Billionaire Pretends To Be A Janitor To Find True Love — But Discovers A Secret Hidden For 20 Years
Chapter 10
Richard’s son was named Julian Hayes.
He had been born in secret.
He had disappeared from official family records.
He had inherited Richard’s private assets.
And apparently, he had been manipulating the family from the shadows for twenty years.
Peter explained.
“Julian believed your father stole his inheritance.”
Alexander frowned.
“But Richard’s estate went to Vivian.”
“Publicly.”
“And privately?”
“To Julian.”
Grace stared.
“So he owns everything.”
“Not everything.”
“My trust?”
Peter nodded.
“That was the one thing Richard never controlled.”
Julian wanted it.
That was why Grace had been threatened.
Why the old accounts had been activated.
Why the photographs had appeared.
He wanted Grace to surrender the trust voluntarily.
Alexander asked,
“Where is he?”
Peter shook his head.
“No one knows.”
Then Alexander received a message.
Tomorrow.
Old Hayes warehouse.
Bring Grace.
No police.
Alexander looked at her.
“We’re not going.”
Grace shook her head.
“Yes, we are.”
“It’s dangerous.”
“My whole life has been dangerous.”
“Grace.”
“My mother spent twenty years protecting me.”
She looked at him.
“I won’t spend the rest of my life hiding.”
Alexander nodded.
“Then we go together.”
The next night, they entered the warehouse with federal agents hidden nearby.
The building was dark.
Rows of old equipment.
Dust.
Broken windows.
Then the lights came on.
Julian stood at the center.
He looked about forty.
Calm.
Expensive suit.
Cold eyes.
“Alexander.”
“Julian.”
“You look like your father.”
“I’ve heard.”
Julian looked at Grace.
“And you look like Emma.”
Grace stood beside Alexander.
“You knew my mother.”
“She was brave.”
“You threatened her.”
“No.”
He smiled.
“I threatened what she loved.”
Grace’s expression hardened.
“You used me.”
“I needed her to understand the cost of resisting.”
Alexander stepped forward.
“You’re done.”
Julian laughed.
“Am I?”
He held up a folder.
Inside was the original trust agreement.
Grace’s inheritance.
He tore it in half.
Grace froze.
“That doesn’t matter.”
“Actually, it does.”
He smiled.
“Because there is another copy.”
Alexander shook his head.
“You can’t control her.”
“No.”
Julian looked at Grace.
“But I can destroy the company.”
Alexander stared.
“How?”
“Your board is already divided.”
Julian had purchased shares through shell companies.
He had enough voting power to force Alexander out.
“You’ve been stealing from my company.”
“It’s my family’s money.”
“No.”
Julian smiled.
“You inherited from the wrong side.”
Grace stepped forward.
“What do you want?”
“Your signature.”
“On what?”
“A settlement.”
“You want me to surrender the trust.”
“Yes.”
“Why?”
“Because if you don’t, the company collapses.”
Alexander shook his head.
“Don’t sign.”
Grace looked at him.
“I won’t.”
Julian smiled.
“Good.”
Then he pressed a button.
A screen showed a bank account.
The account held the proceeds from Richard’s illegal activities.
Julian had moved the money.
He turned toward Alexander.
“By morning, it will look like you stole it.”
Alexander froze.
Julian continued.
“Your reputation will disappear.”
“And you’ll control everything.”
“Yes.”
Grace stepped closer.
“You’re not going to win.”
Julian smiled.
“You sound like your mother.”
Grace’s eyes hardened.
“That’s because she was stronger than you.”
For the first time, Julian looked angry.
Then federal agents stormed the warehouse.
He tried to run.
He was arrested.
The files were seized.
The money was frozen.
But Alexander knew one thing.
The story wasn’t over.
Because Julian hadn’t created the scheme.
He had inherited it.
And the original architect was still hidden somewhere in the family’s history.
