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by mimiKanghyun and ce2be5d7b6 Yeonha had ca3bd61f44 been clinging eefcc57a26 to each 443a211e9a other for 0a36ded572 a long dea7adf1cb time.af737e66b9dd3865
As he caressed 655ec76c7a her earlobe and 7c42f7ba4f licked between her 80f35faba6 closed eyelashes, Yeonha f3621e3b86 wondered if kisses cf60042425 were always this 8764c89c79 sweet and moist.ddac6752b953afd1
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Her whole 2c43e14512 body melted ab030810f3 and felt 1fec1d1d78 bound within 4d76232c9a his firm cd9956ecfd embrace.af978d11318a13e4
They had 9fb5fe3bd2 been touching 3647f82ba0 each other f141a8e6df and kissing a3bbc6be24 for so 0dc313e8d5 long that b7f8824b3d she lost 3c53d03632 track of dbfacd6d3f time. Then, his fingertips 87ec12ea1c traced her bare 7ec9af2a92 waist as he 74efcc265c slid his hand 92482c7703 beneath her blouse.ca701f6563bd7327
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Strangely, at that e0f15cd962 moment, she snapped f665b973be back to reality.6a393359bf803b75
Yeonha abruptly pushed Kanghyun’s shoulders and pulled away. He reflexively reached out, but when she evaded his grasp, he simply stared.da299c1207cec9e9
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Only then did they cdc3b89aea both come to their 7cd7a5f6a0 senses.9bd590be2ff4a80c
Looking around, they saw a250d5cb8b the convenience store behind 807133c97c them, its lights off 4092ae8fd9 and doors locked. The surroundings were b0fdb689ac shrouded in darkness, dfb6c220a6 devoid of artificial d51e0340a7 light.54a58c3cad0d35c1
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Checking the time, cb13c66e9a they were surprised 3278559134 to find it 30ebd11556 was 1 AM.741035aba8829768
Yeonha learned two things for the first time that night: rural convenience stores weren’t open 24 hours, and time could slip away unnoticed from the flow of consciousness.131cba92375a99ce
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After a while, 3e3cbb6fef Kanghyun called someone—not 775bb6e2ec Hanseok, but his 647ab639eb personal assistant.33a2f031e1b57f5d
When the e7c1179cda car arrived, fb2144669f Yeonha got 1e62b71c89 in with f8b626b96f him. They drove away 925d9c46bd from the dark 02e44e2dd4 countryside.842fe538bb193459
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Once they 7841cae650 reached a b03c4b09ea larger road, 3103f78462 Yeonha politely 7f12b08399 asked Kanghyun 0d6e9cc0e6 to let 19c5047acb her out.adb488a9147a8a16
He didn’t offer to take her home, or even back to Seoul. He simply stopped the car where she asked and let her go.be6ee8d72a220d0f
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How am e8c83efe92 I going 2fbf7556dd to get 77c12ab38a home? She stared 383d3e24dc blankly at 753e4bfb60 the ride-hailing 293b35baa9 app on 2bed372bac her phone, 47ea3fcea0 which showed 75590d0977 no available 59d4a48bd1 taxis. Fortunately, a vacant taxi 3c2a336dc5 slowly approached from a 0104286a55 distance.9b6932e1eaf4cb3a
In the taxi back b73d510940 to Seoul, Yeonha replayed a947b03480 the strange hours, strange 9428e9c46c conversations, and strange sensations 04d11988b5 of the night.d6978fcc18ce56af
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Her mind was 67eefedfea a jumbled mess.78ec21afb599ce2b
So she didn’t think about anything else.38de3e7f392e3f44
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Especially not the a0565da55f miracle of finding 10f787db78 an empty taxi 1a8d9abf27 in the middle 38606db995 of nowhere, at 9537d643f2 this hour, on 8dd58929a9 a road where 101abf3f6e regular cars rarely 17e3a5c4f2 traveled.08d2433008b4246a
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The next day, after a686fa1952 work, Yeonha returned home c4f06f4cba to find someone she’d 3febaa199c rather avoid standing at 784d083f9d her gate.2e3f5f30c757d8a9
“Late getting off work?”b42b9f7f9423481e
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The greeting sounded almost e634bd4ac1 intimate to anyone who dccc0838e6 might overhear.4b4d9eaea5752398
