sive to her, as if the walls themselves felt the heavy decision weighing on her shoulders. Clara had insisted that they spend the evening together, that they talk, that they get away

and so inaccessible, and yet his

of tea in her hands. She set it down on the coffee t

else, Clara sighed.

hold of her. She took a deep breath before

me, Clara. A cont

her eyes widen

g?! But...

hrough her hair, then lettin

opportunity. A way to get back

er head, look

acroix, he's not someone you can take lightly. He's a busines

eyes, doubt slowly c

ictor took everything from me. My dignity, my love, my c

up, lookin

t else did

ust made, a week after the betrayal, was still too fresh. But Clar

er, made me believe he was investing in projects... but they were scams.

frozen, her eyes wide open. Zoe let her digest the news. Everything she had known wa

oice cracking with incomprehension. "But you can't let this happen

eemed so simple to her. Maxime Delacroix was offering her a chance to repair what she had lost. He was offering h

not make Victor pay for what he did to me? All this... all this is my fault. I

head, her eyes f

who knows nothing but manipulation. He's going to make you enter a game from which you'll never be able to emerge unscathed.

ed to the complexity of what she was experiencing. Every fiber of her being screamed at her to do

et, to take back control of my life? I can't just sit here and wait for ever

ood up abruptly, heading towards the window. She seemed lost in her thoughts, as if she

protect me. But I can't stay here anymore, watching my life fall apart. I'm tire

s filled with sadness, but a

revenge. But know one thing: every decision has

her decision was made. There was no turning back. She

a about it, no longer wanted any outside opinion. Her mind was tense, like a rope ready to give way. She had t

eir old house, rummaging through papers, contracts, bank statements. And there, in a small forgotten envelope, she had found what he had done to her. Fake investments, fake projects. He had embe

She had to get reve

tory and pressed the call button. The ringing echoed in t

, as if everything ha

r breath quickening in

a firm, almost broken vo

pause. Then

l guide you, and we will make sure Victor pays. Bu

sts, feeling the te

to pay that