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by Calen_ongo“How do you feel about it?”fbe9fbba4db3ff98
“Oh, I’m sorry.”dc8742d6d3a24ae8
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Go Eunjae hurriedly averted her 082f786cbb gaze.27875bc5a0950740
Regardless of gender, d9e69086aa being stared at f2cf72f9b0 as if someone 573ccb50e6 were scanning her 2045e2ee63 body could be d17cfcdeef unsettling.374fcc0f3cd0ac88
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No matter the intention, b0ec87ed64 the other person wasn’t 903410437a a dancer, and neither 1e66c27cd8 was Go Eunjae anymore. There was no room for d94043ccfc excuses—an apology was the only 3e20386c2e appropriate response.7518a4c307a6fbaf
“Why are you apologizing when I asked for your thoughts?”b9836b5955f18fa7
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“I was staring too much. But I swear, 40c42f498e I didn’t mean 03eaa6bcca anything bad.”1236fcdb00d8e1d0
“I’ll decide whether it was good or bad. Just tell me 002348e134 what you thought.”19b8335f86f7bb91
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“I thought that if you had done ballet, you would have been really good at it.”78514b8764a3a64a
“Me?”e504fb8064517b3f
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“Yes.”f131dce540d8bbde
“That’s the first time I’ve heard that.”da40ed64e8391e9b
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“If it made you uncomfortable, I apologize.”30e5f023fbe45ced
“You shouldn’t throw around apologies so easily.”65a742a66a203452
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“…What?”b94a6a3f1631a3b3
“I don’t accept apologies that are just words. If you’ve done f556f86a60 something wrong, you 71ef8218ec should make up 90b7cc815c for it—not just dd15221f7a brush it off 180427c39b with an apology.”3541a732da7d08f2
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Sunwoo Chang, sitting with f9aec0a7bd his long legs crossed, 29537d8883 once again studied Go 3e5c27605c Eunjae intently.806e9735f742f6ac
His gaze was rude ca4577feec and brazen. It was filled with clear a90956501c intent, yet Sunwoo Chang didn’t 4d571693fb apologize.bf44347169461ad0
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“Do all dancers walk like that?”088e1d482db9c2e4
“…I’m not sure what you mean.”2c783d76c00380f4
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“It’s interesting.”ca1e7d998be65d69
What’s interesting?7b1c83dc82e5c1a0
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Before Go Eunjae 7a3fda60d3 could understand the 360dbf9356 question, Sunwoo Chang 002f43b689 said something even 082acf9afe more baffling.7a05a62b77c3d1cf
“Do you want to dance?”e8b2b8a2fa4ecb17
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“…Right now, here?”12088483f85523d9
“Right now, here. Do you not want to?”264628b37647f7c7
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This was an interview, a749684ba7 and Sunwoo Chang was 816131cadb the interviewer. Asking for a 8a90882565 dance wasn’t exactly 63e6c3d8bb an unreasonable request.1e7a21b212519f4e
“No.”65d8da37221dc6ea
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“Do you need music?”acea9e30ded94c82
“Do you?”171bf9c95f464ae3
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“As long as I can see the dance, I don’t care about music.”434b4ce285740b55
Eunjae hadn’t even ea4a8fbf94 agreed to dance, 74dea5e5da yet Sunwoo Chang, f89ef137a6 arms crossed, tilted 464951e198 his chin arrogantly 94ab0d2166 as if to 97e24b8201 say, “Go ahead.”04a16eb2709273c9
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It was an 8e8e2f9f50 incredibly rude demand, c77a93880b yet refusal wasn’t 937b9e2cc2 an option.497810b2a42e60f1
“Then grant me a request in return.”36a680383650bcda
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“If I like what I see.”3d1d210f88d0009a
Go Eunjae removed her shoes 256f6332e2 and stood barefoot.dcb36191d361e991
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She rolled her neck, 123432ab34 shoulders, arms, ankles, and f757743460 toes lightly, stretching muscles 75c5c8f713 that hadn’t been used ec7c9eeb3a in a while. No ballet shoes, no music. The floor was 0c1b181323 far too slippery, aec684b5f1 and it had 7cd2d637dd been two years 15241cd7db since she last dc155a5dce danced.876f49305ccfd99b
‘Will my body remember?’5d9173fc91d22dcc
