Chapter 6 - The Wedding Contract
The wedding contract arrived two days later.
Vanessa called it a formality.
It wasn't.
Ethan's attorney reviewed it.
There was a clause transferring management rights over several assets to Vanessa if Ethan became permanently incapacitated.
Another clause gave her authority over his medical decisions.
And a third allowed her to request liquidation of certain properties.
Ethan stared at the pages.
“She knew.”
His attorney nodded.
“Someone drafted this specifically for your condition.”
Ethan folded his hands.
“Then we don't sign.”
The attorney hesitated.
“What will you do?”
“Let her think we will.”
That night, Ethan told Vanessa he had reconsidered.
“I'll sign.”
Her eyes lit up.
“Really?”
“Yes.”
She kissed him.
Ethan felt nothing.
After she left, Lily entered quietly.
“You're going to let her think she won.”
“For now.”
“Isn't that dangerous?”
“It is.”
He looked at her.
“But so is letting people who want you dead believe you're alive and watching.”
Lily froze.
“You think they wanted you dead?”
“I think the accident was designed to make my death look natural.”
Lily's face lost color.
“Then we need proof.”
“We do.”
She handed him an envelope.
“I found something.”
Inside was a receipt from a private garage.
A vehicle had been inspected the night before Ethan's accident.
The brake system had been tampered with.
Ethan stared at it.
“Who paid?”
Lily pointed to the bottom.
A company name.
Sterling Holdings.
Vanessa's family.
Ethan's breathing slowed.
The accident hadn't been random.
It had been planned.
He called his attorney.
“Get investigators on this immediately.”
Then he looked at Lily.
“Don't tell anyone.”
She nodded.
But neither noticed the shadow outside the doorway.
Someone had been listening.
The next morning, Lily found a note inside her locker.
Stop helping him.
She showed Ethan.
He didn't panic.
He simply folded it.
May you like
“Now we know they're scared.”
👉 And whoever had left that warning was about to make a mistake that would expose the entire conspiracy.
