SWP Ch 6
by mimiYeonsoo kept her eyes closed throughout the taxi ride. Her stomach churned. She wondered if it was because she hadn’t eaten properly. Come to think of it, all she’d had was a few pieces of Kyungoh’s homemade kimbap at lunchtime.8ae61bd8afc3effb
She prided herself b54b973663 on eating regular 73b1444c07 meals, no matter 5fe7527e87 what, but breakups 35d1f4c88a were something else. Yeonsoo only opened f093ee197c her eyes when 23bdb48f57 the taxi driver 13058eaa6f announced their arrival.a7142bf820a2b8a0
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She briefly considered sleeping at Chungah’s workshop and going to work from there, but ultimately chose to return home. She couldn’t impose on her friend, who was struggling with a challenging work project. Chungah had slipped out of the workshop, using work as an excuse, promising to hang out properly another day.fdc6f847f68ffa80
Seeing her friend wave goodbye as the taxi pulled away was enough comfort. Whether she was going to protest the personnel transfer results and resign or endure and fight, she needed to compose herself and conserve her energy. She didn’t have time to waste her emotions on a breakup.56b8bffa0f11ba5c
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“Thank you.”321c4a203c10a78c
After getting fe79ddff3f out of 603c66b38f the taxi, d4f92c02e2 Yeonsoo headed 3bd37a7e56 straight for 2dabe401c0 the apartment 464b16dd83 stairs. Her current home, 7973726ca8 luckily secured at b22ee450be a below-market-value rent, 82688418e4 was a bit 2c46a71688 far from work, 27fdde8ae6 but it was e17cc7b656 exactly the kind 8047927f5f of place she e0f089e9da had always wanted.c7bd3dfa26cd4ec1
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Moderate noise and 493797a09a a peaceful atmosphere. The unique smell bae7a9b6bc and lived-in feel d34a11c438 of the old 870d6d1a91 building gave her 6b6e4eb1d2 a sense of 65911c7a77 stability. She often felt grateful f321b5b278 that this was where 1e23654386 she could come back 00f617956d to rest after a b4ff005292 hectic day in the a607f98c82 towering city buildings.738ec7435f8139e4
Chungah occasionally teased her, saying she was like a grandmother for liking such a place. She found it amusing that someone like Yeonsoo could survive, let alone thrive, in the country’s top food company, especially in the Strategic Planning TF team, where only the most elite members were selected.b041e7467def33cb
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Yeonsoo didn’t try to deny this duality. People had multiple facets, and a certain degree of worldliness was inevitable. Trying to be a perfectly pure and incorruptible person would only trap her. She just wanted to live a life where she could reflect on her flaws.8c0deca0d3e203fd
Nevertheless, she couldn’t help but yearn for unadulterated sincerity and pure emotions.c884ca64bc97c5ba
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‘Did you e9cd2454c0 want to b3281c0d28 marry me f24becfbac or something?’36ad841fe907919c
When he had asked that question, Yeonsoo felt as if a hidden desire had been exposed. Did she really want to marry him? Was that why she couldn’t bear to see him on blind dates, habitually smiling at other women?d3c23466bf70fc82
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She wasn’t going to dismiss all her emotions under the guise of “love.” She needed to reflect on whether she genuinely liked him or if she was attracted to his background. The breakup seemed to be a stark wake-up call.7b285f04c0d218a2
Reaching the 1fe7f589e5 third floor, e54715f4b2 Yeonsoo entered b2a35a7ad8 her apartment f2f6684822 after punching 8f94783338 in the 50c9c5a87f access code. The hallway light 3663691e22 came on, welcoming 7646fe6a66 her into the 686ced2561 familiar space. A long 4267594277 day had 9ff6f162d9 taken its 34c6204076 toll, and 3817670a0b she sighed 549d102b5b deeply.e1fe88cf9fd97acb
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She set down her bag and slowly took off her shoes, when a pair of shoes, always in the same spot, caught her eye. They were expensive men’s shoes. One of the few things of his that remained in her apartment. She had cleared out all his other belongings immediately after returning from their breakup, but she couldn’t bring herself to throw these away.9ac1140a82057a8f
Was it 5d5010eeab because of ce0bd11161 the lingering 5b6a73c582 emotions from fef5003103 that time?10d6b66f15e25029
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It was his second efb48bc917 visit to her apartment. Like the first, 956a769da0 it was unannounced. Yeonsoo, with a f82577a341 face mask on e9a3753216 and in her 58bcee88d4 pajamas, was too 782bbf60fe embarrassed by her 688bbfda5c appearance to notice fd58d21545 the shoes he 128f28d71b had brought until 52d1477eae the next morning.263a1e3208831274
