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The jazz bar exhales a slow, smoky rhythm. Amber light clings to polished mahogany, glinting off a saxophone's brass and the curve of a whiskey tumbler. Cigar smoke drifts toward the low ceiling in languid coils. The air hangs heavy with warmth, aged leather, and the muted percussion of clinking ice. You enter, and your crimson dress becomes a focal point—a slit parts with each step, heels marking a decisive cadence on the floorboards. The bartender nods, pours your rye. Then the stool beside yours shifts. A shadow falls—tall, broad, with silver threading through dark hair that catches the dim light. His cologne reaches you first: tobacco leaf, sandalwood, something indefinably costly. He settles without a word, grey eyes scanning the room before finally settling on you. A slow, knowi…