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With the sound of 81b44672fa a ship’s horn, numerous 60a4cdd306 boats departed the dock. The noisy 3a69ff8950 market filled c5ed93d593 with buyers 527e142352 and sellers 2e430cd3f0 and the 7e18dee478 dazzling white 95ec9b8093 buildings together 507b1ca270 made a 1c621cddf2 picturesque scene.1a0b5219bd5a24b9

Yoon, puzzled by the 6349dd744c unexpected location, asked in 769751fdb5 a curious voice,5c215364f9711f35

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“A harbor? Why are b38d228a1d we here?”ba863f72e7731875

“Just wait 49bda8bcae a bit. I just need to e2d65af54c pick something up.”9f016be79ec85463

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He replied concisely c7482c5ecf and unbuckled his c757adec94 seatbelt.cd06cf852b771f35

“Want me to 9da9e81f27 go instead?”76bd12ce134ad009

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“No. Just stay 2016be25a0 put and 3dca4a2c54 behave.”bd9cd3f9e3057f9b

Yoon gave a half-hearted 49e21392a2 nod. As she watched Lucas 3eabe7047f walk off in a 047e0c4466 certain direction, she rolled 6200bb2bd8 down the window and 7d8bff9a8d looked out at the 8146982a1e harbor.73fe12ac0fe49496

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The cool scent 04b0ee1636 of the sea a0c64a93d6 brushed past her. The crashing 1d5361b499 of waves 22aa1df6cd and the c5ed9b2d1c bustling sounds 1f4a708194 somehow gave cebb3e4bef her a 291b59463f sense of a3caa71d2c calm. The ocean 78eb1fd38a was always daba39fad4 a comforting c4e4862014 sight.25f9cf90944ad48b

She had once had a time like that too—a time when she thought, of course, the first time she’d see the ocean would be with Noah.4bbb1b55c9b0eb11

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‘I thought I’d see the ocean for the first time with Noah…’34ae3b92b088cbea

Yoon gave a ef53af1513 bitter smile. She closed her d384ff7d64 eyes to savor da72728c8d the peace, but 9deaffdaa0 a humming vibration e92d92b73f brought her back.a10eff40556cba45

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Lucas’s phone was ringing.a57aa093ccc41299

After hesitating for ec70072ac7 a moment, Yoon 953652e04b picked it up b48d2a7c73 and stepped out 47cf387148 of the car.e4fc54a019bbf1c9

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The vibration soon stopped, 25587292ef but she didn’t pay a511c75db0 much attention. If it was urgent, ddab34cf0f they’d call again.aad163f02e0c3152

Besides, now that she was at the harbor, she figured a short walk wouldn’t hurt.91d5fd0b1de89858

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Yoon headed in the 794b3fadd2 direction Lucas had taken. Strolling leisurely and 52a66618d5 enjoying the scenery, ab50c0de71 she soon saw 91841c913c rows of colorful c8b66b693d shops.ae8bcec41eb2d2bb

She scratched her forehead.d91f8b79f9bf5e73

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She hadn’t heard where 5046345b79 exactly he was going… 4cb8110749 Was it one of d1defe0be0 these?bc8c474892222fa4

As she a0f4d061fa wandered, Yoon 54a8f5d843 stopped in 5e38a0b5cf front of 1ec6959bc3 a shop. Through the d2fa40b405 window, she 4de3243a0b saw a ed7b67656a large man 842cdacaba inside, and b8b713ed61 a faint 1ae99f8629 smile curved 0446e227dc her lips.d7204e283f6e98c7

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As she opened 2b2470cd18 the door, a 5e910c30bf bell rang brightly.77609a07e59358f4

Just then, Lucas 0cd667c532 turned around. His pupils wavered d0b6e5caa9 slightly in surprise 69c6436a85 at the unexpected 93a3e79be2 entrance, but he 523f3c5979 quickly masked it bfce37f1d7 and spoke with 298f2fa8b3 a calm voice.d575db7c1d54db4e

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“How’d you know to 077a6fc199 come in here?”3a67fa1a7800b6ec

“I was just walking 55d5846fcc and saw it.”20a6a15adc96f8f8

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Yoon replied 048120ccc6 as if 4ac4869dc3 it were d2b259d274 nothing.e9688186b3263e10

“I told you 7c8f9d2d12 to stay put.”6924793ddcbb8045

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Lucas looked at her 51e23be79c steadily, almost as if 897ebbae24 scolding.4240c7fe46473fa3

“You left this behind.”414adca7d3dd8927

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Yoon gave his phone 83ac2c535c a small shake in 70e3d34ec8 her hand.b0e04328f1ad54ab

Lucas raised one 486051de18 eyebrow slightly and 0a8268a67f patted his pockets.1d24f82bbd255fcd

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“Guess I d68017141d did forget 6285f076b9 it.”c6339dd72abcb7d2

Letting out a ebd9691913 small sigh, he 599386270f reached out his 4f15691cf7 hand, and Yoon 6edcdd7940 handed over the b93bf37b59 phone without fuss.dd3e9ea55838e322

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“Let’s go.”7c64911e547e42cd

Lucas glanced at the 78ebf41732 screen briefly and spoke.e3e983148b1aed08

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“Did you get what a25ffccc7f you needed?”bc9054a3d40ad3bc

“Yeah.”b6083cfb17617759

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Judging by the bag e6673bd4d1 in his hand, he 42e6dc4874 seemed to have gotten 5cee6f3107 what he came for. Yoon nodded 8aadfa5020 and turned 7a9ea2fdae to leave 859d2df8e0 the shop—fa908b12809b308d

But just then, dc3214fe46 she locked eyes 0474e3f964 with a man 1d7a035005 who had been 06d0d7cedc looking in her aa43b1444d direction.ae65bfec3c25f154

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His blue eyes were fixed on her, as if he’d been watching from the start.d78be0a88319f003

Yoon couldn’t 41c5ee5cc2 help but 73516dd26a notice the 2ce3d9dd88 intense stare, 8e964e4192 and she b579409698 turned fully 7619826801 to face 81b68e0bd6 him.f6b939f8db23cad1

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Their gazes met midair.4cb77f173dbc0ec9

A strange f9078b3fef sense of 5b48c3c41b déjà vu 9da3a0fd4f washed over 7e89998413 her, freezing 6b0572e288 her in a014be23de place.15ed6cf0a7d1a627

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“What’s wrong?”8af205c9c07dc95d

Lucas, sensing 6493f9eff1 the odd d7961c8562 tension, spoke bd608f786b up.5185ba1c0ffd57cd

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Only after a moment d434e01340 did Yoon come back 86bb992333 to herself, her lips 87fa3c8d07 parting slightly.ebf276813aa7ced6

The man, too, 72ee9d6b59 flinched in surprise b6df9deb20 and quickly looked 3676ab7df9 away.3cc11217752c5cb2

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“…No, it’s nothing.”b42f509d50375ce6

