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Victoria Vance adjusted the shoulder of her custom-made bronze silk gown. Elegant. Expensive. Flawless. She never glanced at the marble floor. / Chapter 3 / 5

Chapter 3: A Son Finally Speaks

Chapter 3: A Son Finally Speaks

After the guests fled...

Only four people remained.

Genevieve.

Ethan.

Victoria.

Chloe.

Victoria collapsed into a chair.

"Ethan..."

"Please."

"Talk to her."

Ethan remained silent for a long time.

Then he spoke.

"I was twelve."

"My father was alive."

"He used to tell me..."

'The way you treat the person cleaning your floor tells the world who you really are.'

He looked directly at Victoria.

"You laughed at him."

"You called kindness weakness."

"You taught me that money was everything."

His eyes became red.

"But Chairwoman Consecour taught me something different."

He turned toward Genevieve.

"When every bank rejected my company..."

"You gave a twenty-three-year-old engineer a chance."

"You never asked about my family."

"You only asked whether I would treat my employees with dignity."

Genevieve nodded.

"And today..."

"You passed."

Victoria froze.

"What?"

Genevieve looked at Ethan.

"You apologized before knowing whether I would forgive you."

"You protected none of the cruelty."

"You accepted responsibility."

"That is why your career isn't over."

Chloe's face twisted.

"And me?"

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"You never once apologized."

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