All Chapters of The Butterfly Crown:The Return of Seraphine Vale : Chapter 21 - Chapter 23

The Chanel flagship understood that restraint was its own form of abundance. High ceilings. Pale stone. Things given space to exist rather than competing for it. On Tuesday afternoons, the upper floor consultation suite was occupied by appointment — and on Tuesday afternoons, the staff had learned to arrange themselves quietly around a particular presence without being asked to.Cassian had known about the Tuesday appointments since the previous week. He had written it in his notebook when he got home. Chanel. Tuesday. 3PM. Underlined. He had looked at it every day since and thought about the logistics, which were honestly not that complicated if you just committed to the plan properly.He had told his teacher he had an appointment — which was true. He had told the driver his father had authorised the stop — which was a projection of what his father would have said if asked, which wasn't exactly the same thing but was adjacent to it. These were the details that required a certain flex