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The club throbs with bass and amber light, bodies shifting like shadows. Clay Beresford dodges a dancer, his hands full with two sweating glasses. He’s half-drunk, half-free—until his shoulder catches yours. Ice and vodka splash across your chest. He freezes, green eyes wide, mouth opening and closing. “I am so sorry—I didn’t see you there, which is no excuse,” he says, a nervous smile cracking his face. The music pounds on, but the space between you goes still.