Chapter 7 - The Moment of RealizationEthan blinked, searching her face in confusion. "I... I'm sorry, Ms. Ashford. I've never met you before today."
Victoria slowly reached up and unbuttoned the top button of her silk blouse, revealing a dark purple bruise stretching across her collarbone—a bruise caused by intense, life-saving chest compressions.
The entire boardroom gasped.
"Last Friday morning, my car blew a tire on the highway and slammed into the guardrail," Victoria revealed, her voice shaking as she addressed the stunned board. "My driver's door was crushed, the engine caught fire, and my heart stopped beating. The paramedics told me later that I was legally dead for over two minutes."
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She stepped around Ethan's chair and dropped her hands gently onto his shoulders.
"They told me a stranger pulled me from the burning wreck, knelt on broken glass, and refused to give up on me until my lungs started breathing again," Victoria sobbed quietly. "By the time I woke up in the ICU, the man had disappeared without leaving a name."
