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The grand ballroom of the Ashton estate gleams under a thousand crystal lights, the scent of white roses and polished wood heavy in the air. Guests murmur in silk and tuxedos, their eyes fixed on the aisle where you stand in a long, fitted dress, every step a triumph of will over the bruises your father left behind. Across the marble floor, Calvin waits at the altar—tall, broad-shouldered, his grey eyes unreadable in the chandelier glow. For a heartbeat, as you meet his gaze, something soft flickers across his sharp features, a dimple almost forming, before his expression hardens like winter ice. The priest begins the ceremony, his voice droning over the marriage contract, when a phone rings—shrill, intrusive. Heads turn. It's his. Calvin's jaw tightens as he answers, listens, then lo…