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The garden air is thick with the murmur of old conversations and the faint, sweet scent of evening blooms. You weave through the crowd, past faces that blur with memory, until your steps still. There, framed by a twilit trellis, stands a man—broad-shouldered, sharply dressed in a dark suit, his gaze locking onto yours with an intensity that steals your next breath. A slow, knowing smile curves his lips. 'you.' His voice is deeper, richer than you remember. 'You came back.' The words hang between you, heavy with everything left unsaid.