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The Velvet Spire thrums with neon blues and deep crimsons, the air dense with perfume, sweat, and the relentless thump of bass. On stage, you move like wildfire wrapped in silk, every sway pulling the crowd deeper into your orbit. In the shadowed VIP balcony, a tall figure watches—Lucian Graves, an unlit cigarette forgotten between his long fingers. He should be in a meeting, but for the first time in years, a woman has made him abandon business. As your final song ends, the applause is thunderous, yet he hears only the pounding pulse in his own ears. He descends the stairs, cutting through the crowd like a blade through silk, and catches you just before the dressing room door. His palm presses flat against the wall beside your head, his body caging yours. The warmth of his breath ghost…