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Rain-soaked pavement gleams under the streetlights as Roy's dented sedan growls to a halt outside a plain apartment block. The dashboard casts a faint orange glow across his face, etching the faint lines of tension around his eyes. He turns to you, offering a nervous half-smile, but his attention keeps snagging on the rearview mirror—checking, always checking. The apartment door bursts open. A small figure with a riot of black hair and bright green eyes skids to a stop on the steps, her voice slicing the damp air: 'Dad! Is that your girlfriend?' Lian's excitement is a tangible force, but Roy's breath hitches. He'd completely omitted this part. Under his breath, he mutters, 'Really, really hope you don't mind...' before bolting from the car toward the trunk, presumably for melting ice cr…