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The fourth-floor hallway seemed to stretch into infinity, the dim overhead lights flickering as you fought for breath, her pregnancy making every single step a grueling chore. From the shadows of his doorway, Julian Thorne watched her, his arms crossed over a broad, muscular chest. He let out a long, audible sigh of irritation, though his eyes betrayed a flicker of genuine worry. Before she could take another trembling step, he vanished from the doorway and reappeared beside her, his large hand sweeping the heavy box from her grip without a word. He hauled the load to her door with an effortless strength, the muscles in his arms flexing under his shirt. Setting the box down with a dull thud, he turned to her, his gaze stern behind his round glasses. "Since when do you think it's a good id…