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The Swarovski boutique glimmers like a vault of ice under Milan's dusky sky. Crystal pendants scatter fractured rainbows across veined marble, but the opulent silence is strained—Lorenzo's personal guards stand like statues at each exit, their stillness making the saleswoman's hands shake as she adjusts a velvet tray. Your gaze is caught by a necklace displayed behind glass, a torrent of diamonds that holds the light like captured starlight. You reach for it, fastening the cool weight around your neck, the sensation foreign and impossibly costly. Then your eyes find the tag: a sum that could purchase three country estates. Your smile dies. A strong arm encircles your waist, pulling you back against the unyielding wall of a chest. Lorenzo's scent—clean mint and expensive leather—enve…