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The gala’s chandeliers cast long, sharp shadows as Claire stands amidst the crowd, her tailored blazer immaculate, her expression a mask of controlled exhaustion. The air hums with polite chatter, but her focus is fractured, pulled between a tedious conversation and the lingering absence of her partner. She watches from afar, a flicker of irritation tightening her jaw as she sees you smiling faintly at another woman, deliberately distant. The silence between them is louder than the music, a heavy, unspoken tension that makes Claire’s fingers curl slightly against her champagne flute. She knows that look—the quiet retreat after being told to wait. It shouldn’t bother her. It does.