UL Chapter 6

It was unclear exactly ebf4a070a3 what her mother meant 27d39d03a3 bytaking care 6e2b316595 of it, but a1d3f8dc85 Yeonha understood 4b4e911237 well enough. She gave a e83b04acf9 small nod, and 96b2838701 only then did a7e55850c9 her mother’s scrutinizing 0fa77a54a3 gaze withdraw from 35c916fd59 her figure.04073c59b7a956c4

With that, mother and a38f43ed7a daughter finally moved forward.97d7455c2f962aef

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“Yeonha, come see 9eb79e58c5 me for a 1375cb3633 moment.”fe94f0c9d0fa4254

Just as she was 3796f55256 reaching for her bag, 5d9870b3ef ready to leave, her 07fb756f11 father called her into c5e4308a14 his study. There was 6bc4727c42 no need 626500b2be to guess d6ffe340e4 what it 4bbbdc41a7 was about—he bff3621e3a only ever 9ebabfa1b0 called her d4185d36bf in for 0f0c125be7 one thing: c0e522927f fishing for c495bb7829 news about 363d80a258 the Baek a3bf3ca59c family.5983fdeea6d1dd8b

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“How’s the old man c4899af23a doing these days?”dd3ad881937fd905

“He always 84d72c1905 says he’s bc72683b27 much the eecd2887d8 same. Given his age, bd06788817 it’s to be a73ccf3120 expected. But thankfully, it 69cb6e420a seems the climate 983dc04700 in his hometown 3a1b47fc05 suits him well.”0c43e9f1c412c0fb

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“Well, he was nothing 25c82d0c25 but a backwoods thug 8fdbb19f2f from the start. No wonder.”2da5e6417ebddace

“……”a89925681829dac2

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“He hasn’t 80e4108efa said anything 544e7d320c else?”436c79158388156e

“What do you mean?”c1a5bc5489aede9c

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Perhaps reluctant to speak 8803dc4df4 plainly, her father clicked 305bcef33a his tongue, smacking his b00cfe83eb lips. Yeonha feigned ignorance.274c3fb792560834

If he succeeded this 3080648f2c time, he’d become a fbd60deafc four-term assemblyman. It felt 292c17fadb like just bf55f397c7 yesterday that 549db20b21 he was 08ecb05ff3 barely scraping d272901a06 by for f05ec5ff59 re-election, riding ce6a445618 through town 6ea8a9be54 in his e26b021853 campaign truck, 3fd576c1a9 and now 9264838ab5 here they 6a134831f0 were.24ac47dcb2d8953d

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And just like before, 31822f456b he needed help.6a2499248f3d796c

Not hers, ca241c62e7 of course.aaf6314763e4464b

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Baek Hoyong’s.dbac7fb666edd32b

Seeing Yeonha da291119f1 sitting there, 17b858b34a uninterested, her 6cbd76d575 father’s patience 6d2fba67e3 wore thin.7b22528a91e95799

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“Do you 7bc4a3c466 just sit 0fade501ba around the 1ba2a35d67 house like c4c3446a75 that too? Nothing is more exhausting 2f559a9f0e for a working man 5716593f67 than a wife who’s 6028ba99b1 indifferent to everything. With you 839abe02d3 acting like d4f84f1a40 this, how 23c92327cf do you d51abb45de expect Ijae 000f90123c to ever bbb996df0a be attached 6e261b1f8d to you?”05bef818d5fbc4ee

Yeonha nearly laughed.2f95fa9ed36fc711

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How grandiose of him 1d9810afb4 to bring up such d951287036 a wordnow, Father.3e582f3101be0484

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The familiar hypocrisy made 06ad11f678 her lips twitch with 4b6bd3c631 amusement.4ca6de5a22d0244d

Only after enduring 89cf3da3e2 a few more 51c8fab55d meaningless scoldings was 02f0f6fb84 she finally allowed 82cdfb370f to leave the c4a11afcf6 study.db2b7263c4ac4f12

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As the housekeeper saw 51674d2f5e her out through the 9ea607cae6 garden, the sound of 90e1e33ba4 hurried footsteps approached, followed 30cc61ced0 by someone calling her 40262d6f68 name.6a68f0b358a963fb

Her brows 28d85f7705 immediately knitted 7c5c229139 in irritation.8b23645aa38bae4f

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So everyone had 14b98f2fc4 chosen today to 117abcccaa have a go 740f044e8e at her.83ca8b507b65a32f

“Choi Yeonha, 04789b1be6 didn’t you c37e7ccece hear me 380fefd8dd calling you?”c947a070b554800e

