Chapter 127 Circle Of Celebration

• Rachel POV
• The golden glow of evening filled my Miami home, the soft light of candles casting flickering shadows across the sage-green walls, their lavender scent mingling with the rich aroma of garlic and rosemary wafting from the kitchen, where a dinner I’d prepared with Jeremy simmered, a feast to welcome Gabriel and Bonnie, to celebrate the life we were building, the love we’d fought for, the future that sparkled on my finger, a diamond ring that caught the lamplight, a vow sealed in the Morrow mansion’s dining room, a love blessed by Nick and Scarlett’s acceptance, a love that had survived the darkest storms.
• I stood in the living room, my hands smoothing the soft cotton of my dress, my scar a faint pulse beneath, a whisper of Celine’s bullet, of the truth I’d uncovered—her theft from the Morrows, her crash that had nearly taken Bonnie, her lies that had chained Jeremy until my evidence, the flash drive and documents, had set him free, a victory carved in my blood, my courage, my love, a victory that had brought us here, to this haven, this home, this moment of joy.