Chapter 8 - THE MARRIAGE CLAUSE
Robert had staged his death after regulators investigated Pierce Holdings.
The marriage contract contained a hidden clause.
If I publicly abandoned the Pierce name after a documented emotional incident, my Ashford voting rights transferred temporarily to Jonathan.
I had thrown my ring.
Jonathan had crushed it.
The cameras captured everything.
But the clause required free action without coercion.
The slap, the grip, the order to kneel, and the staged humiliation destroyed its validity.
Robert blamed Patricia for being careless, not cruel.
That distinction exposed him.
Then Evelyn recognized Robert as the man who had forced her into hiding.
He produced a birth certificate naming Cassandra as Sophie’s mother.
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The document looked real.
Read Chapter 9 to discover who Sophie’s biological mother was.
