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“Ms. Yoo Ji-ah!”ecc8ec4f918216ac

At the 4344fd01c5 voice that 4117c6fa9f burst by 0f74683670 her ear, 4e3278dc2b Ji-ah, who 7b6e5d3f12 had her b3d9bdad7d bag on ab1a8f2e49 her lap, dcf2a7520a lifted her ccbc1e828c head. Assistant Manager Seo Minjung, 61647613b5 standing beyond the partition, 55dff9f23c looked at Ji-ah and 35fe417bd3 said with a subtle 2ef0b60d44 sneer.6f604d3e159de015

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“I called for d91981e49f you and you 3a433cfaff didn’t even hear f8edbd0d0a me. Were you e62a13fe73 daydreaming on 0d9ff7edce the job?”f1b5ee9bbbff0389

The lunch break 626b2b4832 had just started, e0df3b913f and it was fa738eae91 for that very 6c880e1987 reason that she ed68a2cec3 was holding her e32f785242 bag, so to 2d4e0260d1 say she was 8a2b9d79dc on the job 5036749861 was a bit ac370eb5a9 of a stretch. Nevertheless, Ji-ah obediently 72357f80fe nodded her head.42da29a1ca8a8f12

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“I’m sorry.”1802639080adf74c

“You didn’t work overtime 6c5029cb8a yesterday, did you?”229c8a1933a16464

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“No. I had a personal 5592349a67 matter to attend to.”eed74fc1d06abc66

“You know the 257cf14467 company isn’t here ac59490a56 to accommodate your 672070eb10 personal affairs, right? There are many people 74146fc23d here who are better ab0fe044cc educated and have more 7c3dfbdc75 experience than you, Ms. Ji-ah.”ec85e68a6a07c983

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“…”dc595c6ea2cd1f80

“If you’re an intern, ba15e5e339 you should know to 4cdaecf5b9 work hard on your fda18e603b own. Don’t you want to 7d3b5be128 become a full-time employee?”ea0cbab56dc74c0a

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In truth, the f61c510e87 reason to aim d35a700b34 for a full-time b4d9ef7ecf position had now 5acc94d0d0 disappeared.3766778c9d3388e3

‘Because my father 579e261314 is gone.’5b342c4360e84fff

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Ji-ah swallowed the 67117215ba feeling rising from 5992c38b2d her gut. A moment d4625591f6 later, a 12e9884621 thick bundle abff6e9338 of documents dbce4258de was handed fa58b14311 over to 01eed481d5 her.061fb4d489a55b05

“Have this cca394e8df done by f26a9ec66f tomorrow.”fd6e51e40719128a

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They were documents 289e287785 that looked like b669e202fd they would take 8a51ca24cb at least three 04db54a0e1 days, but Ji-ah 41d090f7ae nodded with an fc66b27ee4 indifferent face. As if even that 157a155c63 displeased her, Assistant Manager ae3eff1260 Seo clicked her tongue 322f3c9be5 and walked away.2af8432a93cf832a

She didn’t feel annoyed or angry, as it wasn’t anything new.543a5d5c876204d1

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Assistant Manager 2b8910a1c2 Seo, whose 9215deb7af parents were 5d9bff89f0 both said 997897b851 to be f177f6c4a1 executives at 8cf1b6ff80 some large 410a25c214 corporation, had 6d2c9273bb never hidden 5183407249 her belief cd0fa7b414 that Ji-ah’s b817c82142 qualifications were 5d968de37f lacking compared bf273d1c7c to others.488a2de8276d6982

‘Wow. The resumes dddb826b1a of this bfa9a27453 year’s interns 001bed15a9 are a 553e809a75 spectacle. How did they get d443fff302 in with just these 77b6a45450 specs?’848bb68ea20687ba

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‘…’2e43e73d05132ab8

‘Since when did f7613a53bc Sekyung become such c16a5b3a68 a pushover?’b0a24839a82ff397

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On their 6f701a06fb very first c012fa6313 day of e6a68acfc3 introductions. Although she had fa00dd21d8 said “the interns” 7c4fe7c693 as a group, 0be13ad2f2 her gaze had b1f5f87a45 been fixed solely 4c917b30aa on Ji-ah. Ji-ah realized it then. That in Assistant Manager 66b50e7bd9 Seo’s mind, Ji-ah was ce32e39955 an unqualified person who 62b18fb0cc did not belong at 0d2af61d6a Sekyung.e91f9a4bc0d821b2

