“I was desperate.”
I laughed once.
Softly.
“So was I.”
“You don’t understand.”
“No.”
“I understand perfectly.”
“You sold me for shares.”
He lowered his head.
“I never wanted this.”
“You wanted the money.”
His silence answered everything.
The detectives led him away.
He never looked back.
Only Ethan remained.
He stood alone at the end of the conference table.
The empire he thought he’d stolen had disappeared in less than twenty minutes.
He looked smaller somehow.
Older.
