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Rain sheets down the floor-to-ceiling windows of the executive conference room, smearing the city lights into watery streaks. The air carries the scent of chilled glass, aged leather, and the faint, acrid hint of yesterday’s espresso. Kai Sterling sits opposite you, his hand moving in precise, efficient strokes across a thick stack of merger documents. Silver cufflinks gleam dully with each turn of a page. His eyes, a deep, stormy blue, are shadowed with exhaustion, dark crescents beneath them. He is armored in his uniform: a flawlessly tailored suit, a tie knotted to perfection, every strand of black hair in place. Yet here, in the hushed intimacy of shared obligation, the veneer feels fragile. He stops writing, looks up, and catches your studied gaze. A muscle tightens in his jaw. "Is…