After 144 hours away with another woman, he finally remembered his pregnant wife. His shaken assistant told him, “Sir, your wife had a serious medical emergency and lost the baby. She has already signed the divorce papers and left.”

hands were shaking.

“Sir,” he said quietly, “Mrs. Vale had a serious medical emergency.”

Adrian stopped smiling.

Noah continued.

“She lost the baby.”

For one second, all the confidence disappeared from Adrian’s face.

Then Noah finished.

“She signed the divorce papers this morning. She revoked your voting proxy. And the board is waiting upstairs.”

Celeste whispered,

“Adrian, what does he mean, revoked?”

That was the first moment he realized he had badly underestimated me.

He rushed into the boardroom without knocking.

I was already seated at the far end of