Chapter 4 - The Contract Hidden Behind The Marriage
The ballroom changed instantly.
Five minutes earlier, Dominic Hayes was the man everyone wanted to impress.
Now people were stepping away from him.
Power was fragile.
I had learned that lesson the hard way.
Dominic grabbed one of his executives.
“Find out who has access to this.”
The executive looked uncomfortable.
“Sir… the records are authentic.”
That answer damaged him more than the video.
Because Dominic couldn’t deny the evidence.
Only the source.
He turned back to me.
“You planned this.”
I looked down at Sophia.
She was still holding her paper necklace.
Still waiting for her father to say something.
Anything.
That hurt the most.
Not what Dominic did to me.
What he did to her.
“I planned for the truth to come out,” I said.
Victor continued releasing files.
The contract appeared.
It wasn’t a divorce agreement.
It was a private settlement.
A document created months before Dominic ever admitted there was a problem.
A document that discussed protecting his reputation.
Protecting his assets.
Protecting his “future family.”
My hands tightened.
Because I finally understood.
Dominic wasn’t preparing to leave me.
He was preparing to erase me.
Chloe approached.
“You don’t understand what happened.”
I looked at her.
“No. I understand perfectly.”
Her confidence returned for a moment.
“You think you won?”
I noticed something.
She wasn’t afraid of the evidence.
She was afraid of something else.
Someone else.
Before I could ask, Victor called again.
This time, his voice sounded different.
Serious.
“Vivienne, there’s something you need to know.”
I answered.
“What?”
A pause.
Then:
“Dominic wasn’t the person who started this.”
The room went silent.
I looked at Dominic.
He looked terrified.
May you like
Because he knew exactly who Victor meant.
📖 Chapter 5 reveals the person who may be behind Dominic’s betrayal and forces Vivienne to question who she can truly trust. 👇
