Ethan's POV

I woke up staring directly at the ceiling and walls of my apartment. It felt as if the world was quiet since I pulled everything I shared with House of Astor. Phone calls, emails, and everything that can disrupt a man's peace was what I had to deal with for more than forty-eight hours of leaving Ivana's company.

However, I chose to call it what I called it, because it was all I needed to be free from Ivana's clutches and the only price I was going to pay was the price of having to wait this long to figure out that all this while I thought I...