Chapter 6
Stitched in Spite: The Ghost Designer's Revenge
Chapter 6
The adrenaline of Julian's public humiliation carried the Vance Couture team for exactly three days. For seventy-two hours, the studio was a symphony of creativity. Sienna sketched relentlessly, her charcoal flying across the heavy textured paper, bringing the avant-garde silhouettes in h
Chapter 7
Chapter 7
The air in Milan tasted different—heavier, older, and laced with the faint, metallic tang of industrial fabric dyes. Sienna Vance stood before the imposing wrought-iron gates of *Tessitura Moretti*, the oldest and most prestigious silk mill in Northern Italy. The sprawling brick complex h
Chapter 8
Chapter 8
The rain in Paris was relentless, drumming a steady, chaotic rhythm against the massive skylights of the Vance Couture studio. It was 1:00 AM. The rest of the atelier had gone home hours ago, leaving the sprawling, industrial-chic space bathed in the warm, low glow of drafting lamps.
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