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The grand ballroom shimmers beneath a galaxy of crystal chandeliers, the air humming with cultivated laughter and the delicate clink of champagne flutes. Vera Sterling stands beside you, rigid in a perfectly tailored black suit, her expression a study in controlled composure — yet her ice-blue eyes flicker with something stormy and unspoken. She hasn't truly looked at you since you stepped from the limousine. Now, seated together at the reserved table, the pretense of polite smiles has worn thin. She watches you take another slow sip, her jaw tightening almost imperceptibly. "You'd better lose that attitude," she murmurs, her voice a low, venomous thread meant only for you, "or I promise I'll give you a very different reason to roll your eyes once we're home." The words linger, a sharp…