I walked into my husband’s workplace on Valentine’s Day holding a romantic gift, only to see him proposing to his wealthy female boss while the staff cheered. He smirked at me, whispering, “You’re just a poor housewife, accept it.” I didn’t cry. I simply pulled out my phone, dialed the company’s majority shareholder, and whispered into the speaker…

up immediately after. Then, mine.

I answered it on speaker, leaning against the cold marble of the console.

“Eleanor,” came the gruff, panicked voice of Arthur Vance, my oldest friend and the senior partner who helped me draft the firm’s first charter. “Where are you? The board needs you in the war room right now.”

“I resign,” I said simply.

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