Chapter 178

The silver wedding binder sat open on Camille’s desk, pages filled with fabric samples and venue photos. After months of courtrooms and business takeovers, the sight of something so normal, so hopeful, felt almost strange. Camille ran her fingers over a scrap of ivory silk, allowing herself a small smile.

“Penny for your thoughts,” Alexander said, entering her office with two coffee cups in hand.

“Just thinking how different this feels now.” She accepted the coffee, breathing in its rich aroma. “Before Rose’s trial, planning felt... impossible. Like tempting fate.”

Alexander settled into the chair across from her desk. “And now?”

“Now it feels real.” She turned a page in the binder to reveal a lakeside estate. “What do you think of this one?”

“Beautiful,” he said, studying the photograph. “But what really matters is if you like it.”

Camille considered the image, gardens sloping down to a private lake, mountains in the background, a grand house wit