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In the morning, she receives a check from Lady Barbara for expensive clothes, Abel offers to take her to the store, and he plans to triple the reserve team.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"In Atonement, For Your Cruelty Chapter 22, while Abel Sting waits for his target in front of the annex building, a sleepless woman struggles with guilt and fear. At night, sensing the presence behind the door, she cannot move and thinks of confessing her sins. In the morning, she receives a check from Lady Barbara for expensive clothes, Abel offers to take her to the store, and he plans to triple the reserve team.","key_events":["Woman asks where to buy expensive high-class fabric clothes and is directed to bazaar","Abel Sting waits in front of annex building planning to seduce and deceive his target to gain position","His Excellency washes with ice-cold water multiple times to calm boiling emotions","Maid enters morning room, notices exhaustion and suggests rest, woman insists on getting ready","Woman offers to buy new clothes with check from Lady Barbara and goes to store with Abel","Woman stays sleepless all night feeling heavy presence beyond door and thinks she must confess sins","Reserve team personnel tripled to keep woman from blending into crowd during outing"],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"IT IS A NIGHT WHERE I CANNOT EASILY FALL ASLEEP.\nEVERY NERVE OF MINE WAS TRACING THE SHADOW BEHIND MY BACK,\n\nAND EVEN WHEN THE HEAVY PRESENCE BEYOND THE DOOR VANISHED,\nI COULD NOT BRING MYSELF TO MOVE.\nHOW FOOLISH MUST I HAVE LOOKED?\n\nIF EVEN A QUESTIONABLE GUEST IS BOTHERSOME,\nPERHAPS HE IS WONDERING IF I SHOULD GO SOMEWHERE OUT OF SIGHT.\n\nI WAITED FOR HIM TO RETURN,\nAND I WAS RELIEVED WHEN HE RETURNED.\n\nHOWEVER, I DID NOT WANT TO FACE HIM.\nI WANTED TO STAY AT EXACTLY THE DISTANCE\n\nFROM WHICH I WATCHED HIM WHILE HIDING BEHIND THE TRAIN WINDOW.\nBUT, IT IS DIFFICULT.\n\nSOMEDAY, I MUST CONFESS MY SINS TO THAT PERSON...\nJUST FACING HIM LEFT ME BREATHLESS.\nHOW FOOLISH.\n\nHOW WONDERFUL WOULD IT BE IF I COULD TURN BACK TODAY ENTIRELY?\n\nNO,\nIF I COULD TURN BACK TIME TO BEFORE I WAS BORN.\n\nMY LADY.\nI AM COMING IN.\n\nYOU MUST HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY EXHAUSTED.\nWOULD YOU LIKE TO SLEEP A LITTLE LONGER?\n\nNO, MA'AM. I WILL GET READY.\nHOW ABOUT YOU TAKE THE DAY OFF?\n\nI AM TRULY ALRIGHT, MA’AM.\nSHE MUST NOT HAVE SLEPT PROPERLY\n\nSHE WAS SO FLUSTERED ALL DAY YESTERDAY,\nAND WHEN I VISITED HER ROOM AT NIGHT, SHE LOOKED EVEN MORE DISTRESSED.\n\nUM, MRS. BARBARA.\nI WOULD LIKE TO BUY SOME CLOTHES, BUT WHERE SHOULD I GO?\n\nIF IT IS CLOTHES YOU SEEK, SHALL I LOOK INTO THE MARKET WHERE THERE ARE MANY CLOTHING STORES?\nAH, THAT IS...\nI WAS THINKING OF FABRIC THAT IS A BIT DIFFERENT.\nSOMETHING A BIT EXPENSIVE...\n\nCLOTHING WITH A HIGH-CLASS FEEL, I SUPPOSE.\n\nSENIOR!\nTHE TARGET HAS FOUND YOU AND IS WAITING IN FRONT OF THE ANNEX.\nI BELIEVE YOU SHOULD PREPARE YOURSELF.\n\nHA... MAN.\nTHIS IS A TOTAL CRAP.\n\nTELL THEM I WILL BE DOWN SOON.