CHAPTER 3: THE MAN WHO LOST EVERYTHING
Three months later.
Andrew sat alone inside his office overlooking Central Park.
The silence felt unbearable.
Lila had moved into the penthouse only two weeks after Emma left.
That arrangement lasted less than a month.
Without Emma there, Andrew began seeing things clearly.
The constant attention-seeking.
The lies.
The spending.
The endless demands.
Lila had never loved him.
She loved access.
Money.
Status.
And once the gossip magazines stopped caring, she found someone wealthier.
She left without saying goodbye.
The humiliation spread across social media.
Investors started questioning Andrew's judgment.
Then came the lawsuit.
A former employee exposed years of unethical financial practices inside one of Andrew's companies.
Stock prices collapsed.
Board members resigned.
The media smelled blood.
For the first time in his life, Andrew had nobody standing beside him.
No loyal friends.
No family.
No wife.
Only consequences.
One evening he opened an old photo album.
Most of the pictures were of Emma.
Emma laughing in the snow.
Emma painting the nursery.
Emma asleep on the couch with one hand resting on her growing stomach.
His chest tightened.
He realized something too late.
Emma had never wanted his money.
She had only wanted him.
And he had traded that love for applause from strangers.
Across the country, Emma never watched the news.
She was too busy building a new life.
May you like
A peaceful life.
A life without Andrew Weston.