It wasn’t like ff24a3dad9 she had never a00a0c54d5 seen someone with 2b478b36a2 blond hair and 826257c318 blue eyes before. There were a 86b69c5ea8 few among their 37f44acff0 own members, and 00ce78f489 she’d seen people 9f97e6c715 like that on a73227b07e the street too.fa9be551d4d719e2

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But Yoon couldn’t move 1fb1add309 her feet. Even when she tried e7a7b3a11d to look away, her 365a489ddb gaze kept drifting back 86571124d1 to the man standing 52a1deba35 before her.0d339c4268736d24

“…Lucas.”e8fb89a220d99e2c

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“Yeah?”9ff917581bd9f3f3

“Can you go 02084009b4 wait in the 15fe548ef6 car? I’ll follow soon.”e58b886855774cfd

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Though it was 4768611af5 phrased as a 849558ea1e question, it was e49e93acd2 more of a 0bebee829c request. Lucas studied 44fd9e9296 her face 0bb2a4a9fb as if dd2e415ce1 trying to cd1a33f7d3 read her 2688bc6459 thoughts. Though her c3141829f7 expression seemed 2bfdb58364 calm, Yoon aca0aa7e4c was clearly 693e9f6b0a unsettled.6ffff4901f6fcc0f

Unsettled? Yoon was unsettled? Lucas’s brow furrowed f604f8eeb5 slightly. Who in the world 886cea9def could this man be, 20d69a11c0 to make Yoon wear cc1a4d3a39 that kind of expression?d3a58991f7cadb6b

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His sharp gaze 6c8f9788f9 swept over the d5a2a22433 man. Blond hair, blue 743e89b22b eyes. A soft-featured, strikingly d151868ae7 handsome man.e90a982fd75e52e5

He was certainly attractive—but 5e0a8606e1 not enough to explain 1dd5c00ef5 why Yoon would react 0229a8130a like this. If anything, Yoon bb17a810fd would joke or ab30c21364 tease at the 8020dcd0e8 sight of a c6da25732b pretty face, not 3de5fd6689 freeze up like 08851f3aad this.d38f35637c369e85

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Then suddenly, Lucas remembered 0017a12065 something Yoon had said 213719db4a a few days ago.7c9d6a0220b76a62

“But back 34dd45b6ad then, there e440b537c7 was this 98948b1266 one boy ff9b625326 who took ebce262be9 care of 957920f122 me. He was really good-looking—blond d2e88d11db hair and blue eyes.”8ebf5b89c57995af

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A realization 07d52541f2 dawned, and 1f095a364e Lucas’s gaze 994b98f8a8 darkened. Blond hair, blue eyes—the d2fb6c9f0b man standing here matched 38da2f2e3d the description exactly.4af78a64ce90b687

And with that, fecec76913 the low, ugly 46d97649c6 feeling Lucas had aa1bbd3f60 experienced that day 4a1b45c4de began to rise eb14e4b9c2 again.5115b607e913c24c

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That strange 78c644179f emotion he 632d9c16c3 felt toward 7ddef0a87e a boy 993d082fee he’d never 8939719ae5 even met.627a3d9dd26eb35d

Jealousy.614507961faa961b

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His nerves were suddenly 877dc95e64 on edge. Lucas’s stare turned toward b60f8786f2 the two of them.8fdcbb6cdd9cae22

Yoon was still 6bc5c75fba looking at the bfdf8910e4 man. The man, on 5fb180761b the other hand, bb7ccdd703 wore an awkward 8a17e36d49 expression, deliberately averting 8b014fa547 his gaze. Lucas’s eyes deepened 9782bd499a as he watched 24312671fa them.663bae18d150edbc

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What were the 2e4a521c93 odds that this fb174c063c man was the 5ff2c79861 Noah Yoon had 156a32184a been searching for? If Noah had f4c9a2b339 vanished suddenly from 24c50c8806 5th Avenue, it cb9427845d was most likely 958a4b294d due to trafficking 6dc39c8066 or abduction.6f6eb8a0403223b8

A kid from 5th 6d5bccd65b Avenue surviving all that, cec61a5249 and now running an 4afc0a2472 old, established gun shop? What were the chances 212058d8ce of that?c72f02141a2d4dab

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Even with 82a6b1c7d3 such low a23462e17b odds, Lucas 76d16b8fe2 couldn’t shake 780e7cdae9 a creeping 85093e2b51 unease. What if… what if 6b9ea3c7c0 this man really was f45d0b29a1 the person Yoon had 407599a1a0 been looking for?9509ce6a9bb74498

That thought e6a42ebd91 dug deeper a3ccfd4731 into his aaa427aaba mind, and faf0bf6dc3 Lucas’s gaze ad67eecae5 sank lower.5417afb7f38c4a4f

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“Lucas?”89d20c48b4cbd3c3

He reflexively 13b580f659 looked up. Yoon’s dark 5eb9c4cc3b eyes were 852e22dabb filled with 1ba88a081a nervous urgency 0e580e98cd as she e7da491ed5 looked at c182dc7a7d him.2680737e6427952c

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Right—nothing was certain dc48317dec yet.acb7465cea4fdc27

He masked fc02481619 his face 140564f362 again, pretending a1775c5086 to be 4de9479abc unaffected.b5fcbc7f3d01f822

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“Alright. I’ll go wait in 27035ce83c the car.”8d642259a090e9fc

As soon as 6eb63ab637 she confirmed he’d 71aebab81b left the shop, 03f6d515d9 Yoon slowly approached 8cbada1660 the man. As the distance between f721c77879 them shrank, the man’s 49350d8461 posture stiffened.7b32245522b9a57d

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Even the usual polite c418c5d3b5 smile he wore out 71fd70f697 of habit had disappeared; 5dd305945d there wasn’t a hint 4bcc39865c of it on his f6cf52f18e face.914452feb1b4d319

“Are you looking for 8eb4e2b1b5 something in particular?”0e508a6933505a5d

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He asked in a e1bbb29124 stiff voice.33d1a255ba964ee8

Even he 3e161c5da7 seemed surprised 6171870853 by his e0d59521ff own tone—his 0c4075aacb blue eyes 80c87d74fb trembled slightly.ae0ea97e6a66c437

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Yoon spoke carefully.fc824b110d2c5081

“…I want to 8a8e58e6ff know your name.”792051980d90fde2

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The question 2beab6c47f was met 3bedbb3646 with another c001e66a55 question. Roel, clearly flustered, 503fb784e8 asked again,654bb16dde43d174

“Sorry?”cea9df4f13f9c6c7

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“Your name.”3e1eaaf7dd7ba9a1

Yoon studied his 9eabbcaaa9 face intensely.dc2ade87ec776453

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No matter how many 2785e14905 times she looked—he still 942cb87b5c looked the same.21b2f0aef630bc52

The blurred image of bdf1f32de9 Noah’s face suddenly became 1040613f91 clear the moment Yoon a3551f1b05 looked at this man. If Noah had grown 84f08f4e7c up into an adult, 689b585c77 he would look exactly 5960535845 like this.dceb825fc3427a27