\nAFTER YOU SPENT ALL DAY YESTERDAY WANDERING AROUND LIKE THAT...\n\nWHAT KIND OF MARKET DO YOU WANT TO GO TO AGAIN, VISITING ME FIRST THING IN THE MORNING?\n\nIF YOU ARE EVEN HUMAN, ISN’T IT NATURAL TO WANT TO REST?\nTHAT COAT LOOKS LIKE IT CAN’T EVEN BE WORN ANYMORE,\n\nBUT I CANNOT GIVE UP EITHER.\n\nGIVEN THE ATMOSPHERE, I WON’T DIE EVEN IF I FAIL TO SECURE THE TARGET,\nBUT I CERTAINLY CANNOT AVOID A PENALTY LIKE A DEMOTION.\n\nINSTEAD OF JUST FOLLOWING HER AROUND AND GETTING DEMOTED,\nISN'T IT RIGHT TO SOMEHOW COAX HER AND OBTAIN THE POSITION I WANT?\n\nARE YOU CURIOUS ABOUT THE MARKET AGAIN TODAY?\n\nI AM ABEL STING.\nI CAN SEDUCE THIS WOMAN.\nTHIS WOMAN WILL FALL FOR ME.\n\nI... LOVE THIS WOMAN.\nTODAY...\n\nLET'S GO TO THE DEPARTMENT STORE.\n\n...WHAT?\nBECAUSE OF ME, YOUR CLOTHES WERE RUINED.\nI THOUGHT I WOULD BUY YOU A NEW SET.\n...HUH?\n\nTHAT IS FINE. YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE A SENSE OF HOW MUCH THAT CLOTHING COSTS.\nWOULD THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY SUFFICE?\n\nIs that a check...?!\n...MRS. BARBARA GAVE HER A CHECK?\nYES.\n\nWHAT WILL YOU DO IF IT IS NOT ENOUGH?\n\n...IF IT IS NOT ENOUGH,\nI WILL GO AND RECEIVE A LITTLE MORE FROM MRS. BARBARA.\nNOT ENOUGH, MY FOOT.\n\nTHIS YOUNG LADY IS NEVER GOING TO BECOME RICH.\nI GUESS SHE WAS QUITE CONCERNED BACK THEN?\n\nVERY WELL.\nTHEN.\nSHALL WE GO, MY LADY?\n\nI WILL SERVE YOU WITH THE UTMOST CARE.\nThe atmosphere suddenly became...\n\nUM... I DID NOT STEAL IT.\nOH MY~ OF COURSE YOU DID NOT.\n\nRATHER THAN WANDERING AROUND HERE AND THERE,\nI THINK IT WOULD BE BETTER TO KEEP HER IN ONE PLACE.\nI WILL TRIPLE THE BACKUP TEAM PERSONNEL AND SEND THEM OVER,\nSO THAT SHE CAN MOVE WITHOUT BEING EXPOSED TO THE CROWD.\n\nTHEN, I WILL GO AND CONFIRM THE BACKUP TEAM WAITING FOR THE OUTING.\n\nHE IS IN A FOUL MOOD.\nEVEN THOUGH HE BATHED IN COLD WATER LAST NIGHT,\n\nIT SEEMS HE SHOWERED SEVERAL TIMES.\n\nTHAT HIS EXCELLENCY ONLY WASHES HIS BODY IN ICE-COLD WATER\nIS TO SOOTHE THE EMOTIONS BOILING INSIDE HIM.\n\nWHAT COULD HAVE MADE THE INSIDE OF HIS EXCELLENCY BOIL?","bubble_count":91,"pages_count":44,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"In Atonement, For Your Cruelty Chapter 22, while Abel Sting waits for his target in front of the annex building, a sleepless woman struggles with guilt and fear.","spoiler_summary":"In Atonement, For Your Cruelty Chapter 22, while Abel Sting waits for his target in front of the annex building, a sleepless woman struggles with guilt and fear. At night, sensing the presence behind the door, she cannot move and thinks of confessing her sins. In the morning, she receives a check from Lady Barbara for expensive clothes, Abel offers to take her to the store, and he plans to triple the reserve team."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/atonement-for-your-cruelty-3u5rla9z/chapter-23-x3tz92","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — Atonement, For Your Cruelty #23: Chapter 22","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-11-10T16:20:57.315Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/atonement-for-your-cruelty-3u5rla9z"}}