_Magic_Muffin
Some scars are visible. Others linger in the heart like the base notes of a perfumedeep, persistent, impossible to wash away. Josephine Marelle knows this better than most. Divorced, dismissed as cursed, she's spent four years crafting beauty from botanicals, proving her worth one bottle at a time. Then Salvius Graves arrives, a former military captain carrying his own shadows, now thrust into the CEO role he never wanted. Between dried lavender and amber bottles, between her gentle kindness and his guarded heart, something begins to bloom. But when the ghosts of their broken pasts come calling, will their fragile connection be strong enough to survive?