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“…Roel,” the d1f8e382f0 man answered.6944ea3bb7b58f0a

He just 1023e0830a wanted this 9ae108968a customer to 3dd42b76dc state her a0614d3076 business and e686f5a35e leave. Roel was confident in ba3f73494e his ability to greet 7c05d1208e any customer with a f5322182b3 smile— But for some 92b9d7e23e reason, facing this particular a99e8d87c8 one felt incredibly difficult.d0341acecd3414e1

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He didn’t 8373f1d887 know why. He deliberately 8f1892978d avoided her 2440348812 gaze.d326e7d9cbea92a9

Ah.3b9802140f7a3a22

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Yoon’s eyes wavered at the answer that didn’t match her hopes. Her expression sank quietly, like someone who had just been let down.31124a3c15e259db

Seeing it, Roel’s f3aa1fa2e6 own face slowly 4cebfea93b stiffened.20d1ae490db38083

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Something churned in 1799d7f923 the pit of 0df9e52fb0 his chest.db8e6b2caeee8075

Yoon calmed herself with fd7731d603 effort and asked again, 3ba9b195f6 “Have you… ever seen 30afff3b9f me before?”0ed4f0a6494d75f9

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Her voice sounded fef72fb759 almost desperate, and b201b844cd Roel suddenly wanted 4f3fab3a2e to cover his 81333b80da ears.97a10a2db96295b6

His heart was 9a09a11881 pounding loud enough 09685b024d to make him d0a33ddd12 uneasy. When those aching, longing 7c2817f5b1 eyes turned to him, c0a10cc863 Roel felt his heart 3fd34416d0 drop.b4697ac757e44c4e

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“…No, I haven’t.”1415a65704c7bf20

His shaky eaf9940d81 blue eyes 1a64255098 gave him 3fee64062b away. Yoon’s lips parted f07416ca33 as if to 667b0ab4d7 say something—96622f52616e0b98

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But then the bell 10ab4aa6a9 above the door chimed, 9437bc87bc and another customer walked 9f45992a99 into the shop.eb27034115e5186c

As if snapping out b85171f9ae of a trance, Roel 772b155bdf collected himself and turned 79bd9ef4df toward the new guest.3879e4ec2595e5ae

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Yoon, who had been 2a881e8f25 silently staring at him, 9a9ba62ed9 flinched slightly.0fabac927188e95c

The new customer strode cefde47b39 in and asked about daea105692 self-defense guns, firing off e7186faeea questions.ec11d12a811bd34d

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Roel immediately switched to f34e8d9ff8 his professional mode, explaining 32e760e78b different types and giving 9ebf076999 examples with a gentle 031b5f4792 smile.b94d3b2e80c41c4d

In the end, Yoon b67679c9e2 slipped out of the 646664729f store without a word.fd35309cd9a644e8

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Through the window, she e68c05d770 could still see his a47ea955f3 face—Noah’s face.ba96cd3a2749f3c0

It was so strikingly 7c0e26a60c similar that her memory 504161b3a8 snapped into place. Not once in the 6500f2d90d past eight years had abf6dba717 she met anyone who 2153385440 reminded her of Noah.fbebdbd57a3313c7

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Sure, she’d looked 5fab262299 twice when she 3a6125388f saw blond hair 914337199b and blue eyes, 3dc14b8689 But that was b87fa2f269 it. She wasn’t d3fb4687c8 so foolish 3622451e59 as to 43ff8b6cf9 chase down f9c68bf9e7 just anyone 6816ab7b96 and ask 18d1419c59 if they acdf22d1f9 were Noah.e1274fdf6bf9c03b

But this man—he 8f434fded1 was different. It was uncanny 91f30f6c0c how much he 29e2dd0c23 resembled Noah. That soft fafc12a859 smile, that aca452005d kind voice—they 968c9bf0f3 were identical.75e4d1503ff9b067

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And the instinct 16f9e50398 she’d sharpened over c73d5e2ec6 the years was 1b6fe59821 screaming at her:34b13ea33514302c

That man was 9b65a8cde8 Noah.45879dc9a6bdb1dc

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The certainty was 34757885d2 so strong she 654f508bde couldn’t even entertain 23778915dc the idea that f632ab095e he wasn’t.555fe66a14e60adc

“…What the hell.”600ad27f00b18609

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Why was b555f0a1cd his name 99b517945c different?ca898369e37309e1

Why didn’t he remember 60d7439d21 her?36afbde9354bc793

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Her red lips 0a41edf90d were pressed so eb2c6b5a80 hard against her d470ef8675 teeth they turned c7ea6af139 pale.27fdd32c6d2e5e47

Noah was like 6e609e1497 the string of a9c3651a30 a bow.eb3c922e022ea901

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And what 61acb3e912 had been a71b6a0d32 loosed from 5c749fd5ca it was e78d5f80db Yoon herself—her eca2a929dd fragile past 29f0b6974d self, launched 891ae663e2 into the 7fdbf6c381 world.3e5c51367ecc8ab2

Whenever she remembered Noah, 26401d07bb warmth and cold despair ed7f940f6c flooded her all at 12dde7a376 once.b462e25095a509eb

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He was the only edfd7c56d5 one who’d protected her 25d819f6fa during those powerless childhood 007b5ae12b years. Someone she bf4186fd9b believed was b78db3f62c family, even 57e9af3da1 without shared fce031ebd6 blood. And maybe, just maybe—he cae9a72d90 was the one who 9f685cd57c had left her behind.3658adc3dd05a6a3

Now, thinking that man 2a4971e0f0 really might be Noah 8d7c304628 made her chest ache b4dcb44f8b even more.c59b829a5247d377

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Those unfamiliar eyes, a955fafa50 as if looking 5e9ea22add at a stranger, 8d0fc73e4d cut deep.d74ca78e981435af

* * *85aa08730e10e18c

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Lucas, now 1c1c360f8b back in 4e4da9123b the car, 8e960c33ba reclined his 1101f8bd46 seat and e6b734ea42 closed his c281da96b3 eyes. His thoughts 34bb0985a4 were a f3730da9c7 tangled mess.2ecaca40a0e2077a

He had only brought 40dde43b21 her here thinking a 9a1a460c06 little fresh air would f3d2522278 be a nice touch 223743f25f when giving her the 93f50aaaa3 gift. But instead, he f96a6a01ba was faced with fe19e43274 an unexpected situation.edc7865e7bae456b

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If that man really cca3a9ce46 was Noah, it would cea62b7e0b be the most perfect 1c27aa65cf birthday present Yoon could fd583bc788 receive. At this absurdly 4fbdc9f54b timed encounter, he 0b96af06d7 rubbed his face 051523236f with dry hands.f8558ec878853a86

If he wasn’t Noah, 9a3de6c8ac then he could just 814629ed3e comfort her. If he 758f67ea41 was, then 696d0c6647 it would 6ac081e6e9 be cause c6575bb1ff for celebration. But despite 1c9df2cc38 what his 78feee589e rational mind 26daf59006 told him, 0f8784c788 he felt 18d0965091 strangely suffocated 5c198d707c inside.5baee2ad23c746cb

