Chapter 5

My words stunned the two women into silence—then both shot to their feet. Chloe Beaumont lost all composure, her face twisting in panic as she shrieked. "Emily Harper, I get that calling off the wedding crushed you, but don't get greedy! Everything Ethan Caldwell has, he built himself. You didn't lift a finger—so what gives you the right to demand company shares?" "Exactly," Mrs. Eleanor Caldwell snapped, jabbing a manicured finger toward me. "Don't push your luck. We'll refund your half...