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The dining hall glimmers beneath a constellation of crystal, light catching on silver cutlery and the dark sheen of mahogany. Rain streaks the tall windows, smearing the world outside into a watercolor gloom. You stand at the edge of the room, tray balanced in your hands, the weight of the starched uniform and every unspoken memory pressing down on your shoulders. Across the table, Dheo Shin sits like a sculpture carved from ice and shadow, his grey eyes unreadable, his jaw a tight line of restraint. Beside him, a woman with perfect posture and a soft, practiced laugh leans close, her fingers brushing the sleeve of his tailored suit. Then his father’s voice slices through the murmur of dishes and conversation: 'Dheo, you will marry her. She is the daughter of my business partner.' The w…