Chapter 4 - Returning To The Corner Office At Manhattan Investment Firm
Across the state line in downtown Manhattan, Jessica stepped out of a private black car in front of a fifty-story glass skyscraper.
She adjusted her tailored navy blazer, heading directly into the marble lobby of Vance Capital Management with a confident, powerful stride.
Security guards and junior executives bowed their heads respectfully as the firm's Managing Director walked toward the private elevator.
For five long years, Jessica had intentionally downplayed her immense corporate wealth to protect David’s fragile male ego.
She had lived modestly in his Texas hometown, quietly pouring millions of her own dollars into fixing his family’s failing businesses.
Inside her corner executive suite, her lead corporate attorney, Arthur Vance, was already waiting with a thick leather binder.
"All joint credit lines have been frozen, and the foreclosure paperwork for the mansion was filed at dawn," Arthur reported smoothly.
"Did you secure the audit reports for the local non-profit foundation my mother-in-law ran?" Jessica asked, sitting at her glass desk.
"We did, Jessica, and the findings are far worse than simple financial incompetence," Arthur answered, his tone turning dead serious.
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"Patricia wasn't just spending your salary on luxury goods; she was running an illegal offshore tax shelter under your name," Arthur revealed.
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