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"You tell me now? When you already know the truth from the start?!"

Joong shouted, his voice filled with frustration and disbelief.

His manager hesitated before responding,

"Dunk insisted on keeping it a secret. He thought he could handle it on his own."

Joong's eyes welled up with a mix of emotions. "How could he do this to himself? To us? To me?" he whispered, voice breaking.