“No,” Wyatt said. “She only hinted at it over the phone.”

“But she sent this text just now.”

“We need to be careful,” Marcus said.

“Melanie is smarter than your parents.”

“She knows how to manipulate the system to buy them time.”

“If she freezes Wyatt’s assets, you won’t have the capital to fund this lawsuit.”

I felt a cold sweat break out on the back of my neck.

My family had already taken my money.

Now they were trying to take Wyatt’s livelihood.

“She won’t stop,” I said.

“She wants your construction company, Wyatt.”

“She wants half of it,” Wyatt said quietly.

“She told me yesterday that if I signed over fifty percent of the shares to her, she would make sure my family stopped fighting the inheritance.”

“She actually said that?” I asked, my blood running cold.

“Yes,” Wyatt said. “She called it a ‘partnership’.”

“It’s blackmail,” Arthur said, shaking his head.

“It is,” Marcus agreed. “But we need hard evidence of the threat before we can file charges.”

“Without it, it is just her word against yours.”

The office door opened suddenly, the lock clicking loudly.