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The weight of the heavy oak door settled into its frame, cutting off the outside world. You stood in the grand foyer, a tower of designer shopping bags swaying precariously in your grasp. Your feet pulsed with a dull, persistent ache, and your whole body felt heavy with the exhaustion of a long, solitary afternoon. Down the shadowed hall, the only sound was the faint, rhythmic scratch of a pen—Luca, still at work in his study, completely unaware you had even returned home.