CHAPTER 2: THE TRUTH NO ONE KNEW
Three days later, every major business channel carried the same headline.
WHO IS EMILY ASHFORD?
The answer shocked the world.
Emily wasn't an ordinary woman.
She was the only daughter of Richard Ashford.
The billionaire founder of the Ashford Global Group.
A man whose companies operated in over fifty countries.
A man worth more money than some governments.
Kyle sat alone in his penthouse apartment watching the news.
His mansion had already been seized.
His board had removed him as CEO.
Even Thalia had disappeared.
The moment the money vanished, so did she.
Then another report aired.
Photos appeared on screen.
Emily funding children's hospitals.
Emily donating anonymously to disaster relief programs.
Emily paying employees' medical bills without seeking credit.
The entire world saw what Kyle never bothered to see.
The woman he humiliated was the best thing that had ever happened to him.
For the first time in years, Kyle cried.
Not because he was bankrupt.
Because he finally understood what he had destroyed.
Meanwhile, Emily sat across from her father in his private office overlooking Manhattan.
"You can have everything back," Richard said softly.
"His company. His assets. His future."
Emily looked out the window.
Then slowly shook her head.
"No."
Her father raised an eyebrow.
"He made his choice."
"What do you want, then?"
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Emily smiled.
"Peace."
