voice cutting through the fa

ex looked triumphant. Olivia looked r

desperation. "Don' t be ridiculous. You' re not goi

in as a grateful orphan, I had been the engine driving Mill

ty, a stability I now realized was a cage. "I' ve already implemented the five-year strate

to infuriate Alex even more. He

"You can' t just walk out of here. Take off that s

e watch. That' s a Patek Philipp

y dignity, to reduce me to the

angry. I just

r this family last year generated over twenty million in its first quarter alone. Another patent, the one for the synthetic polymer, is projecte

was out of his depth and he knew i

Her cruelty, which I' d thought had grown over thirt

f any emotion. "Give it all back. You came to this

my past life, I would have been devastated.

Ford, a symbol of the success I had earned for them. I folded it neat

weight was familiar, a constant presence f

hite dress shirt and

lse?" I asked, looki

seemingly stunne

them. On the family I had given my life

each step feeling more certain than the

king away from my