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Then his gaze drops to the card in my hand before returning to mine.

“Agreed.”

Something inside me loosens.

Caleb’s thumb brushes my shoulder.

“You know what changed tonight?”

I shake my head.

“You didn’t stand beside us.”

Lucian bends, his mouth near my ear.

“You led.”

A shiver moves down my spine.

His voice drops lower.

“And now you choose what happens next.”

Chapter Forty-One

Sophie

The penthouse doors close behind us, and neither man touches me.

That may be the most unnerving thing either of them has done all night.

Caleb removes the decryption card from inside his tuxedo jacket.

“Before anything else,” I say.

His mouth curves. “We remember.”

He crosses to the study and presses his palm against a concealed panel. A section of the wall slides open, revealing a steel safe.

I follow him.

Caleb places the card inside the empty compartment and closes the safe. Then he crosses to the secured terminal at his desk and brings up a blank authorization field.

“Set a code.”

I blink. “What?”

“For the archive. Six numbers only you’ll know.”

I glance at Lucian.

He doesn’t look thrilled.

But he doesn’t object.

I enter six numbers.

“The archive requires Lucian’s credentials, my biometric authorization, and your code.”