Ethan had completely lost his mind.
Who knew what set him off, whether it was that one thing Nora had said to him, or he had actually dug up some dirt on something. Either way, he launched a brutal, relentless revenge against Lillian.
He bribed the guards at the detention center to give her extra 'extra rations,' code for targeted abuse, cutting her sleep down to barely two hours a day. Every waking moment was nothing but one torment after another from all that 'special treatment.'
But even that was not enough for him. Ethan did not just want to hurt her, he wanted her dead.
He dug up an old dirty secret from Lillian's days abroad: to win a top design award, she had plagiarized the work of a world‑famous designer.
The designer was long gone, but his powerful family still held massive
