Chapter 57 - The Shopping Expedition

This chapter is all about anticipation—the quiet, slightly chaotic kind that comes before something big. Between shopping bags, rejected outfits, and too many opinions, Lily and Noah are both unknowingly stepping closer to the same moment. Sometimes feelings don’t arrive loudly. They show up in mirrors, in small smiles, and in the strange urge to hope someone else will notice.The Winter Formal is getting closer… and nothing is staying simple for long.