Amelia did not sign the contract that day.
She took it home, placed it on her kitchen table, and spent the entire evening walking past it as if it might speak when she was not looking.
The amended agreement arrived from Maya the following afternoon.
Every condition Amelia had demanded was there in black and white.
Vale Studio would remain hers alone.
Hartwell Group would purchase the building only to transfer the deed into her name immediately upon the marriage being registered. Lucas would have no ownership interest in her company, no authority over her work, and no right to interfere with her clients, employees, or future projects.
All medical decisions would remain hers.
All contact with her doctors, her staff, and her landlord required her written permission.
The marriage would
