Chapter 2: The Truth Behind the Marriage
Chapter 2: The Truth Behind the Marriage
That evening, every major business network carried the same headline.
CARTER HOLDINGS UNDER NEW LEADERSHIP. FORMER CEO REMOVED BY MAJORITY SHAREHOLDER.
The reporter continued.
"The newly revealed owner, Isabella Bennett, inherited the Bennett Global Investment Group after the death of her grandfather five years ago."
The screen switched to old photographs.
A young Isabella standing beside one of the wealthiest businessmen in the country.
Lucas nearly dropped the remote.
"No..."
Richard stared in disbelief.
"I know that man..."
Helen whispered,
"Arthur Bennett..."
The billionaire everyone respected.
The man Lucas had spent years trying—and failing—to impress.
Lucas buried his face in his hands.
"I married... Arthur Bennett's granddaughter?"
Richard slowly looked at him.
"You idiot."
Silence filled the mansion.
Then Richard spoke again.
"Do you have any idea what you've done?"
Lucas remembered every insult.
Every humiliation.
Every time he had cheated openly.
Every moment he chose Sophie over Isabella.
He finally understood.
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He hadn't destroyed his wife.
He had destroyed himself.
