Vesper's voice was feather-light. "They're just meaningless dust to me now. No use crying over spilled milk."
Paige watched the calm clarity in Vesper's eyes and suddenly knew that she had truly moved on.
Those who had hurt her, those ugly memories, she had left them all in the dust.
Her sights were set on a future brighter and bolder.
"You're right."
Paige's laughter bubbled up before she leaned in, her eyes sparkling with gossip. "But get this. The Sterling Group's investment arm just snatched up Grant Group's bad debt bundle from their main creditors for peanuts."
"That's a serious power move. Ethan's last lifeline just got ripped away. Now he's completely at their mercy."
Vesper's fingers stilled on the magazine page. A ghost of a smile flickered in her eyes, vanishing before an
