TTD Chapter 1

He brought two cd354924d6 cigarettes to his 0fb6c242da lips.ebed1bd38ad19a2e

“……”e389288562aee698

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A hazy 08a12ada38 line of e96b134549 smoke cut c924385e8f through the b20dccc69f damp, heavy 64a779af83 air.a3f97e4c7bad6c9b

Iseok lounged back, his 9971826d62 gaze drifting idly across a2cd9480fb the room. His sensuous af81dac54e eyes, at c228c3196c odds with 42c1e91814 their dry, 354e6f0c93 detached expression, ba83972e72 wandered through 752d383766 the throng 159a97ccad of bodies 066b347204 before closing fdf747a2fa briefly, as 043cc39656 if exhausted.bc13e059bd347cb5

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“…Anyway.”4f47e6ab40a39673

Fucking hell.be534021de8604f2

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The formless haze b9f8af2aab and the cigarette d3bd84300d smoke clinging thickly 3c299d9918 to his face c6e8c6edab were no different. A dull e315367ce7 indifference washed 9e49f05011 over him. The self-destruction he 18dc04931d usually indulged in 066e588139 felt particularly tedious da03a460f1 today. Losing interest, Iseok rose 71ffc41d67 from his seat with 893816f043 a bored expression.70342c0190b64991

This club had been d2978c1fce built from one of 829851f24e his own properties, renovated 28e3b57f95 to suit his needs. On the very 719d248ae0 top floor, he a7e1e64735 had added a 5ea7f7a296 private room. Some said eac78179a5 it was 3e1891f11b his personal 1608828c2e bedroom, meant 59c03ce0fd for indulging 8884bbb1ee in debauchery. Others claimed it was 2055d1a6ab an art studio, a 5e005ccc8a space for his paintings. Neither was bf8ad7be89 entirely wrong, 9e0d6dd265 nor entirely 8a830e11f2 right.b35f3075409b78a3

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The moment the door 7649bb8c50 shut behind him, the d57ef0eabc noise vanished, as if 5e6a787d97 he had stepped into 8ddde5a913 another dimension. In the 679b213857 alien silence, 73ae0eda26 he slowly a0144efb63 scanned the 039ae8e321 room. Paintings lay 5c2f9ab342 scattered like 66b80b82cb discarded rags, f14d97d99d but they 40472012ce were nothing 5f9d0156e6 more than 18ee93d3f4 incomprehensible scribbles.7c9418a2bf814ae5

His gaze settled on cda4e4eccc the piles of artwork, 3f3f910c6c resembling remnants of bones. Then, moving languidly, he 8f4b6c9313 sat before an easel dd5fe11e1e under a focused beam b33bde96f7 of light. His eyes lingered 5519829e53 on the unfinished f9e380746e sketch.918d6416851a203d

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The only place 8ec5ddd5e4 where a human 0285fb82bf form existed.d328d2baca3c9483

Iseok picked de908457e1 up a b4b49e6849 pencil. He intended to finish f82182faed it.e537444038a88e8c

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Scratch, scratch.f8151f30e6540f2a

With each precise 269f14a80d stroke, the veins 55abbe3093 on his forearm 30807f0d80 surfaced beneath his b671ab20e2 rolled-up sleeves. Black and white lines fc3aec75ee moved elegantly—sometimes long and 442fb731ac graceful, sometimes short and 46941d04d6 sharp. His intense 4b49f5f551 gaze followed febbb7ac3e the strokes 92f86429a7 relentlessly, as 6fabdd39a3 if searching 6778e43984 for paradise, 8436135652 as if 36a5884efb desperate for 9536e21731 water in 9aff760ae3 a vast 69f26ae9d3 desert.9e9ddc1f10565fe7

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The more the 8b323fd181 drawing took shape, 50134d50e9 the more life 7b381f9638 surged into his 5442b3734b eyes.6af8d363595da864

The sketch was of e2793360da a woman’s face.a85750a8a3fb5996

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He traced the delicate c1b11fccde contours he had drawn, 5f8cd09b54 his expression unreadable, before e9b2d06dbd returning to fill in 70de01e45e the remaining empty space.c0de5e183c6269c9

