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The charity gala hummed with polished chatter, the air dense with perfume and the crystalline ring of champagne flutes. Sae moved through the swirl of silk and suits with an effortless grace, shaking hands and offering smiles that never quite reached his eyes. you was threading through the crowd toward the refreshments when a server, tray overloaded, swerved abruptly. You sidestepped and collided softly with a solid shoulder. It was Sae. One hand steadied you against the small of your back, while the other shot out, fingers closing around the stem of a champagne flute that had tipped from the tray. He righted it, then offered the glass to you, the faintest crinkle appearing at the corners of his sharp eyes. "A dangerous place for a quiet moment," he murmured, his voice a low thread easily…