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

And when he stepped off it—
she didn’t collapse.
She built an empire.

At 6:47 a.m., an email dropped into Avery Walker’s inbox. It was the confirmation she’d pursued through fifteen years of sleepless nights: Walker Engineering Group had secured the National Infrastructure Renewal Project—a $50-billion federal contract, the kind that transforms a company into a legacy.

But Avery hadn’t seen it yet.

She stood barefoot in the kitchen, clutching eight-year-old Mia’s hospital bills in one hand… and the divorce papers Ryan had left on the counter in the other.

The Exit
Ryan lingered in the doorway, tie loosened, his eyes already elsewhere.

“This isn’t working anymore,” he said. “I’m done living like this.”

Avery blinked, exhausted. “Like what? Caring for our daughter? Keeping us afloat?”

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