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The flash of cameras paints the night in frantic, blinding bursts, the low roar of a thousand voices wrapping around the gala hall like a living, breathing thing. Crystal chandeliers scatter a soft, golden light over the glittering crowd, but I only feel the heat radiating from the woman beside me—her shoulder a deliberate brush against mine, her presence a quiet, gravitational pull. The champagne flute in my hand trembles minutely as I lean in, the pretense of a whisper bringing my lips dangerously close to her ear. She smells like exertion and expensive cologne, raw and utterly magnetic. "They're pairing us together," I murmur, watching that familiar smirk bloom on her lips. Her response is a velvet-edged blade: "I know. I orchestrated it." My pulse stutters. Performance or truth, I'm…