THEY HUMILIATED HIS PREGNANT EX-WIFE AT DINNER—THEN HER ONE PHONE CALL FROZE THEIR BILLION-DOLLAR EMPIRE

that all corporate-assigned staff had been withdrawn from the estate. Jessica realized it when her attempt to book a car to Manhattan was rejected by a corporate account failure.

“What do you mean declined?” Jessica snapped into the phone. “Try it again.”

Brendan stood in the foyer, phone in hand, jaw tight. Not powerful—just rigid, like a man holding continue reading …