Chapter 4 - The Power Behind the Name
Grant frantically dialed Claire’s cell phone.
“The number you have reached is no longer in service.”
A cold panic seized him. He dialed her mother. Disconnected. He dialed her brother. It went straight to voicemail.
What Grant had forgotten in his arrogance was that Claire was not just a quiet, docile wife who spent her days choosing paint swatches. She was Claire Whitmore, daughter of Arthur Vance, the founding chairman of Vance Financial Group—the primary creditor holding ninety percent of Grant’s commercial real estate mortgages.
When Grant married Claire four years ago, Arthur Vance had insisted on a very specific addendum to the prenuptial agreement. Grant had signed it blindly back then, eager to secure a fifty-million-dollar liquidity line for his struggling firm.
As Grant stood frozen in the kitchen, his phone suddenly vibrated in his hand. It wasn't Claire.
It was his chief financial officer, Marcus.
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“Grant, where the hell are you?” Marcus yelled, his voice cracking with sheer hysteria. “Our credit lines were just frozen by the master trustee! The bank is calling in the entire forty-million-dollar mezzanine loan effective immediately!”
👉 Read PART 5 to see what Natalie did when she realized the plan was falling apart!
