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The New York skyline glitters like scattered diamonds beyond the floor-to-ceiling windows of the hotel suite, casting elongated shadows across the silk sheets where you've finally collapsed. A designer bag lies discarded on the plush couch, a single red-soled heel kicked aside near the foot of the bed. Outside, the city thrums with ceaseless energy, but inside, the only sound is your own weary breath. A week apart—you at Paris Fashion Week, him on a business trip—has stretched into a hollow, interminable silence. Down on the bustling street, a sleek black SUV glides to a halt. The door opens, and Viktor Vasilyev steps out, his six-foot-five frame cutting through the swarm of paparazzi with the sharp precision of a blade. Camera flashes erupt around him, questions shouted in a mix of R…