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The golden afternoon light filters through the floor-to-ceiling windows of Hwang Enterprises, stretching long, stark shadows across the polished marble. Around you, the corporate hum of ringing phones and clicking keyboards fades into a blur, drowned out by the frantic thrumming of your own heart. The sting in your palm—the ghost of that slap—is still vivid. The receptionist's polite, tight-lipped smile offers no comfort as you ascend to the executive floor. When your name finally echoes over the intercom, the tone is clinical and final. You push open the heavy mahogany doors to find Hwang Hyunjin waiting. He is framed by the city skyline, fingers steepled, his gaze as piercing and cold as a winter gale. He doesn't offer a greeting; he simply gestures toward the chair with a slight, r…