Ethan’s POV
I had built my entire life on one principle.
Never make a move until you understand the board completely.
It was a philosophy my father had forced into me long before I was old enough to question it. In the Wolfe household, emotions were considered weaknesses disguised as instincts. You did not react. You observed. You did not assume. You calculated. And above all, you never allowed yourself to be caught off guard.
For a long time, that mindset had worked in my favor. It had shaped the way I ran companies, the way I negotiated deals, and the way I dealt with people who thought they could outsmart me. It had also helped me survive Richard Wolfe, a man who never raised his voice unnecessarily because he never needed to. Control, for him, was not something he demanded. It was
