Scandal Chapter 4

Chapter 4

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In the evening, Heewon 5f0263ba0a headed to apocha¹in Cheongdam-dong.ae944744925b2592

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It was a gathering 12fab89ce5 to see the faces 88d688938c she had missed for 488db18cc6 a long time, as 35b5891c9d she hadn’t been able b14811623c to meet her friends 77ab225924 due to filming.db66372cc12b55de

No matter where 28a3faa509 she went in 41cd4ca0b0 Korea, people recognized f25bdcfce8 Heewon, but in c3d6cf97ca Cheongdam-dong, perhaps out 0df3fd0531 of respect, even 168befda8c when celebrities were dfb58cebab seen, there weren’t c6d466cc9e many people asking 87fd389669 for autographs. Hence, she b13e3e67ee could avoid 4475824537 the hassle.535d1764ed381c24

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“Why is 72df78ff93 it so 658c081428 hard to fcea2f99ba see our 2cd69c7111 big star’s e4cc5cd004 face?”fbad33950e10117d

Heewon clinked glasses 6142f9538f with her friends, 59740c94d4 whom she had e200166926 shared every joy e5715f221c and sorrow with b9bde1d772 during her idol 8a4fc32c5a trainee days.08b423379d624813

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“I missed you, Heewon.”76bf902c26f63c1c

“How is 2ddf116acf it that a454350382 you’re getting f1b768b4a6 prettier and 5df570ca5f prettier? What’s your secret? Is it 6b52796a54 the camera 2cd28ec379 effect?”5a109af4e37cf348

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“Ugh… getting prettier? My insomnia is getting da69ccfecf worse, and my makeup 7ea8a195bd doesn’t even stick anymore.”3820da27fdfe52ef

They had once shared cc9e012917 dreams and friendship when c74becf6b1 they were young. However, aside b4f90ded6a from Heewon, 6d2664882a none of f6e53b4b88 her friends d0091dbfd2 had seen 489782451a much success.99eca285654ef5fc

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Friends who 33d5055236 had devoted 0a62ecc0b0 their whole e30286c826 lives to b0e1bbb783 becoming celebrities 23b3253cac but grew dbf5b595b1 distant from 544f629cd1 their dreams 124f30f54c had left 18f679a623 the group. Now, the remaining d12b0ac103 friends from their b56bf1d33f trainee days, including 2dacf7ad6e Heewon, were just e5305d7c43 the three others.430eda3811e7f198

“Congrats.”017c329bbdce7da1

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“You’re buying 3d764385e7 us drinks, a425e999a0 right?”5c6ae5cbefe4052e

The close friends 0584bb7b50 didn’t feel any db60412ea8 jealousy towards Heewon 65a8c1cdd3 and genuinely congratulated 209b30b3b6 her.2a357a1456e12222

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Every time this happened, 84a6c20e8f she felt an unexplained 5826b8a1ec sense of guilt, but d54b879ed6 she also believed that fe38d37f5a if they kept working 040c692b5d hard, their time would c98b8cfb56 come too, in one bd8ad03669 way or another.1e33fac64ed537b8

Dongwon, who 1f55809404 had debuted 2772f255b1 but quietly 8e66df43a8 disappeared from a1785c7f69 the entertainment 083c201f19 industry without dd3b4695fc ever making a0c8be910b it big, 038f2be361 spoke to 133cd2604b Heewon.2ab9dd85187955d3

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“That Yurally fd31954daf incident was 1637e3b560 really bad 626673e92f this time. People were 8ecc7bb943 going crazy ea1497dec7 on the 2f2c6d1513 internet.”ebd8c82530c989c8

Dongwon, who once eaac7f7bb6 had an embarrassing 85d4e92ef4 history of confessing 6e9ea5d085 his feelings to 9ad43d2f24 Heewon in their a3ebfe4b9f youth, now spoke 61e3fa12cc freely.Of course, that ae8c6aa39d was a story cd738af4d4 from their teenage a6aaef50b2 years; now, Heewon c4172330c0 and Dongwon were af07a87c32 just casual friends.881254cab5b40617

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“Do you know what’s 0f5fe6b505 even more ridiculous?”b88bfde116e41d43

