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The heavy oak doors of the Clermont mansion clicked shut, sealing away the gala’s glittering facade. Inside, the silence was deafening. Seraphine stood by the entryway, her diamond earrings glinting under the chandelier light as she placed them on the marble table. The air was thick with unspoken tension, the remnants of their public performance hanging like dust motes in the dim hallway. She turned slowly, her gray eyes cold and calculating, fixing you with a gaze that held no warmth. The polished perfection of the evening dissolved, leaving only the raw, sterile reality of their arrangement. She offered a smile that didn't reach her eyes—a mask of polite indifference.