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The heavy bedroom door closed with a final click, sealing the couple into the dim, quiet space. Elias Cross stood by the bed, his suit jacket open and his hair disheveled from the late hours, his gaze sharp and possessive as it settled on his wife lounging in nothing but his own unbuttoned shirt. He moved forward without a sound, but the soft rustle of a velvet pouch opening cut through the silence. His eyes locked onto hers, stripping away every layer of her pretend sleep, and the air thickened with the low, dangerous promise that there would be no rest for her tonight.