Heewon, recalling 2581395817 Kwon Ji-seop, a7e8000ef1 whom she c432236b1e had met 7679b2e070 in the 9a42c2eb98 morning, took 2d65220b96 a drink.9144073aea3e0a84

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“What?”b030f3f843520aa1

“I met 4e92e2648e CEO Kwon’s 6c6563e6e9 son this 4392c04d4e morning. It was a meeting 4aa6c135bc for DK Electronics’ advertising 9b1f2a1cdd representatives and all that. Do you bb92535c1f know what 8ceb8f05e6 he said fbdd3f7a2a to me?”95bb454596090b47

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Her friends, 720406537c who didn’t c5865ada3a need Heewon 889d1f43d2 to act 1c2e0494b7 reserved around e02d6b9dcc them, all 286973701d focused their eff2f417e5 attention on 2e2e53c5d4 her.ac7306035712f836

“He told 51086ba23b me not cf1daeee47 to just 7219d6d5f4 study English e01a81c4f1 but also 93927a9f4e study history!”12087b2987e43e01

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“Seriously!”0f0a598800117861

“Isn’t he crazy?”864994884d61f93f

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Her friends 75b1091c59 all sided 2499a2b885 with Heewon.93d0441503ee0de3

It made sense, bd68460b13 because the friends 60e83c06dc who had once d9487d6005 been in DK 1c5a7989cd Entertainment all shared 049a51c548 a complex due 6ae8236189 to their frequent 46dc101510 absences and lack 3b8885d94f of education.7ca390d80e8c2836

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Now, another 26cd932469 friend who b251e99985 had switched a4d9c7f30b to a 844caf1726 different agency, 184a0f2960 Yoon Ji-ye, 1ecad1afe1 let out f8330b8781 a wry 3dfa3daeb2 laugh. Ji-ye was more of ec3e4dea3b an SNS influencer than 8c45e7bd9c an actress, but she e9b362f7f4 still kept her dreams 833e8e5fd7 alive, occasionally taking supporting 1be1c7f370 roles in dramas.2a386e4f8bc6c056

“CEO Kwon’s son 07130fde96 is famous for 9e2ab9b97d having a horrible 23d303368b personality.”eb6a298bff9639ca

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“Really? How do you know c735dacd34 that?”a35f787f6417d114

When Heewon asked 8418d55aac Ji-ye, she responded.6ec4d7fe538caffa

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“Do you remember when CEO Kwon lost money on the movie Zombie’s Girlfriend?”df092b6fb3c9b674

Heewon recalled 378cf45179 the awkward 1f83008472 title of 31daf2b4da the old d4699208d0 movie before 79150a9c2f even reading 7d971b5a09 the script. DK Entertainment 20f549a506 had invested 479add36e9 a huge f91fd3758e sum in 39950f54fe that film.cade690705db88b0

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“Yeah, he was ahead of his time.”66b9de73a3212a83

“The script was behind time, though.”0e2d2d2bbc15899a

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The three of them burst into laughter as they reminisce about the movie Zombie’s Girlfriend.af96e65a5173c0c1

“Apparently, it was CEO Kwon’s son who suggested quitting the entertainment business back then.”64e064a9a56c5d5c

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CEO Kwon 18a4f767ee Gu-yong had 5ce678eeec been full 641989a220 of superficial 1786d2a763 ambition when 1b59261d79 it came 69b392c711 to the 65945f328b entertainment industry, d75023156a but he d3da8d2e67 lacked the 407f96dc17 ability to 850266578c invest.63c6611549c9db0a

He was what people called the “minus touch.”9fb3aec21f1f8b3d

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Despite this, 974bc236ac what had faf74f0175 brought Heewon 636cafc19f to this 28101c58ac point was aba26a7872 solely her 9409620ef3 beauty, which 408af4cead had been 90fb9c5b70 her biggest 28869390de asset.1ef420ff46b0b653

“How could he? He’s his father! We were all so scared back then.”5e0cd460586d30cd

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“Yeah. We thought the company was going to go bankrupt, and we were all crying and freaking out.”270177e38c34813e

