Chapter 6 - The Web of DeceitDown in the holding car in the driveway, Vanessa sat in the back of the police cruiser, staring blankly out the frosted window. Her tears were gone, replaced by a cold, calculating glare. She knew she had messed up. She had underestimated the housekeeper. She had underestimated the cloud backup.
But as she sat there in handcuffs, a strange, chilling smirk crept onto her lips.
They think they've won, she thought to herself. They think this is the end of the story.
May you like
She knew something Daniel didn't. She knew about the safe in the master bedroom. She knew about the legal documents she had secretly forced him to sign during their wedding anniversary trip—documents Daniel had signed without reading under the influence of a heavy painkiller she had given him for a back injury.
She wasn't just a stepmother trying to get rid of a baby. She was the sole beneficiary of a sprawling business empire that Daniel had inherited from his late first wife. And Noah was the only thing standing between Vanessa and complete financial dominion over the entire Reynolds estate.
Related Stories
