Chapter 28 The Noose Tightens

• The morning headlines tore through Clara’s world like a wrecking ball.
• "Ethan Whitaker’s Wife Hiding a Scandalous Past, Exclusive Sources Reveal!"
• She stood frozen in the kitchen, the tablet screen glaring back at her. The article was brutal, unearthing things she’d buried long ago, her family’s financial ruin, her brief engagement to a man who turned out to be a con artist, the lawsuit she’d fought to clear her name.