Chapter 5 - The Wedding That Never Happened
Vanessa refuses to accept that the wedding is over.
She accuses Claire of jealousy.
She claims Claire deliberately destroyed her wedding because she could not stand seeing Vanessa happy.
Claire says nothing.
Instead, she presents the evidence.
The security footage plays on a massive screen inside the resort’s conference room.
Vanessa watches herself shove Lily.
Her mother watches herself slap Claire.
Her father watches himself strike a frightened child.
Nobody can deny it.
Then Claire reveals an even bigger secret.
The wedding venue was never merely a gift.
It was a test.
Claire had been planning to reveal her identity during the wedding reception and announce that she was establishing a family foundation in her parents’ name.
She wanted to give them a chance to finally be proud of her.
Instead, they proved exactly who they were.
Claire cancels the foundation.
She cancels every financial arrangement connected to her family.
And she instructs her lawyers to begin legal action.
But Vanessa is not finished.
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She has one secret of her own.
And it threatens to destroy Claire’s entire empire.