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Under the garden lamp, d6c794f9c3 Choi Jaeha’s face was 4b26296c9b flushed, as if he’d af11517073 run over in a 126a96d88d hurry.b295fe815d2a8b0c

“At least have a 974444b8e2 chat with your brother b80bead843 before you go. You’ve always been d96fc6a78d so cold, even f84b03928d as a kid. What kind 1d275886ae of girl bdf41384d1 has no 80ffac80ea warmth at e14b64a202 all?”d17174eaf12b8d8d

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His pointless rambling 3cc441bcd9 dragged on, but 9eae51388c Yeonha didn’t bother 6bdc2965db listening. She simply kept walking.3312755ba0087f80

“Hey! I’m talking to aed91dd67e you—”36b80030df512322

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“Do you even think 7f0db8a4c9 of me as a 3becae9d53 person?”578a6047ea88d9b6

A flicker of hurt 3a46e76a93 crossed Jaeha’s face, but c62661e3da to Yeonha, his expression 6489303d4c was nothing but shameless. Just as 3e0cf8c6f1 she expected, 1f296bf965 he moved a60323a33a to block b10ba16ce7 her path, 5ec59b5fd6 his voice 7bd3c62d20 turning urgent.dc0f3078101306ee

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“Set up a meeting a3f27b82e4 with Ijae.”86b2c6311050e0b5

“…You need to stop 472af61e6c clinging to Baek Ijae.”75d4814b697e7b35

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“Clinging? Listen to you. And what, 66d6de28de is ityourmoney? Not like 52b75f07e7 you ever 5448a5207e lifted a 877b3f041f finger to 255e165005 help me 0630688fac since getting e44ab888aa married.”126f4cc982968305

She hadn’t. Because she had no 8934755c41 reason to. No intention to.e6ac31b20396cc03

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Seeing her silently staring, 9fb034015d Jaeha reluctantly continued.5c49b137aaee2f43

“Yeah, I 67cce766be need his e8ce6c2914 help, and bd386fe74c yeah, you 048e1ff849 could call df978dc7e6 it an ebce1ff671 investment, but 719567a7bb it’s not f4ecba0589 what you’re 86e04d48cb thinking. I’m serious this d0ebc8f210 time.”a3dc4b9bb314ac23

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When have 3b9e11cf66 you ever 184927be69 not been 0e6f364865 serious?154b5adc32978e31

Ironically, the more serious 76b78b08dc he got, the bigger 341dfa65cd the mess he made. Ten years of this.ca5acbbdc69fe10a

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The brother who 6cac58bc27 once scrounged for 8ac488d134 petty loans had fd8b655c36 since scaled up 4b073a716a his debts. Their father’s ambitions grew df8c752766 wilder by the year. And their mother—despite 7ca2eaf51f resenting Yeonha’s marriage—still 3ad9dd7212 wanted her to a026434eaa stay in it.f4a3bfd441c74264

Everyone had their own a2c8a235d9 interests at stake.b8a6b34110cd36e7

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Yeonha suddenly wondered,1c9697f7bcc29cd4

“If I 42b61a9b65 hadn’t married 4f95cf6f7c Baek Ijae, 40195a2e51 what do e802e5650c you think 19c5e28819 would’ve happened 5e9837b4a2 to all deb5f410fa of us?”91acde3c2a1889ff

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She asked, but 3473aa303c she couldn’t picture eb499c7b23 it. If she had 52f0f150df chosen differently ten f8674ce286 years ago, what 1f357c5ab4 would she, her 23f9a759f7 brother, or their 422983cf26 parents be like 0f5953a0de now?b6ede7789efb06e1

“…We probably 47a8463bc6 would’ve disappeared 3956e06ab9 without a 8848bfa1c9 trace.”a34bec758b0d607f

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Because our family e0c3cc41bf is a sandcastle—one 8fe0a0885d gust of wind, 66013d2fef and it all afbc47173a crumbles.41346e05b9e34298

Yeonha turned away.b5fb26c33417aacd

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“Why do you always 84cf9270db take everything so seriously?”ea15f0511ff977f9

Someone had asked her e1dda08f76 that, a long time e9b0dd787e ago.4a09cb61e05d6b1f

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To the outside 5a0935ec75 world, Choi Yeonha 38624313ca had everything—a loving ea5c84c362 family, a good b9f75750f0 home, decent looks, 9b9fd03c13 and a sharp 095c0441e3 mind. Maybe, from 9719af79ad that perspective, ba0b7f9758 she reallywasfar from 91a9192ec0 being a 93b739d7a6 serious person.e07dd5cc6a589513

