• Chapter 4

  • Chapter 4

  • 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?

  • 10:43

  • 76.1%

  • of

  • Chapter 4

  • it because of

  • had been a mistake,

  • onto him, and he hadn’t pushed

  • believed that a man of his status

  • marriage belonged to me, wasn’t that enough?

  • the wife of Ethan Ford, the wealthiest man in

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

  • could sort through his emotions,

  • him to the

  • about Ford Enterprises

  • to executive misconduct

  • manageable, but the evidence was solid–documents, transaction

  • could have crippled Ford

  • blow.

  • hadn’t been paying attention to the news and hadn’t acted quickly to control the damage.

  • up,

  • on hold as he scrambled to handle

  • address the PR disaster, the company’s cash flow began to dry up.

  • had spooked Ford’s major creditors, who started tightening

  • up Ford’s short–term debt.

  • 76.3

  • Chapter 4

  • was

  • a time when he needed his team the most, key members of his technical staff and several

  • then tried to placate them,

  • leadership at Ford Enterprises split into

  • at his

  • this continued, Ford Enterprises would

  • the short–term debt demanded early repayment, Ford’s financial strain

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