Fortune's Revenge

g damp tracks on the polished floor. His phone screen illuminated for the fifteenth time with Olivia's name, but once again,

him from his thoughts. "We need to dis

collapsing family, his engineering degree collecting dust as he worked three part-time jobs, his mother's heart failing faster than he cou

e cracked, betraying the comp

d sympathy. "Without the specialized treatment

ened to buckle. "And

should warn you, insurance won't cover experimental t

ber struck him like a physical blow. He

nodded mechanically.

face now ashen against the white hospital pillow. Victoria looked up

d?" she

answer. Instead, he pulled out h

red, her voice tight

iv, where have you been? I

ice sounded distant, almost

opped, hearing what sounded like m

said too quic

ot fine. Tell me

"I can't talk now. I'll

leaving Ethan staring a

her father's study, tears streaming down her face as she clutched her phone. Her normally immaculat

gomery's cold voice penetra

ll echoing in her mind. Her father's words had b

I will personally ensure Grace Chen never receives a

ormed into her father's study demanding answers. She never imagined he would have already inv

amed in the doorway, impeccably dressed in a tailored suit, his silver hair perfectly st

-stained face with distaste. "Alexander will be joining

oice breaking. "You can't do this.

rom me, and St. Matthew's will reject Grace Chen's application for the Rothman Protocol

n. "I'm begging you. Help them without thi

s sharp with disgust. "Mont

g behind her as she descended. Her face, nearly identical to Olivia's but lined with years of

ance. Alexander Reed comes from the right family, with the right connections. This... dalliance with a

at her mother. "Mom, pleas

d blankness. "Darling, I know this feels overwhelming now, but marriage is a st

later," Harold interrupted with a c

nor continued soft

ing married to someone who would use a dying woman as leverage, M

nched but s

ntly. "Enough dramatics. You hav

.. you'll guarantee Grace Chen gets the treatment?

ial agreement, announce your engagement to Alexander tomorrow, and Mrs.

f I re

n I hope you've said your goodbyes to Ethan's mother. I

t something fundamental about how she understood the world. "I

again with Ethan's name, but she couldn't bear to answer. How could she speak to him know

art to save his mother's life. T