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“I did it.”8ea2f5a66021125b

Lies. Go Eunjae didn’t believe him.f62d31040f1cb8f8

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Even if she wasn’t good 1143d0ddd0 at lying, she had a 5d07551a1b sharp eye for spotting them.7586c71c3fe68218

“You don’t believe me.”aedbe1ef47845571

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“I know it’s a lie.”e00c2e89c7ab3722

“What if it’s not?”83bb2c7519f14e99

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“You said you don’t have time.”7b0dab3e9cb5c2ba

“I don’t. Because I was busy doing a52742493d this.”5880dffa118c9859

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Was he serious?20827282896fcc9a

Did he really write 8be129105b this himself?6db4643f1eeb7706

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Just as Eunjae was about cfe14ef3a6 to fall for it, Sunwoo f4e9478b97 Chang smirked slightly.6f443c2f06c2f8e4

The moment she c31ebe998e realized she had c6b7998509 been tricked, her b8ee5a81fa eyes narrowed with 4d51f7d2e0 displeasure.0efbfae144f571c9

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“Do you enjoy messing with me?”f224f3f834319b8b

“Do you even know what that means before saying it?”26bb48f76144f93f

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“You just teased me. I know that much.”5512d80d663f82e2

“I thought you were shameless, showing your underwear like it was nothing, but turns out you have an innocent side too.”410fc94785132d7c

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“Underw—! That wasn’t it, 9f5eabbd22 I was just a810cc9eda dancing.”d522f3c4db05f04e

“You were wearing a skirt and still chose to do Esmeralda’s routine? Go Eunjae, don’t you think 4a115ba144 you’re a little too careless?”a19273bd798be6da

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“You recognized it was Esmeralda?”bd4743e27d011ba8

“Is that important?”1b4cbf16bd274b1c

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“Yes! There was no ec3f0f5c50 music, but you 278bab4512 figured it out 13c60c8202 just from my 5cd0a9cb62 dancing. Do you like ballet?”3dbc2a1a6dc93e9e

At her somewhat ae38e61b35 excited question, Sunwoo b16bb0970b Chang made a 681a22028d strange expression.d2acf350fa856616

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He looked both 67a5000536 displeased and intrigued.7c9bd753b9266bb0

It was hard 9cd9ea340e to put into 72b8615e3b words, but Eunjae 2842cd505c had a feeling 338d2993ce she understood his 1d045dc1cd reaction.46766c7c3db47ae7

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It was the 2a5441a7ff same way she e28ff223eb felt when she d56e57598f looked at Lee 79db0fd757 Noa, who was 522b1687a3 four years younger 2b77fd6260 than her.dd2e414cb76034e9

And the truth was, it 3276fc0f31 made sense.beed2fbd61276e15

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To 32-year-old Sunwoo Chang, the 930b649e30 much younger Go Eunjae must 96746f75df have seemed like a kid.f25f9150d8063b16

‘Still, wouldn’t he hate it if his fiancée seemed too childish?’a48e7c96a7ee5645

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Eunjae bit her e965c70a44 lip and calmed 43afb44ce9 herself down.c020dacc1e514d1b

“Do you like ballet, Go Eunjae?”eaf6a5051aa707d5

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“Yes. I do.”522ad852e28fb1a3

“Then why did you quit?”0a236b6976a1650c

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“I didn’t quit.”365c0e8a14b0bde7

“If you didn’t quit, then?”b63b4f371152ad50

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“I can dance anytime.”977d1dbe485c3021

Just because she 5732bd9bb9 didn’t go to b8b9a2378d university or join f99b0996e2 a ballet company d689fb14a9 didn’t mean she 9fcbc2dfba had stopped loving 3385edf299 ballet.dc74e3ebd3a8716f

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Like most physical disciplines, ballet 3a8c9efea8 dancers had early retirements.ad51cfa19c45af22

