And he realized: all the late-night calls, all the transfers, all the secrets he was so afraid to reveal—they weren’t lovers, scams, or fraudulent schemes. They were her family.
The poor family she kept silent about.
The mother who hid from her daughter so as not to intrude. And the father… who had been blind for many years.
In an instant, the billionaire realized: she was hiding shame. Shame about her poverty.
Shame about her disabled father. Shame that she wasn’t part of his glittering world.
