Chapter 2 - Adrian Learns The Terrifying Identity Of His Father-In-Law
The phone in Adrian’s hand buzzed incessantly as multiple senior vice presidents tried to reach him at once.
His face had turned the color of ash, and his breathing came in shallow, ragged gasps against the marble floor.
“Who is your father?” Adrian whispered again, his voice cracking with sheer panic as he looked up from the ground.
I did not answer immediately. I simply adjusted my position, letting the physical pain of his cruelty remind me of my resolve.
“You spent three years mocking my background, Adrian,” I said quietly. “You assumed I was a nobody.”
Vanessa stepped backward, her expensive silk dress brushing against the console table as she realized her world was crumbling.
“Adrian, he’s bluffing,” Vanessa stammered, though her voice lacked any of its former confidence. “No one can freeze a multi-million-dollar empire in five minutes.”
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My phone vibrated again, displaying a second message from my father containing a single name and a phone number.
I looked down at my husband with cold indifference. “Tell him, Dad,” I muttered softly to myself.
