(Sabrina's POV)
"But I'm divorced—"
"So is half the country."
"With a child from another man—"
"Who Ethan loves and has already given his name."
"But the board won't see it that way."
Sophia is quiet for a moment. Then she says, gently: "Ethan chose you knowing all of this. The divorce. Jake. As a businessman, he should've already anticipated these complications. But he still chose you anyway. In front of five hundred people at a charity gala, he declared you his future wife."
"He wasn't thinking clearly. His feelings got the best of him. Once they fade and he returns to his senses—"
"Sabrina. Listen to yourself. You're spiraling. Someone is deliberately trying to manipulate you and you're letting them. Since when have you ever cared about what people think and say?"
I shake my he
