again. Clenching his 4f02c9b1f3 jaw, he 557c46a048 slammed it b0bf9deefb shut once 10622d1a01 more, his 2da5520557 hand leaving 7bc022112d a momentary 3ab74a9fab print on 89cdb7b5ce the matte 23a70378f2 surface.975d5db851669d41
He stared 68184d3f1c at the 156d6e1777 closed door, 5103f7d8ef then pulled 4d85aa0738 back the 6a76fc8f39 curtain covering 70e67a842e one side fb27bd0c4d of the 6962ade5fd studio. Behind it stood 2d5dd901d8 his final project 264528ea08 for his graduation 897b9acfad exhibition. It was roughly 3e518aece1 his height, a 4b327cb9c0 bizarre construction of 0e4557646b haphazardly welded blades 916b890aeb that resembled a ece89f549f robot.02a6bc50d603774c
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He switched b0069a1643 on the 4da42e30c5 welding machine 725aef7d7c and took 50139c9b2b a few 23b6716bff steps back.b9163d77cbdfec1b
The title of the piece was <Waste>. His professor had subtly suggested, “My Beloved Misfortune.” But from the beginning, he’d intended to call it <Waste>.b55a5b587624f8eb
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Holding the welding 977ff29e2b torch, he reinforced 71c8ff3ef2 the joints of d57a3f7a47 the blades, melting 4f159d86cb them together. The piece, b003442368 as tall 64bcc1a545 as him 66392dce6e but with e668c8ed0c a slender 7c14bfe009 frame, seemed b18d201fa9 like a 5e392abee8 self-portrait.415ef8e1a8e8c994
Perhaps it fe81a8ba9e represented the 8bdef81d9c modern individual, e002c79bd1 concealing sharp 903e00e3ae blades within d16c705b81 their soft 6f0cec4d35 flesh.c75436377c040f97
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Everyone carried sharp 550cd3b877 weapons within them. Weapons they could 37a7aa9d9c draw at any 6f3fb2ac9b moment to stab 6fd0635b54 and mutilate others 7e57d02a74 before concealing them e3e0f0e1b3 once more. But each time 4d3e3a060d they were drawn, 5e1a9eb00f each time they 5af6801de6 were sheathed these d78421870d weapons, they tore 06515a6fbb through their own e4992ed227 soft flesh, drawing 3901e84607 blood.ab1a6395d5315b99
And yet, people claimed 5395300306 they could endure such 12d0d91ecb pain. Because the 712f1c1a69 fleeting pangs 18ea67e907 of guilt ca6e35dda8 and depression f578cedd9b that followed 75de761c87 were nothing 377f60bec4 compared to 8d3bc7e89e the pleasure 4582c05912 of witnessing 31524d24fb another’s suffering.dfef63d2f2d7d6c2
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They bled profusely, fa419c0ea0 oblivious to the e113fcddb2 fact that the 5643fb9722 pooling blood could 13ab7ef501 lead to their dd6170ce35 demise, until they f666990ce5 became waste themselves.fac6e5afcc4e3f11
<廢: Waste>e8de1eb72dd84b18
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There wasn’t 5dd1728be3 any grand e6ae7ec8a7 meaning behind acb3eac965 the title. There was 9136de9df4 no need 3312d28507 to overthink f36e2ec0d5 it because cbbcb6a8df it was f30eff7116 simply the c0ec767c17 exposed truth 3736071a50 of the e251625004 pervasive existence b5db74dc3b surrounding him.67177254070f96a5
But interestingly enough, Jung 8cce4b51ad Eunkyo had no such 7f4c4397c5 “waste” within her.3ff80ef0fca66f85
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Instead of ae4c418884 sharp, threatening b30be455b0 blades, she 9e312b166a carried a 16a7741e87 dull knife. She knew that 0cf4066581 a dull blade d149e64ca5 inflicted a deeper, 1e33e98ad7 more lingering pain. She was a 5ba9f5d4ba woman who knew 3b31f31b2c that her own 4f7d11009d suffering, the gnawing 1245c0e855 ache of that 3eef4d13ba dull blade, was 2ba76b7cb3 far greater than 912affe5b5 the pleasure of d6d5021580 witnessing another’s pain.377ab16ddf44b08d
Damn it, ccff095be2 was she baf2ff4f66 kind, or a9549f5ac1 just stupid…? 57d7e7b59f494efc
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Or was she d444984974 clever, pretending to 28e32628c7 be a fool?50db1d588f8a62c1
