The Billionaire CEO Rejected Every Man for One Single Dad — Until Her Sister Revealed Why She Could Never Forget Him
Chapter 12
Ethan and Victoria eventually bought a small house outside the city.
It was nothing like the Hartwell mansion.
There was a garden.
A kitchen big enough for three people to cook together.
A small room where Noah built models.
Victoria kept one office for work.
But she spent less time there.
The first night they moved in, Noah asked:
“Can we have breakfast for dinner?”
Victoria laughed.
“Absolutely.”
They made pancakes.
Ethan burned the first batch.
Noah complained.
Victoria laughed until she cried.
She looked around the kitchen.
This was the life she had never realized she wanted.
Not the empire.
Not the boardroom.
Not the headlines.
This.
A messy table.
A child laughing.
A man who had loved her before money mattered.
Later that night, Ethan found her outside.
“You’ve been quiet.”
“I’m thinking.”
“About what?”
“How strange life is.”
He sat beside her.
“You regret anything?”
Victoria looked at him.
“Of course.”
“Like what?”
“That I didn’t fight harder.”
He shook his head.
“You were manipulated.”
“I still made choices.”
He nodded.
“So did I.”
She smiled.
“Maybe that’s why we understand each other now.”
He took her hand.
“I think so.”
