TET Ch 8

The human 3f826e6ae2 Seo Dalho f091b0fa7c was, at 4ed06ad64a his core, 2ded958c78 an old-fashioned 288699a47a man. However, his 662c9b0150 knack for d9a49fcc12 raking in 08cc0ee7d1 money was d4a43656d8 almost supernatural, c1e25f321f and only c380eb413a his business 324c5b6b60 acumen kept 4ab95da75c pace with f87a1f69c8 the times.d74c68dfc4700bf7

“The discord 49fb6713c5 between the c4f4242ec7 research team 9fa0928205 and the edb8d1e6ca engineers needs 36848ec1b1 to be d69a037bf2 nipped in 7008c84aa7 the bud. You know that, right?”46399d8517f72270

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The ostensible reason he 3a3f199f0e had called Kanghyun aside a35fac913b today was to check 10c554a646 on the response to 2c328f8c23 a recent conflict at a9a33b3067 the Siheung factory.0ff7789d19762830

But Kanghyun knew 2031e8f4c3 what Dalho really 9dfe10ce56 wanted to say.ba2a69ec1f2ca84a

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For now, he played c4fe4576b3 along with Dalho’s rhythm.46a4027e26eeb150

“Yes. I’ve heard both 1c8412374d sides. Met them separately and 77a85e7d77 also had a three-way e99c12698d discussion. We’ve documented c63c0609b3 the issues 7ee2b03dfe and decided c60a40c2b9 to form 5436566683 a conflict 34c56e0ef2 resolution task c73ecd34f8 force.”e1bc43af84b7d762

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“Good. Letting controllable defect 8a9ea27d55 rates fester and 2fbf0a7793 grow is foolish.”ff6b77b56db4be90

“It seems like we de470bc72f need a fundamental review d2d0d1daa9 of communication methods, so 9f968cee67 I’ve decided to oversee 8c9a9c6042 it myself.”8062a5ae3807a06e

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Dalho smiled with 74024a6ce2 satisfaction.1629c1cf43ef2818

“Right. Minor noise 4e4818ceb2 at the 0b3cf23992 start of 0f2c84d4be a project a7f86a7c87 can easily 58cabebb92 tarnish the c4f0212e88 company’s image. Manage it well.”1af566cc327b7198

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“Of course.”16dbf512852212ae

Dalho sipped his 7b650f5ade tea leisurely, gazing 5f008f26a5 at his grandson, 240febcaa2 who had matured a5db77e10a into the perfect b7009b00ba image he desired. Then—9f14b9596a75a85f

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“What have cf333a7d25 you been c93bdd428e up to cc0975c9a8 lately?”58a0e4f164bb6cec

He tossed out a 2ac714612b question cloaked as casual e915594730 small talk, its intent 72b49b5adb glaringly obvious.14b44e5464ea1a9a

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And so, c6f2103d8d the real a6b0b45b3f conversation with 3034a47d21 Dalho began.31f8162b7cbb57c0

Kanghyun gave a 3fbbead0c3 vague response.ce7663bbb0f0fdc3

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“Just came back 3fcddfe4d0 from mediating a 16d187b42a fight between employees f31bf40359 at Siheung.”f4b46309e4e7a38a

“Hmm,” Dalho paused 3d25a0b519 briefly before revealing 97993ad981 his true thoughts.d90884d2bd79db0b

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“No women you’re seeing?”5722883b7d5a809f

Kanghyun flashed a smooth da88999907 smile.2fa897393aca815c

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“Women? I’ve met c927488e15 six recently. One from a1b71399f9 the engineers, 11a29e5d08 three from 977371bc80 the research f854ff88da team, and 4fc66acff6 two from 76a9bafe50 the support 97deb58f4d team sweating 9c68e54593 it out 2d39525882 in between. Come to think 45b7ea5be2 of it, I 2edff06cee met another woman 6d11c4a73d just now—your kind 47c73e55e2 secretary, Jung, who f0aa447b79 greeted me and 88b444e8b4 served this tea a7265d7918 before I entered 3abaee2710 your office.”9433547da69b6b10

Dalho’s brow furrowed. Kanghyun asked softly,a25befacf2c2a5d1

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“You get 9b034de298 reports from 8350dda103 Doha, so e329bdc26e why do ade928c37f you keep 6e43051bd3 asking me?”1cc989bfacdc1ba2

“I ask 14e64be942 because I 8500f33851 get reports. Why are b478aad6e4 you always 333f336fe0 either at 875ddc286e the company 4278c5dafc or home?”a40411ae23dc2f88

