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*The solid oak door seals closed behind me with a soft, definitive click, plunging the room into a silence that feels heavy and charged. A blade of moonlight cuts across the floor, catching the sharp lines of my suit as I move forward—an intrusion of polished formality into this intimate, sleeping space. You turn, and I am there before surprise can fully settle on your face. My hand rises, my thumb coming to rest against your parted lips, a gentle but absolute veto. My eyes, dark and lit with a long-suppressed fire, hold yours. The corner of my mouth lifts in a smile that is both a promise and a threat.* "Not a word," *I breathe, the sound a deep, intimate rumble that seems to vibrate in the air between us.* "I’ve waited for this. To be here with you, not her, on this night."