Chapter 1
EMMA POV'S
Emma adjusted the files in her hands, trying to calm the nervous energy rising inside her.
Today’s meeting wasn’t just important—it could change everything for the company.
“Is everything ready?” Jack asked, glancing at the presentation slides on his laptop.
“Almost,” Eva replied while fixing the final details.
Emma checked the documents one last time. She worked as James’s assistant—organized, quiet, and always composed.
At least, that’s what everyone believed.
The real stress in her life wasn’t work.
It was Lisa.
The company’s CEO.
Beautiful, modern, powerful… and someone who clearly hated Emma for reasons she never understood.
Lisa had already gone with her father to welcome the client personally.
“Emma, can you arrange the snacks?” Eva asked.
“Sure,” Emma replied with a small smile.
Anything to keep herself distracted.
A few minutes later, Emma pushed open the meeting room door, carefully balancing a tray of coffee cups in her hands.
Then she froze.
The tray trembled slightly.
Because standing there—
was Ethan.
Her ex-husband.
The man who once promised her forever before destroying her heart completely.
Her world tilted.
Her breath caught painfully in her throat.
And for the first time in years…
Emma felt completely unprepared.
