ary. Your grandmother told me I could decide for myself. She was overjoyed when she learne

ection was the final blow

painful clarity that Juliette no l

a brittle smile. "Katherine, you've probably never seen emeralds of such quality befo

assumed she must be unsophisticated, unaccustomed to refinement. To Caylee, ha

pression calm yet faintly amused. "

out of respect for the years Caylee had spent caring for

ck speechless b

and Callum all tur

zzled. "But when I asked you before,

liette had referred to back then was an entirely diff

plied, "I was only worried K

. Katherine's casual offer felt less lik

ing Caylee's strained politeness. She thought quietly that Caylee could

lack card into Katherine's palm. "From now on, I'll give you so many more gifts," she

avoritism was unmistakable. Juliette had handed Katherine a black card without hesit

gers around the card, he

years, she had poured vast sums of her own money into Warren Group'

aching clarity the difference betwee

ly found their long-lost daughter sent s

Laurence arranged a grand banquet two days later t

e event with utm

or Katherine and asked Callum t

and said mysteriously, "Mom and Da

an eyebrow, intri

"I can't tell you. I pro

ed the Warrens to the banquet. They hoped to establish a business partnership as a gesture of gratitude for raising Ka

me to a sm

oward the storefront, only to halt mid-step

e the words 'Katrine's Boutique',

d them politely. "Mr. Smith, the 'Ethereal Dream' you

gown, its layered hem cascading like gentle waves. From waist to train,

sfied. "Only something like this is w

speechless. Without a word, she tu

a call from Laurence and st

e found that only the shop assistant r

t through the air at the doorway. "Kath