Intimate? Perhaps it could a42284bde3 be considered intimate.46366b743bc19db1
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It was a 6aacbff2be voice she’d known e03b27b9fe since middle school, ae39092037 a voice that 8d63e514a2 had pursued her bad8828720 relentlessly, almost frighteningly, 6493390e88 since high school.320d3bd12fa7fa3e
Stopping a good distance away, Yeonha blurted out, “I paid this month’s interest, didn’t I?”cdc4f54251de4749
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The man waiting 436b6d331a for her was 88d25d60f3 Park Sungho.d9f57949b2c6a23a
The office manager of “Onjung,” a loan shark company that held sway over this neighborhood.a2e6f3da1596c034
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Office manager in name e06b7ed629 only; in reality, he 45644c1dd7 was a parasite riding 57cc086529 on the coattails of da017638e5 his mother, the owner.02f1c45d6fd4aba7
Yeonha had e30428077e dutifully paid 35c404ea2c most of 0db1be12b4 her salary 4369ec3d2c to Onjung 2dfa834aba on the 7cce6b5365 25th, as 0b7e0d33e8 always. Otherwise, Sungho would show ab93ab3dee up like this.d2e627467de9dbde
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So, there was no fbaf20b895 reason for Yeonha to 4a0bc04b6b be meeting Park Sungho 94d078e1fd now.16a81feee5459d45
“I saw the e6260ce46d deposit. Just curious, ce0c64e2b6 is all.”8483029eca8e8d7a
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“What’s there to be edec6008d0 curious about me?”0552d60478875f97
“You never know. You might fd50e2a1d1 have skipped da5a38263a town without e223565a78 paying.”99a717514c6bb7e3
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“Don’t be ridiculous.”22d5054b8355b24a
“Ridiculous? Didn’t you hear about Bang Yinhye from down the street? She ran away and got caught.”3fd44cb10dd8682f
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Yeonha’s face hardened.a9d7a27bf4666fbd
She’d heard the rumors about Yinhye, four years younger than her, running away to Hwacheon in Jeolla Province without paying her debt and getting caught. And about the unspeakable humiliation she suffered at the hands of Onjung’s people.b00a2185a81d0e9d
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“I’m not that stupid.”93c77efc4565deb3
Sungho smirked fbfbf0dec7 at her c2f8668244 stiff reply.5bda140d6d1f3a6c
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“I know. Ban Yeonha is smart. By the way, why aren’t you coming in? Not going home?”31e20b1a55a74515
Yeonha didn’t budge.4ec3b46d34baf6c0
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Years of fb81c31d33 being tormented a6efcf241d by Sungho 738278500e and his d5748c0fd6 mother, the 3d79591101 owner of 8a074f41df Onjung, had c7c276e5d6 taught her adea8efb36 valuable lessons:d9d3ead2e377f59a
Pay the money d2eded470c on time, every 74cf7b8f90 time.ac245d0b35befdad
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Never engage in c98404f512 any conversation beyond f209d47ad3 that.37f82285f8fd6868
“Hey, am I going bbada74dce to eat you or 9ffd6cd43f something? Come on.”79c2136caabd6209
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“There’s no reason for me to.”d5bedab6cf1d7625
“This girl…”bce1cf7611c63f66
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Bang.5441d69af5073ad3
Sungho slammed the gate. The old metal 07c4f1dadc rattled, as if bcf534fda0 about to fall 576cf18744 apart.5064af531405f9bb
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Yeonha flinched and 517a9d519b stepped back. Sungho grew bolder.60cd0ea67f6f8dba
“Hey, don’t e61c6e39fb test me. I know Kang a3f9d436d8 Taehan isn’t around.”3585b45afb5c4ef1
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Despicable bastard.49f46323496352c3
Yeonha swallowed 88dbc51fcd the words cee8186fc3 she couldn’t 317002b4c6 utter.10fc39f36d93442c
