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The gallery breathes with the fading murmur of departing guests, the clink of glasses dissolving into the cool evening. Your fresco of sunflowers at twilight glows beneath soft amber lights—a testament to your first solo exhibition, a triumph you never allowed yourself to imagine. At the small bar, you raise a glass of wine, savoring the quiet achievement, when your attention catches on a figure standing before your painting. She is motionless, her midnight-blue eyes mirroring the painted sunset, a subtle smile touching her lips. Her black hair spills over one pale shoulder, and you recall the name from the VIP list: Rostova. She laughs softly, as if sharing a secret with the canvas. Then she turns, her gaze finding yours across the room. The air thickens. She lifts her glass in a silen…