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Chapter 6 - THE SABOTAGEVictoria wasn't just gone; she was planning. She had discovered the truth about the "business crisis" that had pulled Ethan away years ago. It wasn't an emergency—it was a coup orchestrated by his own father to force him into a marriage alliance with the Haynes family.

Victoria tracked down the documents—the proof that Ethan’s father had paid someone to make Rosa disappear, to threaten her, to force her to leave.

She didn't take these to the police. She took them to Rosa.

"He didn't leave you because he wanted to," Victoria said, dropping a manila folder on the kitchen table, her voice dripping with venom. "He was forced. His father threatened to ruin your family if you stayed. He sacrificed his happiness for your safety."

Rosa’s hands shook as she opened the folder. The evidence was there—bank transfers, recorded threats, the dirty dealings of the Caldwell patriarch.

"Why are you telling me this?" Rosa asked, looking up.

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The heavy mahogany door of the dressing room seemed to close in on us, trapping the suffocating tension inside. Richard’s hands were shaking as he clutched the small, tarnished silver pendant. His knuckles were bone-white.

The heavy mahogany door of the dressing room seemed to close in on us, t...

The heavy silver fork slipped from my fingers, clattering sharply against the gold-rimmed porcelain of my dinner plate.

The heavy silver fork slipped from my fingers, clattering sharply agains...

The heavy mahogany door of the Fairmont Copley suite clicked shut with a muffled, expensive thud.

The heavy mahogany door of the Fairmont Copley suite clicked shut with a...

Victoria smiled, a cold, predatory look. "Because if I can't have him, I want to watch him burn from the inside. I want you to know the truth so you can hate him for the right reasons. Because he kept this secret, too."

Rosa felt her world tilt. Ethan hadn't left because he didn't care. He had left to save her. And in his arrogance, he had stayed silent, thinking he was protecting her, when he was actually destroying the only trust they had left.

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