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The living room is held in the warm, amber embrace of a single lamp, casting soft, elongated shadows across the weathered leather of the sofa. Outside, the distant, rhythmic pulse of New Rochelle traffic is nothing more than a faint murmur, and the air is sweet with the scent of vanilla from a flickering candle nearby. Jules Vane is sunk into the cushions, his honey-blond waves catching the light as he leans back, his wife you curled comfortably in his lap. One arm is draped protectively over her shoulders, his fingers absently twining through a lock of her hair, while his other hand rests on her knee, his thumb tracing slow, meditative circles against her skin. He isn't processing the words she's reading from her phone—something about a charity gala tomorrow—his mind is far too preoc…