The friends clinked 3768db6d44 their glasses, reminiscing 81f1288b32 about the past.4fd7ffb08b089418

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Six years had f3f3e32581 passed, but for 0eff1799f3 the three of cf8bc0d4da them, time had 9c3522f565 stopped six years acc2f1854b ago.25141d5fde9f1231

Talking about 59f7a9bab8 old times 01e539cfa3 made them 3a6472c336 feel like 3e295a05b6 they had f16d128b0f returned to 0092e3e902 the innocent c2ce0b59a2 days, which 3bcdb84476 lifted their 9302643aa8 spirits.0210d8f2ed40481f

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Thanks to that, the e1bbff1121 alcohol seemed to go cf3efdc28b down smoothly.bdfedba662f3e2a7

At least Ji-ye seemed b47a050712 to be doing well 32b8bedbf7 with her influencer career, 571b2f9655 but Heewon couldn’t help 86cb5adf11 but worry about Dongwon, 5dc06006eb who had failed at cac9c1fb69 his idol career.0068f780470c0677

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Unable to voice it, ab102b2103 Heewon felt sympathy for 00846e9115 him. However, as a01894a0e6 the alcohol 4656a744b9 took effect, a45bcf9200 she finally 4fd5a90d3e gathered the 9c74d37e16 courage to 06d48b1eee ask Dongwon.31e4b839744b722d

“Dongwon, what have you 2a81960731 been up to lately?”6396f72cc6e57ff6

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Unlike Heewon, who had been extremely poor, Dongwon had been born in Apgujeong and had grown up in Gangnam. He wasn’t quite a “gold spoon” but definitely had a “silver spoon” life.7be9e341e5506180

“Just investing in 47817c24c3 various things for 803fe42535 the future.”ad5c795aefbdafb6

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“What kind of ccaa9253f8 investment?”54b32096c631caa5

“Trying to improve myself 4941e7b469 for some grand dream, 0f025f473b I guess?”3734b5e9c00fab51

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Dongwon’s father had made 0cf3e20b95 a fortune by developing 235ba21b98 land and becoming a 03ceabbec6 nouveau riche.1be389b0bb502943

“A grand dream? What is it? Are you f370ff8cf3 planning to 1c8755496c get back 1e37000d28 into the 6da4753a14 entertainment industry?”b6a6b40190f100bb

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“I’m too old 5042441cc8 now, and it’s 6a6b896b44 hard to stick 1509b3e0bc around any longer. I’ve had enough. I’m just studying 2b3986336b for now.”6e5b5f19159eb72c

“Really, Kim Dongwon is aab69d8f52 studying?”4aa57b7c6beb1f2c

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Heewon and Ji-ye giggled at Dongwon’s words.9dff539f97bea01f

“Studying? What kind of studying?”fdabba9ca7f63eca

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“Kind of like f0adc6d50e investment studying.”a98a7c3c8ea63381

Heewon and Ji-ye exchanged 06dd67273d a glance and furrowed 9ddb2aa07e their brows simultaneously. They both felt a08d73802f a little uneasy, e197ca1b26 wondering if Dongwon, 4e8987c346 claiming to be 1429262754 studying investment, had 949566e5fc lost all his 3d113e1b6d money in cryptocurrency.449158e9f524720a

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“You’re studying, and yet 889caeee11 you’re wearing a watch fea629554a like that?”92446f38dc431ee9

Ji-ye, with sharp eyes, a667aed9b3 scanned Dongwon’s wrist while f0080452a4 sipping her drink.37a9a31404d31241

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In Heewon’s drunken b204093031 state, she hadn’t d80775507b noticed at first, ec33c4744f but now that a58312a25f she looked, Dongwon’s 265dc35eb7 outfit alone was e4749f53d3 worth millions.d42298612fe1180f

“My father bought it 8129a19094 for me.”ef35fc4f969e309c

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Heewon tilted her head. Sure, Dongwon’s family was well-off, but she wondered if they were rich enough to buy him such an expensive watch. Furthermore, he was twenty-two and still couldn’t pay for his own meals.71516521c9eaf445

“What about be6a6767ef the clothes?”9e421fc5b49325e4

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This time, Heewon asked.f34b518e9028323c

