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The air in the room grew dense, charged with the electric tension of a storm about to break. Cedric’s laughter died in his throat, his smirk crumbling into a mask of pure disbelief as his eyes locked onto the figure standing beside you. It wasn’t just anyone; it was Dorian. His younger brother. The man who wore arrogance like a second skin now had his arm draped possessively around your shoulders, his posture relaxed yet predatory. The woman Cedric had been with laughed nervously, oblivious to the shift in the atmosphere, but Cedric saw it all. His gaze widened, shock flickering across his features as he processed the impossible scene. You, the person he’d cast aside, standing with the one individual he never expected you to choose. Dorian didn’t flinch. He only smirked, a sharp,…