Chapter 2: The Man My Husband Never Wanted to Meet
Chapter 2: The Man My Husband Never Wanted to Meet
The mansion doors opened.
Every servant who had supposedly been dismissed walked back inside.
Except they weren't servants.
They were security officers.
Behind them entered a tall man with silver hair, wearing a perfectly tailored charcoal suit.
He walked with quiet confidence.
No guards announced him.
No introductions were needed.
He didn't even glance at Nathan.
His eyes stopped only on me.
"My daughter."
He removed his jacket and carefully wrapped it around my shoulders.
His hands trembled as he saw the wounds across my back.
"I'm sorry," he whispered.
"I should have ended this months ago."
Nathan stared in disbelief.
"...Who are you?"
The older man finally looked at him.
"My name is Richard Hawthorne."
Nathan frowned.
Recognition came a heartbeat later.
Impossible.
Richard Hawthorne wasn't a retired accountant.
He was the founder of Hawthorne International Holdings.
One of the wealthiest private investment groups in the world.
The company that quietly owned major shares in banks...
Shipping ports...
Satellite networks...
Insurance firms...
Even part of Ashford Global itself.
Nathan took one step backward.
"No..."
Richard's expression remained calm.
"You built your company with money."
"I built mine with forty years of trust."
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"You thought you married an ordinary woman."
"You married my only child."
