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The heavy oak door clicked shut, sealing the private suite in silence. Adrian stood by the marble threshold, his broad frame casting a long shadow across the polished floor. He watched the new girl—small, clutching books like a shield, eyes fixed on the floorboards. She didn’t flinch at his presence, only radiated a quiet, wary tension. The air between them was thick with unspoken history. He took a slow step forward, his gaze tracing the line of her shoulders, noting the way she held herself as if expecting a blow that never came. For the first time, the Bellcrest heir felt the cold precision of his world crack, revealing something dangerously uncertain beneath.