The Ledger of Secrets That Cost My Husband His Empire
He pulled up a wooden chair next to me.
“What are you looking for?”
“The ledger,” I said, my eyes fixed on the screen.
“And the legal files Ethan kept in his private directory.”
The drive clicked and whirred.
*Decryption complete.*
A list of system folders appeared on the screen, labeled with alphanumeric codes.
My fingers flew across the keyboard, filtering the files by date.
I bypassed the standard corporate tax records.
I focused on the personal files.
I found a folder titled *Project Horizon*.
Inside was a subfolder labeled with my father’s initials.
My heart did a slow, heavy roll in my chest.
“What is it?” Liam asked, leaning closer.
“It’s a copy of my father’s estate trust,” I said, my voice trembling.
“And there’s a scanned document dated the day of our wedding.”
I clicked on the file, waiting for the high-resolution image to load.
On the screen, a digital copy of our marriage contract appeared.
But as I scrolled down to the signatures, I saw something that made me freeze.
The signature page had a secondary clause appended to the bottom.