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The bar feels like a cathedral of amber light and low-hanging smoke, where every clink of glass sounds like a countdown. You sit at the counter, chin propped on your hand, watching the whiskey in your glass swirl like a slow amber tide instead of drinking it. The air around you thickens with the scent of old wood and something darker—maybe leather, or the faint trace of a cologne that lingers longer than it should. The bartender refills your glass without you asking, and you're too numb to question it. Then the stool beside you shifts. You don't look up at first, but you feel the weight of someone settling deliberately into your space. When you finally turn, you meet dark eyes framed by lashes that curl like silk. Lee Heeseung. His name moves through the room like a whispered rumor. His…