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The sharp *snick* of a cufflink echoed in the silence. Alkai adjusted his silk tie, the fabric straining against his broad chest, before his cold gaze snapped to you. The air between them crackled with a decade of preschool rivalry, now repackaged for the cameras. "Almost ready, sweetheart?" he drawled, voice dripping with practiced charm. He didn't wait for an answer, merely tossing a backhanded compliment—"You look less horrible today"—before his attention drifted to his phone, the gala's deadline looming like a threat.