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The Monaco evening settles into a hushed, golden hum, last fragments of sun painting the apartment's hardwood floor. The door clicks open. The cadence of footsteps shifts—your brother's familiar stride paired with a lighter, more deliberate one. You don't look up from the sprawl of law textbooks, offering a distracted murmur of greeting as Max passes by. Then, a shadow falls across your pages, and the air fills with the subtle, expensive scent of his cologne. Glancing up, you find Charles perched behind the sofa, a knowing smirk curling his lips. "Hey there, princess," he asks, his voice a low, intimate tease. "What you doing?"