While Elara smiled, enjoying the cold wind blowing on her face, refreshing her, Andrew sat in his office, waiting for everyone involved in the project to gather and explain how the proposal had leaked in the first place.
And while he was thinking about the proposal, forcing himself to concentrate, his mind couldn't help but wander to Elara.
Everything he had believed so far felt like a lie, his heart full of regrets.
He remembered how many times his family, especially his mother and sister, insulted Elara for her humble background, and how many times he stopped her from coming to the company because she wouldn't understand a thing and didn't have a business degree.
Even though she topped her university, he never allowed her to work elsewhere, afraid that her identity as his wife would be exposed and that his mother wouldn't like it.
