I froze in shock. "How is that possible..."
Liam let out a bitter laugh and spoke again. "With my current condition, I can't practice law anymore."
He pulled an agreement from beside him and held it out to me.
"Emma, this is the agreement gifting all my Horizon Legal shares to you. I don't have long left, so they're useless to me. Just sign it—think of it as compensation for everything that happened between us."
I looked down as I took the agreement. That flimsy sheet of paper in my hand held the fate of the life's work Liam had poured every ounce of himself into.
I set the agreement back down beside him, met his gaze, and spoke in a steady, unshaken tone.
"Liam, I don't need your compensation. I have more than enough money. The dividends from those shares could get you access to far
