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After finding out each other names we went straight inside the club…
The bass from the club hit me like a heartbeat deep, steady, impossible to ignore. Lights shimmered across bodies moving in rhythm, a blur of color and sound that made the air pulse.
Ethan followed just behind me as we wove through the crowd. I could feel his presence even when I didn’t look at him a quiet confidence that tugged at my attention like gravity.
“Do you come here often?” I called over the music, grinning at the cliché of my own words.
“Not usually,” he said, leaning close so I could hear him. His breath brushed my ear, and I swear the temperature rose ten degrees. “But tonight’s full of surprises.”
I turned, arching an eyebrow. “Am I one of them?”
He smiled slow, deliberate. “The biggest one so
