Ethan remained outside Nora's apartment for a long time. Before leaving, he hung the repaired pendant on her doorknob. He looked back again and again, but eventually he forced himself to go.
When he returned to work, he bought a small stake in Nora's company and took on a largely ceremonial executive role there.
Mia flooded his phone with desperate messages, saying that her husband had beaten her and begging Ethan to bring her home. He ignored them until she appeared at his house with ripped clothes and bruises covering her body.
"Ethan, I was wrong. Please forgive me."
He looked at Mia, the girl he had protected since childhood.
"I can help you get a divorce."
Her crying stopped.
"I don't want a divorce. If I leave him, I'll have nothing. Can't Hayes Group give his family's company