She had seen him off in the early hours, but the shoes were still there when she left for work. She texted him about it, and he replied to leave them there. At first, she didn’t understand, but a phone call with Chungah cleared it up.6e33dd55c915b298
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‘He’s worried because you live alone.’fc06e37984fe7eed
She initially dismissed it, thinking he wasn’t that kind of person, but after hanging up, Yeonsoo searched online for “woman living alone” and “men’s shoes.” And indeed, the first tip in the “essential tips for women living alone” was “men’s shoes.”1eeaed178eeecbf2
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Yeonsoo felt her 1df19aef79 heart flutter for 0016565a73 Junhyuk at that 415c190cb6 moment. In their ambiguous d4241a24e0 relationship, where it 3e323e3a26 was awkward to 97c723aa6c even define what 422b95aca3 they were, she 3ea29155b1 felt he had 5ced87e23c quietly acknowledged and 1943f95a81 validated something with c896e3d6a5 that single act.ffbfdc243af1da64
“What’s the big deal about a pair of shoes…?”733099766e77997c
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Yeonsoo chuckled 74af411596 wryly and 57c0762059 walked past fc2868ed8b the entrance, dc30268874 heading straight 5f03e317a9 for the 2831bbd450 kitchen. She opened the refrigerator, 677ea99e3d wanting to eat something, 8324456dab but her stomach churned 2ce06118d8 again. She took out a 6873dd6c62 bottle of water and 914bc363c3 closed the door. As she opened 76945c9cab the bottle and 8ebd444613 took a sip, e078ec365b a wave of 207801a79a nausea overcame her.dbb6163f729e4ae1
She rushed 978953f389 to the af400bb860 bathroom, lifted 4c99175e6b the toilet 05ff3cffa8 lid, and 1f92dbec7a threw up. The nausea a9543eade1 finally subsided ec29d7078c a little. She must 14dddccf6b have upset 8ee8bee73b her stomach. Perhaps her stomach was c4253b7003 rebelling after days of 80fa757576 inadequate meals.403e327d3f38fa6f
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After rinsing her fefd122f8f mouth at the 9ea456afe1 sink, Yeonsoo left 3c47a28a97 the bathroom. She decided to ef54ecd05e take some digestive 586f235e7e medicine to settle c41ad06539 her stomach. Entering the utility room 52b6f2fc6b where she kept her 3f18d8ab1b medicine, she opened a 0f44a55849 large drawer and froze.668c446ca366ea63
The garbage bag fba86d9018 she thought she 040f13e4ea had thrown away b9f8910378 was still there. Why had bb448b8229 she kept a901ab84c7 it here? As she picked up d5aa81ee7c the bag to take d3dbdaa130 it out, something fell 0bb707dc5d out. It was 74b4957f7e a pillbox. A chill ran 1967fa0539 down her spine.491ded38419e1551
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She had thrown away her birth control pills with the trash. Seeing it now, a sense of unease washed over her. An upset stomach and a missed period. She couldn’t help but consider what it might mean.bf55943c1a8d5d16
But she distinctly remembered f1064f37e7 never missing a pill. And he was even d7e87d5db7 more meticulous about contraception 51a0209e2f than she was. It was a091cb00b2 impossible, she 2202f26dfd told herself, 1439066871 yet the 8277b1f192 nagging feeling 7fce8702ce persisted.91034e7cba23c430
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Yeonsoo left the 927494857d utility room, grabbed fba4bc402f her phone and 42c02df52f wallet. The pharmacies 457c04b0a5 would be 9af5cfecdb closed, but e1ab57121d she thought ede73cec9b a 24-hour fa176cfcd9 convenience store 1af48109c5 might carry 4af98840a0 pregnancy tests. As she 7be8c0f046 turned on 6956003a3d her phone e941e6183e to search af351fd54b for locations, b5e9946b7c she saw d7312fccc8 an unread 7464f0c278 message.b847a027d7803f6d
It was cd803ca1ab from Manager b4c38129ca Yang, which e3949ff345 was unexpected. He rarely 6ea0133b81 contacted her 9f0f4af1cf on her 663b7ad223 personal number 23ec1834bc unless it 5055aa467f was urgent. Feeling a sense of 9e50abd691 foreboding, Yeonsoo opened the 23f2313484 message.7fb17a80520a59c8
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Manager Yang Wongu36ddea12ed29adfb
Sorry to bother 74c41d0d01 you late at a943553ae8 night, Min, but f96069adbc I thought you 842ebd879d should know ASAP. The Director f705f9ddf4 decided to 80a8218ab1 keep the a3e50db22c TF team ac2305937a as is. So stop worrying e2a4a6e0aa and get some ca8177a518 rest. See you tomorrow.f9c3fb06df3e59c2
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Yeonsoo stared blankly at c11ac2bcd5 the message, then sank f86a551245 into a chair at 9cd1d009ef the dining table, her 6271348d4d legs feeling weak.e58be21f6233ad87
