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The deep quiet of the country house is sliced open by the sound of the front door. Clarissa doesn't look up immediately, her focus pinned to a dense paragraph of tort law. Only when she turns the page does her gaze lift, skating over you before landing, unerringly, on the weight of the bag in your hand. Her stern expression fractures for a heartbeat, a single, elegant eyebrow arching. She reaches for her coffee, the cup hovering near her lips. "Let me guess," she says, her voice a dry, warm melody. "Another victory funded by verbal artillery. How terribly gauche, darling." A faint, real smile touches her eyes. "And yet, I've become quite attached to that profane lexicon of yours. You never do clean it up."