《HIS COLD DENIAL: Love After Divorce 》全部章節：第 91 章 - 第 100 章

Like A Promise He Intends To Keep Country: FranceCity: Paris AlvaraHe had asked me a simple question.About the second collection.About whether the timeline was still holding.So I answered it.The production sheets were spread across the small desk set against the opposite wall, sketches laid beside them, timelines marked in three different inks … the organised chaos of a mind that didn't stop working even in Paris.Grayson stood by the window.The Paris night behind him."The second collection needs another five days," I said. "If we compress fittings and construction, we risk compromising finish."He gave a small nod.I continued."The demand is useful, but demand can make people foolish. I'm not interested in chasing noise. I'm interested in building permanence."Still nothing.I glanced up.He was watching me wit

The Day Before MeridianCountry: AurivelleCity: AuremontAlvaraI was awake by six thirty.Dressed by seven.Out of the house by seven twenty.Not because the schedule required it.Because the house was too quiet at that hour, and quiet was dangerous.Quiet gave thoughts room to stretch.I didn’t want room.I wanted work.Somewhere between waking and dressing, I had told myself I would not think about it.About him.About Paris.About a man who had said everything and then disappeared before dawn.I would not think about it because thinking served no purpose.I have a collection launching tomorrow.A team that had carried the atelier for five days without me.A second chance to say something meaningful to the industry.I would not think about it.I thought about it a

Silence Has ConsequencesCountry: Aurivelle City: Auremont AlvaraBy the end of the day, the atelier was finally quiet.The team had gone home hours ago.I had personally made sure of it.Lena after insisting she could stay another hour.Seren after pretending she had "just one final thing" to finish.Everyone else after congratulations, laughter, and the kind of exhausted joy that follows victory.Now it was just me.My office light.The city outside the glass.And the reports spread across my desk.Sales numbers.Press coverage.Wholesale inquiries.Restock projections.Things that made sense.Things that stayed where you placed them.Unlike men.The office door opened.I didn't look up."If that's you again, Seren, go home."Silenc

Everything In It's Place Country: AurivelleCity: Auremont AlvaraWe came downstairs together.He was slightly behind me.The way he moved through spaces that weren't his, present but not imposing.Mom was in the sitting room.She looked up when we appeared.Her gaze moved to Grayson immediately.Taking him in the way she took everything in , completely, quietly, without rushing.Leo was at the island in the kitchen, visible through the open doorway.He looked up too.Both of them.The two people who mattered most.I stepped forward."Mom," I said. "This is Grayson."She stood.Grayson crossed the room.Extended his hand."Mrs. Dane," he said. "It's a pleasure to meet you."Mom looked at his hand.Then I looked at him.Then did something I hadn't expected.

A Day Framed By HerCountry: AurivelleCity: AuremontGraysonI woke up at five forty-three.Which meant I had overslept by forty-three minutes.Unacceptable by every standard I had built my life around.And yet…I felt better than I had in weeks.The ribs still objected.My phone was already vibrating on the nightstand.Vivienne had sent a schedule that looked mildly hostile.I sat up slowly.And smiled.Because before all of it…I knew exactly where I was going.By six thirty I was dressed.Navy suit.White shirt.Dark tie.Coffee in hand.Driver waiting.I dismissed him.The city was still waking.Auremont mornings were clean and expensive.Glass towers catching early light.Streets washed.Shops shuttered.People pretending not to