Chapter 3: The Man Outside the Door
Chapter 3: The Man Outside the Door
Victoria stood.
Her patience was disappearing.
"You have until morning."
She gathered the documents.
"After that, our attorneys will proceed without your cooperation."
She turned toward the door.
Then froze.
Someone was standing outside.
Watching through the glass.
A tall man in a dark suit.
Not Ethan.
Not hospital staff.
Not security.
Victoria's face lost color.
The stranger opened the door slowly.
And stepped inside.
"Good evening, Lady Sterling."
His voice was calm.
Dangerously calm.
Victoria's fingers tightened around the folder.
"You."
The man smiled politely.
"Yes."
Chloe stared at him.
She had never seen him before.
Yet somehow he seemed familiar.
The stranger looked at Chloe.
Then at the documents.
Then back at Victoria.
"Trying to force signatures in a hospital room?"
His smile disappeared.
"That was a mistake."
For the first time all evening, Lady Victoria looked afraid.
Real fear.
Not annoyance.
Not irritation.
Fear.
The stranger reached into his jacket and produced a sealed envelope.
The exact same envelope Chloe's father had once given her.
And suddenly she understood.
He wasn't a stranger at all.
He was the reason her father had told her to wait.
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And whatever truth was hidden inside those envelopes...
It was powerful enough to terrify the Sterling em
