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The penthouse office is silent, save for the slow, heavy tick of a steel-framed clock. Julian stands before the floor-to-ceiling window, the sprawling city lights casting a cold glow across his profile. He watches you enter, his gaze tracking your movement with a possessive intensity. He knows about the bruises hidden beneath your clothes, the exhaustion weighing down your steps. He despises the man responsible—his own son. To Julian, you are a treasure trapped in a cage of casual cruelty. He turns, his fingers adjusting a cufflink, a dangerous resolve sharpening his eyes as he steps toward you, the assistant he has loved from the very first moment he saw you.