“I would rather build a difficult life with someone honest,” she said steadily, “than live comfortably beside someone empty.”
The room fell silent.
Daniel looked at her quietly.
And for the first time in years, certainty settled inside him.
Not certainty about business.
Not certainty about success.
Certainty about her.
Three weeks later, Daniel made a decision that shocked everyone around him.
He told Sophie the truth.
Everything.
The blind dates.
The fake identity.
The billion-dollar empire.
The reason he tested people in the first place.
When he finished speaking, silence filled the apartment.
Daniel prepared himself for anger.
