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e too quick

polished floor like a quiet invitation to start over. She sat up

o hadn't

ll night. Last night's tension still clung to the walls, but with him gone, the silence f

aged wife. She had her own life, her

aking off the night. Her reflection in the mirror stared back, tired but determined. H

bun, and she'd dressed in a simple, professional outfit-dark jeans, a t

he front of the house, her pace faltered. Should s

expressions were unreadable-stone faced and silent, always watching. A

o

her phone and

ord, chin lifted. If they reported her movements to Alessan

familiar rhythm of another busy morning. When she stepped into the

. A world away from

ning" passed her lips as she walked past the front desk. Then she slip

business magnates in the city for over three years. Mr. Grayson.

his usual nod. He sat behind his desk, already imm

s, schedules, and meetings like clockwork. The hours passed with quiet produ

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ion surrounded by steel gates and silent

morning stillness. He stepped out of his sleek black car, his tailored

grand hallwa

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e asked coldly, stri

e left earlier this morning, sir. Dressed n

s brow furr

she think she could come and go as s

aid, his voice like thunder

. Orders from Alessandr

d Rose at her workplace. But when t

ice calm but unshakable. "You

. But she also wasn't making a run for

er. This is my job. I've done noth

n backed off and left, confused but

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the sky dimmed i

, her back stiff as she stared at the looming mansion

ut and took a

as she walked in. She

o was the

room, his elbows on his knees, hands clasped tightly. His dar

ped in h

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louder than anything

low, but the edge of steel in

work," she

t withou

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ement deliberate, control

don't disappear. You don't walk out

ieter but just as steady. "I went to my workpla

life i

defiance in her eyes. "Yo

ing in her eyes, something he couldn't quite place made him

is gaze, waiting for whate

at her for a long,

e turn

he said coldly.

caught. She

this was only

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