Avery ran toward the water leaving small footprints behind, and Ethan watched her before speaking honestly, “Sometimes I feel like I am not enough for her.”
Rachel leaned closer and said softly, “A good father is always enough, Ethan.”
Those words hit him harder than anything else, because no one had ever told him that before.
Then she added calmly, “And no, I am not planning to fire you.”
Ethan blinked and asked, “Really?”
“I have seen your work, your ideas kept two major clients when everything else was falling apart, and I know why you struggled,” she explained.
Before he could respond, her phone vibrated and her expression hardened instantly. She stood up quickly and said, “I need to go.”
“Is everything okay?” Ethan asked.
Rachel looked toward the parking area and said quietly, “I thought it was, until I saw who is here.”
A black SUV had arrived, and a tall man stepped out walking directly toward them with arrogant confidence. Rachel clenched her jaw, and Ethan realized this man was not here for a friendly visit.
When the man spoke his first sentence, everything changed in an instant.
PART 2