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  • Ethan, disgusted, released her and stepped back: “Get out. I don’t want to see you right now?

  • Emily wasn’t ruined.

  • He first saw me years ago at a business gala.

  • I was eighteen, standing beside my father, radiating youthful innocence yet holding my own among the business elite.

  • At twenty–five, Ethan had been instantly captivated.

  • The next time he saw me, his princess had been dragged through the mud.

  • Originally, he had only been tasked with acquiring Wilson Group by his father, a move that would solidify his position as the new head of Ford Enterprises.

  • He thought that by buying Wilson Group, he could eventually hand it back to me, giving him a reason to stay close.

  • But somewhere along the way, things went horribly wrong.

  • He had gone abroad for a brief trip, and when he returned, my father’s company had collapsed, and he had jumped to his death.

  • I had been assaulted, left with severe depression, and the perpetrators were still at large.

  • Emily wasn’t ruined.

  • It was because of him that I bore this shame, this unbearable weight.

  • Ethan sat alone in the living room until late into the night.

  • He remembered coming home one evening to find me sitting in the dark, just like this.

  • A strange ache filled his chest.

  • Emily, what will it take for you to come back?

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  • it because of Olivia?

  • been a mistake, a drunken night.

  • and he hadn’t pushed her

  • a man of his status was

  • heart and his marriage

  • of Ethan Ford, the wealthiest man in New York, wasn’t

  • were a tangled mess, and he poured himself a drink to

  • his emotions, a

  • him to the

  • Enterprises were everywhere.

  • scandals ranged from product quality issues to

  • manageable, but

  • one of these scandals could have crippled Ford

  • blow.

  • and distracted, hadn’t been paying attention to the news and hadn’t acted

  • he sobered up, Ford’s stock was

  • put on hold as he scrambled to

  • address the PR disaster, the

  • spooked Ford’s major

  • up Ford’s short–term

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  • already in a foul mood, was overwhelmed by the relentless blows.

  • key members of his

  • then tried to placate them, but they left

  • remaining leadership at Ford Enterprises split into factions, turning on each other in

  • at his wit’s end.

  • would

  • the companies that bought the short–term debt

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