Episode 2

Nathan:

It was already past 10:00 when Nathan Ford arrived at his company, entering his office by the private elevator. He sat in his chair and pondered what his grandmother had just asked of him, as she herself had said, "her last wish." Amber Ford, the great matriarch of the Ford family, now in the terminal stage of cancer. Nathan felt powerless; despite all his fortune, he could not save the life of the grandmother who had raised him like a son.

Amber Ford was not just a mother to Nathan; she was an exemplary woman. It was she who had lifted the company from its humble beginnings when she inherited it after her husband died of a sudden heart attack, leaving her with two young children—his aunt Lindsey and his father, Paul, aged 6 and 8 at the time. Amber managed the company and took care of her children. When her eldest son finished college and got married, she passed the reins of what was already a large and successful company, ranking among the best in the country. His father ran the company for only five years before a fateful accident took his and his daughter-in-law's lives, leaving only his 3-year-old grandson, Nathan. This forced Amber back to the company since her daughter lived a frivolous life and cared nothing for the business, ending up married to one of the executives, the vice president of the company. But for Amber, only those who possessed her blood could be president, so she returned to the position until her grandson could take over at age 22. Six years ago, Nathan became president of Moore Corporation.

His thoughts were interrupted by his secretary calling to go over the day's appointments. He allowed her to enter.

"Good morning, Mr. Ford! You have two meetings this morning, the first at 10:30 with the governor and the second at 11:30 with the Hassan construction company. At 2:00 p.m., Mr. Josh Carter's wedding."

"Okay, you can go, Any. And get the meeting room ready."

The secretary left, but when there were only five minutes left before the meeting, she called back to inform him that Josh Carter's wedding had been canceled. Nathan scratched his head, wondering why it had been canceled, since Josh was full of praise for his fiance, claiming she was perfect. But he pushed the thoughts away, focusing on his appointments.

After the two meetings, he decided to have lunch at his favorite restaurant, and upon leaving the company, he saw a scene that caught his attention. Near the entrance of the company parking lot, he saw Josh arguing with a woman, and after she gesticulated wildly and pointed her finger at him several times, he pushed her, and she fell to the ground, clutching her ankle. Josh turned his back and simply left her there with an expression of pain. Nathan was outraged by Josh's cowardice and got out of his car and approached the beautiful woman.

"Are you okay?"

"I'm not, but I will be."

"It looks like you sprained your ankle; it could be serious. Let me take you to the hospital."

The woman tried to protest, but he didn't listen. He just picked her up in his arms, put her in his car, and took her to the same hospital where his grandmother was, the best in the country.

"You're lucky it was just a dislocation. You could have been seriously injured. I don't know how you women walk in such high heels."

He said, pretending not to know what had really happened.

"If I had twisted my ankle in 5-inch heels, it would have hurt less than the disappointment I felt with my wretched ex-fiance. But what's his is in store for him; I'm just writing down all the reasons to get my revenge, and his downfall will be great, his and that homewrecking mistress of his who is now his fiance. The scoundrel changes brides as if he were changing clothes."

"Are you really that angry with him?"

"Wouldn't you be? I received proof of his infidelity as a wedding present, at the exact moment I was getting dressed to go to church to fulfill my biggest dream, which was to get married in a church wedding! And he still had time to flaunt his betrayal, and to top it all off, I was evicted from my house for ending the relationship! And when I'm on my way to a lawyer's office, I run into the jerk, and he tells me that I'll never be able to get a man as good as him, of his social standing, and that I'm not on his level! But enough of that, you must be bored with my story."

"No, go on. For today, I'll be the ear for your outburst."

The woman smiled, and Nathan found her smile beautiful.

"There's nothing more to say. The only thing I wanted at this point was to get another fiance, much better than him, to rub it in his face that he's worthless and show that envious witch of an ex-best friend of mine that I can do much better than her."

For Nathan, hope dawned—a perfect chance to fulfill his grandmother's wish: to marry a woman who was not interested in his money but rather in getting revenge on everyone who had wronged her. It would be a mutually beneficial exchange: he would help her with her revenge, and she would fulfill his grandmother's request.

"And you just hit the jackpot, Nathan Ford Moore, your fiance."

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