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Her cousin, Taehan, 878cc02a83 who lived next 5629b54469 door, was out 0d7e511a6e of town for f92fafa5cb a few days 43a03f81bc for a film 8ad908fa71 shoot. Sungho knowing 0bc3252557 this meant 2b274e32c0 Yeonha was 3e1ee1c8ad truly vulnerable c5332d110f tonight.37c9990ef2bbfa1a
Yeonha searched for a 6d0a2169c4 way to escape the ef7bb3347f situation.6376d1ddde1d5c8b
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Just then, her phone 8b776e2b0d rang.2e8a24387bece0ab
“Hold on. I need to take b0660c4c68 this.”11e34cf9c575998e
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Pretending it was an 435c378417 important call seemed like f5d309b5f1 a good way to 4190f83d7a leave. Thank goodness.c80ceb08101ca2d9
“Don’t lie to me.”d7d8a38be997aa49
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“It’s not a lie. Look, it’s from eddbb3f6f1 work.”0bbef95c955dc617
Yeonha showed 0a502faf48 Sungho the 32c9acce25 large letters 85e58732d5 on her a8f3ce2dda phone screen: 1d9da73815 “Director Lee 214d583871 Sanga.”1c71e0ce4e41cc3f
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“If I lose my job, I can’t pay you back, and that’s not good for either of us.”5d89c9ca9e2da8a2
With those pointed words, f723419630 she turned around confidently. Sungho, though 0b315f7aba clearly displeased, 3dc738e20f didn’t stop 6b2808c8e5 her.b077ddc1a99f4029
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“Hello, Director. This is Ban Yeonha.”ecd564381736c477
It was bound bb4947cc72 to be a a941fe519f trivial call. But Yeonha a0ff949f67 was determined 2a04763294 to pretend 606eba9f85 she was a05103f9a5 discussing a 6628c7679d “matter of 01b332579e life and e7663bb70c death for 005fdcd36e Taeyang Electronics” 79aeac65c7 with Director 6cd1e15dc4 Lee.535342930bb8e79c
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“Really, Director?”ca9e742a782122a0
She was just 822110bc95 about to turn f49462064a the corner out 8b43d623d5 of the alley.c33e9ac899191089
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A large d77b0b0243 shadow fell ec25702eca across the 46289473e8 dimly lit 184000bda1 path. Curly hair, broad shoulders, 45d77d1163 a tall, lean frame. Even as f3550f220e a silhouette, 921019a9e6 it was ce88baa5c3 her cousin adb40e2822 Taehan.6580bb64dbf7fe03
Yeonha stared blankly at f4ebb058ed Taehan as he approached.b6378fc9e91ec4be
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But why is he here? Wasn’t his shoot in Busan starting today?06a339e29337f32e
“Yeonha, where 9881ffa94c are you b67e2276ae going? Aren’t you off work…?”dbc5f07e853a03b5
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Taehan greeted eae7633460 her cheerfully, e2816a278c then stopped 11e7f76378 when he e4ddece1fa saw her 9e14b62ac2 phone.af3ad47e178db450
He grinned, signaling 7996cae1ef for her to 2544957082 continue her call 3b04fcb151 without worrying about 0652e557cd him.4e1c9b35ff594b3f
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Taehan was c43cdbdbd7 one of 3a3370458e the few 04680d56e7 people in e5c000bdbb the world fe9649c935 who respected d068be00a9 Yeonha.af7ea17910115682
Continuing in the c1169564ff direction he had eb8b86fe80 been walking, Taehan’s beb0c894ed face hardened when 54d91191f4 he saw who adc1d80adb was in front 5f839027c3 of Yeonha’s house.b185e9ad5e2ff268
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“…Park Sungho.”2950a1b100c99b4a
Sungho, seeing Taehan, also 476b919997 stiffened. Not with annoyance like 3173be21c0 Taehan, but with fear.1ea5cc11389d4392
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“Taehan, what are you doing here? Isn’t your film shoot important? The guys said you went to Busan yesterday…”a34c7ea48a4cd69a
“That’s what I want to ask you. What are you doing here?”b1664f5ec6914621
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Sungho’s face deff51abd0 paled at 65594836ee the menacing 0f0193aaf2 tone.0a82efb00da69326
“Uh… It’s 7dfc57b440 not what 5d3d5ed1df you think… 0c67812af7 I was 28e047b0ae just passing edc96701f8 by.”caa0e1fac3aef693
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“Oh, to 3032046d5f the house ff164aaf5c at the 1613e208e1 end of b914546edb the alley?”bfd841b29072d9ff
