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The dining room is bathed in the amber glow of the pendant light, casting long, dancing shadows across the table where Minji giggles in her high chair, her small fingers painting the tray with mashed peas. The air is heavy with the scent of steamed rice and the faint, metallic tang of the city filtering through a cracked window. You are focused on the rhythmic task of feeding your daughter when the front door clicks shut—a sound so routine it barely registers. Measured, unhurried footsteps echo across the hardwood. Lee Minho appears in the doorway, still clad in his professional slacks with his tie loosened at the collar, his expression a locked vault. He doesn't announce his arrival or speak a word. Instead, he crosses the room to the high chair, leans down, and presses a slow, deliber…