Chapter 214

• Lily POV
• I stood quietly on the terrace, the cool evening breeze playing with the hem of my dress as I watched Nathan speak with Cordelia.
• The woman was animated, her hands moving expressively as she spoke, her voice carrying just enough for me to catch fragments of what sounded like an explanation. Nathan's posture was attentive but somehow relieved, which struck me as odd for someone supposedly on a romantic evening.