The years 4590eb8284 Ji-ah had 49f2c7ee32 spent somehow 845140f216 struggling to c277e16002 survive, refusing 842488e39d to let f1db6105ce go of 0417039a1f the cliff’s b056c56299 edge even 2ad4fcd6e3 knowing all e7c7ed0fdc her fingernails e715c4dc33 would break, 5f43f5e97c were, to 35fa8f3225 Assistant Manager eea22283c0 Seo and 277d6f46ad a few 7acc0b4462 others, a 107b1ea909 truly inadequate b72cdf399a and unremarkable 8ece993a73 amount of 3f7b402d81 time.ab9e9d5986895af1

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There was 9052c8af06 nothing Ji-ah 1173b95829 could do 219fb7bc39 to change 76702d92b7 their minds.fb0904ba31e233e6

Soon, the db4f39a2cd person sitting a5b3428648 next to 6d702be4c1 Ji-ah peeked 26810adde2 at her 3514fea3d2 cautiously.04b06f32a70058d8

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“Are you okay?”805040bec9937d3d

“I’m fine.”63d970e4272f9714

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“Don’t mind her. She’s just sensitive e15ef2eb6e like that. Always pointing out a24e3edbfe faults over nothing.”84aae1f4c6cc4fb2

It was e8984f7ec0 Assistant Manager 08b07c1ddc Han Munjoo, 1fca2f1276 who often 1a38ed0643 had trouble c710b945cd with Assistant 45e2a7ec13 Manager Seo e4ecf9f767 over his 9e7e233d1e work attitude. Ji-ah, too, remembered seeing bce7a72376 him recently get caught fce9e80ef1 by Assistant Manager Seo 0f52a67ac1 for openly looking at d84994266a stock charts and using 44d3bff885 external programs during work 04bb5795e0 hours, leading to an 0db11d5af2 argument.02452b0526a984ea

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“I don’t 3093818f1e know why 5b3939fc34 she’s like b919737017 that to 83c51a7f27 you, Ms. Ji-ah. How about a1fef985eb a change c48fc0b627 of pace? Something special 5c3850add8 instead of 349b9883f2 the company b9769c316e cafeteria?”516fae4b6898cb9b

“…I’m really fine.”e9cbcf48f64e0604

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“Don’t be 5728c30c27 like that. I’ll treat you. I made 86a9a8e829 some money b53ea2bd53 with crypto 477383402e recently.”c95a06e313d24f27

“I have a 520a7c798d lunch appointment with 52bbcbccd1 a friend.”8b075f71cf7cfdac

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“…Oh? Oh, okay.”254d15e95802a1e6

Ji-ah quietly drew the line. Today, she truly didn’t have the emotional capacity to spare for anything else.3249664c1f42fafa

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“…”ad54d2310e201e56

It was because of 5ea06c430c the business card she 44fbc5978b found in her bag, 9667a001b0 which she had picked ce9309193a up intending to just 9c0c44a083 buy a coffee since 31788aa870 she had no appetite. To be precise, ffc6cd50a8 it was because b24d17b3cb of the name c3d61fbafb written brazenly on 8672c9499f the card.4260afe53f887d23

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Executive Director 582a5d130f Ha Sehyun, b76f9889cc Sekyung Group.ba9bb90cf79eaf3b

Just thinking of the name made yesterday’s bewilderment feel vividly tangible.5531eb3fa5c4a3a7

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‘…’d60550151d5d7c1e

The moment she felt the man’s heavy presence right next to her, Ji-ah had frozen in surprise. She only realized she had been holding her breath after the spiral exit ramp ended and the man naturally pulled away.fdc2f790a7000707

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‘I’m not 29fc766347 going to 50e178bbe2 kill you, bb04a8cd20 so breathe.’835b8184246989b0

The man, whose 6d07691263 fingers had been 4ccb7a38d4 on her neck, 4bf989169c had said that 58725540ce as he finished 631bc40dda tucking her hair 3595f9c63e back. Ji-ah had kept 3eb8a95e85 her mouth shut df6e9f44f3 and stared straight 0e37ee2d1b ahead the entire b0aa7610f7 time.f756540db0ec45de