Tap.085a03557bb7342e

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The pencil was 77b341d08d set down. His gaze deepened.9e9876969a36962a

At last, only 128b9eeb6e one face remained, 696af8c713 perfectly complete.c2c33f5d0b5f7aa7

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His hand slid over f3c131fcef his rigid erection, stroking 1687c2e455 along its length before 755e66c6c9 gliding back down to 0cd05e63ba the base—over and over dfedcbd479 again. His heated gaze, dad4968f87 veiled with desire, d3c4776f4c lingered on the 7c1770f52a woman’s delicate, cat-like d32d81c77e eyes, tracing over 5670ea3c05 the soft bridge 3c11e094a0 of her nose. Eventually, his attention drifted 53078aea0e to her slightly parted, d7f8268d66 flushed lips, before settling d3cbbbdba4 on the small beauty c47f91b8de mark imprinted just below dcf22d4327 her lower lip.eee55a0d25cfd2a2

The moment aeec76689a his tongue 963a77bbbe unconsciously swept c336499c10 across his 546ea3fcbc own lips—c2249de0ca70f81f

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“Ha…”15539fd921c2bf2e

Thick semen spurted, 92e9cba9bb mercilessly splattering across c00ffdb210 the woman’s face. His grip, which 6a9b06eba8 had been firmly a499c5a4d9 rubbing against the 35aa3cb171 tip, slackened and 49167e7001 fell onto his 861eab6ecd thigh. The woman, once vivid, 3e3b88486f sank back into the d8d43a9dee silence of one-dimensional lines.83eb6c701073b892

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A crooked 8a2eba27b8 smirk tugged d57e9634f3 at Iseok’s 2867945c78 lips. Exhaling languidly, he 22d4c969ad reached for a ad43b5e6d7 cigarette from the 0f5d5c937d palette table, lighting 8d45997aeb it as his 36486c6fb7 gaze remained fixed aaad9a2bbc on the now-stained 0de8877678 sketch.096486c05991e306

For some reason, a f11c645857 lingering dissatisfaction crept into 9653ad7d35 his expression.15a816646b5778b5

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His thirst remained unquenched, 01f414ad44 and the suffocating frustration 51fed23ee7 in his chest only fec0ebcde8 grew heavier. A low groan pushed 82361ca6bc past his throat as 532a51260a his fingers absently brushed 7ad9d6391d over his dry Adam’s 1a9f55f29a apple.ea14963527609d15

Ah… So even this d7428729a8 so-called sacred patience had 158a740a5c its limits.2223607687330110

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Leaning back dda7d432c2 lazily, he 6c20411c7d tilted his dce741fe72 head toward 853b1c65f8 the ceiling.96eda2064cff5336

“…The snowfall over Seoul 79a0013c2b is expected to continue 61f1e32699 through tomorrow morning. Drivers are advised ecd6ef69b2 to exercise caution d03f3e39cf during their morning 2104407e02 commute…”d95cb8a8c43f7435

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From the radio left 0fc6b4cc6e playing in the background, 7036d4f1c7 a news anchor calmly cb02aeeeca delivered the forecast.0d2638da42098218

Snow was coming in 3230427d58 December.2dbdac28027e3603

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There are e888c4f770 days like 0cd45c7fcb this—days so 208a541c72 utterly fucked adac9e5a53 up that cc9bdddaa1 even the 4c57028032 sound of 30c48932cb your own 909ddf586e breathing feels a76dd70714 unbearable.4472b774daef1f92

“Marriage…?”7d302aa856fa74ee

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Her gentle gaze, usually 0e45a279f0 unreadable, wavered slightly.019d8519128a946d

Opportunist.e801e89be2dc75bf

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That word had to 622de49bc4 be meant for her—Heeju 3124ba6f37 was sure of it. In a life 74a78c7ebf spent tiptoeing through 08728dc81d the world like beb10af6f8 a cautious prey 65fb7b782c animal, opportunism was affbb55afb the only survival cd201576e7 strategy left. Clinging to power in 5d2abfd012 order to stay alive—that 7c256d85d1 had been the defining 04ec68fb26 principle of her entire e6ad7566a0 existence. And since her f2e94ecb8f family had expected 606d3afc5c the same, their 56b1d655d1 interests had always 46e0ab1c75 aligned.a1fd7da67d36bfc9

