Chapter 3 - Grant Discovered Claire’s Father Had Left Her a Fortune—and Someone Had Tried to Make Sure She Never Claimed ItThe company was worth nearly $90 million.
My father had owned twenty-eight percent.
The shares had been placed in a trust.
The beneficiary was me.
Grant's father had been trying to acquire them.
He needed my signature.
The divorce had not been about infertility.
It had been about control.
Grant had been manipulated.
Sienna had been part of the plan.
Diane had been paid.
And my pregnancy had been hidden because a pregnant wife had legal rights that complicated everything.
I felt sick.
“Why would they want me to sign?”
Grant explained.
“If you died, the shares could be transferred.”
I looked at him.
“They were going to kill me?”
He didn't answer.
That was enough.
Dominic became involved immediately.
His lawyers uncovered more.
A shell company had purchased life insurance policies on me.
Three years before the divorce.
The beneficiary was a company controlled by Grant's father.
I stared at the paperwork.
“I was married to you.”
Grant shook his head.
“You were never the target.”
“What does that mean?”
“They wanted the company.”
Then I remembered my mother.
My mother's death.
Her sudden accident.
The investigation that went nowhere.
Could it be connected?
We reopened the old case.
Evidence appeared.
A payment.
A phone call.
A driver.
The same shell company.
My mother hadn't died by accident.
She had discovered the trust.
She had been killed.
I broke down.
Dominic held me.
Grant stood across the room.
His face was destroyed.
“I'm sorry.”
I couldn't look at him.
“You were part of it.”
“I didn't know.”
“You still signed the divorce papers.”
“Yes.”
“You still believed me incapable of giving you children.”
“Yes.”
“You still humiliated me.”
“Yes.”
He cried.
“And I will spend the rest of my life regretting it.”
I finally looked at him.
He meant it.
But forgiveness wasn't ready.
Not yet.
The investigation moved quickly.
Grant's father disappeared.
Sienna's father disappeared.
Diane cooperated.
My mother's murder was reopened.
And the company shares were finally placed under my control.
Grant made one decision.
He gave me his shares.
All of them.
“You don't have to.”
“I know.”
“Why?”
“Because you should never have to depend on me again.”
Dominic looked at him.
For once, neither man was an enemy.
They were simply two men who loved the same woman differently.
One had failed her.
One had stayed.
I didn't know what I felt.
Then Rose took my finger.
Her tiny hand closed around it.
And everything became clear.
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She came first.
Always.
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