The afternoon following Julien’s deliberate spectacle was agonizingly slow. I returned to the penthouse with Clara, forcing a cheerful monologue about museum artifacts while my nerves screamed inside my head. Marco, efficient as always, only reported the brief "unauthorized approach" and noted the man was "dismissed immediately." He hadn’t mentioned the photographer across the street. That fact alone told me that Alexander’s security team still didn’t know the intent of the interaction, ...