Chapter 6 - GORDON BLAKE
Gordon’s motive was legacy.
Always legacy.
His company had no male heir publicly.
Fiona was his only acknowledged child.
The secret son, Evan, had been born from an affair and kept outside the family.
Gordon wanted biological Blake descendants connected to wealth without publicly recognizing Evan.
The fertility arrangement gave him exactly that.
Fiona believed she selected an anonymous donor with traits matching Julian.
Gordon changed the donor.
Hart allowed it.
Money helped.
Threats helped more.
Julian sat stunned.
“So the baby is genetically Fiona’s and her half-brother’s?”
Hart whispered:
“Yes.”
Medical risk.
Ethical violation.
Possible criminal conduct.
Fiona vomited.
Literally.
The bride’s makeup cracked.
The villain role cracked too.
I did not forgive her.
But horror changed shape.
She had manipulated me.
She had lied to Julian.
She had intercepted my letter.
She had still been deceived by her father.
Multiple truths.
Dana warned us:
“Do not publish medical details. Preserve evidence.”
Good advice.
The room was full of people desperate to weaponize scandal.
We needed law.
Not spectacle.
Then Julian asked Gordon:
“Why Elena?”
Gordon frowned.
“What?”
“Why target our marriage?”
Gordon looked at Fiona.
Fiona looked away.
Hart answered.
“Because Gordon wanted Fiona connected to Vance Biologics.”
My stomach dropped.
Julian’s company.
Family-owned medical manufacturing.
Valuable.
Fiona’s marriage was strategic.
Break ours.
Build theirs.
Gain access.
A corporate motive.
Not just romance.
Then Maya opened another file.
A draft acquisition plan.
Blake Development Capital seeking a controlling position in Vance Biologics after marriage.
Marriage as leverage.
Children as legitimacy.
Records as weapons.
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The wedding was not a wedding.
It was closing paperwork wrapped in flowers.
