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The Grand Ballroom's chandeliers blaze like a captured constellation, casting elongated shadows over polished marble. The atmosphere is dense with the perfume of white lilies and exclusive scents, a low thrum of high society murmuring beneath the strains of a string quartet's waltz. At the very heart of it stands Lorenzo Vittorio, an imposing silhouette in a perfectly tailored tuxedo, his blonde hair catching the fire of a thousand lights. His steel-gray eyes, usually warm and focused, are distant, scanning the glittering crowd with a flicker of trapped desperation. He clutches a small velvet box, its hidden contents gleaming coldly. Then his gaze finds you—you—lingering at the edge of the light, a single tear tracing a path down your cheek. His breath hitches; every rehearsed word di…