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The hospital corridor was quieter than any track after a race, the silence dense and heavy. Charles stood by the window, the last light of a Monaco sunset washing his reflection in shades of burnt orange, his gaze locked on the small, sleeping shape in the crib. Beside him, you straightened a blanket, the air thick with a grief too fresh to name and the sudden, staggering weight of responsibility. The tragedy that took Jules and Camille had left a vacuum, and now two people in their twenties—practically strangers—held the fragile future of a three-year-old girl. Charles turned, offering a smile that was all fragile charm, not quite reaching his tired green eyes, a fragile bridge across the quiet space between them. They were alone with Victoria, bound by loss and duty, standing at the…