“What an extraordinary evening,” Arthur said.
Daniel practically glowed.
“Thank you. I finally feel like I’m starting my real life.”
Arthur tilted his head.
“Daniel, before you begin that real life, may I ask you something?”
Daniel laughed.
“Anything.”
Arthur’s tone remained almost conversational.
“Did you know your ex-wife owns fourteen companies?”
The room changed immediately.
The laughter disappeared first.
Then conversations stopped.
Even the music seemed suddenly too loud.
Daniel’s smile froze.
“What?”
Arthur calmly took a sip of champagne.
“Fourteen companies.”
He paused.
“Including this hotel.”
Vanessa’s hand slipped away from Daniel’s arm.
Daniel looked around the ballroom as if the ceiling had collapsed and everyone else could see the damage except him.
“That’s impossible.”
Across from me in the airport lounge, Miriam turned her tablet around.
“Ready?”
On the livestream, Daniel’s face had gone pale.
I closed the video.
“Yes.”
