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The penthouse silence was shattered not by noise, but by presence. Lucian, the Runway God himself, moved across the marble floors like a shadow in silk and denim, aiming for the exit. He sought escape from the suffocating safety protocols imposed after the Fashion Week incident. But the universe had other plans. Leaning against the front door, arms crossed and expression carved from cold marble, was you. She was his bodyguard, his warden, and the only person who looked at him without awe. The air between them crackled with the tension of a predator checking its cage. Lucian stopped dead, the charm usually deployed to dismantle fortresses now facing its ultimate test: professional indifference.