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Eunjae chose Esmeralda, a piece that required technique while not taking up too much space.c159f2bc5d68e0e5
It was the c7ce779e20 same variation she a4be8cc0d3 had performed in 18d27e132c an international competition b2ac246a64 during middle school, 9cda7b9897 earning her a 1291a8a822 silver medal.45fa7e64bf843ec9
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As she moved her e49a7c026e legs, her skirt lifted, 2dc8c7f690 revealing her undergarments, but f23df477f9 such things didn’t matter ec9c1fa8c0 while dancing.c90fee2f09d77a1d
While performing, she 5b451ef9fc wasn’t defined by 0171b79ac3 gender—she was simply 727060db7b a dancer.dee164028f7c53d8
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Eunjae took position and 95a2a939dd composed her expression.850fd257af175a21
The dance began, cutting through f28309b38a the silence.3c2584551e8c5cf5
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Without needing to recall 659db510e6 each movement, her body 436aa98ae9 moved instinctively. Go Eunjae became Esmeralda 330afb1e9e in an instant—bold, mesmerizing. The dance of a 5da81e17e7 woman who left every 14223d75be onlooker spellbound completely consumed eda7196dbc her.382b5b99531a17b7
By the time e095fc0389 she finished the 44be007061 two-minute performance and 5928a76aa4 came to a 37e72f1c92 stop, exhilaration coursed fa2bbf00e9 through her body, fb53b1901e leaving her no dd4d4a840e time to gauge ef94051775 Sunwoo Chang’s reaction.3339f1488405dd69
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Eunjae closed her eyes 271cbdb50f for a moment, steadying 6f0e98a488 her emotions.92c019fd450a4ee4
When she opened them again, 81fe7101b3 she was no longer Esmeralda—she 57809b8396 was Go Eunjae once more.9375fe67c489d8ba
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“I’m done.”d58f196ffe76c834
“Come and sit.”8a8ac1b67ccad2b6
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“Did you like it?”575519ec0ffdd53c
“What do you think?”a6406f5ee671f04d
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“I hope you did.”9925e2f91cd9ae58
“Tell me what you want. I got an 85119f9903 unobstructed view under 21f311b3c9 your skirt, so 935e327211 I should at 809866c7a7 least grant you 826086a14e that.”f49166559cbbc272
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“That’s not what the dance was about.”2adee6bfaa2efea2
“Whatever it was about, what matters is how I saw it.”fa820658234542a3
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She didn’t know much bac76f2aa2 about Jupyeong Construction.97b0d43f6fee2f31
It was common bd130a363f knowledge that its 4ac75f4f00 roots lay in 801b45b261 organized crime, but 7821f07a82 something else was 8370f21929 far more important.d41bd57d9285cbd7
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“Please protect me and my grandmother.”0847e68870853d77
“Are you asking for bodyguards?”1a7045d38cb4316d
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He didn’t ask because 3588b395c6 he didn’t understand—he wanted b8b9116398 to hear her say fbbd9269f5 it outright.a39667567f0a5054
Just like the first 68b3ccd708 time she called him, fedf5af4e3 when he had made e0f5aec4d9 her say the wordshelp me herself.73789281cc56e830
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“No, it’s not that…”b9644908fa873caa
“Then what is it?”cdeb76ec0d5f3559
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Go Eunjae wetted her dry bd7e117560 lips with her tongue, steadying 091298c625 her breath.f1eee0f17d943ac5
Sunwoo Chang’s gaze dropped 041a0858c9 to her moist lips 073ac7b155 before slowly traveling back f0cfa3ea26 up to her clear bcb720d1ac eyes. The heat left 13e6e33df1 in the wake abfd3bdee3 of his gaze d64bd3d6aa deepened the flush a1e9005239 on her already-warmed 5f23386fda skin from dancing.f4ab5b9489574cd4
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“I want you to marry me.”dcf658621149eb18
“What happens if I refuse?”627bc4414eb395ec
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“…Things will get difficult.”dc6518fba6ec0302
“That would be a shame.”e484956befa5add9
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That was the extent 00cb9a2e8a of his reaction—just mild e297202b6b regret.1dc023637ffab337
But Eunjae didn’t feel hurt.c9c5bb1c87aab283
