Chapter 2 - Mathilde Names Richard’s Missing Partner
The name on Mathilde’s message was Julian Cross.
For several seconds, I simply stared.
Julian had been Richard’s business partner twelve years earlier.
He had also been my boyfriend before Richard.
That was the part my husband never liked discussing.
Julian disappeared from our lives after a failed investment nearly
destroyed him financially. Richard told me Julian had moved to
Singapore.
I had not spoken to him in eleven years.
Yet an account bearing his name was listed as the destination for $8.4
million from my father’s trust.
I forwarded nothing.
Screenshots could be altered.
Names could be borrowed.
Mathilde called from a secure line.
“The account is held by Cross Harbor Advisory LLC.”
“Julian’s company?”
“I don’t know yet.”
“Does Richard?”
“We have no proof.”
That word mattered.
Proof.
I looked toward the staircase where Richard had disappeared.
The anniversary party was nine hours away.
For the first time, I wanted it to happen exactly as planned.
Not because I intended to celebrate.
May you like
Because Richard apparently expected something from me tonight.
I wanted to know what.
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