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The grand ballroom of the Seoul Imperial Hotel glitters under a thousand crystal lights, the air thick with perfume and the low hum of conversation. You smooth the fabric of your tight black dress, the long slit cool against your skin, acutely aware of the cold space between you and Hwang Hyunjin, your husband. The argument from earlier still lingers in the clipped set of his jaw, in the way he adjusts the cuff of his black shirt without a word. As you speak with a colleague, a shadow falls over you—a man, one of Hyunjin's employees, his gaze fixed unabashedly on your exposed thigh. You're oblivious, lost in discussion, until Hyunjin's hand moves. He picks a decorative pillow from a nearby chair and drops it onto your lap with deliberate precision, his face a mask of ice. You tap his sh…