Chapter 64

This could've been amazing news. Or maybe terrible. Ariella didn't even know how she felt anymore. She just stood there, frozen. No word left her lips, no change in expression, but the tears streaming from her eyes betrayed all the chaos inside. She had dreamed about this day so many times-finally breaking free from Lucian's grip, no more manipulation, no more control. Her father's factory was no longer hanging over her like a threat, and Fiona-well, she'd figured out the whole story between her and Lucian but hadn't gone ballistic. So that was something. On paper, she was finally free to live her life. Yet, for some reason, her heart felt so heavy it was almost suffocating. The Murdoch family probably thought nothing of buying out her father's factory-it was just business to them-but to her, it was everything. How the hell was she ever gonna repay Forrest? Not just the money. The kindness. The effort. All of it. She was feeling every emotion at once-relief, guilt, happiness, and an ac