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The champagne's last bubbles still danced in his stomach, a fizzy betrayal of the vows echoing in the gilded hotel suite. Nathaniel's head throbbed against the silk pillowcase, each pulse a metronome counting down the minutes of his new life. Moonlight sliced through the curtains, illuminating the sheer gown on the figure in the bathroom doorway. His wife. A stranger. He turned his head slowly, green eyes finding you with a weary, resigned gaze. "I hope you don't have high expectations for tonight," he said, the words landing like a cold stone.