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“I don’t need that land. I have no debt, and I work hard to earn money every month, so you can have it all.”bf66310e821c8398

“I don’t need it either.”8d453cdbf546f3ba

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She already knew that.ae720834413c0cb7

But to move forward, she 6c6fc5717c had to say it.f4245373f24333fa

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“I have nothing else to offer you.”056bc3e62417840e

“You’re marrying a man ten years older than you. If anything, shouldn’t I be the one giving you something?”8d200a6fe994378f

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“I’m not being sold off.”3679807f0f8380e0

“Then what is it?”e3126acb55ff487e

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“It’s… a strategic marriage.”7cb42f98d7900479

“And yet, you say you have nothing to offer me?”44241a981ccfaa89

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“That’s why I’m saying you can take the land.”dee9de38bbbd589f

“I’m giving you something you need, so why are you forcing something useless on me?”95e99f740da4e30f

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Go Eunjae hesitated, 6a7878966a at a loss 738c4eb263 for words.2281b7dff38cce0f

“Then what should I do?”2091f11794ab001a

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“That’s for you to figure out. Think carefully about what you can give me.”e4eb424eba05da2b

“You’re doing this on purpose, aren’t you? Just to make things difficult for me.”cf21e69677d67bc5

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“Why would I?”f2127794f4ecf18e

Sunwoo Chang was clearly amused.5560fc7d3e9f281a

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He wasn’t outright d8ded56f45 laughing, but she 751089ba9a could tell from 1f5ea77312 his expression. He was teasing 96d517e85e her—there was no 12c5f69f78 doubt about it. But even so, she couldn’t 0c87f4acd8 just let it go.c392577de00d76b8

Because what he ced978cba9 was saying wasn’t 09cb4893ca wrong.7ec7c605e14f4c44

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“It’s unfair.”d154c972f8fab4f5

“What is?”f87fa07b7f44105d

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“I told you what I wanted. So for it to be fair, you should tell me what you want too.”3c7d247cef1d5997

“The world isn’t fair. That’s why you contacted me in the first place, isn’t it, Go Eunjae?”a634b02332c72e57

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Every word he 86fc61aba0 said hit the 348ac42eea mark.609fd76de1dc6423

She struggled to come 1ca5cd7f9e up with a retort 2bfaabddb1 when her phone suddenly d88b14aa94 vibrated in her pocket.cf515a641a82a302

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Bzzzz.60cf4c58a2abf349

In the silence of 51c09717a3 the car, the sound 781f43ea97 was especially loud.f9688df2cecfe24b

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The caller ID b797e766b8 read: Lee Noa.c95f1ef33773abb2

Like most kids these days, c2dc21d1ed Lee Noa avoided phone calls 5d5fd019e0 and usually contacted her through 3f371724e6 text. The only times he e2e47923a7 called were when he 12ade72a5a wanted to talk via 54e48ed2bf video call.5c4b2a9ff26b3cc4

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Even then, he would text first to say, “I’m calling on video,” before actually calling. Because of that, Eunjae hesitated, unable to answer right away.a4f16e0df177f9a2

“If it’s a call from Choi Anna’s side, block it. We’ll handle things from here on.”dd27d4798aec574a

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Lee Noa was both Choi Anna’s son and her closest ally.791308b90136c8f4

At first, she had suspected 638ce81990 that Choi Anna might be c919dfb76f using Noa to contact her. But that was e7b460daec unlikely—Noa was untouchable, 9779d5523b even for Choi 6417aaf2a9 Anna.3c4cc9e8cb766a2b

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“It’s okay. It’s Noa.”2c82c314d9e70c98

“…….”8cd99b9a95cb1fb4

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“Can I answer?”4edbf234d76016b6

“Why are you asking for my permission? Do what you want.”8a50a22855d3020a

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“I just feel like I have to answer… Sorry.”8661a2e8b892b134

Glancing at Sunwoo Chang, Eunjae b146906630 pressed herself against the car 8e727e74c4 window and brought the phone 7ba1b59cd4 to her ear.d732dcb9e5726293

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Before she could even say hello, Noa’s voice came through like rapid-fire.38dcbe7dc3553215

