The quiet of three in the morning in the Grand Horizon penthouse was absolute, thick, and suffocatingly heavy.Outside the soaring floor-to-ceiling glass windows, the city skyline had settled into a low, muted hum of distant streetlights and drifting fog, casting long, pale silver shadows across the master suite hallway. Inside Juliet’s guest bedroom, the air was cool, smelling faintly of the fresh lavender spray on her pillows and the lingering, rich scent of sandalwood that seemed to seep through the very walls of the apartment.Juliet shifted restless under the heavy down comforter, her mind drifting in that foggy, turbulent borderland between deep sleep and sudden awakening.The champagne from the rooftop celebration had long since worn off, leaving her throat slightly parched and her senses unnaturally sharp. She let out a soft, groggy sigh, her da
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