Chapter 106: All for Nothing

"Mr. Blackwood, you've got a visitor from the Parker Group—Liam's here." The secretary barely got through the door before a rogue ball bounced against her leg. Hot on its tail, a little tyke with a mop of hair clung to her, peppering apologies with a cherubic face. "Oops, sorry! I didn't mean it!" His doe eyes and dimpled grin were disarmingly cute, and the secretary couldn't help but forgive him instantly. "It's alright, kiddo. I know you didn't mean it." She comforted Ethan with a gentle coo before turning to her actual task. "Mr. Blackwood, I have—" "Vincent stepped out, but I'll pass on the message," came a voice, cool but kind, from behind a monitor. The secretary did a double take as she realized it was Mr. Blackwood's wife. Their love story was the stuff of legends—love at first sight on a snowy mountain, and sealed for a lifetime by a volcano's edge. Sounds like a fairy tale, but the secretary always felt it was too storybook to be true. Especially when... Mrs. Blac