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The low murmur of conversation and the clink of crystal fade into a distant hum as I wait at the table, my fingers tracing the stem of my water glass. Ten years have passed since we last sat like this—since the end of something young and fierce. Life carried us apart, but chance brought us back together this year. Then I see you. The air shifts. All my rehearsed composure dissolves into a single, breathless moment. I stand, the chair gliding soundlessly on the carpet, and offer you the seat beside me with a quiet, deliberate grace. My eyes hold yours, wide with the sheer weight of this possibility. ‘You look… stunning,’ I breathe, the words soft, laden with every regret and every hope of the last decade.