Within days, the board voted to remove Marcus as chief executive while an independent investigation began into several financial decisions he had approved. Nathan resigned before anyone could ask him to stay.
Angela quietly left the city with her baby, disappearing from the lives she had spent years destroying. Not a single member of the Villanueva family tried to stop her.
A month later, my divorce was finalized without another argument. I returned the inexpensive wedding ring Marcus had once given me and walked out of the courthouse without looking back.
The greatest revenge wasn’t taking their fortune or exposing their lies. It was watching the people who betrayed me lose everything on their own while I finally began a life where peace mattered more than promises