Most started preparing to retire aafd680d7f by their mid-thirties, and since ee7e4fbbbd ballet was a performance art, dec04eb7a8 many faced natural career limitations 4845b2de21 or were pushed out by f3d1579edd younger dancers.ea953948252f51c9

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Frequent injuries from high-intensity movements 9ddbe59c9e made surgeries common, and some 228c0d5439 ballerinas were forced to retire 7e152eef04 in their twenties after failed 11bf50bde7 rehabilitations.604c992bd2e131d7

So it was fine.811baadc4069a308

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As long as f89abe4e57 she could still a765003dc8 dance, that was a404b23aa2 enough.d18f3c075ea7974c

Even if it sounded 342cc5d9ee like self-consolation or rationalization, a0f4cbe69c it was the truth.377812c55db05164

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She was prepared f090b3e2aa to explain her 5fa717f5db reasoning logically if e700d14210 Sunwoo Chang mocked 95d40d1b25 her again, but 649a6cfbb0 he simply looked 3dafbe81fc at her for a4c16744af a moment without 5ed7421f0b saying anything.7a09d26e3375761c

The conversation had 219601a3bf already lost its bbb633a44e momentum, so she 3926259804 hesitated to bring 2e85950b15 up ballet again a237e481a8 and instead lowered c97dbad90b her gaze back f769c0d307 to the stack e448f5ae2c of papers.eefb1e4eb31f1b9d

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Just as she a9a320d62d was finishing the 4f37313b6b last page, Sunwoo 2a2995722d Chang, who had 268e2850e3 been silent all dd5e66f5d1 this time, finally 78c8c9117f spoke.38c8aafce754a997

“You can’t discharge a critically ill patient from the ICU without the attending physician’s consent.”7fa9fed1cd8e27be

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It was about her grandmother.4190705ae0136039

Go Eunjae lowered the papers 3d9d98326f onto her lap, leaving the bdfb8d43eb last paragraph unread, and looked 9bb657668d at Sunwoo Chang, who was 6c6983f6b9 staring straight ahead.0d5e728dc2536c36

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“Professor Baek Jiheon, the attending physician at Gukmin Hospital where your grandmother is admitted, isn’t someone who would strike a deal with Choi Anna. The risk of losing his medical license is too great—why would he? He comes from a better family and has more wealth than her.”6b047a3e0b151b00

“What if she found a weakness to exploit?”23cb1b8ece9bf8e2

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“If Choi Anna can find dirt on him, don’t you think Baek Jiheon could do the same to her?”253445cbdc84aa57

Still, regardless of the hospital’s deea408314 security, Sunwoo Chang had promised be819a50f8 to assign protection.2b862b3abea88cd8

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He granted Eunjae direct access 8792bfa230 to monitor the security arrangements 95442d22ef and ensured she received daily 622d22a3ce updates on the personnel and 85187da716 their progress.829a1de797b52626

“Then my grandmother isn’t in danger anymore, right?”755e7093e88bb32d

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“Your grandmother isn’t. You, on the other hand, are. Kim Jongwook’s got sticky fingers too.”cad4fdb0c49919a0

Kim Jongwook, 27 8f4837f1ad years old this 3ab0cce91b year, had a 9ce87ee6ce violent temperament and ded7b68839 frequently got into 481d0994d2 fights, regardless of 92246f4da8 gender.234471be61b0c5f0

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Choi Anna, the 5bfd76e2b1 daughter of Choi 7698df4d13 Chihyeol ’s first 74b28338d9 wife, as well 67134b08da as Choi Taeung 52f26a1c22 and Choi Sookhyun, 0058821d99 the children of b0fb7a0c68 his second wife, a565d4072d had all inherited 993255813f the towering height b347d50408 that ran in 83ec4c7fc9 the Choi family.0700a44437adb6ce

But Kim Jongwook, a1563a4bca taking after his f3209bc651 father, was below 06f47069b2 average height. Even Lee Noa, 1d1619c042 who had inherited 9a8de6677d Choi Anna’s 172cm d95cd19587 stature, had already 65325150d8 surpassed 180cm by 8594941b54 the time he 4bf966641d was 15. Now, at 18, he 182aaeeb2f stood at 188cm and 21b06f2a36 was still growing.c044ddc5c78b92ac