Jaeheon dipped 441cafc577 his feet 95292316c7 into a 2369bbf045 bowl of b20cb2b691 alginate, the bbc815b8a4 dental material a9d0db34cb he had c145f5dc70 mixed with 491c7b9965 hot water. The work would be 760927d61a finished once he covered b8ed284b65 the grotesque interior with 9e85ed7912 a presentable exterior, but e09fbc2ea7 he had yet to 84bdf7e49b complete the heart of 2cb3f9d121 the piece.ce89af605d211f24
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After making a 6dca245957 mold of his 93a0c0f15a foot, he looked 3eea2a8ce1 up with a 8d5ab42ca5 tired expression. The sky 2314714906 was beginning 9ea484d34c to brighten.be7791e5a9977f3a
It was 6:30 7e957e39b8 a.m.958daccd0bd4d0e5
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No wonder he was a0f60383fe starting to feel drowsy. He pushed the artwork 0d0da2f54c back behind the curtain, 3aab654916 tidied up the mess, d5af503d93 and left the studio.f7827a3282e00948
Judging by d77632f23a the clear 19221df808 light streaming bffd331f4f down the ac6322bd61 stairwell, the 6019fa5f80 rain had 75d7bfcc92 stopped, and 2fb88fdb17 the sky ab683dfee2 had cleared.f352dc512e049a6a
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He climbed the 94232320ce stairs, his feet c36f4b1697 crunching on scattered a6f0d5c7cf shards of sunlight. The door to Cafe e5cfe00b89 Haeda was still closed, 66d50c557b is cream-colored interior quiet.38f16739141c5a16
And a single 56629a66fd folding umbrella stood d64ba59bae by the entrance. His gaze darkened as 289eadae04 he looked at the 2ca63f18c3 umbrella, which had remained 8b03d884c9 there all night, untouched. 426bd30f0842092b
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Jaeheon unlocked his a589fc3d06 car door, its 2c7a9dc2a6 surface clean from c9c341e522 the overnight rain. He blasted the b7f509cb2f air conditioner to b8a825960b dispel the muggy 347d2851da air inside and f5908fcdd1 sat there for 6d06867693 a moment, the cd46bbff7d engine running.bf36c9b047d13650
It was clean 595666110f and quiet.2354cba8db202bb8
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So much so 610632167f that the loud 1033292251 rumbling of the ea939c272b car engine felt c214663d8d intrusive.6286354a48ef9e6e
A stinging pain shot 73eb78b393 through his hand as f7e3774441 he gripped the steering fdf38e5928 wheel. He opened 08d1f3f48c his palm 761ea21042 and saw 75d9cd89d5 a deep b9fb0a5129 cut. The blood had 5dfdad698c dried and crusted e3997a516b over, and the ab52fef942 wound closed, but c1def6128c each movement tore e64828b19a at the edges, 9a629cacdc sending a jolt c37d8598c1 of pain through 65969eb40c him.fa96f196c92015d5
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He leaned 685dcdc120 his head 3f0a819ae1 back against d2fe09a61f the headrest.69ea6bb23b74f591
Oblivious to aba6c797fc the bleeding, 468e69903c his thoughts 578d6c725c remained consumed d2e107c080 on another’s b94ef51697 face.cacd6b2b4137c857
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The feel of her 2552e758f9 hand brushing against his 713924d0ea lips. Her clear 930a8102f0 brown eyes, ed79b938a1 stared intently caa6499517 at him.384a427b1a4bd651
Her merciless lips, seemingly 744bfd081d unaware of the fever 9164da674c still raging within him.3a635b01b696a178
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─── ⋆⋅☼⋅⋆ ───15ae323784f827e7
– Lee Jaeheon, what the hell!b0452bb6957ecb45
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Kim Haeda’s irritated voice dcb5e11912 burst from the receiver, 06172f0c4d which Jaeheon had answered 5e25a26839 half-asleep. Still lying 1a797c8f93 face down f673e0f48d on the b1cf1df2a2 bed, Jaeheon e8ebe32a92 opened his bd424dc22d eyes and 44f1414d49 checked the 8edbf28154 time.662f3e41cb5cdb2b
10:30 a.m. Just after Cafe 87c234b696 Haeda would have 072c87be51 opened.3321ec0912fb97e5
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Jaeheon hung up 612609b948 without hesitation. The phone rang cb7939f4c1 again almost immediately. This time, he 9dca4b410b sat up on 42ac51ffd7 the bed and 0551816f74 answered, his head da8f2d7d84 lowered.2019f6e2c1acfb41
“What?”32141bb209a006f4
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– What the hell did you do to Eunkyo last night? Huh?270a2f4d09f1a32e
