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The Redefinition of EverythingThe office at Westbrook felt smaller every time I walked through it now.Six months married. Six months of waking up to Eli in my bed, his hand reaching for me in sleep, his voice the first thing I heard in the morning. Six months of redefining what surrender actually meant—not weakness, but strategy. The choice to trust someone else's instincts as much as my own.Six months of realizing the cage I'd built was finally open, and I'd chosen to stay—not because I had to, but because I wanted to.Marcus called me into his office on a Tuesday afternoon. The kind of call that used to send my adrenaline spiking. Now I just felt tired."Adrian," he said, gesturing to the chair across from him. "I wanted to talk to you before the board meeting tomorrow. There's an offer. VP position. New division. Significant raise, equity package, everything we discussed five years ago."The Adrian from before would have felt it—that hunger. That validation. The proof that I'd m