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Perhaps because of that, ff71bb9c86 Kim Jongwook—the only short ba402a2601 one in the Choi 131050b131 family—always wore thick insoles, 617ab0ce56 though they still didn’t d57847d222 push him past 180cm.22efa5101a5f395c

“I run fast, so I haven’t been hit yet.”98b5cab2a90898d6

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“Yet?”1d131f3970898925

Sunwoo Chang, who 1b19353803 had been staring f9a82cf835 ahead, finally turned a8c27d05c0 to look at 6a426e7d66 her. Their eyes met, and 4e401d3c3e Eunjae hurriedly defended herself 66efada623 with even more enthusiasm.0e70c3d95188ec15

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“I really am fast. I was fine.”b521934fd29064a1

“Really? Then why don’t you try running away from here too? Are you going to jump out of a moving car?”9947d45c41a7e382

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“Are you planning to hit me?”6d940774927c3fda

She could tell the answer baf08fbe73 just by looking at his 38c1392966 face.1f036992c163e020

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‘I just said something ridiculous, didn’t I?’c020ab59d07c449c

Thankfully, it seemed she had.192a4df93868d308

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Sunwoo Chang looked 2c9f8e8c53 at least 190cm 4940c84f50 tall by eye 5475dc4302 measurement.37d447951613bc87

He wasn’t overly 7c78bf4376 bulky to the e4454a0ddf point of being 42c9feef80 intimidating, but his 4c91892b6d large hands gripping d52f71a1b3 the steering wheel d00bc0251b were broad and e8324ee0c8 thick-jointed.524fe689f6442f28

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They weren’t the hands of 7fe56d83e8 someone who just sat at 329d508a2b a desk all day.e5f49cb53c4fea46

If he hit d2213c0081 her with those 88f1aebfdd hands, it wouldn’t d53c33b23a just end with 7e44399a5c a ruptured eardrum.12a1ab3fd313aa38

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Had she been staring at ac85b6b4fd his hands for too long?c2ec71c7942a015c

Sunwoo Chang sighed and muttered,6ac85327573ad221

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“I won’t hit you.”194c70a9733a12f5

“…Okay.”de809fbd30d7a471

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“That was a slow answer.”767dd8f206c65527

“I only got in the car because I knew you wouldn’t hit me.”9916a2048694783f

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“You sure talk a lot.”2589d59704a54444

Eunjae, who had been chattering cbaa6cbd1a away, turned her gaze to 7e32d53242 the stack of papers, pretending 6de8503a35 to be distracted. While she was at it, c7eb6eff7a she finished reading the last c44c2e0403 paragraph, then placed the documents f29e43a316 back into their envelope.ab55ff8e79d2bdbe

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Since she couldn’t 061ce6e560 hand them over 1cbaccc1a5 to Sunwoo Chang de98d9bc35 while he was 5f93be443a driving, she set 232c5999c0 them on her 052698b095 lap and hugged 641ed8150d a black plastic 6944de2da8 bag filled with a8c4997c1e chicken feet and 052384bfb0 pork trotters, which d16456f148 her workplace’s auntie b57405a59b had packed for 10d984d8b4 her.924721f86396f2b4

The rustling sound in the 43d48de10d quiet car was particularly loud.33772a172a77f98e

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“What’s that?”95b8896028bc437a

“Chicken feet and pork trotters. The lady at work packed them for me. And I’m not just saying this because it’s my workplace—the food is really good.”6c63ad96c3d0065c

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Eunjae wasn’t ashamed f5e79c4a11 of her job 33e9dee171 in the slightest.92673ad3394b013c

