Chapter 3 - The Shadow Dynasty
Julian spent the next two hours shivering inside the idling town car, furiously dialing Clara’s number, only to be redirected straight to voicemail.
He thought he was the ultimate strategist. For three years, Julian had served as Chief Managing Director at Vance Logistics—a global supply chain firm where he believed he was indispensable. He had begun his affair with Chloe, an ambitious marketing executive, believing Clara was merely a quiet, unpretentious housewife who depended entirely on his executive salary.
What Julian had arrogantly forgotten was how he got his executive position in the first place.
Vance Logistics was founded by Arthur Vance—Clara’s father. When Arthur retired due to heart complications two years ago, he placed seventy percent of the voting shares into a private family trust where Clara was named sole executor upon reaching her twenty-sixth birthday.
Clara had chosen to live modestly, letting Julian play the role of the successful breadwinner because she wanted him to feel confident and respected.
Inside the warm house, Clara sat at her father's mahogany desk in the private library, her tears long gone. Across from her sat Marcus Thorne, the sharpest corporate and matrimonial attorney in the city.
"Julian made a catastrophic miscalculation, Clara," Marcus said, placing a thick leather dossier on the desk. "He didn't just take his mistress to Aspen on company funds; he used your family's private aviation account to book the charter flight."
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Clara looked at the flight manifest, her blue eyes colder than the blizzard outside. "Injunction filed by noon, Marcus. Freeze every asset tied to his executive privileges."
👉 Read PART 4 to see what happened when Julian tried to check into his luxury hotel in Aspen!