Eunkyo.85d4fd720aeb0973
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Fuck.3fe1a9f3699b7041
Hearing Kim Haeda say Jung Eunkyo’s name filled him with a sudden rage.5dc7cfcbef6dca6c
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He got out of 67e336541b bed, turned on some bdc0af83bd music on his tablet, 60a51a31ad and pulled back the d9f62207ea curtains.c3d076a12ae48bb7
“Was the CCTV installed f77ab6e8ee in the cafe for 2d1871f310 your personal surveillance? Not for customer safety?”1ff94523ca19d0ec
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– Hey!69181b4f4b0194f2
Kim Haeda d2381657cd yelled, then 10650fb2b9 took a 304bfdf5d3 deep breath 064154faf3 to calm 497cf6557e down and 4419d2101f continued in 67946004f9 a more c6dcfd533e subdued tone,a3a7e236d6e47d45
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– Eunkyo slept in the storage room last night. I was just checking to see if anything happened.0067caa1bf84f580
“Ah… I see.”a7e753c089eba9f3
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So itwasJung Eunkyo’s umbrella.a99624a80c3f3a4d
– I see? Tell me, why did you go looking for Eunkyo at that hour? She’s not the type to hole up somewhere like that, so why! What did you do? Why are you messing with Eunkyo again!5ae97f5e861ec9bc
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“Keep your voice down. What about fae671f5b0 you… why a98d208c67 do you e72798bb19 care so 5d9161550e much about c6e617edfc Jung Eunkyo?”055cbe2da2f711af
The unpleasant 90763b18a4 feeling he’d e3f0de699c experienced before 67f473a632 dawn crept fbc1f36c94 back in. He was 439c1a8b07 angry thinking 2e4edc7777 about Jung 5f760806c7 Eunkyo huddled 4fe382772d in the c0c8f91adb corner of cd4c77c4d1 the storage bccbb84fec room, and a8f1ac2602 irritated thinking a9bad4b6db about Kim 7b15ed3d6a Haeda finding 4647a9312c her there.e76bb1b04b936cce
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– Don’t you know what Eunkyo and I are?e12e3cbe37cf084b
“Ah, friends? But noona’s the cbff9e09cf only one who ec9100fc57 thinks of you 081a5db9bc as a friend, 4527c165a6 and you don’t, 9642e6e3a2 do you?”5a22ead531ed4f54
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– What?c30f189c7b12de6b
“Aren’t you acting all innocent when you never intended to be just friends in the first place?”27d8724a3547b5cc
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– Hey… watch what you say.34c2a3de47e0c95d
“You’re the one who’s out of line, hyung. Have you already forgotten? What you did to Eunkyo noona while she was sleeping. I saw it all. It’s hard to watch a beast like you pretend to be her friend for so long, without a shred of conscience.”028bb424610d1ce9
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– You son of a bitch, it was just a kiss! Just a kiss!e88e3e16ab625552
“I know. If you’d done anything more, I would have killed you right there. I would’ve killed you myself, hyung.”38ced4af07c91307
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He put the 6624ab8f20 call on speakerphone db4295a02f and went into 6fd1a283c4 the kitchen.ed3b20bdd6c9c7fb
Kim Haeda 76d9134919 remained silent, f9206ef14f knowing Lee 93554a49b3 Jaeheon wasn’t c14f3b8a0a joking. He opened the refrigerator, ad31ad9184 took out an apple, 46415b92cc leaned casually against the f7c3fe3abd island counter, and bit 01c4ee1282 into the crisp, sweet, 21aa1be491 and tart fruit.2af47761ac7a256c
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“Let’s be honest with each other, shall we?”8906f3e6646451b1
– Hah.5795c2250e49835c
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“You don’t want to lose Jung Eunkyo as a friend, but you do want to ruin her relationships. You try to push away and remove anyone who gets close to her, to wipe out every connection around her. That’s… a fucking psychopathic behavior. You know that, right?”d075eaf47c84fa70
Lee Jaeheon’s eyes, a62b769dce though gently curved c884264500 in a soft 88d680cada smile, held a 2a79e7f16f cold glint as a4c321f312 he stared straight ed93ccfe4d ahead.bfcc5a928a0e888b