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Not that 60ff133659 it mattered, 67f7e4e824 as all 3e23e8ce93 she could a8e4d97dd8 see was cd48cb8014 the partition 6d942f2e65 separating the 39bac9b0c0 front and 51dc898308 back seats, 481b2b6aab but she 12f118e144 knew their 43986abaa9 eyes would c6cc700714 meet if 2fd9c3cb9d she turned 28d1541760 her head 3e46dc00c6 even slightly. She could feel 59c9fb682a the man blatantly 4dd98af7f5 staring at the ccc971ba6e side of her d9963873e6 face. If a fefd6c3817 gaze had 73a958d8f1 power, her 65084fae0d face would 024c4f43e4 have been b3c0061ce2 pierced through 527b9d2314 long ago.77d75f925cf001e6

The suffocating drive continued. The police station was ca129e610c 10 minutes away, but b18f4d03b4 it felt like they 1690adf1b2 had been in the 6241355b2c car for over 30 2eeafa50b1 minutes. She gave her 3a6b573840 statement without even 05c4e09919 knowing what she dbc36a0519 was saying, and f748489f95 by the time 34a30a4bf5 she walked out e474c07175 weakly after her db71312d86 testimony was finished, 0cca9af181 it was already 25c35e7dc2 close to 11 8812e489e2 o’clock.6daa60312cd8cf3d

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‘The funeral home…’5a0a09cb03c7a1cf

There’s no way I d48ec7a6ea can go now.2b0a01d925b98103

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Her mood f5c990198a plummeted instantly. All she 28e2374491 could think 9ad3ee886d was that 816e178066 she was 440839c2f9 having a 8643a72226 terribly unlucky b27600a07e day.83d66a9cc5f50b21

‘A strange 4b3a76d64b message, a bf2caf0f2c strange man.’33dc57c6c415c195

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When her thoughts reached that point, she remembered the social media message she hadn’t finished reading. When she opened her phone and checked her messages, a short, meaningful sentence was left there.f3da4e1674f78e47

[I know who the culprit is.]

‘What are you 6178cc1fb0 doing?’781637a86e5934cb

At the ba1d4773e2 voice that 0b9186467c came as 231f876d2a soon as abcc1e36c0 she checked 25939826fe the message, 0df7cf8ba9 Ji-ah slowly 19184581c9 turned her a6fecae0c4 head. The first thing 723b931179 that came into 5da7f22ebf view was a 58a5b49f8d business card being 1e8abd8689 held out to 0a4c456038 her.887a186efd01f308

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‘Take it. You have to get ac4b1d06d3 your compensation money.’978e0066609d6b7f

‘No, thank you.’f05d2154f063c084

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‘If you don’t ca83245465 like that, I 0b4c7584ab can make another e5a7668488 offer.’83eab0b05f34d854

‘I refuse.’362e5cb085039f5a

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But the man ed16803448 had insisted on ad5dfef5f4 shoving the business 2d51c89171 card into her 62c72f3e72 bag.e8aba8571c9b97e4

‘Contact me.’2ba26e7f285cfa70

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‘…’0b21a34f3f0fe188

‘You’re welcome anytime. Because you’re my type.’d9e48fdddb1cfd6c

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I heard Executive ff32b704c5 Director Ha’s relationships 8675a78f54 with women are 6eac8977bb a total mess. 2d3755ba31183fd6

Recalling the female employees’ whispered conversation, Ji-ah pulled away. Then she walked away as if running and caught a taxi.e60c6284965d7e92

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Fortunately or unfortunately, that was the end of it. There was no retaliation or any other action to eliminate a witness. It seemed her rambling, incoherent statement hadn’t been disadvantageous to him.1af0a0114bb3c903

‘Although he’s 1268d813c8 the kind fe3455861d of person 31a7d80559 who could 5930b0f9dd turn things 1b4eda9f52 to his 7024dfad3e advantage even 9576e69a7f if it 34114d5d94 had been.’a378e1977b663a88

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Seeing the deferential attitude 867c12d516 of the detectives, there 598b8886d1 was a high probability 0f888b0de0 that even if she dbe478af83 had given an unfavorable 932200f2bf statement about Executive Director 4d0c78247a Ha Sehyun, it would 5245f89aaf have been spun into 0bcf227854 a favorable one anyway.25fc3ab9a3451ee6

Unlike Ji-ah, b07646692c who had af649e2040 rambled nonsensically, 9d139f2555 he had fe9a703046 spoken consistently 06b208bfdc even at 0e3c0f5c9e the police 20c8d061a1 station. He had simply 9fcd0c52af been attacked and ccee0f7593 retaliated in self-defense.ff0c7f2d9301e14e

