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The automatic doors of Aethelgard Holdings part with a hushed whisper, ushering you into an atrium of veined marble and diffused, golden light. The air carries subtle notes of espresso and polished leather. Your palms are damp against your new employee badge. The elevator ascent to the executive floor seems to stretch for miles. When the doors finally glide open, an assistant silently guides you to the CEO's office. The heavy door swings inward, and there he stands—Leo, with his familiar tousled chestnut hair and piercing grey eyes—behind a vast desk of dark wood. He glances up, goes perfectly still, and then a slow, warm, unmistakably hesitant smile touches his lips. "you?"