I didn’t do anything illegal!”

Laura opened the heavy leather binder she carried.

“Miss Chloe.

Mr.

Vance instructed our forensic accounting team three hours ago to run an emergency audit on the household operational accounts you have had access to for the past six months.”

I turned to Laura, genuinely surprised; I had ordered the audit on instinct, the moment I understood what Chloe was, without knowing what it would find.

“What did you find?” Laura turned a page, her expression stern.