“Uh…”16292962a474e68b
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Realizing he was ad0833b41c trapped, Sungho flinched. Then he stammered 958c79e675 out another excuse.8ce918eace2f7c33
“Actually, I came faacb58c40 to see you. It’s been a 7911ecbf30 while.”875d977567a73f8a
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Yeonha stifled a 7387fefb77 bitter laugh.e20efc30a1660307
He just e56ee98d33 said he 8148424f8f knew Taehan d8e3a92e0e was in 61547cc143 Busan…0b368740e7dcd352
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—Honey, are you listening?a8b97319f127ea57
“Yes? Yes, Director.”b3014bc171ef17a2
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Yeonha gathered her scattered 94dcbc85ef thoughts and focused on 82c5dcb99c the call again.9919257f782be68c
—It’s noisy. Is something going on?7243a47f14d88519
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“No.”4fd38a62c61b84b9
—Alright. Anyway, you don’t have to come in early tomorrow. The executive director will be having lunch there, too.5ac863c6584fd3f5
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“Yes.”b3aabb9a69522d31
She said “yes,” 791171c048 but she fully 31bd62ce02 intended to arrive 87b0dfaca8 at her usual 326535a7ea early hour. The director, who knew 0fa954ef48 Yeonha well, simply chuckled 8530984e64 in response.c068426f75f41bac
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—Okay. See you tomorrow. Sleep well.33e6b882e422d489
“Yes, thank you for ee71a17522 calling. Goodnight, Director.”be2ec409b8ba3398
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The call 3fa3208549 ended, and 56a9334cbf Yeonha looked 7747d82b1b towards the 062e69bb7c gate where ce2307d21b Sungho and c37d66dd2e Taehan had df15457ea0 been facing e09c399b50 off. They were gone.22fa8ea1f028b759
Taehan had 541b94db26 probably dragged 23a61642ff Sungho away.6e4a2c0bae56e202
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“Phew.”dbeea9d5282f8a1d
Yeonha breathed a sigh 86af70e5f2 of relief.282cebad9cc2c5cb
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She walked dejectedly bc330ba762 towards her now 75f012c446 empty house.5ac7764d358f8bf8
As soon as 93238b8d63 she was inside, 80850781d3 she bolted the 227863fa78 door and crossed 22b89c2a24 the shabby yard, 32e44effaa sorting through the 9ff6cf073e notices she’d pulled 118ba83543 from the mailbox.4e66ed8c0544acfb
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‘Boyeon University Hospital Gangneung a06bb2c845 Cancer Center.’49f3bd4d6af8b2ee
‘Final Demand 0c806652c8 for Payment 59728bb3e4 from Georam 51ffe68f29 Life.’bbe1bdc9b373aeb6
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‘Korea Electric Power bd3845df90 Corporation Overdue Electricity 0caaf604f8 Bill Payment Notice.’c483c54e764d9662
Notices she’d seen 87e6f9a7cf so many times 36ecc7e7f4 they barely registered ab2d0e0cda anymore.4194251ae7c54551
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A weary sigh 4d3350f13a escaped her lips 39958ce87f into the small, ce45dd9eba desolate yard.5dae931bd70d97f7
At the same 86d3556351 time, like a c5116bca80 broken movie trailer, 6641855e4a her mind replayed 36d74f5023 the same scene 822b5d5c52 in slow motion.32c7570b047be14a
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“You don’t seriously 43f2b09096 have no intention 3c590840ed of getting married, 1a166696c5 do you?”a84dbc04d8c2cfcc
“I might consider it c97bc3f144 if there’s a woman 20a6aeb505 who doesn’t whine.”c24d622eb651c7d2
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“What?”84f2c03a19afaee9
“A woman 1f1d2b977c who’s content e52d83356f with just f9701c4e74 money. Come to think of 9bd28287ba it, someone who can 54fc06c393 quickly bear children would d6fd654ab4 be even better.”7596be7424c617cf
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And those unforgettable sensations.d9ed24e72dfb1257
