My Fiancée Married My Sister
But he was smiling, small and real, and something about the ease of the whole morning— Diana's laughter, his unguarded answer, the ordinary domestic mess of dishes still sitting in the sink— made the penthouse feel, for the first time since I'd moved in, less like a museum and more like somewhere a person could actually live.
I was drying the last plate when my phone buzzed against the counter, and I glanced at it without much urgency, expecting Diana with some follow-up commentary on the interrogation.
It wasn't Diana.
It was an email notification, sender unfamiliar, subject line stark against the lock screen:
*Eleanor Voss Estate— Invitation, This Weekend.*