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When Ambition Destroys, Love Saves

Chapter 1 

Word Count: 1070    |    Released on: 10/07/2025

ribly wrong. It was a rookie mistake, a single misplaced command in a critical payment gateway module, and it belon

breakroom, scrollin

ut the payment gateway comm

k up. "It' s fi

s a recursive loop in the transaction validation. It' ll crash the s

expression annoyed. "Look, I know w

he company' s CEO and Ethan'

I do," Ethan said. "This is a maj

bad," Liam whined, his voice rising

ght for Olivia' s corner office. A few minutes later, an email landed in

er desk, arms crossed. Liam was slumped in a ch

unfamiliar. "I' m tired of hearing about yo

us. "This is about a catastrophic error that could cri

ew," Olivia snapped. "He' s family. An

t to push untested code to

om Ethan' s determined face to Liam' s

her voice dangerously calm. "I'

wai

istant. You will personally mentor him, approve his every move,

tightened. He

clean out your desk. And if you choose that, you can clean

livia, the woman he' d planned a future with, the woman he' d helped build this company from the grou

ttle over him. The choice

d typed for a moment. He printed a single sheet of paper from her office printer. He

said, his voice clear and steady.

had built this entire scenario around the belief that he would never leave her, tha

shock evident in her voice. "You would

oice. He didn' t need to. "You' re asking me to choose between my profession

is jacket. He put it on slowly, methodically.

ll you go? What will you do? You' re a senior developer, but the market is toug

apartment, a sleek, modern key he' d been so proud of. He worked it off the ring, the metal

he wood was the only sound.

and went to Olivia' s side. He put a hand on

n for this to happen. Ethan was just so mea

ack at Ethan' s cold, resolute expression. Her conf

ignation letter from her desk, the key clattering to the floor. "You don

tearing through the quiet room. She threw the pieces at him.

torted with a fury he' d never seen before. He didn't fee

ut a backward glance, leaving her there with

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