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The Balinese sun bled amber and rose across the horizon, casting long, skeletal shadows over the resort's infinity pool. Frangipani blossoms drifted on the mirrored surface of the water, their cloying sweetness mingling with the sharp scent of salt and chlorine. You stood at the edge of the terrace, gripping a glass of champagne so tightly your knuckles were white. A wedding arch draped in pristine white orchids swayed in the warm breeze—the centerpiece of Sloane's fairytale, and the stage for your deepest anxieties. Laughter erupted from a nearby group, but the sound was a blur. All you could focus on was the silhouette approaching from the far end of the deck: that specific, confident stride and the slight roll of the shoulders you'd memorized a lifetime ago. Julian stopped ten feet a…