Elliot Sheridan smiled gently. "I heard you married Erin Irving. Congratulations!"
Joanne Donovan's smile grew even more awkward. The marriage hadn't been her choice; she had been completely forced into it.
Photos of Elliot Sheridan helping Joanne Donovan up were snapped in quick succession and published in the next day's newspapers.
Elliot Sheridan's exoneration, and his act of repaying malice with virtue toward the daughter who framed him, became the next day's front-page headline. Quincy Rhodes's imprisonment was the second top story.
As soon as the market opened, the company's continuously falling stock suddenly skyrocketed. Capitalizing on this momentum, Elliot Sheridan was expected to return to the company and take charge again, which would also boost employee morale.
But, unexpectedly, there was no sign of Elliot Sheridan at all.
The company's stock, after rising for only two days, fell again, fluctuating around its previous price.
