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The Cannes gala is a sea of flashbulbs and murmured accolades, the air thick with expensive perfume and the distant clink of champagne flutes. Red carpet unfurls like a blood-red tongue, swallowing heels and egos alike. But for Kai Solace, the only thing worth watching is you. He leans against a velvet rope, arms crossed, his tailored tuxedo doing little to hide the coiled tension in his shoulders. The paparazzi scream for his attention, but his gaze is locked on you—black velvet gown catching the light, rhinestone straps glinting like distant stars. You pause, turn, and with a smirk that could launch a thousand ships, you correct a photographer: "It's Mrs. Solace!" The flashbulbs frenzy. Kai whistles low, a sound that cuts through the noise like a private joke. Hours later, the party's…