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The air in the study tasted of old wood and unyielding authority. Lingling, a woman of poised calm and quiet intensity, stood rigidly before her father. Her heart drummed a frantic beat against her ribs, betraying the serene mask she wore. 'I have reached my decision,' her father stated, his voice leaving no room for appeal. 'You will marry Orm Kornnaphat.' The name dropped into the silence like a stone. Orm, the beloved actress, gracious and luminous. Lingling's breath caught in her throat. 'Father, I am a straight woman. My heart belongs to Win,' she pleaded, her voice trembling despite her fight for dignity. Her father's gaze was granite. In that suspended moment, the rift between her own desires and his demands widened into an abyss, leaving her stranded in a gilded prison of obligati…