Her Empire, His Ruin

It wasn't a happy sound.

me. Olivia looked of

Ethan?" Olivia ask

"This. You two. The concerned expressions. The

ough," Oli

're blind to his manipulation. You've been rewriting our history for months to justify this. The time I was late to the client meeting? T

on. Olivia had blamed my carelessness. Leo had miraculously appeared with a "backup copy" he'd made "just in case," saving the day. Later,

aid. The words

ne with your tantru

Done with this marriage. I'm resigning

is was not part of her script. Leo'

stammered. "You can't just

cts now," I said, t

one rang. I glanced at the screen. It

Miller?" a polite, offic

, it

age filing. The final decree will be processed and mailed to the addresses on file wit

back at Olivia, who was watching me, he

ne, my eyes locked on her

office, leaving her and Leo st

stant and alien. I started packing. I didn't have much. Most of my life here was digital, stored on servers I would soon lose access to. I

ne focused on eco-friendly, community-centric spaces. She' d said the lotus represented purity and rebirth, jus

nes in Leo' s inner circle, were smirking, whispering to each other. They saw me as the deposed prince, the

my friends had long since chosen their side, drawn to the power and charisma that radiated from