Chapter 6
Trips to Aspen.
Boutique hotels.
A luxury suite in Nob Hill where Brooke and Nathan had stayed together more than fourteen times.
Charles turned one page.
Then another.
Then another.
His breathing became heavy.
“No,” he whispered.
Emily placed the second binder in front of him.
“Yes.”
“And before Nathan claims he knew nothing about it, look at the records for the additional credit card issued in his name.”
“Many of those charges were paid through the same group of false invoices.”
“Your son didn’t only betray his wife.”
“He also enjoyed the money disappearing from your foundation every month.”
Nathan lifted both hands.
“Emily, please.”
“You’re making this sound worse than it is.”
“We can talk about it privately.”
Emily looked at him with a calm expression that frightened him more than rage would have.
“Privately?”
“You brought Brooke into my bed.”
“She photographed it and sent the picture to me.”
“Your family humiliated me in public for five years.”
“So no, Nathan.”
“Privacy ended when the two of you turned my marriage into entertainment.”
Madison began to cry.
“Nathan, tell me you didn’t take money from the foundation.”
He remained silent.
Lauren shoved him in the shoulder.
“Answer her!”
Brooke shot to her feet, shaking with fury.
“That is enough!”
“Charles, you cannot seriously believe this woman!”
“She has always been nothing but a shadow inside this family.”
“Gray.”
“Bitter.”
“A servant wearing a wedding ring.”
“I gave you life.”
“I gave you sophistication.”
May you like
“I made you important again.”
Charles laughed.
