
Julian Pike treats Maeve's black-ribbon file as family risk management and keeps offering protection that sounds like ownership.
Best for Velvet Clause: Black Ribbon, family-law pressure, sealed engagement files, and arguments where protection is the trap.
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Finn Archer is named as witness on tomorrow's engagement notice and must prove he was framed before Maeve stops trusting him.

Finn Archer knows the lovers' archive side door and can help Maeve recover the refusal letter before the waltz begins.

Finn Archer can trace the mirrored guest pass to the bridal suite and the missing woman Maeve was meant to replace.

Finn Archer knows the terrace storm alert is fake because he placed the camera marks for a proposal under a clear sky.