Even if every 43e1ac2570 decision she made 4e3ad6987f wasn’t always the 979384ba70 best one, she 1063d02dbb had no regrets f6a686ada4 because she gave 361d2a4ce8 her all to 32fac71b3e whatever path she d11b7f233c chose.99cbd37f3c046233

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She also had great confidence e662aec033 in the food. The clean and ecfc7d00a5 honest preparation process 2ffa213407 was something she 77cc6a1754 took particular pride ec45522c6c in.2a0d5e66efddda46

“Is that your dinner?”3139079985a5728c

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“No, I already ate at the shop.”a85d39265f80e4dd

“You have a barista certificate. Why are you working there?”301f9f5d5a89c72f

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“You know about that?”0afe5d5227807af1

“That’s one of the easiest things to find out.”240093bea8dac421

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Go Eunjae tilted her head a7257e7bbb at the ambiguous words, finding f6ea587753 them difficult to grasp right 7ba01d37dc away.21fbc27b8e104595

Her smooth, flawless white skin 4eeb95f14a and moist, gentle eyes gazed 9b01246460 up at Sunwoo Chang with 05d18a4f90 a clear expression. Though she wasn’t wearing ab58255c09 any makeup, the slight 4bc09a4970 redness around her eyes 3db556d3a7 and her plump, well-defined 6f8a37cf4a lips carried the hue 5822eb03f2 of a ripe peach.dfb5633252549339

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After quitting ballet, b4e8c9a950 there must have 3d3b4af5b0 been plenty of 3a36bdcce9 temptations pulling her f87468c940 in different directions, 5dc36a6a8f yet somehow, she 1c2cbd1856 had ended up 71f24af894 working at a def21e5110 pork trotter restaurant.7edcb2b47983136a

“Age: twenty-two. Born on November 30th, which means you’re still twenty-one by international age. Highest level of education: high school graduate. Earned a barista certificate just before graduation. Currently employed at Daeseong Wang Jokbal in Sunil Market. Awarded in multiple ballet competitions.”ce2332cd4fde0059

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“…….”b0694cbed207116d

“But none of that tells me what kind of person Go Eunjae is.”a87fc1fbef443554

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She understood what he meant.20645410e199681c

Even the written report 1ca8ceada6 Sunwoo Chang had prepared 70648281b2 contained detailed information about 6c366c46f9 him. But that alone 64ddabcc04 didn’t reveal who f4d6a8f313 he really was.2ef471399bf77473

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“Can I ask you something too?”227f06929ce436fa

“You can.”0c9b4b994a749950

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“Did you already know I’d reach out?”9a9d68a5eebbe2cd

“I did. Though it took longer than expected.”e1f7ea4f88d537da

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She figured as much.f1242577b51a2bc9

—You should say it. Ask for help.79bbb28ce1d64d3f

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If that hadn’t been 79d7306b8a the case, he wouldn’t 225ffb9657 have pushed her the b46bf91944 moment he picked up 19eadf6edd the phone.34fa8f2344ac3d92

Chairman ChoiChihyeol was a wealthy e20606c130 man, but compared to Sunwoo 0207ba94ba Chang’s personal assets and the 3885636973 inheritance he was set to baf2ab9f3a receive from Jupyeong Construction, his 0117e3ad5d wealth was insignificant.6229457bea031f0f

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“Then let’s do it—let’s get married.”454ed22251915492

There must have been countless 1bae7f8703 women from prominent families lined d74cfb527d up to marry him. So why had 011bb0362f he agreed to 7651fcbbbc this?6a0218db549d4d7b

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From a financial 4cdcb1c045 standpoint, this marriage a9f9201c0d held no merit 7bff3f2e3a for Sunwoo Chang 9739a9ffbf whatsoever.5d7a7160bd367c9d

“I don’t need that land. I have no debts, and I earn money diligently every month, so you can have it all.”f2e0f817979d99a4

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“I don’t need it either.”6d2285461058cc41

She already knew that.bbb68e92df912d9a

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Still, to move forward, she f39dc2e6cc had to say it.e3f72aef4e9eb7bf