I Was About to Marry My Mistress, 30 Years Younger Than Me.

That honest answer hurt far more than a cold lie ever could have.

“But I also approached you because I needed Thomas Gable to believe I was purely interested in acquiring your massive estate,” she confessed.

I stared at her, putting the pieces together.

“And the eighty-five thousand dollar transfer?”

“That was never my money,” she explained.

“It was a controlled paper trail I created to force Thomas Gable into exposing his hidden accounts.”