Chapter 8 - Lauren Discovers The Real Truth About Grace
Lauren’s face drained of all color, her knees trembling beneath her expensive black cocktail dress.
“That’s impossible... you’re just local mechanics or something from the Midwest,” Lauren stammered. h
Marcus turned his icy gaze toward Lauren, making her shrink back as if struck by physical force.
“Grace’s family built the logistics empire that supplies half the commercial freight lines east of the Mississippi,” Marcus said.
“You thought she was a quiet, penniless housewife you could push around and replace.”
Ethan stared at his wife in sheer disbelief, his brain struggling to process the staggering magnitude of her background.
“Grace... you never told me your family had money,” Ethan whispered, his voice trembling pathetically.
“You never asked, Ethan; you were too busy counting your first million to notice who I really was,” Grace replied.
Derek crossed his arms, leaning against the sideboard with a menacing, predatory grin.
“She sold her grandmother’s estate jewelry to keep your bankrupt startup afloat during your first winter,” Derek reminded him.
Ethan’s stomach dropped into a bottomless abyss as he remembered the anonymous wire transfer that saved his company.
“That... that was an anonymous investor from Chicago,” Ethan choked out in horror.
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“That was Grace protecting your fragile male ego while you built a company on her family’s back,” Julian corrected.
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