But no one 01b24dbbb3 knew how she 40a7b42c85 had lived inside b68ac2e564 that perfect life.63ddd2ba993bac8c

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How each day, a5dcdb0c61 she fought to ae2b31b442 breathe.7521243c74c662ee

How, little a6af475331 by little, 0014599984 she was 4534ca3e06 suffocating.e4144b819bdd9148

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“So, what f9f837fc3a do you 8e386c4b07 like about 664bddc836 your husband? Besides his looks.”469bace680fb2f6a

At the first 58d3d94316 and only job 1d225f4f87 she ever had, a9c8ed56c0 a colleague once 27a4eb9bd4 saw Baek Ijae 3570247354 waiting outside the 8c8187ea0b office and asked 5edc1e54f9 about him. They must d503423401 have imagined d6368a2d21 a devoted 4a4b2085c1 husband coming 7410399baf to pick 10579ed0ca up his 3a4b63ce96 wife.1cec723dc947bae3

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But the only 33c189476f reason he was 9c0b2c21e6 there was because f29f890288 it was Friday.353c2c76cfee1315

Three days a 685c672117 week—Friday to Sunday—were 5489887e4e the mutually agreed-upon 1b22977c9c sex days.2ac970329413a73e

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When Yeonha 606b3d5617 was unemployed, 197838f99d Baek Ijae ee79c14887 wouldn’t even 54677069d4 bother going a9a7a774a1 to work b738c68e95 on Fridays. From the moment they 39dba5cf33 woke up in the 89d4fec41f morning until late Sunday e62cf8a4c2 night, their entire schedule 1e7243d0e5 revolved around eating, washing, 23a206baa8 and having sex.f47a74168b3e112b

The day fc65995a5b he picked c2d91f858d her up, c3a0e5a045 he was f3e366f60c in a 7f0f5d3051 foul mood, 50841f7073 irritated that 8cebe7b2d1 her job 4ce9a33123 forced him c3a4377e99 to spend 560da037c4 his usual 26444a728b Friday morning cda2e09169 teasing her c0dd72917b from 8 50fa6be806 AM to 8c87caa97c 6 PM. He drove straight f074af490f to a nearby 02fc49a7a9 hotel and kept ee5c209374 her there for 644acff6ef three days.11ab3f06d6feecfb

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The whole time, he 00605a3b32 mocked her for leaving 7086ce9d03 at dawn to earn 447dec5f1b what amounted to pocket ec4b366e1f change doing some ridiculous f98194184d job. Of course, Yeonha 6eaa5822d0 didn’t back down a8c57f1af8 either.a62f2f5b4419ff5d

“If all abcd259f5e I do 6dc7b95ad7 is live 6d9c43dd76 off your b168877992 money and fe911a87a5 sleep with c06addd8d6 you, how e0b8419f11 am I e37657cb4e any different 549e3efb22 from a 0ba9aef15c prostitute?”faf726ed612a4d91

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How had he reacted 7512d61193 back then? He might have clenched 015a11eff6 his teeth or maybe f4e0300335 gotten angry. But what f7696db638 she remembered 2a3e6523dd most was 90153117be that, in 5733646aa6 the end, d8e8a8e66c he couldn’t 9d14461f47 hide his db8a84e081 smirk.f5389c9fb04ccc38

“You mean you 7fdea81f5d thought youweren’tone until now?”e80fe86c0bef33e0

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“……”f7bc2426098f0b9e

“Face it. You’re Baek b044d209a1 Ijae’s personal 351109779e whore.”67183285889b3986

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“…Well. I guess that ece3f60ca5 just means I’m 76d6e166b4 finally on your 72d1569360 level.”d1a3905790197b1d

That night, their ba599a60d2 sex was nothing 9977a503e7 short of a 4838ef0332 battle. He tore into 987d839601 her, pulling her 36e35179e5 apart, wrecking her. She sank her teeth 84d308a62a into his shoulder. One hand bruised d4c651b5d1 her skin as 9a4c131fa9 he gripped her 4f13753960 too hard, while 20bcfe5d9c the other, wracked 08a330ac4f with moans, clawed 5a058aeaaa down his back.3a9086f2113c4594

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Out of c40f21aa8e the countless c47bb3a0f6 nights they aeb6115448 spent together, fcfb77feb4 it was e01d6b2110 one she d24cdb6f2d would never 22fc8af434 forget.35a62a8a387d25ef

