Chapter 4 - Chloe Says Victoria Planned Everything Alone
Chloe requested a meeting the next morning.
She arrived without Victoria.
Her lawyer sat beside her.
The laughter was gone.
Chloe admitted she knew the engagement confrontation was staged.
But she blamed their mother for the entire plan.
“Mom said Emma was going to destroy the family.”
Nathan asked:
“How?”
Chloe looked at Emma.
“Because of the audit.”
Emma frowned.
“What audit?”
Nathan had recently ordered an operational review of Moreno Hospitality
before taking greater control.
Emma helped him organize documents because she worked in nonprofit
finance and understood compliance.
That was enough for Victoria to panic.
Chloe said Victoria believed Emma was influencing Nathan to examine old
trust distributions.
Nathan stared at her.
“Was she?”
Emma answered first.
“I told you to understand what you were inheriting.”
That was true.
She had never seen internal company records.
Chloe said Victoria feared one particular account.
A “family consulting reserve.”
Nathan had heard the phrase.
He assumed it funded advisers.
Rebecca asked:
“How much?”
Chloe hesitated.
“About three million over six years.”
Nathan sat back.
“To whom?”
Chloe looked down.
“Mostly companies connected to Mom.”
Emma closed her eyes.
The staged humiliation was no longer just about preserving family
influence.
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It was about delaying the moment Nathan could inspect where family money
had gone.
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