shares had been pledged years earlier against the same debt Blackthorn had acquired.
When the fraud triggered the loan covenants, control transferred.
To me.
Ethan looked down at his hand.
He was still wearing the wedding ring from our marriage. Apparently, he’d kept it on until the divorce became official that morning.
Slowly, almost without thinking, he pulled it off.
It slipped from his fingers.
The ring struck the marble floor with a faint metallic sound.
In the silent ballroom, it sounded like a gunshot.
Three months later, Ethan pleaded
