Chapter 5 - Roman Learned the Children Had Been Named in His Will Without His Knowledge—and Elena Had Spent Six Years Protecting Their Inheritance From HimThe will shocked him.
The children were beneficiaries.
Elena was trustee.
Roman had not known.
Victor had hidden the document.
He had altered other copies.
The original showed Roman's father had intended to protect Elena and the children.
Roman looked at the document.
“Why didn't my father tell me?”
“Because he didn't trust Victor.”
Roman frowned.
“My father?”
Elena nodded.
“He knew what was happening.”
Another truth surfaced.
Roman's father had been killed under suspicious circumstances.
The family had always called it an accident.
It wasn't.
Richard had arranged it.
Victor had covered it.
The empire was built on a lie.
Roman finally understood.
He had inherited fear.
Elena had inherited consequences.
Their children had inherited both.
He made a decision.
He would dismantle the part of the organization built on fear.
It cost millions.
It cost allies.
It cost power.
But it gave his children a future.
Elena watched.
“You really mean it.”
“Yes.”
“How do I know?”
“You don't.”
She smiled.
“That's honest.”
He looked at her.
“I'll let time answer.”
She nodded.
Months passed.
Roman's behavior remained consistent.
The children trusted him.
Then Elena did something small.
She left her bedroom door open.
Roman noticed.
He didn't enter.
He waited.
May you like
She smiled when she saw that.
It was the beginning.
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