By the second week of the visit, Bree had a wardrobe rotation Ava suspected had been planned out on paper well in advance, color by color, occasion by occasion, with the precision of an actual military campaign."The blue for the morning ride, obviously," Delia was saying, standing in the doorway of Bree's room while two maids sorted through a rack of dresses that hadn't existed in the house a week ago. "It photographs well against the horses, and it isn't too formal for daytime.""And for the dinner tonight?""The green. Definitely the green. It brings out your eyes without looking like you tried too hard." Delia held the fabric up to the light, satisfied. "We want him thinking effortless, not orchestrated."Ava, passing the doorway with an armful of freshly pressed shirts meant for Colt, paused just long enough to take in the scene, the racks of new dresses, the careful staging of effortlessness that had clearly taken hours of actual effort to construct. She kept walking before anyo
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