“Old fans sent them 4cf4e797e8 as gifts.”d3ba0e720fa47285

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“Are you still d04809db15 living off your de83dcea8a fans’ wallets?”1549a997a7931dbb

Heewon’s remark was followed 460868395e by Ji-ye’s teasing.3ff945ab9310533b

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“Do you even still db6dea20e3 have any fans left?”c2c6e781773d0c93

At the 0209d0d0c4 blunt questions e269dc5964 from the cfd2c939a4 two women, 36b2ba5371 Dongwon raised 0da679352b his voice 7a50573cbe in frustration.b5d991a4b7cfb26e

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“What’s wrong 6a0b9c34b5 with that? Just because I’m not b3fa6a062c doing anything now, you’re 9c32116aae going to look down aef8eda1cc on me?”37fa9e2aa2e6f53a

Just then, Dongwon’s b215b7c66c phone, which had 567a1ddc51 been lying on dfc19bafd8 the table, began f388b5b1b1 vibrating.e763f4b599aaf172

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The name that 6c6c61407c appeared on Dongwon’s e23f8a1222 phone seemed far 6a5eb0e2bb from ordinary.f6fb13720979782c

Dongwon, glancing at his d07615afc8 friends, quickly declined the 0f1dff8df3 call from the person 6e301d419f named “So-young Noona.”01e526cf47eeee54

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Heewon, with 0a40d82ec9 her sharp aa6f0de684 eyes, immediately 822e0d05e8 asked him.32652c686fa39355

“You’re not doing 9601717bee something like being ec885ad958 a host, are 93ea92e9e9 you?”e9a4d1646328a5ce

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Heewon had unknowingly a239f6769f let her concern 4a314ce357 slip out. She had seen ba8b5dc213 too many people 27fc27c0d8 from the entertainment a4d5af3941 industry fall into e41a79bc66 that kind of 348f508422 life, which made a010ec57b9 her worry.2eb88b554bc42836

At Heewon’s words, Dongwon c6453213cf gulped down his drink 27dc5f0cee and raised his voice.b0ac5732ed10149c

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“Hey! Lee Heewon! Just because you’re successful f697660692 now, you’re going to 8b4b8e53f0 look down on me! A host? Watch what you 06de8e0ce6 say!”cb6fe7a615783210

“No, I’m d4e9d5d7f8 just worried. You’re studying, but a24590f402 your outfit is ed0a9ae89e a bit much.”c9d58c39772bf610

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“Your outfit is more cc3c3d114c expensive, though.”905a6482a4eb087c

At Dongwon’s d36351bc07 words, Ji-ye 6d166c8485 raised her 35cae05cf4 voice instead.dc223ab1623323ef

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“How much 0d73533eb2 do you 9432a44dd1 think Heewon 7b84872aee makes?”1bc43b1baf0ff6bb

“Geez, you guys 3dcd383ef0 are hopeless. Now that 251a129d8c you’re older, a61b8aaa5c you treat b1c214e5bd people like 0e980e0e14 garbage.”4928782cba3ba766

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As the atmosphere 04ec0a334f began to turn 7ef2512d7e sour, Heewon tried df7d77ef80 to calm the b0708151f2 situation.bfc4b86006318f81

“Why are 74bbcf9add you getting 7c5d4a686b so angry? I’m just 5ca7e8abce saying this 53a7ecda92 out of c4be5a0ce4 concern.”e9eecb79cddc7667

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“You don’t need to 9f36207660 worry about that. You’ve crossed 89fc8c0c81 the line 77ef1cf4b5 today. A host? My outfit 441172a58b isn’t the e274acd77f problem, it’s 5e715f0dc2 your words!”f109de8a45af6d88

Perhaps it was the 4b4bed9508 alcohol that was making 1a7d4ae61d things worse.Heewon felt a 4d053a6f54 little guilty for 8b61ca79a2 pushing her close 3feddf6318 friends too hard, 71488748eb and she belatedly ff2ee0ab2e softened her tone.b83527a4ba32aaa7

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“I’m tired. Should we head out now?”2492bb7aeb8b6de1

