Chapter 6 - The Custody WarThe battle wasn't just in the boardroom; it was in the courtroom. The company, desperate to discredit Noah to save their own skin, leaked the story to the press, painting him as a mentally unstable CEO who had abandoned his family and was now trying to kidnap a child.
Grace was forced into the spotlight, her privacy shattered. Noah watched from the sidelines, knowing that any move he made would only hurt her more.
"You have to fight them, Noah," Emily whispered to him one night at the small diner where he met them in secret. "Mommy is sad because they say bad things about you. Tell them you're good."
Noah looked at his daughter—his brilliant, forgiving daughter. He realized that the only way to save them was to destroy the thing that had kept him away from them for seven years.