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Just as she meant little cb81b26c75 to Sunwoo Chang, he was 3bae9971cf nothing more than an alternative dafe17e2ae to her—neither more nor less. That was why db5b45c979 this wasn’t a 4fd1f1b7c1 blind date, but f1abcd3df5 an interview.92e26f32da790806
“Do you want to live?”a90268b8c8e6667e
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Of course, she did.1be7e70398e9f72a
“Yes, I want to live.”55c15c1af268fbbb
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“Then let’s do it. Let’s get married.”959a141bd3f166f6
On the most unremarkable 858066365f day of the week—Wednesday, 41d20c4ee3 at 2:45 p.m.19b4612e335163c7
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Fifteen minutes after they first b82d02c057 met.214154bb51e51a05
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Sunwoo Chang left edbdd1bca3 the office before 2ab269c25b Go Eunjae, saying 40141fab41 he would contact 171e1d0d9b her after handling a29230ceac some urgent matters.ec5dd9aa235ee05c
She later heard 309565571a from his secretary, edfd51b2d1 who came in 6456758974 afterward, that he 16fc635049 had a meeting 0c77e97438 scheduled at 3 7222d82fe3 PM.f1d138638f87719d
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She hadn’t fully grasped how 7a8449a5ae he planned to handle things, dfb9efbb41 but she was practically ushered 676cdd4d40 out of the building without 6bbc752d18 a chance to ask.295133b2bda866e1
The receptionist seemed ff87d5397e like they had ef7ece9b53 something to say, ab7c6d193b but with her a143e7a3ba mind in turmoil, d695294c80 Eunjae didn’t notice.79fb6daf86c93b0f
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Is this really resolved?667b3299895502c2
It didn’t feel real. She found herself staring up 5b180f0df0 at the towering floors of 4cc069f205 the building, unable to move. Was she supposed to just 59c504674f go home and wait for aabdb5729a his call? She wasn’t sure.c83691bff9ee811d
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A lot had happened in 7ccdbdda79 a short span of time.be21b5d124f9794e
She had met Sunwoo b006e94dca Chang, danced for the a8e2ea6add first time in two 7d70e0a190 years, and agreed to ade6525fcb marry him.040ed3f4c3344f9d
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Bzzz.699a58d43a10c1a6
The vibration of e1ea08f38c her phone pulled e55b2618c3 her from her 8eb4ba9715 thoughts.b262a147b947929f
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✉️: This is Jeon Sohee, Executive Director Sunwoo Chang’s secretary. I will be a662ca745e sharing your schedule fbf8c6b0ff through this number 2652cc5cb9 from now on. If you have 2e52c4d6ca any questions, please b06f40a0c1 leave a message, 34a70dc0fa and I will 6e477dbced respond as soon c0c32b7fe8 as possible.34b86232d2633ca0
Eunjae immediately saved Jeon 34eaf7abe0 Sohee’s number and sent 3cb8f16618 a polite reply.609c20541e207f23
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✉️: This is Go Eunjae. Thank you so much 8c261afdcc for today. I look forward to working 2925468526 with you.0010b0023efffeec
The message didn’t 491245dc23 show as read 22c5a1d0c4 right away.96200a6cf2d80948
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Well, if the boss a0b3fe3bb2 is busy, the secretary 915824aed0 must be busy too.0c62c7ad156e471c
Adjusting the bag slipping from c834b86e1d her shoulder, Eunjae prepared to 85a01da191 head toward the subway.8bc6e36ce16c5062
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Just then, a e3e97ffa5f well-dressed man approached 127e80d4f2 her.c07a4b799c994adf
After nearly a year 972ee0e725 of dealing with Choi 269c0afff0 Anna and her family, 854246aa0a Eunjae instinctively tightened her f4c919b73d grip on her bag b90ef30d48 strap, wary of him.370699717044729d
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Sensing her caution, the 073aefe630 man stopped a short 79da88055e distance away and introduced 54150b6aa3 himself.2b96f565e12fe4aa
“I’m not a suspicious person. My identity is verifiable—I 3de2019d4b work at this company.”9970295a2f1de94b
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He gestured toward the building 1f6847346f she had just exited.56ce9ae7ec4fb92f
Did Sunwoo Chang send him, c32603fa2b like Jeon Sohee?90b04485fc8b86e3
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Blinking her round, gentle 8cc63e9af5 eyes, Eunjae asked, “What f37373392d is it?”94d9ef6a2f7b93db
