The Lie That Killed Her Love
When the call came that her mother had suffered a massive brain hemorrhage and was in a coma, Clara Gabriel's mind went blank.
She bolted from her desk.
"Where do you think you're going?" The cold voice of her fiance, Julian Vance, cut through the office. "You're still on the clock."
As Clara turned to the man she was supposed to marry, her eyes were filled with tears. "My mother is in the ICU."
"Going there won't change the outcome," Julian said, his expression completely unreadable. "You are the future first lady of this company. Are you really going to set an example of abandoning your post?"
Clara's chest tightened. "This is an emergency. It's only ten minutes before my shift ends…