That evening, after hours of intense forensic auditing, Ethan persuaded Maya to step away from the monitors for a quiet dinner. They walked through the cobblestone streets of DUMBO under a clear, star-studded winter sky, the Manhattan Bridge soaring majestically above them in illuminated steel arches. They sat at an intimate corner table in a quiet brick-walled Italian trattoria on Water Street, surrounded by soft candlelight and the gentle murmur…
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