As agreed, Eleanor withdrew the lawsuit.
The trending story itself had already scrolled off the feeds, but the fallout would take longer to fully settle.
In the meantime, Eleanor finally had room to focus on the fresh batch of orders coming in.
Julian, for his part, had the full weight of his legal team working through a new, fair, enforceable divorce agreement.
The litigation route had failed, but the move toward an amicable, mutual-consent divorce wasn't necessarily a worse outcome for Eleanor. Arguably better.
That week, Eleanor got a call from Peter business, not personal.
"You remember Marcus Wren?" Peter asked.
Of course she did.
The first collector he'd ever introduced her to. Also the site of her first real head-to-head loss against Cassandra.
She'd been crushed, decisivel
