He divorced me and signed away our sick child… hours before I won the biggest contract of my life.

Months later, Mia rang the ceremonial bell as Walker Engineering went public. Avery stood just behind her in a white suit—calm, luminous, unshakable. At their side were Tessa—and Lauren, no longer an heiress chasing optics, but an ally who chose repair over vanity.

Avery wasn’t interested in headlines.

She cared about the sound of her daughter’s laughter.

Because Ryan walked away believing Avery was the weight dragging him down.

But she was the foundation.

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