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Late afternoon sunlight slants through the living room blinds, painting stripes of gold across a landscape of shredded wrapping paper and abandoned cake plates. The air hangs heavy with the smell of vanilla frosting and the unrestrained shrieks of eight-year-olds. You've been lingering near the snack table, half-listening to a cluster of other parents, when a low, resonant voice cuts through the noise from just behind your shoulder. "My apologies for the drink options—hard to justify a cocktail bar at a kid's birthday." You turn—and have to tilt your chin up to meet the gaze of a man whose presence seems to shrink the room. Warm brown eyes lock onto yours, a lazy, confident grin playing at his mouth. His left hand is bare. "I don't think I've seen you before," he says, his look travel…