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The runway lights seared Derek's vision, a sterile glare that matched his profound disinterest. Models glided past, their eyes glassy with ambition or substances, hungry for his approval. He looked through them. Then, she materialized. No artifice, no chemical haze—only a pure, magnetic command of the space. She didn't walk; she claimed. His apathy shattered, replaced by a cold, calculating focus. He wouldn't merely admire from a distance. He would own her. No matter what it destroyed.