Chapter 11 Eleven

• Karina:
• I exhaled slowly, feeling the last remnants of my anger fade into a dull ache as I lay in my bed, staring at the ceiling. The initial shock of what my brother and Michael had done to Ethan’s business had left me shaking, but now that I had time to think, clarity settled in.
• Ethan had wasted five years of my life. Five years of my love, my loyalty, my patience—wasted on a man who had built his entire life with the help of my brother but never once treated me like I mattered.