— Where are you?! Are you crazy? Have you lost your mind? I told you ad582ccceb not to do 57122186d7 this! I said you didn’t 90427ff76c have to!7886745075bd4380

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“What’s with the ‘you’? I’m your noona.”1acddbd71c71066c

— Is that really the issue right now? You said you 44c74e2263 didn’t need that e06892f87b Pyeongtaek land! Who the hell is 8401cd5a21 making my mom say 1657779dc5 she’s going to kill e5d1850d23 you?!c05d29f49bbbaf51

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“Madam said that? Is she really that angry?”50d1bf077272dd4f

— …Are you serious?9d33f2705d6768a9

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The confidence in Noa’s voice wavered.b2bc463934facc86

Eunjae knew Noa had feelings be5588c199 for her.e3c15685a9b0fd43

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He never really tried to 8f1f437796 hide it, often jokingly confessing d123b70df6 his affection. But to her, Noa 92314822bd was nothing more or 5616b81d66 less than a younger e0bea65528 brother.ad5b59343852e51d

Whether it was the Noa 5ec4b36073 she met as a child 3b60aeac26 or the 18-year-old Noa of b6170d90d2 today, he was still just 3054909d78 a mischievous, lovable younger brother e42d7af159 in her eyes.a4d67f9b2d4630cd

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“Noa.”cc4456af15c66b9f

— Don’t call me that! Don’t try to soothe me! Do you think I’m 791479e112 a kid? Why are you 78f0f03b53 treating me like 991409ae10 one?!bf6e08e1c4cfae21

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“Don’t cry.”73e22cc27df9d906

— Fuck! I’m not crying!2dacdd7c9ca6073f

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“And don’t swear.”c37446c2def20559

— …….7482e8b40f0b0efd

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“I’ll call you later. It’s late. Get some sleep.”51c9f419e9f289b7

— …Be careful. Mom’s probably coming after you. I tried to stop her, but she won’t listen. Don’t go home tonight.”3ee4e98ccbb51398

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“Okay. Thanks.”638b359fea79b590

— If you don’t have anywhere to go…affb191dbf1e3398

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“I do. I’m on my way there now.”d2a5edea2f518d6a

He wasn’t crying 7c69547f56 anymore, nor was a7e2f589cc he shouting, but 199d222411 she could still 5307f1e258 hear the silent 2e5dee5d0d scream in his 5d5e17de0e voice.de5f7ccfe40b43ae

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She felt sorry for Noa and was grateful for everything he’d done for her, but she didn’t want to give an 18-year-old false hope.57023bfe631d9ac9

— I’m not giving up.bcea9a27954e7c46

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With that, the call ended. Eunjae put her phone back a2e1a4337d in her pocket.cc016411e4ccf007

“Are you two close?”019c7cc6e23e9b6a

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“Huh? Oh, Noa? He’s like a little brother.”a4178f601cadde68

“He’s eighteen, right?”ef788bf323bf1a7b

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“Yeah. A high school sophomore. Still a kid.”a61f03defdca0063

“Did you two ever date?”b050b760ca37b70a

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Eunjae jumped as 0f3705a038 if she had dcd2959e65 heard something outrageous. Thanks to her seatbelt, 873ee92f3f she didn’t slam her 0c02161062 head against the car, 1b53e93879 but her posture completely 771eb541bf fell apart.a06229b761ad1a74

“What?! No way! I’m not that kind of person.”6737828bed664e31

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“You were a minor two years ago too.”baea6cb26649246b

“But I’m an adult now.”8de4062e23b1d654

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“In two years, Noa will be an adult too.”eb7359284aff244d

“By then, I’ll be a married woman.”15bc6c500fff0030

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“And if you weren’t?”cc674c89ab448277

“Wait, are you planning to divorce me in two years? I don’t remember seeing that in the contract.”5fb871bfb4c5eca8

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“That’s because it’s not a prenuptial agreement.”316666a62870a3aa

Eunjae turned to him, ecd286084a eyes wide with surprise.db4153288fbb0965

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“I didn’t know I needed something like that.”cf8873aaa2c02341

“Seems like I have a lot to teach you.”ec2f9575d44a038c

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“Sorry, I don’t know much about this stuff.”948a7a29ee8415df