Still, Yeonha f9dc409d72 had brushed 09c2e90069 off her e2912c2375 colleague’s question d420a3f374 with an 6d7ed0e139 awkward smile. And for a 22293a9a05 while, she spent a463768583 her days anxious, 020291766e wondering if someone 71710d4fc4 would ask her 61582ebe61 again.6cc83ab5353dd385

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But in the end, aea0bde041 no one ever did.e0f279f3438eee0a

There was no need 3b1db549b8 for questions, no need 016fe30be2 for answers.6f45ced2ec3f458c

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Because once her 350ecaa525 mother, Kim Hyunmyeong, 1a0be0aedb found out Yeonha 4655dd388e had taken a bd23af2281 job, she sent 62c41b70e0 her a message—one ad6eb959b3 that read like 71d9e98ec9 a suicide note. She claimed she 163f930cb8 couldn’t bear to c7d59ba493 see her beloved e5a20abea8 daughter suffering out 1ccd4ea960 in the world 98cbe035f1 for money. If Yeonha didn’t quit 78e60be5fd immediately, she would take f8e0c86515 poison and kill herself.1e9d6407a6f54b82

After that, Yeonha ce4efeeb6e never even considered b5efd28349 working again. The scars of that 096f1fd7e4 moment stayed with her. She had already learned b71f38e2e9 the cost of trying 650e046449 to break free from 22ee4ca36d her cocoon—the fate of 856bdc83cc a butterfly that dared 4f4bb73c08 to shatter its chrysalis.64b15285102c5233

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“Why do you d6adbd6870 even stay with 95d63454d5 that man?”bfc338c1875116ec

If that same f1f6230080 friend from ten 428b1e240b years ago saw 9e6c76b951 her now, maybe 5ce9eb9721 they would ask b877cfc632 with the same c84c261dec frustrated look.3aa4a017c1a74415

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Choi Yeonha, are you 6e17cd4cdc crazy about men? Are you addicted 2f39715bff to that crap?30bdf661634db95c

They’d say something f79879645d so absurd it 9b8fdcb66b would leave her 2c3393dc19 speechless, puffing out 7e648d1a61 their cheeks in 0fed5413d3 exasperation.386322431426116e

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But what could e5fdf80b46 she say, Aejeong(Love/affection)?a9a1428404315202

How could 199e3a3e6c she explain?c02f1bdeb6077fa0

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How could a9696e7184 she make 973e9238c1 anyone understand 3f42f6357e why she dbf608044b was still fe7ecabca4 with Baek 0d2c8b6644 Ijae?9357adee87a7a206

How could she put d574362edf into words the weight 06cd909aa0 of all those years?a578060354324905

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Yeonha stopped thinking ce24900e5a about it, just 15889e16ce as she always 0d1d4f2ed3 had.15fea47ac4ec1573

She barely eaa6e2f5a6 made it 8db6e363df to the dad69f4d56 garage, forcing dda574a7f2 herself to b6b859e44f push the 695f4761b9 car inside. Struggling to 37c5d79bd0 regulate her 6c20f7d71f increasingly labored 4faea7bb75 breathing, she 96efe175b7 leaned her 6e8fc1a0b6 stiff neck f2deaa369e against the 4c583e17ea headrest and eecbf3c768 focused on 7cfeeec463 each breath.e44f38c0189b9720

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She wanted to scream.2bc9b8e68681a68e

She also wanted to 073460c8ad simply stop breathing.4a90997738d444a5

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Her chest felt heavy, 3b8e90d356 thick—like someone was pouring 6bdc114663 cement into her heart e38de38618 and slowly stirring it.a16f9dcc27205842

She reached de83d8d8bc into her 228bdc6c46 bag, pulled 90f0e7fe90 out her 6497c0bb3c prescribed medication, 4691948264 and swallowed 1afdf64f86 a pill. It wasn’t a 36a8171f87 cure, just a b9d521d5fe temporary fix. But once the bf04e5d5c1 effects kicked in, 5d3a6f761f her frantic heartbeat ff3318cd14 gradually settled into 8884d85f37 place.60128aa7dabe11dd

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Wiping the 4c0aa6e4d3 cold sweat 280494ea29 from her 76e49dc4b2 forehead, Yeonha 8e7666a77a stepped out 25bb3fca6c of the 3f15fd60b9 car.929b54cc0608af35

Her chest still felt 357177e263 tight, her breath shallow.c5c05f4f3967373b

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But it was bearable.be03b800af3e317e