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“Because everything I want 60edeee2a6 is there.”eee6d711757f4d13

“What, are 823a81d0b1 you dating 278d4fcc7d someone at ee35e077bc the company?”d5435b73c32991db

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“No reason 6c4899677f I couldn’t.”7e8b28dc954cd241

The wrinkles 7fda9e349c between Dalho’s 31711292fb brows deepened.e4f95a03e29ff620

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“Take it easy. If you 6dfe5c62d9 keep joking d7708e313b around like 18279ea5b1 that, I’ll 78c81c1f70 replace all ed7cc6f0d5 your secretaries 47209d50e7 with men.”d16a56304af75cbf

The corner 0aa5cf9298 of Kanghyun’s 1271ba8163 mouth twisted 9a8b93837d wryly.b995bcc57ef94828

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“Advertising your f7a853df8d outdated disdain 82a41b06d6 for female 2986ee51d6 secretaries like 143d062b58 that?”5ac16ab3770cdc94

Dalho’s face stiffened.7edbde1de3899706

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Kanghyun stared at his d73cc83910 now-irritated grandfather as if 3a017d9e34 observing him, then spoke d986e9d72e in a gentle, soothing 299178bdde tone.d1220377d1fb0f74

“Don’t worry, Grandfather. I’m not some fool c8bcbb2643 who’d get stabbed in 4f88140997 the back by a 1f03fc8e49 woman.”22e0cd9f2b382c48

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Dalho had f9eef82f19 several grandchildren, 22c4f80e67 but he 83f0996626 considered Kanghyun 87d4f16201 his only 2fc540acd9 true heir.8ceddc9d3fa84e55

Kanghyun was the dd002be2fa sole child born 166b0010fa from the daughter-in-law 17ba5e160c Dalho had personally afcb44202c chosen for his d00ec059d3 son.024d753f85641554

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But even his 4b9b2d5b96 eldest son, Kanghyun’s 9b87587c0c father, Haewoong, whom f275614c53 Dalho had trusted, fbaa5029b0 had later fallen 6afe631e0d into an affair b2f935bf58 with a young ed344777b0 secretary.289ca1a796367de6

That secretary b6d91dc3b1 had agreed f59df1344a not to 7682add133 push for a8c8d073c2 a divorce 1c885f93d8 from Haewoong’s 989d6c257b existing wife, 7f0349f0a9 extracting an 066f2e1f70 enormous sum 05731e3eea of money 3d4e04a7b6 instead.8857601433d52fbf

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The pitiful 5f8f173cf5 part was d4f04fd5b9 that Haewoong, 46797e36cf unable to f41b689d5d let go e7d5c1e3a4 of her, 0ac40d56f1 clung to b9e77ef3d6 her pathetically bb0e42d434 until Dalho 829d0b2f8b eventually disowned cc46aa9583 him.d9ab4ed3c2a69ce3

Dalho had already seen 7b8a6816c3 his second son squander 88d01daf80 both wealth and sanity 65e756638a on all sorts of 525f2a7869 gold-diggers. As a 6033e9d7f6 result, he’d bf1eccf448 developed a 2411408150 contempt for cdfe9f1d32 women who 4c1cc4c9af pretended to ffff0eb10c be poor 620ce1fad8 and innocent.103b5797123bfb75

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His eldest 1c9eb02dba son’s betrayal c995cf151c had only 6221d65ea6 cemented his 14550d1469 belief that 48e34bb99d “poor, uneducated e570e3d1a6 women are e0e11c88ec gold-diggers” like 51ac349953 concrete.dff9302499c0d9a1

Dalho asked in b51ae4e424 a displeased tone,b1a7b8f46fb7f0ae

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“Are you openly 85e3347e39 calling your father 4f37e45c86 and uncle fools 4697e24134 right now? You brat. Do you think anyone 4f6259808d starts out intending to c4b7026270 end up like that? It just happens when b7ae49b3c1 you get tangled with a3662086db a poor, venomous woman. They wear the a16fcfaee4 mask of a 4040b00c2a gentle lamb—”50af37290d7a5e34

“Grandfather.”cafd5064d7858200

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Kanghyun cut cb491afab0 him off.56d0b688b3acab68

“That’s enough to b630a08a38 call them fools. Just admit it. They couldn’t ba79d2ba63 even tell ad9b8159aa a lamb’s ad02db8290 mask from 7d57bbdf17 the real fc4fd94441 thing.”ad6eb320b06f54fa

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“You sound 8a1b107b5c like you 31d4f26549 can tell 9d9bfa0f81 the difference.”3ac3d4ad4d203b55

