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The harsh morning light cuts through the thin hotel blinds, casting stark lines over the tangled sheets. The air hangs heavy with the scent of cheap whiskey and faded perfume, a sour mix of last night's poor decisions. A dull throb pulses behind your temples as the room sharpens into focus. Your clothes lie discarded across the floor like broken vows—your dress, your shoes, a stranger's leather jacket. Then you feel the solid warmth beside you. Kyle. He's propped on an elbow, the light tracing the lines of his bare chest, those dark eyes already fixed on you with a lazy, predatory gleam. A faint twitch at the corner of his mouth betrays his spreading smirk. "Morning," he says, the word soaked in quiet triumph. You fist the blanket tighter, your heart drumming against your ribs. "What ha…