Chapter 2 - The Man Behind the LieConnor had spent years convincing Kirsten that she was the reason their marriage failed.
Her career was too demanding.
Her hospital consumed too much of her time.
And worst of all, she couldn't give him the family he wanted.
He had turned infertility into a weapon.
Every argument ended the same way.
"You were supposed to be my wife, Kirsten—not just a doctor."
Eventually, she believed him.
When Connor filed for divorce, she was exhausted and grieving.
He told her Apex Innovations was collapsing.
He offered her forty thousand dollars for her fifty-percent interest.
She signed.
She wanted freedom more than money.
What she didn't know was that Connor had already negotiated a secret acquisition.
Thirty days after the divorce, a Silicon Valley conglomerate purchased seventy percent of Apex Innovations for forty-two million dollars.
And the money that started Apex?
It hadn't come from Connor.
It had come from Kirsten's grandfather.
Her inheritance.
Her trust.
Her future.
Kenneth placed the documents on the hospital bench.
"Your divorce settlement was built on a lie."
Kirsten stared at the numbers.
For years, she had thought she had lost everything.
Now she realized Connor had made certain she never knew what she actually owned.
Connor stepped forward.
"You can't prove any of this."
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Kenneth smiled.
"That's why I brought three folders."
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