“You should have thought about that before you brought Sienna into our guest house,” I said.

“It was a mistake,” he said, his hands opening in a gesture of surrender. “She means nothing to me. It was just the stress of the firm. My father has been putting so much pressure on me to close the Bellevue deal.”

“Do not bring Conrad into this,” I said. “You made your own choices.”

“I can fix this,” Grant said, his voice rising again. “I transferred the money from your account to protect it from a potential audit, that’s all. I was trying to shield you. I will put it back. Every cent.”

“You took my grandmother’s money,” I said. “You stole from me.”

“To keep it safe,” he lied, his face reddening. “Amelia, think of Lily. Think of what a public custody battle will do to her at school. Think of our family.”

Naomi stepped between us, cutting off his line of sight and handing him a thick packet of papers.