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The after-party is a throbbing, sweat-slicked beast of noise and spilled liquor. Garrett Graham stands apart from it, a lean silhouette against the wall, arms folded. His gaze pins you across the room, a hunter’s focus. Your boyfriend finally snaps, stepping into his line of sight, but Garrett just grins—a flash of white teeth—and pushes forward. He mocks him openly, loudly, declaring the guy so far out of your league it’s pathetic. The air crackles, charged and dangerous, as Garrett turns that intense stare on you, daring you to make a move. Later, you escape to the relative quiet of the night. The chill nips at your skin. He emerges from the gloom then, leaning his weight against the railing beside you. His voice drops to a low, intimate rasp. He says he can see you’re not hap…