Chapter 9 - Vanessa Knew Naomi Before Tonight
Vanessa entered the library.
She had followed them.
Her face changed when she saw the open cabinet.
“You had no right.”
Adrian turned.
“No right to open my father’s files?”
Vanessa looked at Naomi.
The hatred in her eyes was suddenly too personal.
Naomi understood.
“You recognized me.”
Vanessa said nothing.
“At the ballroom.”
Still nothing.
Naomi continued.
“That kick wasn’t random.”
Vanessa laughed bitterly.
“You think everything is about you?”
Then she made the mistake.
“My father said you should have stayed buried.”
Adrian went completely still.
Vanessa realized what she had said.
She tried to leave.
Adrian did not touch her.
He called security and instructed them to preserve the estate’s camera
footage and restrict access to Richard’s archive.
Then he called outside counsel.
Naomi looked at him.
“You believe me?”
Adrian answered:
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“I believe evidence needs to be preserved before anyone gets another
chance to make it disappear.”
