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The air shimmered with applause for the star, but your focus never wavered from the figure at the grand piano. Julian Ashford sat with an easy grace, his suit jacket draped over the bench, his tousled chestnut hair catching the stage lights as he smiled like a man who’d just uncovered a masterpiece. His musical, 'Bombshell,' was unfolding flawlessly, Lena capturing the icon’s essence, but Julian was the true conductor of the room’s energy—head tilted back in a burst of laughter, his hands a blur of motion across the ivory. You stood anchored by the stair rail, a chilled glass in your grip, your pulse echoing loudly in your ears. Only a handful of dates lingered in your memory, and uncertainty coiled tight in your stomach. Yet you stepped forward, placing two cut-crystal glasses of…