Chapter 3 - My Father's SecretThe doctors performed emergency surgery on my wrist.
My ribs needed time to heal.
The baby was stable but under constant observation.
Meanwhile, Adrian told me everything.
My mother had met him twenty-nine years earlier.
They had fallen in love.
Then Adrian's family intervened.
They separated.
My mother discovered she was pregnant.
She never told him.
Not until years later.
By then, Adrian had already built his empire.
When my mother died, she left him a letter.
Adrian found out about me.
But by the time he located me, I had already married Victor.
He had tried to approach me.
My mother had asked him not to interfere unless I was in danger.
“I should have found you sooner,” he said.
I shook my head.
“You didn't know.”
“I should have.”
“Dad…”
He looked at me.
The word still felt strange.
But somehow, it felt right.
“I have something else to tell you.”
“What?”
“Your insurance policy.”
I frowned.
“It was issued through my company.”
“I know.”
“There was an internal warning.”
“What warning?”
Adrian handed me a report.
“The beneficiary information was changed six months ago.”
My heart stopped.
“Changed?”
“Victor attempted to make himself the sole beneficiary.”
“Can he do that?”
“Not without your authorization.”
I remembered the document Victor had brought me.
He had said it was routine.
I had signed several pages while pregnant.
“He tricked me.”
“Yes.”
Adrian's jaw tightened.
“Then he arranged your death.”
I looked at the report.
“How do we prove it?”
“We already have evidence.”
He opened another folder.
Phone records.
Bank transfers.
Hotel reservations.
Messages between Victor and Serena.
One message made my stomach turn.
After the funeral, we can finally start our life.
Another:
She'll be forgotten quickly.
I stared at the screen.
Victor had planned my funeral before I was even dead.
Then Adrian showed me something else.
A recording.
Victor's voice.
“I'll make sure the car disappears after the mountain.”
Serena's voice answered:
“And the baby?”
Victor laughed.
“The insurance pays either way.”
I covered my mouth.
Adrian stopped the recording.
I looked at him.
“I want him destroyed.”
May you like
Adrian nodded.
“Then we'll let him destroy himself.”
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