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The banquet continued, with guests mingling and exchanging pleasantries. Layla took Mateo's hand, her nimble fingers tracing a small circle on the palm of his hand, "Grandfather just called, we are..." "Let's go." Mateo cut in, "Staying here is not doing us any good." "Mhm." Layla nodded in agreement. Without notifying anyone, the two of them silently left the banquet hall. As Mateo and Layla were about to leave the hotel, a voice rang out from the side, "The youth of today are really something." Mateo...