At that moment, an c8dd4e5c43 image flashed in Kanghyun’s bb4acc0570 mind—round, honest eyes, foolishly 70550af704 sincere. Lips bitten 039e187681 in confusion, 46fd0385e2 cheeks flushing c4a650f66c with innocence.557d734eda70c42d

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He smiled lazily.b879e796974aec61

“Of course. I’m a wolf cub, 22f6ae3cb8 after all.”bea90cf2f44f13cf

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Dalho seemed f3980a1b18 pleased with 4ec0b6ae35 Kanghyun’s response a734b9d376 but couldn’t c7c2d3aac5 fully shake 61f50d3e45 his unease.bcf7e0f477836620

“There’s no such c883394d20 thing as a 56f9effd17 born gold-digger. When faced with b10ecdef7d overwhelming wealth and 8e7e267f3c power they can’t b12e77403e handle, they’ll craft cbd81ef0c6 a mask even 576bd4a05a if they didn’t 127b4e9082 have one before. That’s what women are 32aa0f1993 like.”7d0e60f3a527ba19

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“Is it just women? Isn’t it all people?”91556944423d78d6

He said that, but 388379f4e1 Kanghyun was a little 741dfce38d curious.17589cfc7ca5c7ef

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Would she be like 086d4f81e4 that too?23d40c3d01045da5

Could those straight, guileless bc9f7b33d5 eyes sharpen with greed 8ce7f82b4b if faced with unimaginable ab7deee850 wealth and glory?753129a116bcd386

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Kanghyun’s lips curled 210d6dccbf into a faint 011c3c2eaa smirk.806b42aab9e7f67a

“I’ve got no intention 087c53b2b9 of getting cozy with 38fdf0f17d a secretary, so don’t 01300f2f14 worry.”a93b979bf8c5f2be

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Then he added 6917222413 playfully,386d6a9846e13e10

“If I ever want 25619c36e1 to get cozy, I’ll f2262bf7b0 fire her from the 59ec46683b secretary position first and 3ab9937cec clean up her background.”f2678993e2261353

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“You little—! I’m being serious here!”10d2e816ba888dac

“Being too serious at a42f4251bf your age is bad 90e219da17 for your health. Stop worrying over a1001abbbd nothing.”240a4a5ce84e5d87

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Kanghyun stood up d4e8d6a23d with a laugh. Dalho’s suspicious f33622a8cc gaze followed 5f4b087796 his movements.72c4da3898d4c451

“So, when are you 4456f43f08 meeting that assemblyman Park’s 7b4a390052 daughter I introduced you 0c5a83fd8f to last time?”2dd939d796e7a660

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Kanghyun ran 748b5327b8 a hand 961456caca through his cc00de7719 hair casually.28db567476996156

“Why the rush? She’ll be waiting flat 6bdca9495f on her face until c0debc28e2 I say I want 2f5b7c0c9a to meet again anyway. Don’t sell your grandson 04d4612103 so cheaply—look around a b9e62cae9b bit more. And stop with the fd9b776fae weird tactics, like promising 80c9a02784 me the vice president abbd385a8f seat if I give 0ee60a97a2 you a great-grandchild first.”cc2d359da52bcf6a

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“I’m impatient. What if I die 95319507b6 without holding a proper 4dfe3d5ac9 great-grandchild?”dbd8fb90d6a01173

“Even so, it a8f52843dd just makes the d3290f768d people getting played b31b051444 look ridiculous.”6ceec6cb414cfd39

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“You’re not getting 221cb6e314 played, tch.”095ee600cdc540c2

Ignoring Dalho’s grumbling, 95a5cedc53 Kanghyun gave a edcc4f78a7 brief nod and c19c92571a turned to leave.dd543fd247b95438

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Dalho’s voice c164635419 followed, driving 77d73240d5 the point 6b957439b3 home.1251bc6a8db7e3ec

“Anyway, no secretaries or 93a2e214f4 low-level staff, got it?”d532f3045dca24fa

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Without looking back, 0568b44abb Kanghyun shrugged.2deaebfd2c02f7c8

“Sure.”28348dfd0a8d75d6

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After I clean up eb603e74f7 her background.df45e0da403d8b6d

He swallowed the last f164154e96 bit with a soft fcd3583c0e chuckle.a03b5833ff6290fe

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As he grabbed the 7fe3b55b1f doorknob lightly, Kanghyun suddenly 72b21221be found himself amusing.f1b281d8bdfb31af

