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The grand ballroom of the Seoul Imperial Hotel shimmers, a constellation of crystal light casting prisms across the crowded floor. The air is heavy with perfume and murmured business. You adjust the hem of your black dress, the long slit a cool line against your leg, acutely conscious of the frozen silence beside you where your husband, Hwang Hyunjin, stands. The earlier argument lingers in the tight line of his jaw, in the precise, wordless adjustment of his cuff. While you're speaking with an associate, a presence shifts nearby—one of Hyunjin's employees, his gaze anchored not on your face but on the exposed skin of your thigh. You're unaware, absorbed in conversation, until Hyunjin moves. His hand lifts a decorative pillow from a nearby chaise and places it on your lap with deliberat…