He had planned to silence her and gain control over whatever assets he believed she possessed.
She rested one hand against the podium.
Then she looked directly at him.
“You believed my quiet nature made me easy to erase.”
Blake stepped forward.
“I was under pressure. I made mistakes.”
“A mistake is forgetting an appointment. A mistake is choosing the wrong road. What you did required planning.”
The Truth About Their Beautiful Life
Lenette hurried toward the stage.
“Arden, you cannot do this to your own family.”
Arden looked at her calmly.
“A family does not humiliate someone for years and then demand loyalty when the truth becomes inconvenient.”
“We gave you the Winslow name.”
“And the Fairchild name paid for the home where you treated me like unpaid staff.”
The ballroom fell silent again.
Arden explained that the mansion in Naples belonged to a Fairchild Capital property company. Blake’s business headquarters had been purchased through one of her funds.
