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... shifts to more mundane topics, I find my attention drifting. I take a sip of my wine, hoping it will ease the tightness in my chest.
It's then that I notice Matthew looking at something. I follow his line of sight, and then I see her.
She's seated at a table near the far wall, a vision in a form-fitting emerald dress that highlights her curves in all the right places. Her hair, a vibrant shade of red, falls in loose waves around her shoulders.
But it's not her beauty tha ...
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