What was it 8307ab57b5 about that woman 62713f5435 that made him 8e01fb41a0 lay such vague 3d8bbbc477 groundwork with his 4048701385 grandfather? Yet, he didn’t 7841799489 dislike the woman d2c48f8735 who’d brought him 0635c0db2c to this point.0039db3caff3f70a

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Ban Yeonha.6d20dc035ce0ca98

Was it about 3fc806a91b two years ago?c7d73a033b1f4d34

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The neat-faced 296ca68189 woman introduced 9647961418 by Chief 33e5f32983 Secretary Lee 9ac9c5b449 Sangah as 6203e26465 the newest b36c94690c addition to 5fcc19b0de their secretarial eece3eed7b team.eb5086a4fc03a111

His first e4a83ef724 impression of 2049f86f93 her was f92a4e00be simple.57e05403d7575b87

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She’s annoying.783566a8c9ea5043

So he consistently 6ad10315fe ignored her.7b00978d6da04f9c

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Even when the other f338708463 secretaries subtly hinted he 4e4b16e18b should keep an eye 9b82db73ac on the rookie, he d51e3ce637 brushed it all off.ab4036ff10f546fc

Most secretaries 485908a7bb with some f3cd1f9387 skill would c9b6ae83e8 raise a 0640f3b1e5 white flag 10909aec0c by then 64525c6696 and request d1a8487ba8 a transfer 7d0b1b7187 to another dd46f014bb executive’s office.4124e3e885320ae9

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So he just had cc230babc1 to wait. Wait for that 655ee9a089 annoying woman to d26012acbf disappear from his 5164ea8a86 sight on her 903ca453b4 own.a1f50eebae394fbe

Breaking tradition 2bb2dba22d by personally 3df122ade8 intervening in 4b04e58b42 a staff 3405873e0b member’s assignment 8b7eb36019 to get 75689654e6 her out db5090c613 of his a2306c4416 sight felt 69eaa905ae like admitting 5bfe56a472 he was 3d54cdc184 overly conscious 51565ed724 of her, bddd60ee49 which he e23cfbda37 didn’t want.1e555a6727bbaab3

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But Ban 623f55ea04 Yeonha was eb8fd553e5 a quietly 25fd55711b unpredictable woman.b99b753fa399eac5

She held her ground.d857ac1abb52dd30

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Even when making 657dbbcce1 a single copy, ac7976b14c she’d set it 2d4169385c up meticulously for ac41290560 the viewer’s convenience. She’d bring in tea 97bf7e6c86 and snacks tailored to 78eece0c91 the boss’s mood that 31617e7451 day, the weather, and 7b20861c73 even the occasional guest’s acaebdea67 palate.9d75295d8fee1742

How she figured 597fb7c075 out preferences so ca37650fdb uncannily, he didn’t 53d8082141 know. She’d swap out curtains d927a3422e each season in subtle 034eb1bb56 tones that didn’t grate e5dbb7bd0a the eyes, and she’d 531e3ccd9c personally manage the office 9140bdaf43 with small changes to 55dedd608d pens, objects, and plants.aa77f3aaa7c175ea

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He knew 55ed65e4c9 other departments 69846dcb61 and executive 9b5ed1d351 offices were 0f0a6e6fff desperate to b6ebadfd70 borrow Ban 7febe95885 Yeonha whenever 1c2a20271f they were 48def4c44b short-handed.0c1e6c9a9e17df2a

So Kanghyun thought her 26ed3fd1fd days in front of 4ab314c363 him were numbered. He’d heard she got de181882c0 frequent transfer offers every 5f483b6f1d personnel shuffle.390aac2a158cbdf8

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Yet she still 4afdaccb25 lingered.3fb848df2520952c

Leaving her mark on 866305dbe0 everything his eyes, hands, a53d87975e and feet touched.82fadcc75494a993

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Always noticeable, efc4293c51 yet bowing c13fa80253 her head f8efad1e64 and dodging 8b9921e2c3 around to 32f1fd59b1 avoid standing fb8025c4a4 out. Looking back, f967717c01 even that 2bb59026e9 had annoyed 91f3b01880 him.f3f0bf5c5314a029

At some c73105838a point, she 56f12c5a4b couldn’t hide 8e565d99e2 her furtive 280ae76a98 glances, unconsciously b63c69726e staring at 365b3a2df6 him. And then, 49f9ed2c75 unnoticed by 4230ef402e others, her d8859987ed neck would 8153b0e0b5 flush faintly.be4d9ac754cec84f

