DANIEL'S HOUSE
Samantha sat on the couch, her fingers tracing the rim of her wine glass as she stared blankly ahead.
The revelation about Ethan was still swirling in her mind; she couldn’t escape it. "Ethan Brooks is Ethan Wayne, the CEO of the Wayne Consortium," she repeated to herself, trying to make sense of it.
Every time she thought she understood the full scope of the situation, another layer of confusion seemed to unfold. "Am I dreaming?"
Had everything she believed about him been a lie? It was hard to reconcile the man she had known with the successful CEO whose name was now associated with one of the most powerful business families in the country.
The more she thought about it, the tighter the knot in her stomach grew. She had to admit it—she couldn’t get Ethan out of her he