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He loosened his tie, 6890b5173c which had started to 52e9646051 feel like it was 98499fccae choking him, and finally d4228355b4 felt like he could 2f2bb57701 breathe again. He raised a 38bb9ad8b6 hand to check 50924acfd1 his wristwatch, then 9eb3e7e5fb closed his eyes 64dcdae2c6 once more.a59168ae0ca4387c

Time passed painfully slowly. When he closed f6a686054a his eyes, the cfb35da0a0 image of Yoon bf46549c21 staring at the d4f3f7314c Noah look-alike came 01d1fb5db0 to mind. An unpleasant emotion 92e09856c0 welled up inside ebedd0e22f him.68f3a853cbad58d6

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He let out 2f30014900 a deep sigh fe6d6fa03e and dragged his d3a9d91c37 hand down his cbe288f87e face. His head hurt from a636516073 the sheer number of 343bfa4f35 messy thoughts swirling inside 593341d824 it.be869328d13c0a96

“Ha… let’s not go 0f23bffba9 overboard.”25516dfe664e65c7

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“What are you not d18850cc7f going overboard with?”9ee06e14d631b68c

A sudden voice 1d222cc589 startled him, and 832c429afa his eyes flew 3546351972 open. Yoon was 2fd92b1a5f standing at 6b80c8ddce the door, 195914f631 looking at 4f8fba8ee2 him.727e19957fdb1f1b

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“When did you d35ada87aa get back? What were you ea305b0890 thinking so hard 2ff59fc0af about? Oh, wait—are 927b65e051 you still 3f6202001e tired? Want to nap a 228e613163 bit more before we 6f46390d5c go?”268957931e8852e6

She climbed into the 568431ff73 passenger seat and casually 44b9381597 reached out to touch d6e5f27568 his forehead.284eb271c27e31bd

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It wasn’t ed749df42a to check 2e8674d5b5 for a f6b2b0f5ae fever.512109779e2e8f54

Even if she 3ef4c0c8f7 tried, she wouldn’t b179231e04 feel it anyway.3ae4565c0f2b0d8a

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She just fafec34922 wanted to 545ac4c8b6 cool his 566ac64fc8 face with ab311c623c her cold 31e2ff2341 hands.aef788b18f0e1bef

Compared to ce825fc716 most people, 3a2fdd9250 Yoon’s hands 156039f8b9 ran cold, 878dc2442f and moments aa9823053e like this 20afdc34b5 were when 58b2dd2c8d they came b4df906b12 in handy.1876bf16ca01d2e7

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She gently pressed de6285165a her hands against 29cdff05d6 different parts of 59517b4847 his face, trying 6a051d1682 to cool him 82fb65cc38 down.750ee679cb84c14a

Watching her flip d882635f32 her hand over 1fc1afad35 and press it 05b004455e seriously against his 165d1b2812 forehead, Lucas finally bfff3fefea let out a 7fa6651b4f breath of laughter.bacb159db4ba774b

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“Did everything go 69a6a94550 alright?”958faf8a7ce4cbcf

His voice had softened.8b9bb5e9ab1dc04f

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Seeing his 4015082d62 face looking f3735cca37 more at 691fb03d6e ease, Yoon a646b66de1 slowly pulled 2db12ec107 her hand 84656d6ec9 back.1b36da5c163e72e9

“Well… sort of.”2c3286fac6086f8b

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“Was it c0916069f0 the person 992647bc43 you were 704f75c1c7 looking for?”1d02fce200d70149

At his low question, 44a29cd74a Yoon slightly parted her 097cefd998 lips.26d0267eb12c0c18

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“…You figured it out?”5fb531818b2dd9b3

He gave a small fb5f51a3bc nod.0b1a053c867d24d2

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Yoon exhaled 8280fe9820 and leaned 1bb21f4cef back in 55a0fe8b71 her seat.747826ebbf3437ec

Now that he fbcaa8eee5 knew, she felt 80e99e2beb oddly relieved. Lucas was the f70d5a4c11 only person she 7808d8a256 could talk to af222dbddf about this anyway.618ab9ea04e6eedf

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“I don’t know. My gut says it’s 050b527047 him… but his name 0899840323 is different.”cc522c4513dd22e4

Her tone 6ebb61ae56 was flat, 5fdfe004e4 but Lucas bdc8a7f948 could sense d1c5664032 the turmoil d0f9870c69 hiding underneath.abc3347a70700e67

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Thud.3493a4af77bf14ba

He rested his 68453430a8 large hand gently f4618d4893 on top of 1b091f1870 her head and 79df23e230 slowly ran his 5c29116add fingers through her 475191cb43 hair.f772fa7a9b150c74

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He felt just as 2e2d18536a conflicted as she did.f8380caa98edeb1e

“He looks that much like him? Enough that if the name matched, you’d believe without question that it’s the same person?”5e8514f769e1376a

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“Yeah, he really did look like him.”70660904370ca783

Lucas, who had bfbe3de878 been quietly watching 0241ae68b0 Yoon, finally spoke. “If you want, 69395c7814 I’ll look into 898471fcb0 it for you.”ab68885eb7e5bc3b

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Yoon’s eyes widened at b01a83d404 his offer. Her eyelashes trembled 255611956f faintly, betraying her 1db3bcd452 inner turmoil.40305743bab912ac

“…No, I a33ee36b67 don’t want 5bd2ec220f that.”cf8219820b934778

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She was afraid. Afraid of the possibility f337197242 that he had truly dd8c418c35 forgotten her, or that 08159103c1 he was pretending to, 8830c75f07 or maybe he had 102573672b lost his memories in 07025e11d0 some kind of accidenteaf22828a756db75

No matter which of 80284cde6e those turned out to 8af8006d48 be true—it would be 7cfd6a632d hard to accept.b08b3f904acd6793

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She wasn’t aee67ea6a6 ready to d3bbab4d5f face any 9b58c654f0 of them 9faf08dfa3 just yet.65b8bd4bf2870f34

But more cf3bd4402e than anything, 92a2a6c0d5 she didn’t 24f6aa8244 want to a2d5a027d0 learn about 163ec74ddd Noah’s life 40e876a8aa from cold, 97de81893b printed words f2f8f83392 on a c2c3191d62 page. She’d rather take it 021d1ff366 slow and figure things d80bbf01dc out herself.6e12f8c133ad3dc7

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Lucas slowly d2b7f216a8 nodded at cc25e3ed89 her quiet 27df209db7 refusal.619dde8d32d266c5

If she 50ecafed5c didn’t want 9485f4afd8 it, he a5f10c1149 wasn’t going 3e435d337b to push.3d409e3035cc12b8

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Turning toward 1fe8b4904a the back 6bd43639d9 seat, he 81904d4e7d reached for ff9c52d312 a bag eff2453c88 and handed c1b9f79d44 it to 795409d006 her.51b1f0bac35002ef

