He was kneeling beside Emma, helping her buckle one tiny shoe while she explained something extremely important about the wedding cake.
That was my life now.
Adrian.
Emma.
The future we had built.
Not Daniel.
Not betrayal.
Not proving anything to anyone.
“Get a lawyer,” I told him.
“I need someone who understands those records.”
“You should have thought about that before falsifying them.”
His jaw tightened.
“You’re destroying me.”
“No, Daniel.”
I stepped closer.
“You destroyed yourself.”
Then I added,
“I just learned how to read the paperwork.”
The agents escorted him into the conference room.
Vanessa followed separately.
She never looked at him once.
Six months later, Mercer Strategic Systems filed for bankruptcy protection after lenders withdrew financing.
Daniel eventually pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and falsifying financial disclosures.
Several assets were forfeited.
Including the Weston house he had proudly told me about at the wedding.