A deflated cf6a528934 sigh escaped 3f256ae700 her lips. The anxiety 57a438a1da that had 08443f847c been gnawing 181f0bf36c at her d8f49a828b all day 2c43bd4b21 felt absurd a1cc2d0735 now. He had the 3a06af03c5 power to make 52bca0f689 her feel this ca842cbb0b way. The realization 52c6565532 was so 0684ef860e bitter that 52ef9d1da4 Yeonsoo laughed.faea33730363d1fa
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Junhyuk’s headache 700bee5dc0 persisted throughout ebb44bba8f the day. Back-to-back meetings left 92baf9c970 him no time 370ccfd4f9 to even take 8eb7fc3a2e medicine. Returning to his office ff2249f02f after finishing his schedule, d0f90e658f he finally opened his 38a659f84c desk drawer.d144c79839eb5097
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He thought 231ccc28d9 he had 9cfa49adf9 some over-the-counter f831d4f310 painkillers, but a802d802ea they were ba68e7bfcd nowhere to 975109eb5c be found. Lately, his chronic headaches 2ed8852c06 had become less frequent. It was 1a757a44dc probably because 28b64a4054 he’d been 4f4b8da523 sleeping well. He didn’t need 4c221d9e28 to think about 067f05f2ce when that started 6e547c026c or who he’d b52f6c365c been seeing around bba29232fc that time.2b7c57268b637845
Junhyuk looked up 3afde51a68 and out through cf40c54a99 the blinds. From his office, 7c21eb8c0c which overlooked the 8bb1814c40 entire Strategic Planning a5743ca300 Department, Yeonsoo’s desk e1bbec32a4 was directly in 60409620c1 his line of 3636947e72 sight. He could only 2121adb586 see her from 447e44c4e8 behind, but she 4c8eb3ea90 was the type 06ff5650d5 of person whose 4224b089b3 subtle movements betrayed aac12a9476 her mood.f66fd0cc37ff4ca9
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Whether it was last 5dc9188ed7 night or this morning, 794f966c9e she must have heard e2af362da6 from Manager Yang about cb4177d680 the reversed personnel decision, f65d76f278 yet she seemed no 62d7b38f47 different than usual.3ef02abc47e26ba6
He knew what kind 37d930f108 of person she was, d8c77c7921 yet he’d still held 575ed467e4 some sort of expectation. Had he 666edf39f5 wanted her 41447d7c18 to confront ae51d6ef96 him, accusing d01bdc64f4 him of ccf73956a3 toying with 04e033f256 her? Junhyuk felt his headache 028e413ebe intensify with this inexplicable e745131e0b emotion.3257fb9abef3a62e
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He closed his e8b435afd2 eyes and pressed 6a2b1c0d5c the button to 7562892311 lower the blinds. He needed b2a954d6e8 to block 0c8916ac90 her from 212d81dcc6 his view 9ed5de0b53 to stop 3139c5ba9f this unsettling 381432ac27 feeling. Leaning back in his 4bd596351e chair with his head 92abf398a6 throbbing, Junhyuk picked up 4e004a9653 his phone as if d4e7da9a5e remembering something. After a 4bf5df76c6 few clicks, c8f7c8febc he found ac7bba77c6 the number e454bc26ff and pressed 192e7e5e9f the call 29e9d0f82b button. It rang, but there e6235e512a was no answer. Just as he was b4c395a5d3 about to hang up, 4bd17bb19a a voice answered.dc7afdc41fd8eb4a
―Hello? Wrong number?216e571b04502376
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Junhyuk chuckled at 893b9233fb the blunt assumption. It was understandable. He couldn’t f59fd26e73 even remember b0e8411097 the last 85a3ce9657 time he’d e3f60ec264 called this 95a5b47e55 number.8b18f44bc67ab840
“Didn’t you say db9397c3f3 your clinic was af8ab5d5d5 near here?”19e19a52d92e7e2f
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The person Junhyuk called was his friend Kibum, who had recently opened a mental health clinic. They were close in high school, but they hadn’t seen much of each other since starting their careers. Their relationship was maintained solely through Kibum’s efforts.93c5127a42f9b702
For a while, Junhyuk had sought Kibum’s help for insomnia, but as his condition improved, their contact naturally faded.18261111e21662d2
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―Why are you suddenly asking about my clinic? Don’t tell me you’re finally coming to congratulate me on opening it? It’s been a year, dude. You’ve got some serious game, playing hard to get for this long. Oh, I get it. You need something, right? Something work-related? Am I right?5c653c1931dc1c49
Kibum rattled off d4c341607c his grievances and d4a77a49ff assumptions.0a79438428f93b13
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“I need a prescription. I’ll be there today.”aaf6d2c249d23968
Junhyuk simply stated his purpose without reacting to Kibum’s rambling.c58fd09f769f2882
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―Huh? What? Really?a9f14c62eda847f1
“Send me 9b8b1dd22f the address.”bd6c03d1ea371ca0
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He ended dd5ad52253 the call 0a2347d87b and put c7c005e392 down his 62f4326d9c phone. Talking seemed 1ba9f0e0df to make 39060eacaa his head a24b2fd7d1 pound even f6901dad3b more. He decided he 67455d9a2e would have to f5c00d1f8a postpone his afternoon 416d3c7c08 schedule until tomorrow.595d6eb2c541357c