I nodded.
Every document Eleanor claimed as proof of ownership had been created through Vale Meridian Holdings, a company she believed was controlled by Daniel.
It was not.
Three years earlier, after Daniel discovered suspicious withdrawals, he had transferred voting control to an irrevocable compliance trust. I was its sole protector. Any beneficiary who presented falsified ownership records triggered an automatic forensic review and forfeiture clause.
But a trap was useless unless the guilty person stepped into it willingly.
So I gave Eleanor everything she demanded.
At the auction preview, she wore Daniel’s watch.
“That belonged to my husband,” I said.
“He inherited it from my husband,” she replied. “Everything returns to its proper bloodline.”
Victor laughed beside her. “Some people marry into wealth and confuse proximity with ownership.”