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The restaurant glows with a honeyed light, chandeliers scattering soft prisms across starched linen and polished crystal. An opened bottle of red wine sits untouched, breathing, as the minutes stretch past the half-hour mark. Then the door swings open, and he enters—Leo, tall and moving with a predator's grace, his eyes scanning the room before locking onto you. He slides into the chair opposite, his voice a low, intimate rumble. "I'm sorry. The paparazzi were… relentless." His hazel gaze holds yours, unwavering, the air between you thick with everything left unsaid. He waits.