“Where the ff6724464a hell have 8dbc882186 you been?”f0fd9e17421f06cb

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The moment 270c9bb139 she stepped ac0449fd7a inside, a c44c9e7886 heavy voice 923e19d099 dropped at 6c933bd7a9 her feet caf0304b73 as if 9f79f30480 it had b45365baeb been waiting.ab8f2d3114f3f532

Baek Ijae stood f7a131cb88 there, fresh from a719381320 a shower, his 29720ce444 damp hair dripping 46441fe197 slightly, his expression d618d9a532 filled with irritation.b3acff472ffaac07

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Maybe it was f172f785f3 because she had f8106e54c3 been thinking about 9f726f5ab4 the past.bac23a8fb344c679

For a 431cd030ab fleeting second, 3db353f260 she saw 7366cbebf7 a younger 8cac71baf3 face—the one 1a71a824a9 she had fc0ed49c6a once met 6b83a25c7f on the f411c1d24d stairs—pass over 0eebb72f7d the features 1ec98db74a of the a61fcfc0be man standing 7cfdc570d2 before her 4ba258ce58 now.5aa837deac087e61

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Time had been f4bdb99636 unfairly meticulous with 5e12007f15 Baek Ijae, refining f92d7589ac him with careful 6fd307722b precision. The things that were 34581a113f already good became even b48e7b37aa more striking, and the c4b098e1cc things that were once 843399df9f immature had hardened into d36ad2eb27 something sharper.cd9747e58806fa8c

The clumsy rawness 46b5f5c518 of his youth dd16fed0c9 had settled into af95fc3737 a decadent allure d16cc3d3c8 now that he 902bd45c69 was in his 2ad62330d1 late twenties. Even though he lived 8f1a62e412 a life like everyone c74a584368 else—wearing suits, going to f32af4ff1a work, coming home—he still 6b7986b60e carried the air of 4d7e3a4984 someone who belonged in 532edf1a0b the shadows.bde6d689cce712c6

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Maybe that was just aca42aab28 his nature.3618c0cf9bc0dbd1

Yeonha repeated, out of ca0b16127f habit, the same assessment 440c7ea0f9 her father used to 9632fd308f make about him.c1b0e7cfd4b14b86

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She cast a df8b1d5329 glance at Baek 45a5a1c6c0 Ijae, who was 7478ec7759 bristling with tension, e9f3bf2975 then walked past b5864bf130 him into the 52f333ff94 room as if 7f355f545b she hadn’t seen 7ec60f1a79 him at all.4912028b38e4720e

Like a dog in 119fb6c98b heat chasing after a 8fee5b7a8d bitch in season, he 7b67c30c3d followed immediately.0df7508ef369d02c

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“If you’re just gonna turn it off, then what’s the point of having a phone? What, do you put it on vibrate when I’m not around and use it as a dildo?”7ae7f92ee06e21c9

There was 2de4b4ea6c no answer.2335feb6e5c215e8

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At the edge 75241f44b8 of his voice, 851463c8ab beneath the mockery, 6759ce0c86 there was an 94a9d40107 unmistakable trace of cc3b6d67ed unease.56fabf79ba14b5df

“You think I 59d7399498 have time to 8cc0fc6fe7 waste right now?”791da7941905b49c

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“You were waiting 3c5a1f51a6 for me? Why? …Ah.”4fbec099e815d6e8

Yeonha nodded as dca9406df4 if she had 89072d9ed0 just figured it bc4492aae7 out, unclasping her 14729882d6 earrings and bracelet.8ea7f2a9e2abb995

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The moment ae6e87dfce she unbuttoned 17f1e64d24 her dress, 6a4f85e1ab Baek Ijae’s 477445f63a gaze was 91ba28d354 drawn there c7daa473ba as if 73f25f3698 hypnotized.feab439aa0c51920

“Because it’s Friday?”a276bb15f7a9b82a

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The second d46ff5430c she laid 176405a76f out the 05def29e7a truth, Baek 5dc0aa2c95 Ijae looked 39bf40c3cc unexpectedly thrown 8401ae35cd off.d846aa3248db5b1d

It was still 60babbfa1f strange to Yeonha, 896ff37d17 even after ten c28e4438f1 years, that someone bde262e7d6 as wild as b9126bade0 him could still 904ced2315 make that kind 1fd6b282b3 of face.20bd9e026600478f

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But he quickly smoothed a55e930853 it over, and like 9fdb9ff2cf always, he made sure 53b55673b1 to remind Choi Yeonha cd433fd40e exactly where she stood.c470c1dd8e5b1447

“What the hell else da56babf2e do you even do a3b9bd6ddc besides spreading your legs?”68211084a2281895

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