Chapter 10 - The Woman He Thought Would Forgive Him
Ethan went to Maya's office that evening.
He waited outside for almost an hour.
When she finally appeared, he stepped forward.
“Can we talk?”
“No.”
“Maya, please.”
She kept walking.
He followed.
“I never wanted this.”
“You wanted the result.”
“No.”
“You signed the papers.”
“I was under pressure.”
“You created the pressure.”
He stopped.
Maya turned.
For a moment, Ethan looked like the man she had married.
Tired.
Afraid.
Human.
“I loved you,” he said.
Maya's expression softened for one second.
“I loved you too.”
“Then don't do this.”
“You did.”
He lowered his head.
“I thought I could fix everything.”
“How?”
“After Cancún.”
Maya stared at him.
“You were going to wait until after I signed.”
He didn't deny it.
That was the final answer.
Maya walked away.
Ethan called after her.
“Maya!”
She didn't turn.
The next morning, his attorney contacted him.
The case was stronger than expected.
The transfers were documented.
The false holding company was documented.
The property attempt was documented.
The court had enough evidence to preserve Maya's assets.
But there was still one problem.
Some of the money was missing.
Millions.
And no one knew where it had gone.
Maya's lawyer called her.
“We found another account.”
“Whose?”
“Not Ethan's.”
“Then whose?”
He paused.
“Yours.”
Maya's heart stopped.
“My account?”
“Yes.”
“There shouldn't be another account.”
“There is.”
Her lawyer sent her the details.
The account had been opened years ago.
Before her marriage.
And it contained money she had never seen.
Maya stared at the screen.
The account holder name was hers.
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But the beneficiary wasn't.
It belonged to someone else.
