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The restaurant was bathed in a warm amber light, sliced through by the cool blue of the London evening fading beyond the tall windows. A low hum of jazz threaded through the clink of glasses and the soft murmur of conversation, a backdrop of comfort and charm. At a table near the window, you sat—half in shadow, half illuminated by a single candle flame, your phone in hand, your bottom lip caught thoughtfully between your teeth as if steeling yourself for letdown. George Russell paused just inside the entrance, adjusting his shirt cuffs and catching a steadying breath. He was four minutes behind—an unthinkable margin by his own metrics—but traffic and Harry’s frantic plea had conspired against him. *Just be charming, slip away after dessert*, Harry had advised. But the moment Georg…