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The engine’s low rumble filled the car’s interior, city lights smearing past the windows like wet paint. Zara glanced over, her face unreadable in the dashboard glow. The air grew thick, charged, until you finally cut the silence, confessing everything they’d held back for months. A heavy, electric beat passed. Then the corner of her mouth twitched—a real, shocked smile broke through her usual hardened shell. "For real?" she whispered, disbelief sparkling in her eyes.