Until one minute ago.dbdec78d208edd44

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“You’re telling me to… 1514d81fed marry Ryu Iseok?”5fe041967d4d3db9

Her vision 0874cbb313 blurred, then deacda6a03 darkened. By the 6387790fc7 time it 94563142c3 cleared, her 3af7ce156b face had 993cc02ec2 turned ghostly 45ee3bfb1a pale.8ae58d72eeb58284

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She had spent e99f3690dd years perfecting obedience, 24dd328271 offering her submission da1ac1161d like a carefully cc46d8e962 calculated investment—because in 64961eeb29 a family where 8a01fceb5a everything ran on c8826ef961 cold, hard logic, a45f00c544 there was no 27fee0331e other choice.97ed4a51be3990b9

And yet, 335edbef43 after all e7954f5d70 that bitter e865d2cc5f patience… marriage 7ee7f91a08 tohimwas the outcome?644a231e3873effb

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Forcing herself to remain b0fe1373e5 composed, Heeju looked directly ffb844a042 at her grandmother and a6da844ddd spoke.bb27355a6b6575c4

“How much… did you b8dc136132 get?”41b9977b3d053c53

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“How much? Child, what are 720d9fff94 you saying?”5f3524760bb8f234

Her grandmother averted her cbd2302b19 gaze awkwardly, drawing a 5596501492 polite boundary with her 5f6540d128 refined tone.9ce2dc31dbad1e07

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The grandson of 6a42be59db Geo Group’s chairman, c6598c42db the president of c578258145 Hotel U—Ryu Iseok. To her grandparents, 763777ec98 he must have fff4e08c5f seemed like a 635fc79d79 golden egg. Whatever rumors followed his 4747f93bcb name didn’t matter.22483d54131c510b

“Mom! Go check Heeju’s room. That girl’s looking ef787e4a22 plump again—bet she’s c4644b4fdd been hoarding food 8e9ad9bfb5 like a damn 2a10aeddd0 rat.”79e3bada2635dea6

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Her uncle, 521882205c who had 30a428060d just returned 7b6af82f22 from Dubai eb8ac2d173 after two 74fc64787e years, had f731461aba scanned her a7687cfd84 up and 3b760c7ffa down with 190d02f38e the scrutinizing 4eaad333a9 eyes of ad4e3cb1b9 a warden. And as always, it 7294cc1ccc only took a single ab040c1d55 phone call on the 6778d88971 day of his departure 04cbf3b10f to turn the household 1b120c9765 upside down.e23099b778514988

So from the crack 9649b79204 of dawn, her room bd87dac507 had been ransacked.0dbb8b39bdc65906

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The morning, 2c0c740ab9 which had 1aa5b1a29a begun with ea204221ce the excitement 85abc52462 of the 81fae0cfff season’s first e055eb61a7 snowfall, had 55a321ec73 turned meaningless cc5b57f2f6 in an 06d5b5c01c instant.d9d633a4988d01f0

The moment ccc3febd32 her grandmother 105401d47e discovered the 7047a09fe7 stash of dac9f88fd1 snacks she 50f15894e8 had been 27045d9260 sneaking from b2503f7823 her drawer, b8018f6a30 she erupted 269f881ca9 in fury.6efcbcd1116c8aa1

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Although her grandmother was 545a061723 usually composed, she wasextremelysensitive when 1a319ae97a it came bddf983387 to Heeju’s 3e5243f2b5 appearance.071957f7f9b8f484

Having just returned 22e8869c11 to Korea after cabf510c36 years of studying 48dfa6a9ee abroad, Heeju wasn’t 5f5929d4e0 used to such a1ad320649 scenes anymore. Her heart pounded 10e9267013 at the sudden 390b1301c9 commotion, but she 5ff63860ec quickly resigned herself 64209df9f4 to it.55683f51cb9874e6

