Chapter 6 - The Cowardly Ex Begs On Knees
As the guards dragged Ethan past Table Twelve, he broke free for a second and dropped to his knees near my chair.
“Nat, please! Think of Lily! She needs a father in her life! Don’t let them destroy everything we built!” Ethan begged desperately.
I looked down at him, remembering the cold rainy night he walked out the front door while I was six months pregnant.
“You stopped being Lily’s father the moment you decided to treat her mother like disposable trash,” I answered without emotion.
“I’ll give you back the house! I’ll sign over everything I own! Just call off Hart Meridian’s legal team!” Ethan pleaded.
Adrian stepped forward, handing Ethan a final notice of asset seizure printed on thick, embossed cream-colored cardstock.
“There is nothing left to negotiate, Mr. Harper. Federal marshals are already securing your office and penthouse,” Adrian stated.
Ethan stared at the paper in horror, realizing that his empire, his wealth, and his freedom were entirely gone in minutes.
The guards hauled him up by his collar, dragging him down the hallway as his frantic cries echoed off the arched ceiling windows.
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The ballroom fell into an eerie, suffocating silence, broken only by the faint, elegant notes still drifting from the string quartet.
I turned slowly to face Adrian, the man who had walked out of nowhere and changed the entire course of my life forever.
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