Chapter 6 - My Father’s Betrayal Went Deeper Than I Imagined—He Had Been Planning to Use My Marriage to Take Control of a Trust Worth Nearly a Billion DollarsMy father was arrested.
The investigation revealed everything.
He had manipulated the board.
Paid doctors.
Altered my mother's records.
Created false financial reports.
He had planned my marriage to Julian.
Then he encouraged Serena to replace me.
He thought I would be too humiliated to fight.
He was wrong.
Nikolai and I presented the evidence.
The trust was frozen.
The Moretti board dissolved.
The Cartwright family withdrew from the deal.
Julian faced charges.
Serena disappeared from public life.
I kept working.
I rebuilt the foundation.
I removed the corrupt board.
And every time I thought it was over, another secret appeared.
Then Nikolai showed me one file.
My mother's final medical report.
Inside was a handwritten note.
If Evelyn chooses Nikolai, trust him.
I looked at him.
“She knew you?”
“Yes.”
“How?”
“My mother knew yours.”
The families had been connected for decades.
Our marriage wasn't random.
Maybe fate had nothing to do with it.
But choice did.
I asked:
“Did you know she'd written that?”
“No.”
“Then why marry me?”
He looked at me.
“Because I saw how they treated you.”
“And?”
“I couldn't stand it.”
That answer was the closest he'd come to love.
I smiled.
“We still have a wedding.”
He nodded.
“Do you want one?”
I thought.
“Yes.”
“Why?”
“Because I want one thing in this story that isn't a business transaction.”
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He smiled.
“Then we'll make it ours.”
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