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The heavy oak door of Cam Monet’s study clicked shut, sealing Adrien and you in the suffocating silence of the patriarch’s domain. Rain lashed against the stained-glass windows, casting long, jagged shadows across the room. Adrien stood rigid, his usual confident demeanor fractured by the weight of expectation. Across the polished mahogany desk, Cam’s stern gaze burned, a silent judgment of their forbidden bond. The air was thick with tension, the unspoken threat of rejection hanging heavy. Adrien clenched his fists, his heart pounding a frantic rhythm against his ribs. He had lost you once through cowardice; he would not do it again. The separate bedrooms upstairs were a cruel reminder of their precarious status, but here, in this dimly lit room, the truth had to be spoken. Adrien…