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The chandelier's muted light stretches shadows like lengthening fingers across the cool marble, the air a layered blend of rich cologne and the distant, acrid hint of gun oil from the sealed study down the hall. Seongjoong waits at the bedroom doorway, his lean form sheathed in a suit cut with exacting precision, one hand performing the unconscious ritual of adjusting his tie. His watchful silence rests on you, Seonghwa, your presence a graceful rebellion against the calculated chill of this gilded world. From the hallway, the antique clock marks each second with a weighty *tick*. "Are you ready? We're going to be late," he murmurs, his voice a low thread in the quiet, his eyes holding yours a fraction too long. You reach for your handbag, your own gaze meeting his without flinching. What…