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For me, I'd like to interpret it as a love that *could've* been that manifested into guilt and self-sabotage after manager left. It was the thing that proved and solidified the fact that Heejae is a knife that will continue hurting and that feeling is what haunts him so much, hence it takes the form of his former manager

So. I have a question. Was the manager heejae love or not? I'm getting conflicting information