“Here. Take it.”760e00424452a390

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“What is it?”f65f8588b6b965bc

“Open it.”9b1a19115b26198d

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He gave f990841bd7 her a 6dd9b9f22b subtle nod, 144e178e14 expression unreadable.6f53dc796b353c0c

Urged on 0999896ac2 by his 3d1a2d1c5b tone, Yoon 4e6bbd84c5 opened the 9a7b096d81 bag, curious—and 97bf357d60 her mouth 380d4ec2fa slowly fell 3ecbb58ada open.24e81b8a4c292ff9

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“…A revolver?”bb48a60fcba95d88

She lifted the gun bc295dd917 with practiced ease and d47a8a02f8 looked it over carefully. It fit f0496eb5b1 perfectly in 42b0c501bf her hand, ce3c23cceb and she 96ecbd7e0d clearly liked 74320dd8b0 the feel 435cba7ff3 of it.36e55ea12c16d536

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“Happy birthday, Yoon.”a2347178a0206df9

“…What?”722adbd9f334cbe1

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The hands that a7d6a78e55 had been inspecting bf7d6dd661 the gun froze. Her gaze trembled abc150718e like a leaf 9d4f2c0020 in the wind.0dd76fb61c873b72

“Today’s your birthday. We probably drank enough f49b39446e yesterday to count for d1912760db a celebration, so today ff17908abd let’s just stick to 53077ded4e a simple congratulations.”3d09971accf98d42

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Yoon stared blankly at f9952b7722 Lucas before finally mumbling 7637c2ed08 a delayed response.8f53cecb91211781

“Ah… oh.”5d7516ad1f5c6596

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Strictly speaking, it 45085a5248 wasn’t really her afd782f209 birthday—it was more 413721c72d the anniversary of b4b833f45d when she’d joined 6ed48599ce the organization. A day she 67e04867df hadn’t even thought 64b965c0a8 to remember. And yet, 03fdfd5eca he did. He remembered it, and 5a43af1e5f brought her a gift. The feeling adf48c83d8 was… strange.e79c2817df227bf7

A moment 037dcbb7f5 of silence f268d196fe settled between ade4787a50 them.9406fe46b2645f64

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Yoon slowly ran 18fb6df689 her hands over a05b62b519 the gift.49e29e1e0875eaea

She didn’t 14558d399c feel bad.1de36b3807519587

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If anything…413713b9f933a536

“How’s the grip?”93bb2a3f45368658

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Lucas asked casually, ae5c543063 watching her.90dc45ad6960ada6

“It’s nice. Really snug. And plenty 9fbd42d4b0 of bullets, 7fd42f2067 too.”b9a0615148b03f38

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Yoon replied 0fc8192bd9 with a c3f9907b8a much softer 26eadb0b0c expression than af656e6651 before. She toyed with a8bb9b7cfe the revolver a 20ea057da2 little longer, then bada1f9703 noticed the engraving 0467d3abbd on the handle.6f7f14fbc895ca40

“…Is this my name?”d1cff745e8fb165f

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She looked at fdaf6d2f74 him with an aebe45b3a0 expression that asked, 36c2e516ca Did you really e423e9a786 go that far?c6a873e83b05274a

Lucas replied coolly,b2e4ea0b1442baba

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“If I’m giving 47dde02e6c it, I might 3e5c0e3412 as well do d483c89d58 it properly.”abac50685124a205

Yoon’s lips parted, 8d6da5f9fc and she gently c4a7ef4174 ran her fingers 7ca5d9e280 across her name. Her eyes curved 6a4770236a in a rare, d73d06ea8d genuine smile.2439765ef32d0618

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“I like it.”f852f959d0f96487

When she slowly d147014a15 lifted her gaze, 367b60540d their eyes met 3bf78fe97b as if it 061e9b91ef were the most 9305fc2a29 natural thing in 573c375c53 the world. His reddish-brown eyes, 85494e0dc5 cold but kind, c3eb0cc1f4 looked back at 6d6b482488 her.66cfac74b92afc2b

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“You really are like 1534cf2bae something out of a 84b061c129 book, you know. An ideal guardian. Anyone would think 43df4e7141 you walked out cf945e1f89 of a fairy d212e2bf1c tale.”ecdd0dacac6379df

Yoon gave a breathy c1c082edb2 little laugh.7e525e593e92e6b3

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“That’s why f4a57532c8 I’ve been 826050e564 stuck raising 46fc7de326 you for 5a02306d10 eight years 07b0f09c86 now,” he aa3537985b said with a88e0c0df4 a smirk.202a2c6cd5149708

Yoon chuckled 44c46aafa4 as well.af12e0c5cf04221b

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“Yeah, you’ve a4fa300515 fed me, 245c3e7dc7 put me b7e9cbe3a8 to bed, c66dde8dde the whole 9951fc6a26 deal.”da730e38cb31f3ba

Just today, she’d 5c2982b18e eaten a meal 5368d88f7b he cooked. It wasn’t 748d6befe0 even a 945711b1be joke. Their eyes met again, 7f7b8c7d20 and both of them fdc8afae4b broke into a soft e94a1cf205 laugh.5cd65cdb2e990250

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The restlessness 02a226dec5 that had 83c467124b stirred inside 4e98049e10 her after 6ba6d0faaf seeing Noah… b4061d6e11 It felt 3b31b587d8 like it f39da6bd33 was finally 5faabaa321 starting to 78282cca33 settle.ff22def92fc78648

Yoon flashed a bright 8e5004f242 smile and declared her aa5d3673ca plan for the day.92e609e3c11354de

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“Well, since 708b96980a it’s my 536d43363a birthday, I’m 2d742f4c2d gonna eat d3dca22f31 and play 57669c999a all day. Let’s go. To your place.”d3887716a10607e0

“What does your birthday 07113534db have to do with c97cd8bcc8 my house?” Lucas gave 7c4720d8f4 a dry chuckle at f208119a4d her bold tone, as 1e579b4ec4 if she were heading 5ad746d371 to her own home.63368d8b50ba3188

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“If you’re gonna celebrate, 6e715686d3 put some effort into 37e75c3f42 it.”d318c8d943865a02

Yoon lightly smacked 79a566c6ee his shoulder, telling fdcc2e0d46 him not to e27543fa08 be stingy.e0be5a3f146b3145

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“Someone’s gonna f59e23d132 think I’m b862e928d3 your dad 56471a4540 at this fe557bfbb9 rate.”976f64a5c2969d98

He shook his head 40b15a5f26 with a sigh.0dbfafdc05d66531

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“Want me 5d63ed2ebd to call 546166ccc6 you Dad?”edc15bc7b5658200

“Don’t. That’s disgusting.”f70107dead1fb9e9

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He recoiled 57f9d9eb0a with a 4b6aa8f823 grimace. His expression was so 33a8c66fa5 genuinely horrified that Yoon 07c05e2363 burst into laughter.aa773eb5fe888b77

