Dante’s POV
When Dante discovered that Zara was the lost sister of the Ashford family and that Rosey had been nothing more than a fraud, something inside him snapped. The humiliation was unbearable. One by one, companies began cutting ties with his. Partnerships collapsed overnight, and the reputation he had spent years building crumbled before his eyes.
Anger consumed him.
For days, he refused to step outside. He stopped going to work entirely, choosing instead to hide inside his bedroom. Every news channel seemed to be talking about him, dissecting the scandal piece by piece. The paparazzi camped outside his house like vultures waiting for scraps.
One evening, as he lay staring blankly at the ceiling, a knock sounded on his door.
“Son,” his mother’s voice called softly from the othe
