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"I know," Marcus smiled. "But maybe the building wants you to."

Over the next few months, the project forced Elena out of her straight-edged comfort zone. She spent evenings in the dusty archives with Marcus, digging through hand-drawn plans from the 1880s. She learned that the original architect had designed the library’s winding staircases to mimic the flow of a nearby river—a romantic notion that her younger self would have dismissed as inefficient. Straight Mature Red Head

"Architecture isn't just about moving people from point A to point B," Marcus said softly. "Sometimes it's about letting them get lost so they can find something they weren't looking for." "I know," Marcus smiled