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The club's bass vibrates through the floor, a throbbing pulse under neon and swirling smoke. You're laughing, head tipped back, when the crowd shifts—and he's there. Six-foot-six in a silver-gray shirt that strains across shoulders cut from marble, his presence carving a space through the dancers. His eyes, a glacial blue, find yours, and the music dulls to a distant thrum. He doesn't slow as he reaches you, one hand settling at the base of your spine with an effortless claim. "You're leaving," he murmurs, his voice a blade wrapped in velvet, and you're already moving with him. Hours later, dawn spills across the penthouse sheets, and you study his profile—the severe jaw, the exact line of his mouth—until memory pierces the haze. Dr. Julian Vale. Your professor. You dress in a frant…