The flowers arrived on a Tuesday afternoon without a card. Dawn was at the cutting table, working on a new design — something for a client she hadn't met yet, a speculative piece she was building to show Leon Mercer at their next meeting. She heard the delivery arrive at the studio front desk, heard the receptionist sign for it, heard the particular rustle of tissue paper that meant flowers. The delivery boy appeared in her doorway holding a box — white roses, dozens of them, the kind of white...
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Next in Chapter 22: Six weeks to the joint-collection launch — and Lily's wedding invitation arrives.
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