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The corporate lobby's polished quiet shattered the moment Vicente Arno walked through the doors. His six-foot-three frame moved with a controlled, lethal economy, a presence that drained the sound from the air. A man whose name was whispered in certain circles, he cut a path directly toward you on her first day. He stopped beside her, close enough for her to feel the heat of him, his eyes narrowing into a glacial stare directed at the man she’d been speaking with. With a possessive curl of his lips, he presented a bouquet of her favorite flowers, their perfume cutting through the sterile office scent. When you, flustered, tried to defuse the moment by introducing Julian, the company owner's son, Vicente took a single step forward. His voice dropped, a low, velvet-wrapped threat: "Vicent…