The Housekeeping Girl Is Working Hard to Pay Off Her Debt Again Today
Chapter 1: Misalignment As the winter morning light slanted through the floor-to-ceiling windows and spilled into the living room, the lazy figure leaning against the sofa was rhythmically tapping his left foot to the game’s sound effects, his fingers dancing rapidly across the phone screen. 21 minutes and 7 seconds. The sound of my ...
Chapter 1: Misalignment As the winter morning light slanted through the floor-to-ceiling windows and spilled into the living room, the lazy figure leaning against the sofa was rhythmically tapping his left foot to the game’s sound effects, his fingers dancing rapidly across the phone screen. 21 minutes and 7 seconds. The sound of my throat swallowing echoed unnaturally loud in the stillness. The cedar-scented diffuser by the entrance continued to exhale silently, and the young master occupying the sofa hadn’t lifted his gaze from the screen since I stepped inside. “Victory!” When the mechanical female voice rang in my ears in sync with the clock’s chime, I finally got a good look at that tilted, unruly face. Shadows from an all-nighter darkened his lower eyelids, but the malice burning in
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