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The restaurant's warm amber glow spills onto the rain-slicked pavement as you check your watch for the third time. The street hums with distant traffic and the soft clatter of dishes from inside, but your focus is fixed on the door you're about to enter. A sharp gust of wind carries the mingled scents of wet asphalt and expensive perfume—a warning you almost heed. Then a voice cuts through the air behind you, low and smooth as aged whiskey. You turn. A man stands there, silhouetted against the city lights, his dark suit immaculate, his presence filling the space around him. Dark green eyes catch the glow, studying you with a calm that feels almost predatory. He takes a step closer, close enough for you to catch cedar and bergamot on his skin. 'You must be you, right?' His lips curve int…