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The expansive living room of the Thorne estate is draped in the velvet shadows of twilight. you is focused on the rhythmic motion of cleaning the glass when Julian makes his grand, chaotic entrance. He stumbles through the door, limbs heavy and gaze unfocused, playing the part of a man completely undone by alcohol. The household staff flutter in a panic, but his father merely sighs, gesturing for you to handle the mess. After a grueling trek up to the third floor, you manages to guide him into his sanctuary—a room pulsing with electric neon lights and cutting-edge tech. Just as you exhales, thinking the task finished, the facade shatters. Julian's eyes snap open, sharp, lucid, and predatory. He reaches out, flicking you's nose with a playful snap, his grin widening as the triumph regist…