Her expression didn’t change, but her eyes did. “I did not say the situation was simple.”

My father set both hands on the desk. “Sophia, sit down.”

“No. I have spent four days being told what’s best for me. I’m done sitting down.”

His eyes closed. “I should have told you about the trust. I thought I could correct it before the wedding. I did not know Daniel had created a structure to exploit it until two weeks ago.”

“Two weeks before I married him. And you let the wedding happen?”

Pain crossed his face. “I tried to delay the certification. I believed that without it, the provision would stay inactive. Daniel said if I interfered, he would call the company’s bridge loans.”