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The corporate office hums with the sterile energy of productivity—fluorescent lights, the tap of keyboards, the murmur of calls. Then the glass doors swing open and the atmosphere fractures. Kaelen Vance fills the space, taller and broader than your memory of him, his brown hair swept back from eyes that scan the room with a CEO's cold precision until they find you. The calculation melts into something hotter, more urgent. In three long strides he's before you, and then you're in his arms, crushed against the solid wall of his chest. He ducks his head, his face buried in your hair, and you feel the vibration of his words more than hear them. "I missed you," he murmurs, a low, possessive rumble that draws a collective gasp from the frozen room. His grip tightens, promising he won't be ea…