I Protected My Drunk Boss From a Dangerous Night — Then She Looked at Me and Said, “I Remember Everything”
Chapter 12
Twenty years passed.
Victoria eventually stepped down as CEO.
Clara became a lawyer.
Ethan retired from active security work.
They moved to a quieter home near a lake.
They traveled.
Read.
Spent time with family.
One autumn evening, Victoria found the old hotel receipt from the night they met.
She smiled.
“You kept it?”
Ethan laughed.
“You kept it.”
“I forgot.”
“Apparently not.”
She looked at the date.
Twenty-one years.
“Do you remember what happened the next morning?”
Ethan smiled.
“You said you remembered everything.”
“I did.”
“And then?”
“I scared you.”
“Very much.”
She laughed.
“I was sober.”
“That’s what made it terrifying.”
They sat by the fire.
Victoria looked at him.
“Would you still choose me?”
“Every time.”
“Why?”
“Because you became the woman I hoped you would be.”
She frowned.
“That’s not fair.”
“What?”
“You don’t get to decide what I become.”
He smiled.
“You’re right.”
She kissed him.
“Good.”
They laughed.
The relationship had survived because neither tried to own the other.
They chose each other.
Again.
Again.
Again.
