In the days that followed, Naomi felt the freedom she had long been denied. Each morning carried a sense of possibility she hadn’t known in years.
Her designs were recognized, her career advancing, and her life slowly reshaped by her own hands.
No more whispered apologies, no more hiding. Every brushstroke she painted on her walls, every sketch she left on her table, felt like a declaration.
Her voice, once muffled under Trevor’s shadow, had returned. Strong. Clear. Determined-
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