Chapter 5 - The Uncle Who Wanted My Marriage More Than He Wanted Me AliveVictor explained everything.
He didn't need to shout.
He was terrifying because he spoke softly.
“The Hayes family belongs to me.”
Gabrielle shook her head.
“No.”
“It always should have.”
“You killed my mother.”
“She was going to destroy everything.”
“You killed Ethan's father.”
Victor smiled.
“He was in the way.”
Ethan stepped forward.
Victor's men raised their weapons.
Gabrielle grabbed Ethan's arm.
“Don't.”
Victor laughed.
“Still protecting him?”
“He's my husband.”
“For three million dollars.”
Gabrielle looked at him.
“No.”
Victor's smile disappeared.
“That marriage is worth far more than three million.”
“What do you mean?”
“The Hayes trust.”
Gabrielle realized.
She wasn't the prize.
Her marriage was.
Victor had planned to use her marriage contract to trigger a clause in the family trust.
If Gabrielle married a Caldwell heir, control of the trust would transfer.
Victor needed Ethan.
And Gabrielle.
Together.
But he had made one mistake.
He had assumed they were still strangers.
They weren't.
Ethan moved first.
The fight was brutal.
Gabrielle ran toward the lake house.
She found the original trust documents.
Then she called her father's attorney.
“Activate the emergency clause.”
“What clause?”
“The one Mother wrote.”
Silence.
Then the attorney whispered:
“You found it.”
“Yes.”
“Do you understand what it means?”
“Yes.”
Gabrielle looked through the window.
Ethan was fighting Victor's men.
“It means the trust belongs to me.”
The attorney corrected her.
“No.”
Gabrielle frowned.
“It belongs to you and your husband.”
She froze.
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The marriage had changed everything.
Victor had accidentally given them control.
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