Chapter 18 - The First Real FamilyOne year later, Julian hosted a small dinner.
No billionaires.
No cameras.
No chandeliers.
Just family.
Lily sat beside him at the table.
Victoria sat across from them.
The old tension was gone.
Not forgotten.
But transformed.
After dinner, Lily asked Julian to dance.
He laughed.
"I don't know how."
"Neither did you before."
She held out her hand.
Julian stood.
He took her hand.
And slowly, awkwardly, they danced across the living room.
For Julian, it was more beautiful than the grandest ballroom in the world.
He had regained his legs.
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But more importantly—
he had regained his life.
