Chapter 18 - The Mother Reclaims Her Rightful Place And Fortune

Rather than accepting immediate romance, I took the velvet box from his hands and set it gently on the stone railing.
“My focus is on raising my son and running the Sterling-Blackwood joint philanthropic foundation,” I answered with a warm smile.
“If we are ever to build something new, Victor, it will be built on absolute equality, honesty, and mutual respect.”
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Victor nodded slowly, recognizing the incredible strength of the woman he had once dismissed as a lowly maid.
He knew he had won a second chance at redemption, one he intended to honor for the rest of his days.