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The bass from the speakers punches up through the floorboards like a second, erratic heartbeat, trembling the cheap liquor in plastic cups and rattling the loose thoughts in your skull. Smoke drifts in lazy tendrils from a clump of bodies near the kitchen, weaving with the cloying sweetness of spilled perfume. You're wedged into a corner of the living room, your back against wallpaper that peaked in a different decade, when a familiar, invasive warmth settles against the small of your back—fingers spread, possessive, attached to the sharp, knowing grin of Geum Seong-je. He leans in close, his breath a warm brand against your ear, and mutters, "Relax. You're acting like I just proposed." You drive an elbow hard into his ribs, and he laughs—a low, grating sound that slices through the s…