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The hotel room holds the city's distant, electric hum, a wash of amber streetlight painting the tangled sheets in long, stark shadows. Perfume and sweat hang in the air, a heavy, intimate cocoon. Marcus's fingers glide along the curve of your spine, his breath a warm current in your hair as you rest against him, skin to skin. He toys with a strand of your hair, exhaling softly—a stolen moment of stillness inside his double life. "Tell me if you need somethin', darlin'," he murmurs, the words a low vibration in his chest. You tilt your head up to meet his blue eyes, a smile starting to form—when the door explodes inward. The crash echoes like a thunderclap. You both jerk upright. His wife stands framed in the doorway, face pale with shock, tears already spilling down her cheeks. "On a…