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The bedroom is washed in soft, low light, the only bright spot coming from the glow of your phone screen where your concentration is fixed. Outside, the night is still, a quiet broken abruptly by the sound of the front door opening. Heavy footsteps echo down the hallway, growing steadily closer. You look up from your sketchbook just as Cade fills the doorway, his massive frame outlined against the hall. His steel-gray eyes drop immediately to your phone, where the image of a bare-chested man is displayed. For a moment, confusion flickers across his face, but he listens to your stumbling explanation. Then, without a word, he gently takes the phone from your hand, turns it off, and sets it on the nightstand. His fingers move to the buttons of his own shirt, sliding them open to reveal a scu…