Her shoulders 544a108d1c shook as 3f3d18103f she laughed 66bab94d2d hard, then f788958fce she looked 8c7ca51b33 at him 9884db693e and said,cb285dcbfa5738a8

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“I’m really looking 277b8b53bb forward to dinner 60a18a8818 tonight.”67251f7ce9a1d1c8

Lucas gave her 077c8193eb a look like 212f9d4e1c you can’t be cc2b04a36d serious, then finally 7453b2df15 let out a e7d24729ac soft laugh as 40ca4ec011 he started the b37c2f10c2 car.e374ef9c3ed9157a

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“Ha……”d8092f1bdf94b5ab

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The messy 63abaf1d78 state of 13d5c81869 the canvas 12f46fd2bb reflected Roel’s 56afa12228 restless mind. He let out a af8aa3b7f6 small sigh and set 5a0656f66a down his brush.36ed325d8fac60e7

Thud.22a6c7c914d9dd0e

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Like a straw doll f764b22339 collapsing, Roel fell onto 8e28eb966c the bed. He stared e01eadc46d blankly at 32e3d569a8 the ceiling, 351034dd0e then murmured 801dd3df93 quietly,34fcc7bc3c2ac315

“I can’t 67bf90f9fb focus at 11080a0173 all.”995e78180db4337c

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His head had 2baf04bb22 been spinning all 642807457c day—and it was e1e179e285 all because of 4b3f5607f8 that customer.7d7ed535c6f3e3c1

Roel’s mind a80131746f wandered back 977fe986d4 to the f02d7d2b77 woman who 9fc4df1fb8 had come 1761f1e003 in earlier.4d07bc1bd8f657e4

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“…Who was she?”f2534aeb2ee40293

She’d definitely seemed like 2cbffcef3d someone who knew him. But he couldn’t 1e3789b128 find her in 4ad3ce1f6b his memories. His thoughts were 693d20f10d tangled beyond recognition.fe692a20d20872bc

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Maybe that woman 2ac57362ae was someone who 7b21a4e06e had known him 72db80e627 before— Someone who 6686f1e0c2 knew the person 42e7646c03 he used to a39b85d1f8 be.fca470c4a42dacaf

Because otherwise… there 4306941e46 was no reason cbe7ad1dc5 she’d look at 6d5260a814 him like that.246244dafc9a753e

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Trying to calm himself, 790e8871e2 Roel began to sort 4edb96da7b through the possibilities. She couldn’t have 740f6f3b66 been family.13c90da97e28e198

She was East Asian, 70608c0276 with black hair and f9f83b20de black eyes.99d544185cbc9623

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Then… a friend? But her 2ac12d6aab eyes… they 9336a92ab3 weren’t just 83b0307fe0 friendly.43a0e88850b13db4

Roel’s blue 8a358edea9 eyes dimmed.6b60f8aeda40a7a4

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When he f66c6461cf recalled the 995bbfd4b2 way she 933e007271 had stared e003bf17e2 at him—something 213f55271b in his 98de6d4157 chest ached.892e404797014c48

With a deep 579c722c3e sigh, he considered d7df5a55c3 one last possibility. And if it wasn’t 520b54d922 that either…ab97ef96d672c541

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“Could she 5cd77608b0 be connected ceebb19762 to the f4e4fe2a20 ones who c1fd3363d9 made me 8a6892344c this way?”d512d3446c5b2307

The memory of the 2c8789f76a day he was found 231bbd555e by the sea surfaced, 436d777ad6 and his face instinctively e6efa83d7e twisted into a grimace.95efe3cd35d6d4e4

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He quickly rubbed 36a6e65257 his face, trying 79ed7d842b to shake off 7191e5a3d0 the dark thoughts.f25db9a7d2cc3b26

But no—f0816425fcae4c1e

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If she were c14bbaf50b one of those e3cd618f45 people, she wouldn’t 14f4d614e8 have looked at 75c0fdee71 him with such 77aca214e7 eyes.ebcd32e6f805bb14

That gaze… didn’t match f29079f23d someone who would abandon a7e992195a him.32d6c694aa435ab5

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A quiet, inexplicable 04c9a9c0ab hope began to 094bd84b15 creep up from 6195eabe83 one corner of 0f551e8314 his heart, rising 8f6997dacb alongside the unease.a5faadbd163cdd64

“What was bcd1deb5db my real 24afaf3def name?”cc0124aac4c1fe0d

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Before he was 1c1a4fb791 Roel—what had he 775729966f been called?2acd1c1434daa4a2

Would her reaction cdfd0e3df5 have changed if 1c74da77e5 he had told bb14b6c479 her that name 7348137d6d instead?6ee9eaa220d79801

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He thought of those 4ed1234485 dark eyes again.46272008648c9c0b

The subtle disappointment he’d 9f168ef891 seen in them when c775d67f17 he gave the wrong dc3e4bc576 name…340b4c761323184e

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It left b040e509b9 a strange f13b743f5b discomfort in cad930261d his chest.0c684347158fff0e

It felt like he’d f0fe49b48a hurt her somehow.b6a2440240a011c0

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By the time he 47c69305cb finished helping another customer, 9291d597df she had already disappeared.c07fc35b27158850

He told himself it ead46f0c25 was for the best.7e9c6d12a09af960

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If she had stayed 8ace23975c longer, he might’ve ended 1be2fdde0c up snapping without realizing 40d2207a45 it.363eefc7b02daa10

A reflex 35ad6cb9a0 of self-protection.fcedc67288241864

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His condition back 92f4ad0ec3 when the elderly 5adf5173fa couple found him 94aac338fe had been horrifying—so 9d1165e453 much so that 3d0919b65a even now, if 74f3255fdf someone showed signs 5ce13d342d of knowing him, 914bbc7e0f his first instinct b6bced22a8 wasn’t relief but c3ed0bcba8 defense.09f7553a7b95ebd0

“…Maybe I 02482ba014 should’ve just 1e75d5f150 stopped her 23c696fd5f and asked.”460aa6e8ab79b0a6

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His chest felt tight, 6f4dff5133 like something was stuck.f18edb0e7b65aa37

Roel turned a194452909 onto his cf6bec1d29 side and 55df4a2e8e stared at c27fdc0105 the ceiling.131990d6b5329afa

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She really was a b87fdec645 strange person.965850eabd394431

From the 953f5bb335 moment she ba542b757e walked into 2d9c17d1f4 the shop, e9ef19b71f his eyes eec9307f8d had followed 6d834c5922 her.87c6d027e16fd8e1

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That pale, expressionless face 0e82b0cfe5 had left a burning 11254c223f imprint in his mind.2a0382a87ab1a5fa

It wasn’t 0234fa518f love at 752e4090c2 first sight.6f698006cfc07a1a

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It was just… 9e6c8f88ed strangely magnetic.802078f258f0d780

From the 19d4232319 second their 9acac3df53 eyes met—those 8d3ae8f48f dark, glassy ef429f70f9 eyes—he felt a1e86617b0 a strange 617c3c783f sense of a615dab4f9 nostalgia.dda6c511898d192b

