‘Never forget this, Mira. Never forget how they humiliated you.’ She repeated the words to herself through her tears, gripping the sand until it pressed painfully into her palms. She might have to endure this marriage for three years, but she would not allow herself to forget what those years had cost her.

For two years, he had told himself that Anna leaving had been a decision she would eventually regret. He had never given himself a reason to look for her because looking would have meant admitting that he cared where she had gone. Now he had a reason to find her, one that had nothing to do with the letter or the years she had been gone. Anna had built a company, and that company was beginning to compete with his.