The words rang through the quiet library like a loud ringing bell.
Chloe leaned against the door frame, her breath coming in quick shallow gasps.
Chloe: He was not in his right mind when he signed that paper!
Carter: He was perfectly clear, and he saw right through your greedy plans.
He flipped to the second page of the document, reading every line carefully.
The paper clearly listed all property, bank accounts, and corporate stock holdings.
It explicitly excluded Chloe from receiving any direct cash payouts or trust funds.
Instead, it provided a small monthly living allowance subject to strict conduct rules.
If she mistreated any staff member, that allowance would be canceled instantly.
Carter looked up from the document, his eyes burning with intense conviction.
Carter: You knew about this paper all along, didn't you, Chloe?
Chloe: I only wanted to protect our family's fortune from being wasted!
Carter: You wanted to lock it away so you could take total control!
He placed the document safely inside his inner jacket pocket for protection.
Suddenly, Maria returned to the doorway carrying a dry towel around her shoulders.
Maria: Mr. Carter, there is something else you need to see in her room.
Chloe turned around sharply, pointing a trembling finger right at Maria's face.
Chloe: You stay out of this, Maria! You are just hired help!
Carter: Let her speak, Chloe! She has more honor than you ever will.
Maria held up a small black leather notebook she found near the laundry area.
Maria: She wrote down all the account numbers and password changes in this book.
Carter took the small notebook from Maria and opened the first crisp page.
Inside were neat rows of financial figures, transfer dates, and offshore bank accounts.
Chloe had been moving small sums of money out of the corporate account weekly.
Over the past five months, over two million dollars had been secretly transferred.
Carter felt a sudden surge of deep sadness mixed with absolute betrayal.
He had trusted Chloe like a sister after his father married her mother.
He had welcomed her into his home and given her a management position.
Yet she had spent every single day planning how to rob his legacy.
Carter: You were stealing from the company trust fund every single week.
Chloe: That money belongs to me just as much as it belongs to you!
Carter: You did not build this business! My father spent forty years building it!
Chloe: I sacrificed my entire life living in this giant lonely house!
Carter: You lived in luxury while abusing the very people who took care of you!
He took out his mobile phone and dialed a short direct number from memory.
Carter: Hello, Robert? This is Carter Vance. I need my divorce lawyer and police now.