Chapter 10

The week following her unsettling dream passed slowly for Amelia.

She fell into a new routine, the haze of her previous life receding day by day.

Though the path forward remained unclear, encouraging calls from Harrison gave her the will to keep placing one foot in front of the other.

He gently pushed her to focus on goals only she could define, not what others demanded.

With his support, Amelia made tentative steps toward the independence long denied her.

She reconnected with college friends now working in business and technology.

Their insight proved invaluable as she asked probing questions about starting and running a company.

Amelia knew with the Caldwell name behind her, doors would open once she gained financial freedom.

For now, she soaked up everything she could, playing the role of the eager newlywed.

At the mansion, she treaded carefully around her family, revealing little of her burgeoning plans.

There was no need to rouse their suspicions before she escaped their c