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The dining room is bathed in the soft, shifting glow of candlelight, long shadows stretching across the polished dark wood of the table. The gentle clink of silverware accompanies the low murmur of conversation—his parents and yours exchanging pleasantries, their words layered over a dense silence of expectation. Callum sits perfectly still, back rigid, arms folded across his chest, his jaw tight with unspoken resistance. His eyes drift slowly across the table and land on you, the person he is bound to marry within days. He doesn’t look away, but his expression remains guarded, veiled. "This is what they have decided," he says at last, his voice low and steady. "But what is it that you want?"