Chapter 5 - The Person Behind The Perfect Marriage
Dominic had spent years convincing everyone he was the smartest person in the room.
But now I saw something different.
Fear.
Real fear.
Not the fear of losing money.
The fear of losing protection.
“Who started this?” I asked.
Nobody answered.
Dominic looked away.
That was enough.
Because silence was an answer.
Victor finally said:
“Not here.”
I almost became angry.
Not here.
Again.
Another secret.
Another delay.
But then Sophia pulled my hand.
“Mommy, are we leaving?”
Her voice broke something inside me.
Because she wasn’t asking about Dominic.
She was asking if her safe world was ending.
I knelt beside her.
“We’re okay.”
It was the only promise I could make.
Then Dominic’s wife from upstairs approached.
Her name was Chloe’s biggest secret.
Her name was Elena.
And she wasn’t confused.
She was furious.
“You knew?” Elena asked Dominic.
He didn’t answer.
She looked at me.
“How long?”
I realized something.
Elena wasn’t his partner in this.
She was another victim.
Dominic had created a web of lies so complicated that everyone around him was trapped.
Then Elena handed me something.
A small envelope.
“I found this in his office.”
Inside was a photograph.
Dominic.
Chloe.
And someone else.
Someone I recognized immediately.
Because the third person in the picture was Victor Sterling.
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My own father.
📖 Chapter 6 reveals why Victor’s name appears in Dominic’s secret records and the family betrayal Vivienne never saw coming. 👇
