The Fiancé With Two Secrets
Chapter 03 - The Fiancé With Two Secrets
Olivia could not decide which betrayal hurt more: the aunt who had hidden her mother or the man she planned to marry.
Adrian admitted the payments were real. He had worked as Victoria’s financial consultant before meeting Olivia, but six months earlier he discovered regular transfers to Rosewood. He accepted extra consulting fees so he could access her accounts and follow the money.
“You should have told me,” Olivia said.
“I wanted proof before I destroyed the only family you believed you had.”
His silence still felt like a lie.
Victoria used the court order to move Elaine from Rosewood before sunrise. She told Olivia that her mother’s condition was fragile and that Adrian had staged the watch delivery to create a scandal before the wedding. For a few hours, the story almost made sense.
Then Olivia noticed something on the hotel security video. The assistant wore Victoria’s badge, but touched her wrist twice—the signal Elaine once used to make Olivia remember something.
The assistant was Mrs. Flores in disguise.
She had escaped Rosewood with the missing records.
Mrs. Flores contacted Olivia from a bus station and revealed the truth. Elaine’s crash had not been fatal. Victoria found her alive but confused and saw an opportunity. Under the Bennett company charter, Elaine’s death or permanent incapacity transferred her shares to Victoria until Olivia turned thirty. By keeping Elaine hidden and declaring Olivia unprepared, Victoria had controlled the company for years.
The watch had been Elaine’s idea. During a rare clear period, she remembered Olivia’s engagement announcement on television. Mrs. Flores helped her send the one object Olivia could never dismiss.
The folder also held a statement from the doctor who falsified Elaine’s identity. Before his death, he confessed that Victoria had threatened his family.
Olivia agreed to meet Mrs. Flores at the old Bennett greenhouse.
Adrian wanted to come, but Olivia refused. She needed to know whether she could still trust her own judgment.
At the greenhouse, Mrs. Flores handed her a sealed envelope and said Elaine had been moved to a private airfield. Victoria planned to take her out of the country before the court could review the records.
Olivia opened the envelope.
Inside was a copy of her mother’s original will—and a photograph taken the night of the crash.
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Victoria stood beside the car.
But the person behind the wheel was Olivia’s father.