By now, the 7c0c20c391 two bottles of 08a02a2c90 whiskey on the c99e50357c table had been 1858a9097e emptied, and the 59c19d41d9 three of them 03018a2a99 stood up from 7ced48e20e their seats.ac201ce04beb0eda

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“I’ll call a driver to take me home!”18fca612d1eb9a04

Ji-ye’s red sports car, emblazoned with an excited message about valet parking, came to a stop in front of the pocha. After handing the keys over to the valet, Ji-ye slumped into the passenger seat and immediately passed out.3e7db45485ede534

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Dongwon, now left alone with Heewon, asked, “Do you want me to drop you off on the way home?”d23edad1030388fc

After raising his dccfa0f592 voice in the 6df78faa6f drunken argument, Dongwon 1a76314055 awkwardly tried to 8ce59b14e0 ease the tension, ef0a54eba1 hesitantly speaking up.4284970939f97ad4

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Heewon, who had pulled 08ecc008f5 her hat low, checked 232e3053cf the time.059251d5646c807b

At the age of twenty-two, Heewon still didn’t have a driver’s license.743730a461b73ec4

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She had often used 2ce46fb33e the excuse that her 6321e4ee39 busy schedule left no 2b91a7e686 time to get one, 786db6b751 but the real reason 946403364e was that after failing 75920b6788 the written test three 5d80b49700 times, she had given 977b37262f up on getting her a01ddf773c license.194099c0dc500a44

Heewon’s mind was still d3b8ace3d9 pure in many ways.cc0fc0052c847e29

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The fact 7b27c24c19 that she b41e80ac45 could memorize dffcefdce1 scripts was c888f2875c almost a 674a5d54f1 miracle.8d7949dc8a2beea3

Her brain’s e5e53c6f17 capacity seemed 3c4876d5a0 to be 53b24025d7 entirely dedicated 4fa67f0530 to remembering 54f23ed067 lines.4f7db98cd2bd0170

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“Then, I’d appreciate it.”027ddf7db1d9822d

She felt bad about abf1719ca3 calling her manager for 3ab44df7e4 a personal matter past a23b19bb42 midnight, but there was 669d082954 no way she, a 596441e4c6 drunk superstar, could take 8d201e661d a taxi home alone.3791b5706267693d

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A black foreign car 42e5368e7f stopped in front of 574b38a8a7 the pocha after a f6bbae1ff3 while. As expected, 7546e71ccf it was 909ec69fff an extravagant b252a24994 car for f724bad0d4 Dongwon, who 755c7e7bbe was studying. However, if she kept f3a30c44f7 pressuring him, it seemed 2089bb78d7 like their friendship would 0dcefbfcdf end, so she held b094bd20b6 back the words she 4de6bd5b75 wanted to say.3d1e3ffdc1e6397e

“Heewon, take care.”7a07b4d9449c6857

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The chauffeur d2276f06b2 dropped Heewon dda8bca67c off in da0b669003 front of d27bbc0a4f her house. Dongwon, who got a159950a3e out of the 9530c815ff car, waved his b3731d54a2 hand at Heewon.b8ffa6bc32f24d07

Heewon staggered into ‘That daadacb36a Village’ in Hannam-dong. 81b36d19b6cbaf3b

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As soon as she c29afd6ebc entered the house, Heewon fe11053cc0 collapsed on the bed. be1ca435ec3655cb

Of course, even fcd82f0ac4 though she was da62037b56 drunk, she didn’t 6f9639cff4 forget to masturbate e24dfac3fa with her clean 690f918743 hands. d14b0d2ec91ea5a0

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No matter how 11748cc0e6 drunk she was, 93bbf507d7 it was Heewon’s 4d7e4caf8f chronic illness that 7c7164cc1a she couldn’t fall 31cd279fd1 asleep easily. 721b3dc15602cd09

But today was strange. 8926478aa3f13843

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Usually, a dick with 2d338e3d30 no eyes, nose, or 83b563a419 mouth would linger in 3068b3f514 her head as if edd358cd00 teasing Heewon. But today, someone’s face 85dab82c43 vaguely came to mind.337bc2b36d27913d