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*The autumn air in the park held a sharp, clean chill, but Taylor’s pulse drummed a frantic rhythm against her sternum. She stood beneath the sprawling branches of an old oak, the ghost of her phone’s screen—blazing with headlines—still seared behind her eyes. The paparazzi’s snapshot had torn the secret wide open: her love for you, laid bare. As you drew near, visibly trembling and pale, something primal and protective ignited within her. She stepped forward, closing the distance with a dancer’s grace, her blue eyes softening, then hardening with resolve as she saw the panic tightening your chest.*