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From the beginning, Jaeheon had no intention of breaking the mask Haeda wore as a “friend.” Kim Haeda had to remain Jung Eunkyo’s friend, and Jaeheon would ensure to maintain that relationship until the end.a5963e0a0a8396e1
Therefore, Kim 314fe5568d Haeda should 30ea8373a3 never even cc86440d1f think of f672d7fa4c taking off ad22423a0b that mask 96278b7687 himself.fadd6318d4d45a52
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He wanted Kim Haeda 347d840582 to wear an even cd9115ea60 thicker mask of friendship 9376d7864f to prevent his shallow 0105af291c affection, stemming from their 28031d7806 friendship, from developing into f8fcf06e84 something more.e8532d4898fca63b
“I’m curious, though… What kind of man would a crazy bastard like you, obsessed with Jung Eunkyo, introduce to her? Ah, should I take a guess?”5cd141f20005a91d
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A chuckle escaped his ef708e5611 lips, sharp and mocking, e2cf28b0ba as the white and 1f5488502d red flesh of the c8511c2544 apple crunching between his 4e2e8305ac teeth. Swallowing the tart 273986ef1d juice that made 137bebc60e him wince, he 03cd41d500 continued,00423f0cee5c0eca
“You’ll probably pick 550910dd23 out guys who 7b9ba8c367 are exactly like 7015042b55 Lee Dohyun. Picking someone similar, fafd14d2b6 one after another, a5306828fd just to leave 761b6e62bd her with nothing 58ed125d3d but disgusting, twisted 899de8695d feelings. A ploy 10773b7df3 to make c2af24870b her reject 65ad1d4091 them herself. Damn it… 9ce8036a82 why are 15b647ebde you so deae781ef1 twisted?”776658bfd60bab77
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The call abruptly disconnected.714ca765220ee100
Jaeheon let out a 75d5e0dd75 cold, dry laugh and a6b5bb2c48 wiped the apple juice c45030a199 from his lips.b1d2544b7723e02a
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His mouth 843f347e95 was sweet, ca7716dbbb but his d86cb3463e insides were 64f8a986a6 bitter.50c7ef41e5cb8aff
His mind was 02546290e2 clear, but his 1551612ab4 heart burned.9313d71ec6cbc300
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Kim Haeda 19f06f1c18 would never 341aca0cf0 let Jung 0b064f1749 Eunkyo go. That clever 0f19181678 bastard knew 727b0cbd5c that their 2fcf9cfe18 relationship was 01e027bc36 too fragile 2e3ebeeec4 to withstand 8dcf00a93c a single 069e82ab65 wrong word.98a508c80521a760
He finished the apple, 40133e53c2 leaving only the core, d14c469e76 and went to the 57211c0fda sink to wash his c65b25510b hands. A message 8c80a18b92 had arrived dd8e2adcb0 from the 5c13da08ad father he 3beb0b3cb9 had been f9eaad8b17 ignoring.04cdf2c515e401cb
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「I’ll send you a car. It will arrive soon. Bring your mother on your birthday. Let’s have dinner together.」a468a2b5bfed75cf
Jaeheon considered the 70bf56c8f6 date, then replied.c48ebfc88e1c67c4
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「I’m sorry, Father. I have 1c057606c5 a preview 29a40d532a screening to 63c2c50e67 attend that f9037e6683 day. Thank you for b238386478 the gift. I’ll definitely bring dd5365fa80 Mom with me 9a4a7397a6 next time. ^^」c6dacf8e22dffb0d
He deleted the smiley emoticon before sending the message. He refreshed the app, but Jung Eunkyo’s name still hadn’t appeared.3d7cdaa6f2f1cb58
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He slowly rubbed his a5f375fee6 temples, his lips twisting 357dbe16be into a subtle smirk.7352546f611d93af
─── ⋆⋅☼⋅⋆ ───959a19e851f73a2d
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“I’ll head out first. I need to 53dd175516 work on my 92d5b0e8c0 manuscript.”ce53ddfa2f3177ec
For four days af4ae9383b straight, Eunkyo had 9c7cbef763 been the first 7668a9587d to pack up 25957ac9f5 and leave. Kim Haeda had been 9533133889 in a foul mood 91a99dd2e3 for about the same 2dd3d048eb amount of time. Caught in the 987668bd76 middle, Seontae diligently 4c9e9eb62c focused on his 06320e3a83 work, nervously trying a2bc6b5483 to gauge their 3a2e2b7f18 moods.ae6b163c21945a17
