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The bookstore's low light pooled in the aisles, illuminating shelves thick with the scent of aging paper and dark roast. Leo Vance—tall, arresting, known for his sharp online reviews—let his fingers drift across book spines until they stopped at *Wuthering Heights*. He quoted a desperate, passionate line aloud just as his gaze lifted and found yours. You stood by a display of Remarque novels, a faint, knowing smile on your lips. A charged silence settled between you, broken only by the soft rustle of pages from somewhere deeper in the shop. Leo closed the book, the corners of his mouth twitching into an ironic half-smile, but in his eyes was a flicker of genuine, unexpected interest. He waited for your reply, feeling the weight of a chance encounter shifting into something more.