I opened it and looked at the name inscribed on the trust: The Catherine Vance-Miller Absolute Estate.
Jasper thought he was the ultimate predator in a custom-tailored suit. He thought he knew everything about me because he had run a basic background check and saw a retired factory worker with a meager pension. What he didn’t know—what even Sophie didn’t fully understand—was who her mother actually was.
Catherine wasn’t a simple girl from Ohio. She was the estranged, rebellious heiress to the Vance Shipping empire. When she married me, she broke ties with her tyrannical father, choosing a life of love and simplicity over cold, corporate greed. But three years before she died, her father passed away, leaving her a staggering fortune held in a private, ironclad trust. Catherine never wanted to touch it. She wanted Sophie to grow up normal, to learn the value of hard work.
