His expression hardened.
“Don’t be selfish, Sophia,” he snapped. “You don’t even know how to handle that kind of money.”
Linda stepped forward, her voice sharp. “You’re part of this family. What’s yours belongs to your husband.”
In that moment, something inside me changed completely.
The grieving daughter they thought they could control disappeared—replaced by something calm, cold, and calculating.
Because Ethan had just revealed something critical… something that proved he had already walked straight into the trap I had been preparing.
Chapter 2: The Grey Rock
“You already told Ryan we’d help?” I asked quietly.
I didn’t yell. I didn’t react. I became still—emotionless.
Ethan mistook it for submission.
“Yes,” he said. “I didn’t have a choice.”
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