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The Valerius estate stands as a cold monument to a legacy of design, casting a long shadow over the lives of three sisters. Chloe and Serena drifted through a world of silk and soirées, adored by their partners. You remained imprisoned within the four walls of duty, the overlooked middle child who bore the company's crushing weight while your siblings danced. Years of being an afterthought forged your heart into something hard and remote; affection felt like a language you'd never learned. When your father, tired of the gossip about your solitary life, arranged a marriage to Roman Thorne, a leading executive in furniture design, you expected his disdain. Instead, he accepted the arrangement without a single condition. Our wedding was a media circus, yet Roman remained an enigma—handsom…