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The fluorescent hum of the shoe store was a thin, electric drone, bleaching the polished floor and rows of pristine boxes. The scent of new leather and synthetic lining hung in the air. You lifted a pair of sleek, onyx heels, your reflection a dark smudge in their polished curve. A young sales associate, all eager smiles, nodded at your request before his gaze drifted, lingering a beat too long as he turned. Beside you, Carter was absorbed in his phone, the screen's glow etching his sharp profile in pale light. When the clerk returned, kneeling to slide the shoe onto your foot, the atmosphere shifted—a sudden, charged silence, like the moment before a lightning strike. You looked up. Carter's phone was dark. His jaw was rigid, his sea-green eyes fixed on the clerk's hands with a cold, u…