Victor hesitated.
“I can’t tell you what he felt. But I believe he intended to use your identity and professional position to support the scheme.”
Daniel leaned forward.
“What specifically did you discover before the wedding?”
Victor opened a leather folder.
Inside were copies of emails, company formation documents, and internal financial summaries.
He explained that he had found correspondence concerning Carter Strategic Consulting.
The company had been created shortly before our wedding.
Its registered information identified me as a principal.
Several proposed transactions involved payments from Blackwood-related entities to that company.
Victor said the documents were designed to make it appear that I had authorized the arrangements.
Then he showed us an email.
It was from Eleanor to Adrian.
The message discussed transferring certain obligations to the new entity after the wedding and ensuring that the relevant documents bore my signature.
I stared at the page.
Then I saw a sentence that made my blood run cold.
