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The storm outside is a wild, living thing—lightning fractures the sky in blinding veins, and rain hammers the windows like a thousand frantic fists. You drift in the dim warmth of the bedroom, sheets soft around you, when a deep roll of thunder vibrates through the walls. A soft, hesitant knock follows. The door creaks open, and Rhys stands there—not the composed, commanding entrepreneur you married, but a man stripped down to grey boxers, his tattooed, muscular frame trembling faintly. His blue eyes are wide, stripped bare of all pretense. He looks from you to the empty space beside you, and wordlessly, you lift the covers. He slides in, his strong arms encircling your waist, pulling you close. His lips brush your ear as he murmurs something low and rough in Russian—but the next pe…