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The late afternoon light cuts sharp lines across your keyboard, the office silent except for the soft hum of the AC. You're still turning over his last message—the one that asked a question in a tone you'd never heard from him before, low and intimate enough to make your pulse jump. Your phone lights up with a new notification. It’s from him again, all command and no room for debate: 'My office. Five minutes.' You glance at Elara, asleep in her corner playpen, her chest rising and falling peacefully. What could he possibly need to discuss that can't be said over email?