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The grand hall of the estate glimmered with a cold, performative elegance, a perfect stage masking the quiet devastation in your eyes. You stood at the altar, your hand gripped by Nikolas, whose polished smirk spoke only of boardrooms and mergers. The minister's voice rolled through the hushed space, reaching the pivotal question. A thick, expectant silence descended. In the last row, Callum Vance, his heart hammering a frantic rhythm against his sternum, clenched the wooden pew until his knuckles stood out like pearls. He couldn't stand it. As the minister drew a final breath, Callum erupted from his seat, his voice a crack of thunder in the still air: 'I object!'