“Don’t look so down about it.”e2b075128c4253a0

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“…Okay.”038d9d88fdb10345

Sunwoo Chang chuckled quietly, almost 8282d52cfb imperceptibly.7cee55bcaf6fe275

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Even when emotions ran high, Go Eunjae’s voice never grew louder or faster. Her way of speaking was naturally soft and slow.5ace24d349c42f64

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She didn’t seem aware of it, but perhaps because her grandmother was from Chungcheong Province, she had a subtle dialectal intonation despite being born in Seoul.04081324486da660

The words and sentence 56b2c395d3 structures she used also 2ac56071b7 weren’t typical of kids 2caffeeb57 these days.bb740e958ad299b5

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An old soul.a5ab33f6686c3fd0

She spoke in a dfc33e6859 manner that was mature 7376dfede4 for her age, but f21ae987cb when she stretched out ca0907c58d the end of her 13f1b38afe sentences like that, she 7d8ca412f0 seemed like nothing more 9235852dc2 than a child.0bfb22790e20cceb

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Her bare face, still 5715e084a0 soft with baby fat, 1e2b59aada made her look even df36cc83dc younger.d702cf9a00435bbd

“Do you have no conscience?”727c2704a7db8bdf

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Right after Eunjae left, 9aab3a235f Jeon Sohee asked Sunwoo 4cb61e236c Chang bluntly as they bc8893f4b0 headed to the conference c809a0e99c room.b90a8c24f7fe7201

She was one ef60a59255 of the few f6cfd15f25 employees who could 178bed4d15 speak candidly with 5ed08b4c22 him. More than that, they had 141a5c79f5 grown up together long before 80a78b6044 he was known as the 4e86553c54 illegitimate son of Jupyeong Construction’s e6e37021db chairman.066a485e876b6e34

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Since it was true, ba4c8656ab Sunwoo Chang didn’t bother bfc30d75be denying it. He simply shrugged c410dee11c lightly in acknowledgment.f06a7bbe3ab50f38

“My conscience has been dead for a long time. If you still don’t cbab9e6321 know that, what are 32377b8ab0 you even doing?”5709972b2c8613c8

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“Even so, she’s too young.”ca7261a0776d6476

“Was Go Eunjae a minor?”43e51ab65f029eb1

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“Does she even understand what this marriage means?”6cc3fa147934a165

“Does she need to?”4a9268ff6c82a2dd

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“…If she finds out, it’ll be a huge shock.”dc03e4d8d5d9cd91

“I won’t deny I’m a bastard, but Eunjae was the one who suggested marriage first.”86ab6678adcf3ae8

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“That’s because she doesn’t know anything.”fed702d4ce3c4d71

“Then why don’t you go and tell her?”3c049df0b4a31f42

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“……”316cd07366f7e304

“If you can’t, then shut up and do your job.”cf9b10ba1fca117c

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Eunjae had made her choice.36bb7e2cd1e77640

The one who orchestrated everything 5db552d1fe was Choi Chihyeol, not Sunwoo c6f708d9c3 Chang.417d29c109cfee4e

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It just so happened that ac55c21224 their interests aligned. Choi Chihyeol needed 9aa3096151 a strong backing abf89e54e7 to protect Eunjae, 6f190d7ef9 while Sunwoo Chang 3f3b34ff2a simply wanted to 55d8f08c05 screw over his 84d2fc49c3 mother and Seo 991ba7b5ee Jupyeong, who treated 8e64b16307 him like a 0b86f83b8a stud horse and 4188836367 sold him off 511db40527 to Jupyeong Construction.53164b9004d819e4

His mother was a crazy 54be1fea9b woman who named her son 9c2bd960b6 Chang (猖) as if urging 3e4d18504c him to run wild.b856af240360aff8

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“This isn’t complicated. I’ll handle everything.”07e22dcf812fa3fe

“Thank you.”3c7daea5ead9dba8

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“If you’re grateful, dance for me.”716b9603fec60d94

“Of course! Just say the word.”870ca638d3833b60

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Eunjae, delighted at the thought 8f876ebaf3 of dancing, flushed a soft b2089f40f7 peach color, bringing life to e9f1391da0 her pale cheeks.306eb838322e6c3b

