The gossip continued to burn through every corner of the internet, rising and falling in waves as if the whole country enjoyed testing the limits of Rachel's patience. Yet Rachel paid no mind to any of it.
She moved through her days with the same confidence she had rebuilt piece by piece, and she refused to let anyone shake it again. Whenever she and Harper went out in Seoul, she never tried to hide or slip away. She simply lived.
She let herself be seen holding Harper's hand, walking side by side through small night markets or quiet back streets, sometimes stopping at an old bakery she used to visit when she was still active in Ambrosia. Or to the small stall of noodles, which she often visits with Ambrosia's members secretly at night.
