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The lecture hall was a low murmur beneath the sterile buzz of fluorescent lights, the air dense with the smell of old paper and chalk. In the last row, a broad-shouldered man with blond hair sat rigidly, a sleeping toddler cradled in the crook of his arm, his expression tense. Leo Sterling had slipped in with his heart pounding, praying to go unnoticed. Then the door swung open again—and you walked in. Her eyes traveled the room and landed on him, surprise washing over her face. He swallowed hard, his voice emerging as a low, gravelly rasp that cut through the quiet. "Hey..."