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She should a0e9d115e2 have just b5421a0aec hidden the 43183719b5 snacks under 28fbfc135a her bed—that 66c701d91e was her c3f9e9a51d only regret.3ca01aa26ec5a9e2

So she d666ab5c75 had thought 4fa9b35cc6 that the db5e28f24c worst part 25e002ff96 of her 1d5b91199d day would 6120e6a80a be enduring b44175ffa8 the morning bdb7d7043f lecture on cf49fc08c2 “a woman’s 4de3fc66b7 virtues” while 269e16580e her grandmother dc276d4a12 pinched at 199aecd349 the barely-there f899ad184b flesh on b4d1d0edd2 her waist.9f947d617ade7ade

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She had thought that b5f29dcbd3 was the worst of da3d329576 it.149da9a5293dcc6a

“Anyway, that’s how it 0808ba1c37 is. What a blessing! You’re marrying 6e17f24ee1 into a 8bd04ac7eb good family 63b0f773e7 at the 791e585dc6 right age—how 0de5889457 fortunate.”b7cf41856ab5506f

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She had always known 21f5d5a9db that to her money-loving 9ec651ab27 grandparents, even marriage was bed1ecfcdc just another business deal. She had prepared herself 8de7d5f0bf for that.6fb0a51fa2408df3

She had assumed that bce6a98e49 if she played along, 79edab0c1e she would at least 2d8bed7eab be treated with basic c4c976f817 dignity. That they would at 56d1773a49 least marry her off 10ec9c4126 to someone decent. That shedeservedthat much.c6206cbe4664e5fd

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But their greed 4a88150361 had blinded them e4ebb76f53 completely.6674ffa026b8fdc2

“……”bbdeda503f30d6ce

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Her grandmother’s 5cdeb4e6a9 firm voice dd4066c98f snapped Heeju 2f58a283fb out of 628635be17 her daze.3060a630c8c0159a

She forced a smile b193095716 onto her face—one she eaf8a7cfc8 had never worn before.08379b263fb0063f

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“This is ablessing? Really, Grandma?”39102626bf94da31

“What?”ee5deec5f435af8a

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“What did you 2713276e51 get out of 32098fa6ab it? Did you manage 4336fa7eac to squeeze a 4c1eb865e1 meaningful share of a044020b00 Geo Group’s stocks? Youmusthave gained 175c0cb9dd something, right? Otherwise, there’s ef873e360c no way 3536b05d22 you’d hand 84827c55a1 me over 53d1d7df9a to Ryu dd7ec2e405 Iseok. Right?”bdfd180577fd9b8f

“Watch your tone.”f4eb5f388064f419

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The anger rising within 9551e243b8 her quickly turned into 68440860c1 despair, staining her vision c50db1f8a8 with hopelessness.cd03b605c77bda76

Her voice wavered as 81b5950a8f she whispered, “That man… 230676bb08 I heard he does ae09e53934 drugs.”4dd66aea2bd55bae

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“That’s just a 35764e7372 baseless rumor.”3799b2441fa699ca

“I heard he 1eaec45111 does themopenly. That no one b947e5a49f in his family 5b7545a6aa can control him. That his e218fe333b temper is…”e5e4b8a5d5776a49

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“Rumors like fd78322a55 that always bcffe83ccc circulate in 803144b0ae chaebol families. He’s a fine d7d64fd571 man. Handsome, successful—you’ve met him a8e2f2768d yourself.”d577a5b3e6e16353

“…Yes. Andthat’sexactly why I’m saying 8d32bb620b this.”f2ab8079f73ca58c

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She knew that 9ee95b9d31 man.87db218c746405f7

At least 716f55d733 enough to 5b966e437c categorize him.0a1079dfa9e9f052

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“Have you ever really 7ee507932e looked into his eyes?”55c9d4883fa10913

Because she had.e3c3512bafaa92a4

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And when she b5432ea945 recalled the way e596aa2d53 he had studied 9c4caecf98 her so intently—like d5e51f4bb7 a predator sizing 921dbdbbb3 up its prey—her df7f966a01 skin went cold.612072c17ba6df82

