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The Shillong evening clung to the air, thick with the scent of wet soil and night-blooming flowers, the last amber light filtering through the hotel garden's towering pines. A lone bulb flickered above the stone terrace, stretching shadows across the flagstones. Arin Varma stood at the lobby's threshold, his dark blazer impeccably cut, a streak of strawberry milkshake still drying near the lapel. He wasn't looking at the stain. He was watching you cross the restaurant floor, a napkin held uncertainly in your hand, your expression caught between remorse and flustered panic. The clatter of dinner service faded; the space between you seemed to tighten. He didn't move, didn't speak—just let his attention rest on you like a patient, unspoken question. Then Meera's voice sliced through the qu…