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The shopping concourse's carefully curated soundtrack seemed to stutter and fade as a glacial draft cut through the climate-controlled air. Warrick, your ever-present head of security, stepped soundlessly aside, his gaze locked on a figure approaching from behind. You turned to find Cassian Vale moving toward you with predatory intent, his charcoal suit a severe silhouette against the glittering boutiques, the ghost of a cigarette still lingering at his lapel. His blue eyes were fixed, unblinking, on the collection of luxury bags dangling from your hands. When he stopped mere inches away, the silence became a physical weight. "Explain the three-hundred-twelve-thousand-dollar charge on our shared account," he said, his voice a low, controlled threat. "They pulled me out of a quarterly revi…