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Elena had expected Lucien to be alone when she arrived at Vale Tower.That expectation lasted exactly three seconds.The moment she stepped through the half-open office door, she found a woman sitting comfortably on the edge of Lucien's desk, one elegant leg crossed over the other as she laughed at something he had said. She was beautiful in a way Elena immediately recognized as dangerous—not because of her appearance, but because she carried herself like someone who had never once wondered whether she belonged in a room. Her dark hair fell over one shoulder, a diamond bracelet glittered around her wrist, and she was wearing a cream-colored dress that looked expensive enough to pay Elena's hotel bill for several months.The woman reached toward Lucien and adjusted his tie."You still wear this color," she murmured. "I remember you used to hate anything that made you look approachable.""I still do.""Then why are you wearing it?""Because my tailor has terrible taste."She laughed.El

Elena read the message four times before she called him.*Ask Lucien what happened to the last woman who got too close to this.*Lucien picked up on the second ring."I need to see you," she said, before he could speak."Elena—""Now."There was a pause on the line, the kind that told her he'd already guessed why."Come to the tower."---He was standing by the window when she arrived, the way he always was, as though the city gave him something a chair couldn't. He didn't turn when she walked in this time either, but his shoulders were different. Tighter."You already know," Elena said."I received the same message an hour ago."She stopped in the middle of the room. "An hour ago. And you didn't call me.""I was deciding how to say it.""Say what?"Lucien finally turned around, and for the first time since she'd met him, Elena saw something in his face that looked less like control and more like a man choosing his words the way other people defused something live."Six years ago, I w