Chapter 3: The Woman He Trusted
Ethan ran.
Not from the investigators.
From the woman waiting in his penthouse.
Vanessa.
The woman he intended to marry after Olivia disappeared.
He burst through the apartment door.
"We have to leave. Right now."
Vanessa didn't move.
Instead, she slid a newspaper across the marble kitchen island.
The headline covered the entire front page.
CEO Under Criminal Investigation After Warehouse Incident.
She looked at him with quiet disappointment.
"You told me none of this could ever be traced."
Ethan reached for her hand.
She stepped back.
"I never loved a criminal."
A knock sounded at the front door.
Then another.
Federal agents announced themselves.
Vanessa silently picked up her purse.
Without looking back, she walked past Ethan and out of the apartment.
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For the first time in years...
he stood completely alone.
