She Loved the Billionaire Since Childhood — Until Forced to Serve at His Wedding!
Chapter 10
Victoria’s recording contained enough evidence to trigger a full investigation.
Richard was arrested.
The shell companies were frozen.
Whitmore Industries survived.
But Ethan still had one question.
Who had killed Amelia’s father?
The answer came weeks later.
A retired detective contacted Amelia.
He had reopened the case.
The original accident report had been falsified.
Her father’s vehicle had been tampered with.
The person responsible had been an associate of Richard’s.
But Richard had not ordered the death.
The detective discovered something unexpected.
Daniel Whitmore had paid the associate to disappear.
He had protected Amelia’s father by sending the man away.
But years later, that same man returned.
And Daniel had never told anyone.
Amelia sat quietly.
“So my father died because of him?”
“Indirectly.”
She closed her eyes.
Ethan sat beside her.
“I’m sorry.”
She looked at him.
“You didn’t know.”
“I should have.”
“You were a child.”
He smiled sadly.
“So were you.”
She reached for his hand.
For the first time in years, she didn’t pull away.
The wedding had been canceled.
Victoria moved away from New York.
She eventually cooperated fully with prosecutors.
The Whitmore-Langford merger was dissolved.
Ethan rebuilt his company independently.
But he made one decision that surprised everyone.
He refused to hide his father’s mistakes.
He publicly released the financial history of the company.
He admitted what Daniel had done wrong.
And he created a foundation in Amelia’s father’s name.
Its purpose was to support financial whistleblowers.
At the opening ceremony, Amelia stood beside him.
A reporter asked:
“Are you and Mr. Whitmore together?”
Amelia looked at Ethan.
He smiled.
She laughed.
“That’s complicated.”
Ethan leaned toward the microphone.
“Not anymore.”
Everyone laughed.
Then he took her hand.
This time, he didn’t let go.