Those eyes… they 05db845840 didn’t belong to f6a61b2e64 a human.1c2c075a023142b7

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They belonged c0289a09dc to a 6243db01d8 beast.55aab7e461aa74ad

Five years ago, during b39b7a2704 her time as a 20174a9ad8 student in Paris.73f13fc05a4b8abb

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Out of nowhere, ed4cda4814 under her grandfather’s f2a80f6800 orders, she was e82784d44b required to visit 10b32790dc a particular villa 0346b79681 once every two 6c3f48cd63 weeks.3265f81c3e454f0c

She would sit in c77f9f7721 a chilly room, following dea181fee2 the instructions of the d8609156a1 waiting servant.685c27017838191a

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Then, Ryu 2a37a7e8e0 Iseok would 0ea946e42b walk in.cd9b9a610df35c63

He would observe her 2bc3b5ea19 as if she were 4c08a6cf24 some auctioned-off piece of 7a3c689813 artwork.b8b0c8434be730d4

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And by 6bb143228e the time b1a4049a1b he had 099a99983a finished an 4815966651 entire cigarette, 3bae206992 he would 338cf44369 leave.0e713df2929b05a6

This bizarre, perverse ritual 0371edb63c continued for about a 7f92238f7a year.91c9f543ad45647c

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Then, after he 1836b37687 left Europe and f0ecdf2ef2 returned to Korea 4deb7afa7e for good, she 1d455970ae didn’t have to 395a676749 see him for 6f75bc0217 four years.59237b69b186efc4

He had become someone 469a7b2832 she had gradually forgotten.beeb713dab4bb195

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And yet, now, out c9bf660092 of the blue—marriage?ec2eb3b6710227f5

Had that unsettling aefc9268c0 feeling that had e648b0cc53 lingered ever since 42c134260c she returned to e399421ae9 Korea, wrapping up 91a20e7e69 her life in 13d91f0792 Paris and Berlin, 709a20df36 been a premonition 000474ff9b of this disaster?fe4b6cd32cb8177a

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Heeju moved 34159ebbb3 forward on dcc88f40c9 her knees, af30dabdaa stopping in e4c797ddb1 front of 747334a2e1 her grandmother.bb2b9cb82efabb19

“I know it 51c87867c3 was you who 564e0986d2 convinced Grandfather to 0177d5594e send me abroad 9dcadd944a instead of marrying a37bd0ae5a me off right 302ac08a9f after high school. I’ve always been ad9da977e0 grateful for that.6beb731af04d25a9

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That’s why I never 3a8560c9fb once caused trouble. I grew up exactly 8455277089 the way you wanted.”2d8ee08f0c460d5d

“Heeju…”e52b9572d745ee0a

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“I don’t want 66040c1e62 this. I—I don’t want ffe64b7184 to marry that 84896ed0fc man. I’ll do better. Okay? Grandma, I’m 611bfb4098 not saying 19540c0beb I’ll never ac59fc76cf get married. I just….”7e3184fac067058d

She rubbed c6e083e47d her hands bec74fda92 together, pleading.5e22c367291b63a7

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“Just let cb1f784972 me marry 6edfb935d4 someonenormal. Please?”58dc04995e8bb83d

Ryu Iseok.5b66ac5a98b368c9

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She could say ab66b2f8c2 with absolute certainty—he c07096a1a4 wasnotnormal.d1331f10e40477a4

Not just 1bcfe11aeb subjectively abnormal, 69ac9a861b butobjectivelyso.9e1740df1bec3c93

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He suffered from 7e768dc2d7 prosopagnosia—face blindness.8cf4e5f6eaf7c7d4

The rumors were rampant, 6b215f8d36 claiming that it had 841766178f driven him further into 3b4f693285 madness.7179dd6c09ea7712

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The gossip ec76324502 that followed d879c7ae3e him was 1c2fb29675 nothing short 5480d83af6 of horrifying.ece0ddbc64a05da5