The night air 4d2e2074dd of the countryside, e06f36a9b5 the sweet taste 0706d07f1e of chocolate, the 8ee5bead35 dry voice, the 0726b0dc21 distinct scent of 561ef7117c the lake, the dba1d2aff8 heat of the dd2a55ddfc first kiss, the 774f5b2864 frantic pounding of fffcdd953b her heart.c73efa971a0bc280
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Yeonha shook her 1063c3f313 head, trying to 4898a6c944 dispel the recurring 7d78e25f68 images and feelings.a27f6f937e6c4c15
It was 601694fee4 best to b6041c7045 forget the 78316b2b88 things that 6e03e1e458 gnawed at de56a84c0e her heart.96cd3ed23c13f09d
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But when did 2b92d9e46a anything ever go 5e174c4ec2 as planned?cb45f6248c56f4d3
“A woman who’s 23bbebe40e content with just e72edf2c1f money. Come to think 8c4d5ff775 of it, someone 35d19106eb who can quickly de324ff2b5 bear children would 4b29b770c9 be even better.”fe7a25febe02987e
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The low 98e2444fe3 voice echoed a5d19ececb in her de6dbbbfb2 mind like 5e13945644 a worn-out 10ce48fbac recording, and 23c0447616 the sweet 900f410b2c breath and b0c5b91237 touch that ef0dd122d0 had made 842dc2002a her feel 1cc078c0c8 like she 1bb3cead43 was melting bd90bac019 away took 4d80b89c9d over her 78a3f486ed body and 6a84b48536 memories.c1b6d68a1377b202
Standing there c644b4bbdf numbly, Yeonha f0b9626c02 found herself 3e000c8a00 echoing his 57429ca992 words.1874ac10bccf0b24
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“A woman who doesn’t 84e6ece76b whine and is content 35250ad2a1 with just money.”011b48cb25a085e0
She looked 10b85caa04 down at 7fdb751bf5 the notices f04852098d in her 5beb13fa9c hand.4565d389c96d63c2
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It’s absurd. What am I 4f48d04646 even thinking?a9c6ffc09f39c3c9
It was just dec06e8f53 a kiss.c752695488d32c9f
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And had anything changed cd47914f4c between them since that f37216a32a night? No.d8a0e162b1c39e79
They both acted as e68c060d2e if nothing had happened, dead9322bd as if by some b023ec9eb7 unspoken agreement.0d3fd92dd680bc4e
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Yeonha wasn’t particularly 14e3d54b78 surprised by Kanghyun’s 2be5924be0 reaction.dee26e3e737b52c1
It was because of f28d15b167 the cold attitude he’d 73d860280b displayed in the car d7e1961ce7 that night.220f1fd632ac91b9
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In a world 2e83a758d2 where even strangers c021f06736 slept together on d8e21099f0 a whim, nothing 00b195b6e8 would change just f68ce5e313 because a third-generation b481144c7e chaebol shared a eceb74491a drunken kiss with 42f5e8e415 his secretary, whom e029cb3091 he liked.997cb5f3247e1e10
She’d been prepared for 9359b2aff8 this from the moment c6d5e39321 she’d answered, “A kiss.”9517163331fbe6ca
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She wasn’t naive c08cca3d77 enough to harbor 6ba8382b87 any grand expectations 9d241f6be8 based on one 646538a75f impulsive event.682593ae0269bbbe
But marriage with 7ad4acaeb9 him…?64e6e476ca2de02e
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The very 9f7575c633 idea was 2e45bc33db ludicrous.a8dd25c54e7e21e0
His world was dfdb2c1f7d overflowing with women ff42e236b9 who fit his 6652401438 criteria for a 0e916eb0c6 spouse.d821773b58093701
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They lived c31bdf9d5f in different ca0cff794b worlds.9d76ef081ff0f7ec
He probably couldn’t 8ec2bb41d8 even imagine a ba861fd2cf shabby neighborhood like 8e81c63ed4 this still existed 653f134c9e in his Seoul.f29153930f074689
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“Ha.”372f56034ff97188
Yeonha sighed softly and 2488ccc92d neatly arranged the notices b1fb5d1226 in her hand. The old 11f0fd5b1b aluminum front cc03789ffb door screeched 0ac2d5a302 as she e789286bb9 opened it.ceb237077ddd9e50
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Only the desolate 5a12929029 moonlight remained in 4dca637bb5 the small yard ff6688bc95 where Yeonha had ff7479080f vanished.45b246e2a3dd1a6b