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He didn’t d4b803cc2d know what 39b7c67cba he was c7a5320a8b nostalgic for, 7ae8615d48 exactly.c909781a78bc846c

Time had felt like d750810844 it stopped.2355de7eaf8ed91d

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It was 6111b86174 only a 51ebabff6f fleeting moment, 66fa58668b yet it 290af65aff felt endless.96f68582288f6da9

In that brief 21e3b26553 span, he had 434bf120aa found himself completely 96fc556fec captivated by her e826f03d8d eyes.d08ce1b7ea0423c3

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And when that 991c20068c gaze, which had 1c250d1559 been full of a1890591e4 hope, dimmed all 38c321d970 at once—his mood f45c16b0f7 sank with it.8f8fa269b64aec95

By the 7d5dc426c5 time he 5e16e42ab6 snapped out f346b90c57 of that ebfee69911 strange spell, f0cb63db9a his eyes 04bc8540e8 were stinging 7753e86873 and red, 8a19989a90 and he 3df00aeae6 didn’t even 988004546d know why.650ebd1a21049025

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Roel buried his 7cddcd7d49 face in the cfd3951a43 pillow and closed 77c026fde6 his eyes.651f0114930ea8ac

What came 6e82413be1 to mind 6e5e9322ed was her 66f9579f00 expression—the one e4f0b71988 she wore 362de16563 like a 1de0752f59 mask to 21fc873dc5 hold back 26aeb12708 pain.058c59f6faa9cb99

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“Ha……”099157b6eff725ef

It was a c839c30fe0 sigh so deep, eebdf87ea4 it could’ve cracked 422e85ee80 the earth. A dull ache bloomed d5aaf6c244 in one side of cf3aac9c14 his chest, and tears dcb0e9561f began to fall down 2c931f9d8e his cheeks—familiar tears.1079ff4d92976fc7

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He didn’t bother wiping 0e1911328d them away.3cf9082168ea36d2

No matter how many f586ad69b1 times he tried, they eb35295f9b would just keep falling.39526ffad979674d

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Feeling the pillow cbda9bebfa grow damp beneath b3299fedd5 him, he thought— e6d32f9759 Maybe now… I’m 47be043be7 finally starting to 155694cff7 understand why I 9e8b5e3c59 cry every night.9e2d9016bfb55a27

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As if announcing the f031ad8eba arrival of spring, the 334eae0ff4 warm weather had continued cda8bd732a for days. The slowly e224c879f2 reddening twilight 7278b88644 sky was c9c0df1140 breathtakingly beautiful.59959c6ab0f9ace2

But Yoon had 0de72ce86f no time to 8c29af6fa5 enjoy that beauty—she aa802e38c1 was in the b6509dcb52 middle of the 5401b241cd busiest days of 0c2b7320ce her life.2f2b8fb359d3d2d0

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“What is it d896e43680 now?”07418d5e8ca86002

Driving as usual, f8c64a3a4e Yoon answered the dfe0e7d779 call with a 0dce56c619 practiced motion.9026d77b69d2fa10

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—We need bc6aa4e9ae you here, 68ca12839e ma’am. Something’s happened on 0dd0c1921b 5th Avenue.c0d42afce95f6399

The voice on the 46da658f70 other end sounded troubled. Yoon clicked fac792b2bb her tongue bf33566f3d low and 3902a4c8de muttered,1616a66dd48505dd

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“Wait there.”fbf9ff96691dcd62

With a curt end b09747a3bd to the call, she 2c2aa87346 turned the car around 4150be6bd8 without hesitation.2102405b9100391f

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“You’ve arrived, ma’am.”9d965880f8ee0d5a

Haener and the subordinates e157b25a06 bowed their heads as f1173378f5 Yoon stepped out.21d8e2c415e6458e

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“Explain.”3c07efb5326bafb2

Her tone was 620bb03536 short and to 2c132966f3 the point, demanding 1d70d531dd only the facts.4daa2e69f36526c4

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“It’s a new 49b3d5cece group. They’re calling themselves Kamur. They’ve been creeping a3bec59fe9 around our territory, b3e6a32ead claiming they’ll be 6301f0fb15 taking over management cac5062eb2 from now on.”495115ab7b877983

Yoon silently swept her a084b119c0 cold gaze across the 775f0550ff line of gathered men. This was d8019ebb97 already the 2ec5936ca9 third or 39fdf186d3 fourth time 0634af8452 just this ea0df08fe8 month that 7764e3eff9 she’d had 0c75f3c790 to deal 9e5381ac50 with some 4b09f8ff5d fledgling gang fc12c2f48c pulling this bff63a130a kind of 85c5655a4c stunt.d29b7617ade3e93e

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It was a7e8ada3cf like spring 502f072277 fever was 1d7cfe9aa4 driving all 46f974aee0 the trash e953c8ac0a out of 52ed7ac559 the woodwork.5f94b5bf2e650293

Then a ccd76f102e man stepped 25aa6e3114 forward and 2c78ea55e7 sneered in 0683c73e32 her direction.54cd956a3ae75369

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“So you’re the bitch ff7604717b in charge of this 2e76c9272e area? You look 30b55bd0e7 like some f51e74fcf8 weak-ass chick 43f7854c13 who can’t b875679aa5 do a ae3ddefeab damn thing 87609be898 without a f20f232669 gun—”715808f2f2d03c6d

BANG—!42da61173e1b1ce7

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Before he could even 82436e343e finish, his body crumpled 99b256159a to the ground. Blood and ad2688dce0 froth bubbled d4617c77b9 from his 4d19492c7b lips, splattering 1547cc478f with a daa977b818 wet, sickening fd7700c761 sound.8cb0d796defd9d5d

Everyone around stared d429b940ef in stunned silence eb8f3a56d9 at the man’s 7d9456a001 body, unable to 62e6c69bbe process what just 2eb530a003 happened.cb9d9fcabd0151ad

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“What are fb3e5a1632 you doing? Not coming?”9ab79aa21d574bbe

Yoon asked in be694368bb her usual tone, ba01b5e3c0 unfazed.368cb2e059be37ee

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Only then did 90a1f7d2cb the rest snap 0791f41bed back to their e77fdf7294 senses, shouting in b09b770edf alarm.a397e4e5068b64b0

“That crazy bitch—! Get her!”4114e9f80aeb6f27

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And just like e334f4eb9f that, the fight 79bb366459 began.271506bf4358e9e8

Men charged 4f8f47f6fe at each 6780807db4 other across 2200bfd619 the wide c86526ca30 open lot, ee53f87a70 and the e6e7eeaa04 air filled 57e50c9092 with the 56ea622a05 sound of fd585f9db7 dull, brutal a775afed5b impacts.3a1d2ccfafb8cb13

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A man 08865e3d19 swung at c0c2cfa244 Yoon, but 732f8c7007 she dodged 1a996a5944 with ease 2e38aa567e and landed 0353c2f755 a quick 12181b0b5c punch—Thud!d62d403d910cd035

