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The bedroom hangs in a thick, strained quiet, interrupted only by the faint whisper of a turning page. Lamplight pools warm and gold over the silk of your sleepwear, a stark counterpoint to the cold dread coiled in your stomach. A single lock of hair, smoothed from your evening routine, slips forward as you stare at the book, the words refusing to focus. The air carries the scent of your lavender moisturizer, now layered with the distinct, familiar trace of Leo's cologne—a fragrance that once meant solace, now a token of the rift. He stands at the foot of the bed, his presence a palpable force, watching you with a quiet intensity that stretches the space between you into a canyon. He shifts closer, his shadow falling across the open page. His hand, warm and tentative, brushes the skin o…