Chapter 3 - The Lies That Built a Dynasty
As the two guards forced Frank toward the back exit, the elderly man walked with his head held high, his posture dignified despite the wine staining his vest. He didn't yell, he didn't plead, and he didn't look back at the laughing crowd.
Five years ago, when Ethan first met Lily, he was an ambitious but penniless stock analyst drowning in personal debt. Frank, a retired structural engineer who spent his youth building infrastructure across the state, had welcomed Ethan into his modest suburban home with open arms.
When Ethan expressed a desire to launch his own asset management firm, Frank quietly provided a two-hundred-thousand-dollar cash loan—money Frank had saved over forty years of grueling field work.
With that capital, Ethan built his business. But as his status grew, his gratitude withered into bitter shame. Ethan began telling his wealthy clients that he came from old money, inventing a fictional aristocratic background while treating Frank like an embarrassing relative.
To secure his social standing, Ethan had leased the top two floors of Calloway House—the city's most prestigious luxury residential skyscraper—claiming to his investors that he was negotiating to buy the entire tower.
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Little did Ethan know, every lease contract he signed had to pass through a private trust that he had never bothered to investigate.
👉 Keep reading to find out why Lily chose her arrogant husband over her own father.
