Chapter 58
The ballroom was bright and beautiful, full of soft music, quiet laughter, and the clink of glasses. Everything looked perfect on the surface, but there was a tension in the air—subtle, silent, and hard to ignore.
And then something changed.
Heads slowly turned as Edward Harris walked in with Caroline on his arm. They looked polished, like a couple out of a magazine. Caroline leaned into him a little too perfectly, like she knew she was being watched. Some people smiled politely. Others barely hid their curiosity. A few gave tight-lipped smiles that didn’t reach their eyes.
Celest saw them from across the room. Her hand closed gently around her silver clutch, but her expression didn’t change. There was a time when this moment would’ve shaken her. A time when just seeing them
