Chapter 27: Unraveling the Truth

Chloe's Point of View

The air was thick with tension as Jonathan's words sank in. My heart pounded in my chest, each beat echoing like a warning of what was to come.

"They've frozen the company's assets."

I blinked, trying to process the gravity of the situation. The company—the very thing that held our marriage together, the reason we were bound by this contract—was now on the verge of collapse. And with it, everything I had been fighting to protect.

"How… how could this happen so fast?" I stammered, my voice barely a whisper.

Jonathan didn't respond right away. His gaze was locked on the phone in his hand, his jaw clenched so tightly I thought it might snap. Finally, he turned toward me, his eyes dark and filled with a fury I hadn't seen in him before.