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Summary
Finally, she blurts, “How old is your child?”
The question hangs in the sterile air, sharper than she expected. Seok-hoon freezes, pen mid-air. He looks at her, something flickering in his eyes, a flash of curiosity, maybe something else he doesn’t name.
If she were younger… he thinks, if I were around her age, would this question carry something different? A different intention?
He glances away quickly, then clears his throat. “I don’t have a child,” he says after a beat, tone measured, unflinching. “I have a dog. Shared custody arrangement with my ex-wife.”
Her chest tightens, and then releases. Relief washes over her in a sudden, dizzying wave. Not committed. Not unavailable. She feels a strange, light pull in her chest. I can… like him now.
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