Chapter 12 - Ethan Begs For Forgiveness In The Snow
Back at the grand estate, Sarah had spent the morning meeting with corporate restructuring executives in the main study.
As she walked out onto the front porch to check the mail, a familiar shivering figure stepped out from the pine trees.
It was Ethan, looking disheveled and desperate, his designer coat stained with mud and melting snow from the highway.
“Sarah! Thank God... please, you have to listen to me for just one minute,” Ethan pleaded, stumbling up the stone steps.
Sarah stopped in her tracks, her expression remaining entirely neutral as she blocked the doorway with her arms crossed.
“You have no business being on this property, Ethan; the restraining order was filed yesterday morning,” Sarah reminded him.
“I was manipulated by my mother! She controlled every aspect of my life just like she controlled our finances!” Ethan cried.
“And you let her do it because you enjoyed the status and the wealth without ever lifting a finger,” Sarah countered coldly.
Ethan dropped to his knees in the freezing snow, reaching out a pleading hand toward the hem of her cashmere coat.
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“I still love you, Sarah... we can start over, just the two of us, away from all this corporate madness,” he sobbed pathetically.
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