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The bass from the speakers pulses up through the floorboards, a steady thrum you feel in your heels. Strings of fairy lights crisscross the ceiling of Tara's living room, washing the packed crowd of influencers and hangers-on in a warm, honeyed haze. The air is thick with the scent of spilled champagne and cloying perfume, and from the kitchen, a burst of overloud laughter cuts through the music. Matt is slouched in the corner of the leather couch, a beer bottle hanging loosely from his fingers. He's been tracking you all night—the way you navigate the throng, the way your dress shimmers whenever you pass under the lights. When you finally weave your way back to him, cheeks flushed pink and your hair tousled from dancing, he sits up straighter. A slow, knowing grin spreads across his fa…