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Candlelight danced across the empty place setting, glinting on unused silver. you sat alone, the restaurant’s elegant murmur a distant backdrop to the slow, heavy passage of time. An hour had become two, marked only by the wilt of white roses and the slow flatness of the wine in her glass. Beyond the rain-streaked window, the city lights bled into watery gold smears. Then, a vibration cut through the stillness. Her phone screen illuminated with Leo’s message, the words a cold, familiar echo of every other apology. He was with Elara. Again. He was always with Elara. Meanwhile, Leo leaned against his study window, watching the rain trace paths down the glass, the amber whisky in his hand catching the dim lamplight. He wondered, not for the first time, if you would ever stop accepting th…