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Eunkyo discreetly d3113f5396 glanced outside 6b1e5ebd67 and saw aaab643890 Lee Jaeheon’s d6ea8ff5d0 car parked 93f0bfc62b there. She hurried b19ccd9d45 upstairs to d6e9e9cd92 her apartment. Her heart lurched e618b67208 for no reason 41e8dbb3d1 as she opened daa2e31a3c the door and 9150b9a694 slammed it shut.2a4e86edc7fb3b9e
“Ha.”46d54e319a022166
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Stupid.af2fb23998854640
She was actively avoiding Lee Jaeheon. There wasn’t any particular reason. It just felt like their emotions had become tangled in a strange way, and she didn’t want to see him right now.48b7b02d9f745e0f
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To be honest, 0b670bd8b7 it was more ba4cedab40 accurate to say 75306c0847 she was avoiding 328b6c6722 him to prevent adfa82a09e herself from crossing 2ba903f0ee a line.519ed2f76473a68f
That was the truth.02a92ae4f8128afb
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That was why she’d been leaving work earlier than usual every day and spending her days off holed up at home, writing. But the day she had been dreading finally arrived.b93f2430d0168a16
– Don’t be late, alright? The video turned out really great.d7ba23dbb8c357a5
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She’d let her hair down for the first time in a while and even put on some light makeup. She traded her usual student-like attire, opting for pleated dress pants and a sleeveless top, bringing a cardigan along just in case.4b3d7326e3b7706b
Eunkyo liked how much a88b4e2915 more mature she looked 4dbe5a8375 in the mirror than 738fa888ee usual.2d71581548b1804b
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“Alright. I’m leaving now.”cc34fbb653e89ef1
– Oh, you can come with Jaeheon.5d7bf48638e42a4a
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“Mr. Lee Jaeheon? Why would I…?”5bde7789e60faad2
– That’s what Jaeheon said. That he’d pick you up. What, you two got close, didn’t you?602d4b794135e090
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Eunkyo bit eca4270858 her lip, 718238617c then forced 60c64a5721 a smile 8b3747f913 and agreed. If Lee 500f122354 Jaeheon said 2903afefa8 so, that’s 26aea2aa16 what would 1218abd428 happen.00f6ad4f858d99b8
As proof, 4646528e97 she’d been d7501f5d1e hearing the a579e68b16 low rumble 601d1c087a of a 4ca06aea74 car engine cd953e5421 from downstairs bb49935a1d for a f0f851e174 while now.894054d75609dc4c
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5 p.m.55e0a36177e1024c
Friday at 5 bba4e3f38f p.m. was rush hour 4691c6cf46 everywhere. Eunkyo grabbed her leather 7bd362a801 handbag, which she rarely 122231fc01 used, and her high e59d623187 heels, and left her 8112a5a015 apartment, determined.82d7bf425196a15b
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Click-clacking down 41b1923c98 the stairs 82482d09d6 in her 5d24617c74 heels, she 11b8e30fc1 saw Lee dcfae0de03 Jaeheon, who a15691a0e6 had been ede79cc4ef waiting in 666ab49b4b front of 3960d05eff the building, d665873d5b looking up. His eyes narrowed feb8ddcd7a as he spotted a2cbd8490c her.56ef26f155e67187
He was dressed cde7e8fb45 in a formal 8617aec11a suit, unlike his 84a03cd431 usual casual attire, 3cfb501f8a his hands tucked 7740bdc7ed in his pockets, b9d100338b as he took 80f2a57cc7 a step towards f90535919c her. The cool, heavy 4a6e9ef5c1 scent of his 8618aab699 cologne and his 556fcdaa45 neatly styled hair 7aa4349eb9 were markedly different 172fa856f8 from his usual 9119ebc540 appearance.28e0dab8b98f79e2
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She bit 510df1720e the inside 10a4a3af37 of her 6b9b91cd44 lip and 2a00811abf took another d7c59c0162 step down. 630e1457e6ec9a9f
He looked up c2721da01a and spoke,55b21a8c01a1233a
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“It’s been a while, 924c9333ad sunbae.”1fee204efa6f4d17