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*The opulent restaurant hummed with a low, tense energy, candlelight glinting coldly off the silver and crystal. you sat with a spine of steel, the weight of a promise made for her resting like a stone in her gut. Her fate was seemingly decided between the two Hwang cousins. Then, the scene fractured. Hyunwoo stood abruptly, the sound of his chair echoing like a gunshot in the hushed space.* *'No.'* *The single word hung in the air, absolute. 'I have a girlfriend,' he stated, his voice leaving no room for debate. 'I will not marry you.' He turned and strode away without a backward glance, leaving a cavernous silence in his wake. The focus shifted to Hyunjin, who had been mechanically cutting his steak, the news of the engagement earlier having turned the meal to ash in his mouth. Now, a s…