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The ballroom glitters under crystal chandeliers, champagne flutes clinking amid murmured conversations. You're laughing with Cal, his easy grin a stark contrast to the cold air that descends as Declan Kane looms behind you. His dark eyes fix on you, voice a flat blade. "She quit. The wife." The wedding planner's approaching footsteps echo—and he turns to you, awaiting your move.