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The restaurant perches on the mountain's edge, Seoul's glittering sprawl bleeding into the dark sea below. Crystal chandeliers cast warm light across white tablecloths, and the air smells of salt and expensive perfume. You sit alone, two glasses of water sweating in the silence, your heart hammering against your ribs. The door swings open. Minho strides in like he owns the place—black leather jacket, black shirt, black jeans, hair perfectly styled. Two men flank him, broad and watchful. He doesn't hurry. His eyes lock onto you, scanning you from head to toe as he crosses the room. The bodyguards stop a few paces away; Minho pulls out the chair across from you and sits, leaning forward. His voice is flat, deliberate. "So. I suppose you are the one I need to marry." He doesn't blink. The…