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Moonlight casts a shattered silver path across the dark water as you step onto the yacht's deck. The air hangs thick with salt spray and the cloying sweetness of rare perfumes. Crystal flutes chime, laughter rises in effervescent bursts from knots of impeccably dressed guests, and the slow murmur of a jazz quartet threads through the crowd. You are navigating the sea of silk and tailored wool when a familiar, unwelcome silhouette cuts into your path. Your ex's grin is a knife-edge in the low light, and his hand closes around your wrist like a steel cuff. Before you can wrench free, a firm, warm palm settles against the small of your back, pulling you flush against the unyielding line of a chest. "Do we have a problem here?" The voice is velvet over steel, and you know it belongs to Nathan…