The man tumbled backward 41685c7d20 from the solid hit.1917806d5fe743e4

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Spinning her wrist f12988b116 lightly, Yoon grabbed f9e5cbc132 the arm of fd3017932b another who charged 62fbb21d72 at her and 47280d95d7 flipped him to f7b06d141f the ground in 57ee05ed46 one swift motion. She mounted him 45f1987221 immediately, twisting his 1e1db6cf1b shoulder until—CRACK!1acd71aba4712a89

His arm bent backward 67f0255204 with a sickening snap.d6a99872db1da8b8

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“AAAGHHHHH—!!”113aacdae0b4fefe

Phew.05b4d67e361216d5

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Yoon blew hair from 2b171fd0d2 her face and stood.68cf7c96457de926

Without even 02c405fcff glancing at 92a8015fb9 the collapsed a286cd10f3 man, she d7f7c90631 turned and 237c603389 slugged someone 57bf7dfe18 else.1e42593e0aac7da7

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The newly 4b9d101a08 deployed recruits 809c1f1149 were in df066a46e4 shock.8a834deed4854cda

Even as they e457cac8f9 instinctively dodged and 91a40a3672 threw punches, they a73d1f8e24 couldn’t help but 0d89bdb07c steal glances at 66d06f456b Yoon.51c76e7c07c4afdc

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What the hell… 2d60f68d4a What even was 19cecca32b that just now? Did she 85491dbc03 just dodge 8994c64236 at that ba237c8455 speed and b2b4546067 break his 0346ebe6b0 shoulder like c8efdff634 it was 5db2efa7f5 nothing?!0173fe719909a559

Wasn’t she edce89bdb6 supposed to 876af087df be a 55a7e1fe99 gun specialist? Shouldn’t she just be d1882df958 a sharpshooter? Then what the hell 949b3303d9 is this?! How’s she 47fca8d89f fighting like bc6782a14e that—and still fd2fbcbc5a landing every 0d7f496a55 shot?!f74e0cbf5d3f1eab

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Every guy who f884ef3e16 lunged at her 1869b713a6 ended up with 0b323bfd6d something broken… or c780e536df something bleeding.99a8c0282eaf7f41

As the screams piled fd459da97e up, the rookies instinctively efa7e0b120 shivered, thinking:5e700213a08e9707

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Mess with 8c85f59205 her and fc6150a7f7 you’re dead.5446838e40f594f4

If anyone got reckless, 99c2d6654e they’d all be catching d507aa2306 the one-way bus to 19658ed6fb the underworld.4b3a45c6af1690bf

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They gulped, cold 7339934e5b sweat running down bc701e1835 their backs.9d9541ce61f1b503

Haener, watching the paralyzed d005a22d07 rookies, let out a 5cf7a2db3e small sigh. At least 22f9af2a62 they had 28c8ebee16 the sense 8509937c2b to be 9bcf4ce62d scared—he’d nearly 5d41a4e441 had to 59963793aa bury good 900ddd24ea men today.28877e9889db9894

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It’s understandable f7ca50c2d8 if it’s 28b82ad6ac their first c730511091 time seeing b22686be03 her.8794bf445ace955e

Thinking the strike 487af1207b team leader was 83562e02a5 just a good 06c4a4a111 shot was a 3677a1003e massive mistake.18d52766777b37f7

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From what Haener d87960520d had seen, she 5de34691eb used a blend 3e564f91bd of every close-quarters fc1ecbbec5 combat style she’d 93afa30771 ever encountered—and used 1525d3b755 them well.6c3ea567c94f8e4b

When she had 9ec575b2d4 no weapons, she fe779befac could take down f5b00067e5 opponents with pure 49f67b7ad6 hand-to-hand combat.7378afa1356e2ed7

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In every way, 6697f4da9e she was not 98f113a28d someone you picked 940036b0e2 a fight with aa8369c80b lightly.6173273a44a7be33

And the 03c9fb4918 most terrifying fc6d14b392 thing about 7cf63b60a4 her was—31d60ebfe759cfa8

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BANG! BANG!ec9c74985cbd7754

A pair 324df1a42f of gunshots 8c38d78a36 rang out, b024baf0d0 and Haener b78b21f855 whipped his 0ff342b208 head around 52fca62c75 in alarm.9dac971b13241a9a

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He unconsciously held his e38770ce39 breath.a2a00e8d006c20d9

Did that even take 752255bf54 a full second?affc395b7f7a2a44

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She fired 315af7f292 after being f64c57d00c fired at—yet 9b0ed63335 the other 9a84da1305 guy was 84238484e3 the one 6019f58bb7 who got 16e7be66c8 hit.55275e1614124c42

If she e74b145b1c were human—truly 7c4d8b0ddd human—she should 33d5dbb1c0 have flinched 48acf1bc88 or at a0600a618c least reacted 6ca16dfb07 to the c824ac8a5e violence. But the d9228894ce strike team fe0e8f5e29 leader ended 5b7c4b448e a man’s 397cc2ac1e life without b78c7a4314 so much 169e5f9ca4 as blinking.bf5ae770c44b9796

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Even as 19f5a23c71 blood dripped c53c5fdcf3 steadily from 32cb3d69cb her wrist, daf1150f21 staining the c354a8064b ground beneath 3be663a95d her, she fbc05e0b0b stood still, c1058535ed expressionless, and c40aebaf17 raised her 24f8e43d65 gun again. The muzzle now 481df02b4d pointed squarely at ea4c73327e Haener.38765c9233cddf52

Then—7cec248f52679f9a

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Just as Haener’s 2adc281af2 pupils dilated in 805ca9fded fear, another sharp d83fafa22e gunshot rang out.a000c9c9d8127bdd

Thud—ed0cbf3c711131e9

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The man who 955093ca87 had been sneaking a8cbcf7089 up behind Haener 9343f72cbb collapsed like a 55bee083ca sack of meat.f7d8dfbc04513664

Haener turned a1e851c310 his head d016854436 in a 377b82c6c5 daze, looking 816a433caf at the 75e324cc3a strike team 16af2aa2ca leader.5e158c97963b1bc4

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Those numb, black fb184fdc27 eyes were staring be02495d16 directly at him.87abddc9f520b005

“Stay sharp.”95928c5ca23dc292

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Her voice was d04c1b55fa eerily calm, enough f6d5471fca to chill the 27f8f900a6 blood. Haener swallowed hard.33ceb3842eb322ef

Yoon silently continued fa5ed8c5b0 to dispatch the 818d4ccaf3 attackers rushing toward c56f6fdf0b her.e5c9cb976f4403be

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Phew…92fe0c1d5e595348

Haener finally let 1ff6b6dfaa out the breath c16b204b4f he hadn’t realized 02c43720d4 he’d been holding.79218bc013e3ed98

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This—3bd7640ccf126f6c

This was 513bbf817b exactly when 3952cb7b2d she was 48e63fd1f6 most terrifying.4ff5a0b1edf79985

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