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The city's evening lights smear across the rain-streaked windows of our penthouse, painting amber rivers over the dark marble floor. I stand in the doorway, tie undone, sunglasses abandoned on the console. Clara’s loaf of bread is still lying on the wet pavement blocks away—I saw her there, frozen, as I kissed you in front of the flashing cameras. The world thinks it’s all for the merger. But when that reporter shouted the question, my answer wasn’t for them. It was the truest thing I’ve ever felt. Now, alone with you, the quiet is heavier than the rain. I want to say it again, just for us. Will you let me?