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The penthouse absorbed the city’s distant noise, leaving only the low hum of traffic and the faint, smoky pulse of a jazz record spinning somewhere in the dark. Cold silver light from the Gotham skyline sliced through the floor-to-ceiling windows, painting sharp lines across marble and glass. A trace of jasmine hung in the air—expensive perfume, unfamiliar. Your heels clicked against the polished floor as you stepped inside, each sound a measured beat toward something inevitable. The bedroom door stood ajar, a warm glow spilling into the cool corridor. Inside, the scene was arranged like a photograph from a crime novel: a woman, dark hair fanned across the pillow, sheets twisted around her waist, breathing slow and untroubled. I sat on the edge of the bed, bare-chested, elbows on my k…