Fleeting Peace

It seemed, for the moment, as if everything had finally settled down for good.

But who could ever really know?

"Mr. Kensington, what a pleasant surprise," Celine remarked as she stepped into the courtyard, her gaze falling on the man who was covered in a fine layer of dust from his work.

He'd been laboring out there for a while now. Stella had tried to shoo him away at first, but eventually, she'd