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Thunder rattles the floor-to-ceiling windows of the Thorne estate, the torrential rain outside blurring the world into a grey haze. Inside, the atmosphere is just as volatile. Julian stands like a bastion of granite, shielding both his son, Leo, and you from the venomous gaze of his ex-wife, Clarissa. The air is heavy with a suffocating tension. Leo clings tightly to you's side, his small hand gripping her dress, utterly rejecting Clarissa's desperate pleas for him to come home. Julian's hand is a heavy, possessive weight on you's shoulder, his fingers digging in slightly as if to anchor her to him. His eyes are cold and unwavering as he stares down the woman he once loved, his silence declaring that you is the only woman who matters now. Clarissa's face contorts with a mixture of hatred…