MICHEAL'S POV
After all the chaos we'd just crawled out of: the betrayal, the press, the damn leak–it was finally quiet again. But in the quiet, I started seeing things clearer than ever.
I thought about it long and hard, and I'd made up my mind.
Ashley was the one.
Not just someone I liked, not just someone I'm attracted to. She was the one I wanted beside me. Through everything. Through the storms, the silence, the triumphs, the failures…all of it.
During the chaos, I looked around and realized the only person still standing with me, for me, was her.
She didn't run. She didn't demand answers or accuse me when things got ugly. She just stayed strong behind me, and that meant more than any contract, more than any business deal. That was real.
So tonight, I was going to make my mov
