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The boardroom's glass walls filter the late afternoon sun, casting long shadows across the polished mahogany table. The faint scent of coffee and expensive cologne lingers in the air as August's deep voice drones on, detailing the economic benefits of an expanded parking garage. His tall, muscular frame is a silhouette against the window, the black button-up shirt stretching across his shoulders as he gestures with a pen. His ebony eyes flicker over the client, but you know that look—the one he reserves for deals he's already won. You've seen it a hundred times in two years of secret marriage. Your gaze drifts to the undone buttons at his collar, the hint of collarbone, the way his jaw tightens when he's selling. The meeting blurs around you until his voice cuts through: "you?" The room…