Chapter 2 - The Message I Wasn’t Supposed to See
Outside, rain had turned the path into mud.
My heel snapped.
Without saying anything, Silas removed his jacket, placed it around my shoulders, then lifted me carefully so I wouldn’t fall.
As he carried me toward his truck, something vibrated beneath his shirt.
A phone.
Not an old prepaid phone.
A brand-new smartphone.
The screen illuminated for barely two seconds.
But I saw the message.
“$2.4 billion approved. Waiting for your authorization, sir.”
I froze.
Silas noticed where I was looking.
I looked from the phone to his worn boots.
“Who are you?”
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For the first time that day, he had no answer.
And suddenly I realized my family might have married me to someone they didn’t understand at all.
