“So you finally decided to show your real face, huh?” he whispered, though the tremble in his voice held more pain than anger.
And in that moment, Violet felt her soul broke.
It hurt more than anything Michael had threatened her with.
“You have no reason to pretend anymore,” Ethan continued, his voice low and bitter. “Your dad got his heart transplant. He’s safe now. No one will try to snatch his position.”
Violet’s brows knitted together, her chest tightening.
How easily he assumed the worst.
How deeply his words cut her.
He searched her face and found..... nothing.
Because she couldn’t show what she truly felt, not with Michael watching through her phone, not with her parents in danger.
Ethan’s jaw tightened in frustration at her silence.
“For that damn position...
” he nearly
