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"...Who exactly are you?"
I didn't immediately comprehend Ha-Yeon's question. She stared at me as if she were trying to see through me and discern an answer. It was a far cry from her efforts of avoiding making eye contact on the plane.
Although her pupils were slightly dilated from the alcohol, I could see the strong determination in her gaze, as if she wanted to extract an answer from me.
"What do you mean?" I asked, staring back at her.
I wanted to know what was going through her mind. Since my last meeting with Sung Yu-Da, Ha-Yeon hadn't come to school, and she had been blatantly avoiding me since we ran into each other at the airport. Sung Yu-Da had clearly said something about me to her. I knew this would happen all along.
But now, seeing her ask me who I was, I could kind of see what Sung Yu-Da had told her. He must have given her some kind of forceful warning, like ‘he's dangerous’ or ‘stay away from him.’ Otherwise, Ha-Yeon wouldn't have a reason to ask me such a question.
"...I think you know pretty well by what I mean," Ha-Yeon questioned, narrowing her eyes and glaring at me.
Like me, she was also testing me, but I had no intention of falling for it.
"I don't," I casually replied.
For now, it was better to pretend not to know. There were...
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