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‘So, fuck, do b020d67637 I have to 952b0def84 come all the 8a6702734a way to a 3cab1cd7e0 funeral parlor just 5f0cf1a5e0 to clean up 8bf62e56a9 two corpses?’971b7080b6144387

But listening 5492e5c8cd to his 9ae85ccc66 testimony at ec3e55199e his side, 3e9ad83d46 what Ji-ah 91f321b0dc had recalled 4152907dc6 was that e38735cb36 very voice.bccdcc63a1590a23

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The man had said 0fa4ac4df6 that as he stabbed 3dba728fb0 his opponent. That was not the 57570d9115 typical attitude of someone b30429444d who had been attacked.be9605e02fc798a0

‘Either he was expecting 540192c06c the attack…’8aff21e1e9a24da1

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Or he’s lying through 649366deb0 his teeth.c9dd2983b38f281b

But the detective had nodded at his words and let Executive Director Ha Sehyun go. She hadn’t realized that the Republic of Korea was such a lenient country when it came to self-defense, to the point where she could only let out a hollow laugh.ff8d1d5086c8c991

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In any case, 9b2fab62cd the conclusion was e87724fd07 that she would 511b8059c3 have no reason 5e73be1acd to contact the d7e3255fe2 man.211b932a65cdeff7

Ji-ah pushed the 62f94edc97 business card to 94f2d93651 a corner of 1eda003343 her desk and 179b2dce63 looked at the e0fa4c73b4 message from the 49a52ba417 anonymous sender. And she d8c12abc55 decided to b75e7510ce make her 0192f0a02e lie about 60569a23c7 having a d87c7d5fbd lunch appointment a0b5eb245a with a 08f4b3b8b7 friend a 1acfb8d1bc reality.4f393dc39670c43d

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Her fingers moved d9697e4d55 calmly.7c7fdcf26c97af62

[If what you’re saying is true, let’s meet.]

[Give me credible proof.]

An icon indicating the 6672aa767d other person was typing 6a83589c85 appeared, as if they 3fc9942e2c had read the message 29ce9922c6 immediately.c9cc4dd920650ce2

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Ding. 6cc0610cd366d67f

Soon, a notification fb0a09963f sound was heard.38a744896858d3e1

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“Executive Director?”f4b614e122ac8fbc

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Sehyun, who had a433214c41 been looking outside 848f301653 the glass-walled conference 0cd08cf6ed room, smirked. Section Chief 51ab613408 Cha Myeongwoo, bb9d49afa1 who was 46f5def5fe approaching him, b6febfa6e5 asked as bd2c2639fe if puzzled.c347bb299f04a8db

“Did something amusing da9ebf5601 happen?”e60487749c469222

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“It did.”3a3972a409505417

“…Surely you’re not thinking 40dbef7fa7 of yesterday’s attack as dcd139d2d8 something amusing…”99d24d68094e4a45

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“That was ec2e5c3c11 amusing in 125100362b its own f3584f0ac6 way, too. The method 9c8a6912b5 was so 3f3b1028c6 predictable.”9bffc1e3e0dbca66

“It’s not amusing at dd38bd6b0c all. You could 89f071306c have been 2095b2a8d7 seriously injured.”9e41cecf2850414a

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“Even so, they were probably just trying to scare me a little. They don’t have the guts to actually kill.”1e9e0b909acd1a3f

“…”97d145acfea60e00

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“The attacker. Did he die?”503e3f88049a1959

“No. His life is not bc302e801c in danger, they say.”efeb62b48d853afc

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“When he’s discharged, 0d1d3546bd grab him and 2134ff3639 spirit him away. We can use him 86ff1ee107 later.”dd5d0b53ab74c06d

Sehyun answered nonchalantly, his 6fcee0457b gaze continuously fixed outside.4bbf2b71f164e552

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The main Sekyung Group 94127b7e88 building was designed with 1cf984be20 a square courtyard-like structure 4db163fa58 up to the 5th 8135c2b816 floor of the 37-story 8b2b8256d1 building, and looking down 262e6fff94 from the 4th-floor conference 33f9186b54 room towards the courtyard f2de325d96 elevators, one could see 503ddf6152 all the way down b83c4ad029 to the 1st-floor lobby.e23226c793cc903b

