He Shattered Her Love, She Forged An Empire

the next morning, Noah' s security team ensurin

tched with concern. The news of the gala' s abrup

son alliance, seeing it as a brilliant busin

rning light streaming in, a stark contra

is cancelled," Ava ann

exchanged sh

morning, utterly bewildered. He said Ethan was..

em with the ugliest details of the glass, not y

. Ethan' s behavior was... unacceptable

the calculations of business implic

s they understood, she added a playful,

ided on a new direct

. "I' m going to mar

ually sputtered. "Noah Vanderbilt? You

. "Ava, are you seriou

ips. "And a way to finally best my old rival on my own terms. Thompson Holdings is partnering with

too. Noah was an ally, a powerful one. And a part of

ivot, both personall

ilent for a long m

mpson asked, his voice now serious, the b

a said simply. "And it wasn' t so

nderstanding that this was not a whim, but a c

t but firm. Her well-being, they fina

e some personal items from the Fifth Ave

west with Lindsey, or perhaps licking

r security detail waitin

tment fe

pieces she had chosen wit

wall, were large, frame

en, a beaming Linds

a, Lindsey clinging to his

t he had first proposed to Ava, now wi

ting of their shared history, a

ing from the master bedroom, we

urprise, a hand f

, I... Ethan didn' t

ver, held a gl

. "Ethan wanted to make the place f

ur old things, those childhood treasures you kept in the study? Ethan said you wouldn' t want them any

rise, but kept her

hotos, her treasures.

breakup, it was an