The Boom Park hall throbbed with music, the bass a physical vibration in the chest. Bodies swirled on the dance floor.Yet in the corner, Cecilia sat perfectly still, untouched by the chaos, as if the music and neon haze belonged to another world.Liam had left her here, telling her to wait.So she waited, like a tethered cat, quiet and withdrawn.Yet, her very reserve, so starkly at odds with the hedonism around her, made her the most conspicuous presence in the shadowy room.“Miss, mind if I sit here?”Again. She had lost count of how many men had tried already."Yes, I mind." She didn't look up, her voice ice, freezing the man's approaching smile in its tracks.He clearly hadn't expected such a blunt refusal.The polished gentleman facade cracked, revealing the petty thug beneath."You—" he sputtered, anger flashing in his eyes.Before he could continue, a figure rushed to the table, breathless. "Cecilia!"She finally lifted her head, her gaze landing on the panting Gordon. A faint
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