We have to hide the liquid assets before Claire’s accountant gets suspicious. I’m telling you, the woman is clueless.

Once I force her to sign the new post-nup, she’ll be too broke to even afford a lawyer to fight me.

We’ll be on the yacht by August.”

The silence that followed the recording was profound.

It was the sound of a man’s entire universe collapsing in on itself.

Daniel’s mother, standing near the fireplace, buried her face in her hands and began to weep hysterically.

The last few remaining investors who’d stayed out of morbid curiosity turned their backs in unison and briskly walked toward the exits, abandoning him like a sinking ship.