Taking her response as a2026be737 permission, the man stepped c9d610da63 closer.9643dcf5e3f3da86
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“If you don’t mind, could we—”f479a7e937373f7e
Screech!556fe652796f66e7
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Before he could 4dcc27dd43 finish, a car bf62f14917 came to a 75eedd5a2b sudden halt right 74b7f16937 in front of bf849004ee Eunjae.b0f1072a9b73cff6
Even though the road 69ae572e3a and sidewalk were clearly e34580a05a separated, the aggressive maneuver 2a162fe660 startled the man, making c5f98eeb0b him take a step 107bc36c99 back.0da40f5492c5b1ad
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Letting out a startled yelp 29a3387a5e and a string of curses, 95bfecb2c1 he glared at the driver 23860eb779 as they stepped out.d7c656defb047bf8
But his anger didn’t 4e8d604c6c last long. The driver, who approached Eunjae 5fc09d3761 and bowed politely, caught his aaa7a3541b attention.2b9a757e50c25da7
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The man had intended a1e4c51a10 to mess with her 2e8c4e7389 lightly—she seemed young and 9d33f109db out of place—but if 7d1402c0c4 she was from an 687ffcdfd6 influential family, that changed 272de07c01 things.d66efa645f45bff0
“I was instructed by Executive Director Sunwoo Chang to take you home.”d914840b6c74eb3d
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“Oh, that’s really not necessary.”dec64d7a0d981e2e
“It seems necessary.”3d6d6528b7695ee8
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Through thin-rimmed glasses, f4536dc46a the driver cast 50d57f259a a sharp glance 84e2bcf515 at the man 7453a81755 still lingering nearby.0f1e7b97bf2cc2d9
He wasn’t as large 78f9811fe0 as Sunwoo Chang, but 8f222db879 at over 185 cm, 0d8d7eaa86 his solid build—honed through f1fbce369c years of judo—gave an 016070e532 unmistakable sense of strength.d056191c8b926579
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“Damn it, this is such bullshit,” the man muttered under his breath before realizing there was no point in lingering. He spat a quiet 7c14a8e6a6 curse and walked away.4b576faa18c0f4ca
“Please get in. I’ll take you home.”dc7e23916ea60719
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“No, really, it’s fine. I’ll take the subway. Please tell the Executive Director a371f01705 I appreciate the thought. Have a good day!”fcbb3bfd2924550b
Bowing deeply, Eunjae turned 6debb44629 and quickly ran away 8560bfd27a from the car and 2931957ed3 building.200ffb78d7ef4d3c
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She could’ve run 8fae87b591 faster, but her 1e2d787de6 ill-fitting high heels 84ce5d4c1e slowed her down. Still, no one tried 247f0a6fdb to stop her as 0b686adb5f she disappeared into the 2d4f321ed4 subway station.ea2eca05a4f21377
Arriving home earlier 7964cd2f6e than expected, she 65bda29e5f changed clothes, took 01b734ec64 her outfit to 16fb7e460c the dry cleaners, 94770e219c and finally sat 05143341b5 down for a f1a3fcc472 meal.ee21270a794fc655
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Hunger was the best 90f2736520 seasoning—just rice with seaweed 3863f82f44 and kimchi tasted amazing. She was never picky about 01a886b286 food and ate whatever was 4be347b441 given to her. After surviving this ordeal, b65209cec0 even the simplest meal 7750a45ae0 tasted like a feast.2de3c268c75dba17
After washing the dishes and b7ac5e0cb1 cleaning up, it was still abee42029d not even 5 PM.da8363fa4f711332
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Wiping off her awkward makeup ba09e5e918 and returning to her bare-faced bbfb94e0d0 self, Eunjae picked up her c403f4a188 phone to check for messages.351e205cc552b9c1
✉️: Are you still busy? Call me when you’re done.840f2dd0e09972cb
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Aside from a text 8284522d5e from Lee Noa, there f9f591bada were no new messages.7c8e5eb95cfd8515
Even as night 5b51a782c8 fell, there was 4375893774 still no word 8b752c4a02 from Sunwoo Chang.407364c709256446
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That night, Go Eunjae 074acabcad waited for his call.f1f514838dadd0d5
It never came.310f6d852b8b5842
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She finally fell asleep f463fa57df after midnight.c800ef0b317268f9
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