Chapter 10 - Confrontation in the Storm
A sudden knock echoed across the heavy oak front doors of the Hamptons estate around midnight.
Chloe opened the door to find Carter standing in the pouring rain, drenched to the skin without a coat.
"Chloe, please just hear me out for five minutes," Carter begged, shivering uncontrollably in the freezing wind.
"I signed over my remaining shares in Vance Capital to your holding company this afternoon."
Chloe stood in the doorway, her blue eyes icy as she looked at her husband’s pathetic state.
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"You didn't do that out of love, Carter," Chloe said softly over the sound of thunder.
"You did it because the FBI is preparing an indictment against your mother."
