My Husband’s First Love Became My New Boss and Fired Me — She Had No Idea Who Really Owned the Company
Chapter 9
The message led them to an old private archive.
Inside was a collection of letters written by Ethan’s father.
They revealed that Charles had not acted alone.
There had been a larger group.
Executives.
Investors.
Family members.
People who had manipulated the company for years.
Ethan’s father had discovered them.
He had planned to expose everything.
But before he could, he had suffered a fatal heart attack.
The letters revealed one final secret.
He had deliberately structured the company so Ethan would inherit controlling ownership.
Not because Ethan was the favorite son.
Because he trusted him to protect the company from the people trying to destroy it.
Ethan read the final letter.
If you’re reading this, I’ve failed to stop them.
But you haven’t.
Trust the people who challenge you.
The person who tells you the truth is often more valuable than the person who tells you what you want to hear.
Ethan looked at Olivia.
She smiled.
“Your father knew you.”
He nodded.
Then he looked at Victoria.
“Maybe he knew you too.”
She frowned.
“What?”
“He wrote that people who challenge you are valuable.”
Victoria laughed softly.
“Your father would hate how often you’re right.”
Ethan smiled.
The investigation continued.
Charles was arrested.
The board members involved were removed.
The company survived.
Olivia’s reputation was restored.
Victoria kept her position.
But something else had changed.
The three of them had survived a conflict that should have destroyed them.
And instead of becoming enemies, they had become something unexpected.
A team.
