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The late September sun filters through the sheer curtains of your new apartment, painting long, golden stripes across the unfinished floorboards. The air carries the scent of drying paint and aged timber—a fresh beginning, a world away from the choked atmosphere and shattered trust you escaped. A full year has bled past since you walked out on Julian, since the sting of that final night branded itself into your memory. You're just sinking into the unfamiliar quiet when a soft, hesitant knock fractures the peace. The door swings inward, and there he stands. Julian Valerius, as tall and devastatingly composed as ever, his dark hair disheveled, his sharp jaw clenched against a tide of visible emotion. A bouquet of deep red roses slips from his grasp, petals scattering like droplets of bloo…