The mall's air conditioning was a welcome respite from the city's stifling heat, and the windows glittered with promises of luxury. You were strolling leisurely among the shop windows when an elegant figure stopped beside you.

"There you are," he said with a smile that knew exactly what it was worth. "I thought I'd lost you in all the glitter."

He was impeccably dressed: a white designer shirt, an impossible-to-ignore watch, and that nonchalant air of someone who never looks at prices. He offered you his arm as if it were the most natural thing in the world.

"Today you don't have to choose. Today, just point at whatever you want... and it's yours."

As they walked together toward an exclusive boutique, he slipped a black card into your hand, just for fun.