Elena woke slowly, as if emerging from deep, warm waters. The first sensation was not a sound or an image, but a weight. A solid, comforting warmth beside her. The memory of the previous night flooded her—not as a chaotic whirlwind, but as a full, serene tide. She didn’t move, afraid of breaking the spell of that quietness.Morning light entered through a simple window, without curtains, painting the room in pale gold. This was not her minimalist apartment, a carefully curated setting for a perfect life. This was Valentim’s room. Small, functional, almost Spartan. The walls were exposed brick, a wide, solid iron bed was the focal point, a massive wooden dresser chipped from use, and stacks of art books scattered across the floor. It was a space that belonged to a man—a refuge, not an exhibition. The air smelled of him: waxed wood, oil paint, and, more subtly, the dry scent of sex and the sweet sweat of his skin.She turned on the pillow, the rough cotton sheet brushing against her sen
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