Sunwoo Chang recalled the image 0913a129ea of Eunjae dancing, dressed in 615d6a13f5 an ill-fitting suit, uncaring whether f93f370493 her underwear showed or not.dd8ca06aff52d7c7

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The way she, without 3e0ac9606c music, instantly focused and 68e84f17e7 moved with mesmerizing grace.590d444cd5c9737b

Choi Chihyeol probably 1b8cbcd0d1 wanted her to e4f3fbce88 be Cosette, but 84ceca8e50 unfortunately for him, 995debb848 Eunjae had chosen 2fa5edb8af to be the 3ae58e6385 beautiful, kind, and 0e36e79937 irresistibly alluring Esmeralda 87ec9bba26 instead.6ecf7cb2fa49208e

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Fate never unfolds the way 06fef3a43d one wants it to, anyway.d7940c2f02125cd1

Sunwoo Chang’s car stopped at 991ccb9697 a low-rise apartment complex near bb5ac639d8 his company.d9b2ecf226593ce8

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Though the neighborhood itself was f36d28e0e4 expensive and the apartment spacious f56077d789 for someone living alone, making 03b91196f7 it far from ordinary, considering 61b3ae5c10 his social status, his residence f797907d5e was rather modest.dbd5362e5e72bce1

‘I thought he’d live in a ridiculously extravagant mansion.’e3944a36d9676dba

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But it was hard to 1238f9d7bb believe this was the only c749ef5d5e property he owned.1329fd4c82541914

Even Choi Anna 8840a04714 lived in a 0c1cc1e2ec three-story house, and fedebe4b12 both Choi Taeung 6f62693aef and Choi Sookhyun cc5b8af328 owned multiple large-scale b92ac85998 properties in neighborhoods 115ec40d82 with astronomical land 73de791e41 prices.7a760e944e563a40

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The furnishings were minimal, and 289bb4b87d there was little sign of 620c5e0b34 daily life. Given its proximity be7ae42701 to his office, d05ded0f64 it seemed more f395b6a100 like a place f990e48f0b he used to 2bfcd20156 rest briefly rather efa7c4db31 than a permanent 5624ed8be3 home.99b7498f7067f6fa

Of course, compared to 3caacdae05 Choi Anna and her 0ec7245824 family, this place might 857c402077 seem simple, but it f10bb94f91 was still a home 9e9b1b2bd9 only the wealthy could 2f97ab0203 afford.f4faa0b91b967d51

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“…Excuse me.”abd3f2a9de4890e5

At the entrance, Eunjae pressed 08479c948f down on the heels of 83da0861e0 her sneakers to take them 18a793cc14 off, wiggling her toes for d66443e5b6 a moment. It was only 81222e5386 natural that her 363f9548a3 feet had sweated 1998e484be after running around 09cef28dbc all day, but 59ab669cc7 stepping into someone 90f0daf6bf else’s home like 37710a06ca this felt different.9870b1c47125a534

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‘What should I do?’fcac53df17932716

Her socks, still pristine from bc0b9f9ed1 the morning, showed no visible c54f4afeb7 signs of sweat, yet she 9f99e6d6fd hesitated to set foot inside.f1ff9ecb95df8af5

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Whether he noticed cdfbb21481 or not, Sunwoo 31fe0c9147 Chang retrieved a d34b13537a pair of indoor 31edca915d slippers from the 620a0ae130 shoe rack and 94b582684a placed them in 6929b0d38e front of her.73c30e941c111bef

“Put these on.”441f69a70cf41bed

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“Thank you.”d673fbed4702c44a

Entering another person’s space felt 5c60d2f82c like being pressed flat.5edfa784d760f755

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“You’re not the only one who barges in unannounced.”eedd3ffd2542b9d1

“I didn’t barge in. I told you in advance. I really did.”f033cb5aec3896e7

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“Yeah, yeah. That’s what they all say.”5e83c9ea2888996d

The pressure she 38d4beac3f had felt in d438cc60d9 his office grew 8dd6b56188 heavier the moment a86c121ed5 she stepped into 9ad33ddd36 his home, settling 658becdc47 on her shoulders.e85328b23f06ff46

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