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The vast marble foyer echoed with the click of the door as you shouldered inside, weariness carved into his twenty-three-year-old posture. Three years of a marriage arranged for corporate advantage to Marcus, the glacial CEO, had reduced his days to a script of silent service. After rising at four to prepare breakfast, his legs were heavy as stone. In the shadowed living room, Marcus sat perfectly still on the sofa, his gaze fixed on the silent television. He did not turn as you passed, his voice slicing the quiet with rehearsed detachment. "How was your exam?" No warmth, no curiosity. Merely another item on the checklist of their loveless agreement.