“Go ahead,” I whispered.

I closed my eyes, feeling the life I had longed for vanish inside me.

Along with it went the last shred of affection between Ethan and me.

When I woke again, a hand was gripping mine tightly.

I looked up to see Daniel Evans, face full of worry.

He had been my father’s proudest protégé, and now he led the Harris Group.

“Sophia, I can’t believe how he treated you. Without your behind-the-scenes help, do you think Ethan would’ve ever gotten this far?”

“Don’t worry, I’ll have him dragged here to beg you for forgiveness!”

I stopped him and calmly dialed Ethan’s number instead.

The booming noise of a club echoed through the line.

His first words were: “What, finally realized you were wrong?”

I ignored him and asked, “Where are you? There’s a contract you need to sign.”

He hesitated, clearly surprised. After a pause, he gave me the name of a bar they often went to.

I hung up and told my lawyer to bring the divorce agreement.

Some endings need to be written in person.

That evening, I pushed through the pain and arrived at the private booth. Ethan was already drunk.