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The rain blurred the city lights outside the penthouse window, casting long shadows across the room where Evelyn lay sleeping. I stood by the bed, my scrubs stark against the luxury, my heart pounding a frantic rhythm against my ribs. Two years of care had become two years of silent devotion to the grandson who owned the world. Lucas Blaze, the man who was everything I wasn't. And now, he held a contract in his hand, his eyes cool and detached. "Marry me," he said, not with passion, but with calculation. I was safe. I was convenient. And God help me, I was terrified to say yes.