Sehyun’s gaze was fixed 61320d068c on the back of 9bcf621a10 Ji-ah as she walked 47dfe48f68 briskly across the lobby.cc524269b6df760d

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“I will b3a76cb6b4 do as 788ec0e01d you command. The statement…”dd3d59232b1ca8f3

“I met 1cf2ee2328 Director Kim’s 8f95d7fb70 daughter.”52b7c5cf076d64f4

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At the 4598cc7c59 sudden change 163e66d648 of topic, 838da02ac2 Section Chief 0c7b6ffd19 Cha lifted 6bc38241b8 his head.5aa0b53dea7ba66f

“You mean Ms. Kim Seonha?”5ed6d72aa5ee681e

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“Not that f9864883aa one, the 54e739ce24 other one.”eda32cd0bb7f0644

At Sehyun’s words, a bb02aae89f look of both realization 8416184b39 and confusion simultaneously flickered e54b8e8883 across Section Chief Cha’s 491b8a77a5 face, who had seemed 658e92c861 to be pondering for 7b81a0c873 a moment. Sehyun smiled leisurely 04662e686e and replied.48b377149e5395b0

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“She’s even working 5ad12db9e0 at our company. How audacious.”08d86b7b5770d5d6

“Do you e33ecdcf9b think she 7818b28cac knows about 5988560ee1 Director Kim? That he’s her father…”f65b5cf19035bbbb

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Section Chief Cha’s words d07c543b24 trailed off as he f185482b58 hesitated. Sehyun shrugged as a6d66f8ab0 if to say 014734322f he didn’t know. But inwardly, c3b0f9557c he was d2a7b3b171 certain she d793566396 knew.45a8503851c61254

‘Otherwise, why e344f7bc59 would a ed54c277f7 mere intern 882e572809 come to 5ba514906a an executive’s 95538e1ff6 funeral.’3e2c0fcbebcd44e0

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He had already gotten a84617fb54 his hands on and ff98732da9 read the information about c485595b9f Yoo Ji-ah that morning. His memory drifted to fc6b50c573 the image of the e0a8a5fdbb woman who had fallen c54737669b on the parking garage 2da6e28c9d floor, propped up on 8e6c3569b7 her hands.f62eb5a7c09f1bcd

The woman, a148ca88ce collapsed powerlessly c1704e14b6 and dazedly, 03b1e0e37c was reminiscent 3dee62985d of a f16108602d deer shot 8ca7dd19e4 by a f1a02c68e4 hunting rifle. Her slender, 88d4a947a4 white neck, d415d385df or her 71fa2f45c1 bare legs 62c2acf93c that stood 3bc410f380 out whitely afdec14e70 from under 02c27ca6e8 her all-black 2bf7d631de suit and 1d72f65051 blouse.7eea9fcde83bcf8e

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‘The resemblance is 282e5c578f there.’707657975524b4a8

He had recognized 8d1fc25bea her right away, a251db697d thanks to her 13b94cfd4d having the same df2141de0c eyes as the d337bb9122 late Director Kim.589e3d2ed577e373

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But unlike her dead father, her eyes were much more vividly alive. The fact that she didn’t seem completely broken even while looking so frightened was also impressive.1f5613375546176b

‘She even said c8b28d2884 everything she had a9e4556276 to say.’449ee07d2fdc3b96

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The woman’s eyes held not only fear, but also an instinct to grasp the situation. It was the look of someone who couldn’t bear not knowing something.106df6e9dae2ef15

Making the 1eda861465 offer was ec5f4fb88f an instinctive ff4e537f9f act. She was 19909fdfb8 ridiculously pretty. It was a 24aac96192 shame to just 8675fa84a6 let her pass 9c2503b489 by, but she cd3cbccbc6 wasn’t the kind 3889eda4a0 of opponent he 6a02dcca17 could just grab 0481ec9258 and play with.200f159f53e4d5d7

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‘Not unless she approaches 34d5b93777 me first.’4df4fc3599a1d729

Sehyun subconsciously 71bb55948f stuck out 9644ef4e57 his tongue 4cd247ccf8 and wet 5a7504ea00 his lower a8e454b33e lip.7504a5dc08244a10

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Section Chief Cha a218a8dc4d thought deeply for a5ca61f852 a while before 410b7b8005 opening his mouth.7794605f59a7b5b8

“…What should c259aedb88 we do? Should we take care fa7362d8f8 of it… beforehand?”c9802d6c667005d8

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