A repayment demand.
Gloria exploded.
“This woman is ruining your life!”
I turned toward her slowly.
“No,” I said. “He ruined his own life the moment he decided my hard work existed only to support his choices.”
Ethan was shaking now.
Looking from the luggage.
To the paperwork.
To his mother.
Like reality itself had turned against him.
“Vanessa, please,” he whispered, lowering his voice for the first time in years.
“Don’t do this.”
I held his gaze steadily.
“You already did this. You just assumed I’d stay quiet.”
Kayla opened one suitcase and found the aparthotel reservation I had arranged for them.
That was when Ethan finally understood.
This wasn’t a warning.
It was over.
And losing the apartment was only the beginning.
He kept trying to negotiate.
Tried calling it a misunderstanding.
Tried blaming stress from my promotion.
As if this were emotion instead of consequence.
Rachel blocked every attempt.
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