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The dying light of afternoon streams through the floor-to-ceiling windows of the corner office, painting long, elegant shadows across the veined marble. A sudden, hushed rustle moves through the open workspace outside—a collective shift in attention. Elias Vance lowers his fountain pen, its nib hovering above the contract. He follows the silent current of his employees' stares toward the lobby entrance. And there she is. His wife cuts through the space with the lethal grace of a panther, sunglasses shielding her eyes, her heels striking a deliberate rhythm on the stone. The dress she wears is a declaration, sculpted to her form. She moves with the absolute certainty of someone who owns the ground she walks on. Elias sinks back into the embrace of his leather chair, a familiar, heavy und…