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

Then Charles Sinclair approached the microphone.

“Our family values honesty,” he said, his voice smooth and deadly calm. “And I cannot celebrate a union built on deception.”

The room went still.

“Two days ago, I received a report concerning Ryan Walker. I hoped it was untrue. But our investigation confirmed it.”

Lauren snapped her head toward Ryan.

“This man failed to disclose he was recently divorced,” Charles continued. “He abandoned a child fighting leukemia. He signed away his parental rights mere days before proposing to my daughter.”

The silence grew suffocating.

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