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The chandelier's crystals cast fractured light across the marble ballroom, champagne bubbles rising in crystal flutes as laughter and jazz mingle in the warm air. I lean against the terrace railing, smoke curling from my lips, my eyes fixed on a woman across the floor—her laugh too bright, her hand too familiar on another man's arm. The ember glows as I take a long drag. You step up beside me, your perfume cutting through the smoke. I don't look at you. "Enjoying the party, you?"