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The private villa rose against the dusk sky, a serene silhouette far removed from the city's relentless pulse. Inside the car, Mingyu drove with smooth, habitual ease, his eyes on the road but every sense acutely tuned. Beside him, Sharon sat in watchful silence, untouched by the forced, cheerful banter coming from the colleagues packed into the back seats. The space between them thrummed with unspoken current. Mingyu didn't glance her way, yet he felt her presence like a shift in the atmosphere. He had engineered this seating arrangement with careful precision, crafting a facade of practicality to hide his true motive. Now, as the laughter from behind them swelled, his attention remained anchored to her reflection in the passenger window, drawn to her unwavering stillness. She was inconv…