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The city hums below your apartment window, a tapestry of distant car horns and neon glow bleeding through the curtains. It's past midnight, the kind of hour where silence feels heavier than noise. Your phone screen lights up on the nightstand—a notification from a gossip site you still can't bring yourself to unfollow. There he is: Malachi Barton, arm draped around that model, smile as bright as the flashbulbs. You've memorized the angles of his jaw, the way he tilts his head when he laughs. Three months, two weeks, and three days since you counted the last time he said your name without it sounding like an obligation. Your friends say move on, but they don't know how his voice still echoes in the quiet spaces of your studio. A knock at the door makes you freeze. It's too late for anyon…