After a pause on the line, silence settled. William waited a moment, then said, “If you don’t want to talk about it, fine.”Hearing the low tone in his voice, Liz hurried to answer. “No, it’s not that I don’t want to tell you. But before I say anything, I have one question. You must answer me honestly.”“What’s the question?” William asked.“Is your trip to Halston this time connected to my plan to sue Henry?”William’s eyes flickered. He tightened his grip on the phone, and several seconds passed before he replied, “Yes.”When Liz finally got his answer, she gave a bitter smile. “So it really is because of me.”Before William left for Halston, she had already sensed that he was doing it for her.Hearing the quiet ache in her voice, William frowned slightly. “Lizzie, the lawsuit is part of the reason I came to Halston, but it’s only a small part.”What mattered most was that he finally understood only by inheriting the Sanders Corporation could he truly protect the people he
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