“He does not have millions in his personal account,” I said.

“Almost all of his assets are tied up in the firm and our joint estate.”

“If I sign this, he keeps everything, and you get nothing.”

“And if the firm goes under because of his misconduct, your career is over before it begins.”

“He promised me a promotion,” Lila said.

She sounded very young, and very frightened.

“He said Arthur was going to approve it next week.”

“Arthur does not know who you are, Lila,” I said.

“And if Arthur finds out about the affair, you will be fired immediately.”

“Ethan will not protect you.”

“He will sacrifice you to save his own seat on the board.”

I heard a faint sob from her end of the line.

“He told me he loved me,” she whispered.

“He told you what he needed to say to keep you quiet,” I said.

“But you are not quiet anymore.”

“I need you to look at his emails, Lila.”

“The internal communications about the charity accounts.”

“If he fabricated those documents, he did it on his work computer.”