He Brought His New Lover to Humiliate His Ex-Wife — Then Her Billionaire Father Walked In
Chapter 13
Emma returned home.
Richard was waiting.
She didn’t scream.
She didn’t accuse him.
She simply placed the documents on the table.
“My mother tried to escape.”
Richard closed his eyes.
“You know.”
“You followed her.”
“I wanted to talk.”
“What happened?”
Richard sat down.
“She threatened to expose your grandfather.”
“And you?”
“I tried to stop her.”
“Did you kill her?”
Richard looked at his daughter.
“No.”
Emma waited.
“I arrived after the accident.”
“What accident?”
“Her car went off the road.”
Emma stared.
“You never told me.”
“Because I was afraid.”
“Of what?”
“That the truth would destroy you.”
Emma shook her head.
“You destroyed me by lying.”
Richard lowered his head.
Then the front door opened.
Daniel entered.
He looked at Richard.
“You knew.”
Richard stood.
“Daniel.”
Daniel held up a recording.
“My father recorded everything.”
Emma turned.
The recording revealed the truth.
Richard had not killed Emma’s mother.
But he had known who did.
Nathan’s former associate.
A man who had wanted control of both family empires.
Richard had protected him because exposing him would have destroyed Sterling Holdings.
Daniel’s father had eventually discovered the truth.
He had tried to expose it.
Then he disappeared.
Emma realized the entire history was connected.
Her marriage.
Daniel’s betrayal.
Nathan.
Her mother’s death.
The companies.
All of it.
Then Daniel said something that changed everything.
“There’s one person we haven’t found.”
Emma looked at him.
“Who?”
“My father.”
Silence.
“He may still be alive.”