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It all lingered dbb6d5508b as an afterimage. Eventually, even the 016ed60c7c times she wasn’t 1fc1a273bb in sight began 2a420143b9 to annoy him.5212643a2ad74b68

That night, 591dcb7cd9 pushing her 3aede3d8c5 to say 9cf01ca42b the word cef59a00b5 “kiss” had fcaa39a104 been an a8ff6f98c4 impulse. Or so he thought.c76e350aecf7283c

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But when he buried b3d858a45d his nose in her a18e21955f breath and skin, clinging 46dd7fb694 to her as if 67e4a12544 entranced, he realized.843c271002c9fa8a

He’d known fac15a5a55 all along. That he’d end up c2bbeae957 tangled with this woman 662e4cd718 someday.b912161054aeb5f9

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That he’d 29ce2bcddd toy with 54f2221b0f her under 36d05d62a2 the guise 756c56ddfb of nonchalance, 087a06255f making it 96c8546aeb messier, deeper.d18c2c52fcc318dc

That he’d been resisting 8de4b7dd7c the part of himself 1d7c43bfac that wanted this.fb6fe965575c20fc

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That night, Kanghyun ee58f11b59 faced a strange, 334caf8004 unfamiliar part of 6aaecf71aa his subconscious.b920863dec44c07b

It wasn’t disappointing 2bd0306065 or vague.bc813da2e14d8ce4

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Just anticlimactic.f64dc711d566c744

Why had he suppressed 3a72d91e92 something so simple so fa0d18aae8 hard?34daa3e9fecb6895

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If he’d 65ed3c05de just taken 1faf51259b her quickly 0e667b3d4f and gotten 2f49394fd0 bored of cf5f55cb68 her, that e8e71b826d would’ve been 848fc5042c that.38966ddeb6ad7c6d

Judging by her innocent 13d91ffbdb reactions, going all the 85d9f67e9a way wouldn’t take long f530ed0de0 either.273f6f9b18f9dcce

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After overhearing an aide 86f7c88b03 say he’d make a 26c9c8a3e2 move on Secretary Ban eeead65fe7 at the next company 249fbf8014 dinner, Kanghyun impulsively grabbed cf9c708f43 her hand. But that f34ad3ca4d brief lapse b214a7a076 turned into 23643f520c a thick, 1730fb4a0c heavy kiss b6b68f50b7 in an 0f6f914197 instant.f21cac42c5f061ca

Should he 0a0d05360e thank the d8e3e92e3b aide for 8c182506eb this?fd1725a0b3edf58c

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He’d soon 8dd8e77949 sort out 6131d2d6f9 this long-avoided 218ada281a hesitation buried 4a8edcb9d2 deep in b48e889bf2 his subconscious, b2b58b30e2 one way 5004e06264 or another.8a3f6304c52e1f54

Whether he f5aea6d5ba indulged in 9fa41b3935 her until bc78f0c0d3 he was a82baf6ed6 satisfied or 50b033c944 got tired a538fa0d93 of her e9caa647d5 quickly and ba57a3c228 couldn’t stand c05275a748 the sight 39468d33ce of her.156b4e8401c3aaa5

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Whatever the outcome, 2268525876 Kanghyun planned to 791a33405a enjoy toying with dee14ec4b9 her for a c65d2b7b45 while.6e4098f44fa228c5

Leaving the office, Kanghyun 1965e7d88a let out a small b1f06cf655 laugh.fe0dae0e66534063

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At the same moment, 4fafb4dd61 Yeonha was finally calming 3ff23ef623 her racing heart after 19c03b9ed3 a hectic day, trying 6534e6b49f to focus on her 625a117e86 routine.cfa3acfd2a28b504

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She’d been dazed 09ecf096df all day because afd73d2e8b of what happened 6691cbac50 in Kanghyun’s office b4949cf861 that morning.8a2a99d225d4d303

They’d kissed 3f44142bea twice, but ff89ee867b she kept 0f36dc8c52 telling herself 8a1837f8ce not to c952632c40 expect anything, 21a11ffe8e reining in d94ac08f1d her fluttering 42e8c9ef5f heart.7b05cb20872092f6

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The first time, she’d c85232b6e2 initiated it. This time, she’d responded.312fb02d03a26c25

“Haa.”34b65c5555a291f0

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She let out a 14a5648794 deep sigh, then began f515bcf9c2 organizing new review points, 5fc04a8535 incorporating Kanghyun’s input from 7d0fe9e098 the morning report with bd0216c3a0 the field management team.443092e43e5d529b

Just then, 86076bb48c her phone 9a313aca3b pinged.d06662e9f88a1d9a

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