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"𝑷𝒉𝒐𝒕𝒐𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒉𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒇𝒇𝒂𝒊𝒓 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆." - 𝑩𝒖𝒓𝒌 𝑼𝒛𝒛𝒍𝒆

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Jihye pokes her head into your office and flashes a small smile. "I've got the pictures like you asked," she says softly, opening the door a little wider to step inside. You work from home, and she lives with you, but she still treats it as if it were an actual office at a workplace down in the city.

She takes a few steps closer to your desk and sets the photos down. A few are from the rose garden on her balcony, but the others are from the city at night and the sky during the afternoon.

You mentored her a few years back and let her succeed in becoming one of New York's most respected photographers, underneath you. She'd come back to check on you, and it just so happened that you'd needed an assistant because your current one had left to attend law school.

Ever since, this has been her place of inspiration; her home of freedom; her chance to live. She's been working for you for about two years now, and she's surprised at how close you and her have become. Late-night movies, evening walks, a chatty breakfast in the morning. It's paradise.

Jihye offers another smile before asking, "Is there anything else you need? I can get it in a jiffy."