Chapter 7 - Corporate Leverage
Adrien placed another complex document on the table, prompting Nia to ask why Caleb's company would have any interest in her personal affairs. Adrien hesitated briefly before explaining that her trust wasn't simply a personal savings vehicle.
Narrowing her eyes, Nia asked what that meant. Adrien revealed that the trust connected directly to major assets that Caleb had been relying on as silent leverage for his aggressive corporate expansion. The room fell into heavy silence as Lena leaned back, realizing the grim reality. “So this isn't just a cheating husband,” Lena muttered. “No,” Adrien confirmed. “It's becoming a corporate issue.”
The pieces finally clicked together in Nia's mind: the secret meetings, the constant work excuses, the strange questions Caleb had asked about family history, and the times he pressured her to sign documents without reading every page. He hadn't just built a new relationship with Sloan; he had engineered a scheme involving her name, her assets, and a secret he believed she would never uncover.
