It started with swatches.Pale ivory, champagne blush, soft steel blue. A cascade of silk, chiffon, and lace laid delicately across Sophie’s sitting room table, bathed in late-afternoon light. Camellia stood near the edge, arms folded as she surveyed them with the eyes of a woman who knew how fabric behaved under pressure—runways, cameras, tears.Sophie sat across from her, barefoot, one leg folded beneath her, a half-empty cup of white tea cooling beside her elbow.“I don’t want a ballroom,” Sophie said. “No crystal chandeliers. No six-tier cake. No headline guests.”Camellia arched an eyebrow. “So… not the Burnett family blueprint, then.”“Not even remotely.”Sophie reached for a swatch of lace—soft and irregular, almost organic in pattern. Not the kind of thing that commanded attention. The kind of detail you had to lean close to appreciate.“I want it to feel like breath,” Sophie murmured.Camellia tilted her head. “Breath?”“Like you step into it and everything stills. No spectac
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