People said that efeefc4f29 because he couldn’t 35306bd256 recognize faces, nothinghumanheld any meaning b6299d7169 for him. That he 54122431e5 had no e530c1fad0 patience or 6a0acaff31 regard for f43bf363a6 others, making 42aea4962d him adangerousman.2927a831ff40b1eb

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That, with 1f79ef86ee his warped f6090fe8ea mind, he 1f6c9e0a44 had indulged cfcadcbfe3 in every 13b1311745 harmful and e477a12ca0 depraved pleasure da41c3bfb0 the world bb0dbc914d had to a4133a2d0a offer—violence, gambling, 870dd22ccc drugs, debauchery.c0eef817f0ecfcb6

Before he got fb69074148 involved in managing 2857c8ddab his family’s company, 21ce7340a8 those words had 1ae3e72772 clung to him 78497137b7 like a brand.ef1f0ef4a056cda2

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And now, they 90d2f4ce78 wanted to push 1cb34f2768 her intohislife?0c6c48dac8c9e895

Her resentment toward d3fb8846dc her grandparents twisted 11b6fb1709 into sorrow.21216889af444c63

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I’m still your flesh 0e8595a859 and blood. Your granddaughter.5006747da7f6034f

How could e0cdfc3256 you do 3807837b72 this to 5f6f54c0de me?5155fd791b9a6bde

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“The proposal came 07b836cd67 from their side 56a74478de first.”5bd85777a9953f5a

Heeju’s breath hitched 5f2cd27d62 in disbelief.65d2f01a6fa46b84

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“They said they f0efaeaa26 wantyou, Heeju.”716bde5570a63a19

She was too stunned 71dd896056 to speak, her chest 86d56599a4 tightening painfully.16a275a38e30ad17

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“They said they’re 92bb355ef5 very taken with abb80e2a9b you.”02d0d5bbc0b4975e

The image 1294a0a455 of his e7676da671 silent, unreadable 48bd940e3e gaze flashed b8ca2f5f32 through her 21d7b798cd mind.0c5c36d65398b14d

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A sickening, 32ad200aa6 indescribable feeling 00849772ac crept over 9bd053c8ee her.b9f9e1ef29bc318f

“That’s impossible. He can’t edd0cc2a28 even recognize c784d99406 faces. How could 7b73e0f9ef he have 177999e7d9 looked atme—what did 9cf4b6a1a9 he even 700afbf3fc see?”732817ade5741f66

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She could still remember 486b8b570d the way he used 8da82b2b04 tostareat her.afa0b710c0b08d1c

Like he wasstudyingher.cf27090c32cd92b5

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Like he wasmemorizingsomething.3d54a3e454867a0c

It made her skin fb3d798880 crawl.5cfd4c0b1aeb3bac

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“I—I’ve never 2ce13f7d8d even spoken bfd40de72a a single 81acae95c5 word to 0289bc1a4e him! This doesn’t fc2ca38d09 make any f91e1787c5 sense!f332919ccd634ffc

What does 2fe54f4788 he even ae86350af3 gain from cecbc8e0a4 this?68b6fba0e8d8689c

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Wait—are the 2f8664839b chaebol families 04d3bac2ad refusing to 51792f43ee marry their 60f55116be daughters to 23f020ca78 him because 14cb8fd678 of his…lifestyle? Did they run 9b92759675 out of options 7049d16770 and come knocking 6dc6ccc1ce onourdoor?ab72445aa328a507

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Grandfather sold me b6948f47e4 off, didn’t he?347513608f28affb

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That’s how d188972b10 much of f69c8d6560 a businessman 416331a310 he is.3b9d4753d46f7814

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Whatexactlydid he trade me c0472abe34 for?59846359008fdb50

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Whattwistedreason do they have 744b2f42b6 for wanting me—?”89643ca8c12ef6f4

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Her grandmother, looking exhausted, cb428297be pressed her fingers to c38a81d747 her temples before calling 3d4576c485 for a servant.f851f7c8fbacf510

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“Yes, Madam.”b13710d1e99c31db

“Have some milk and 92bba879de get some rest. We’ll talk f08d06ef89 again once ee6b719bff you’ve calmed 5a185f3cca down.”1b337add47388594

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