Chapter 10 - The New Queen
Garrett ordered a private chef to prepare an extravagant dinner to celebrate our final legal victory over his brother.
I wore a beautiful silk dress that Garrett had gifted me, feeling more confident and cherished than I ever had in my life.
We sat across from each other in the grand dining room, laughing and enjoying the absolute peace of the estate.
Douglas and Gertrude had officially been indicted by a grand jury earlier that afternoon.
They were denied bail due to the sheer magnitude of their corporate fraud and flight risk.
Christopher had accepted a miserable plea deal, ensuring he would spend the next five years in a federal penitentiary.
My past was completely erased, replaced by the deep, protective love of a powerful man who treated me like an equal.
Garrett raised his crystal glass, proposing a toast to the woman who had brought him back from the dead.
I smiled brightly, clinking my glass against his and savoring the expensive champagne on my tongue.
After dinner, we walked hand-in-hand onto the balcony overlooking the stunning Atlanta skyline.
I rested my head on his broad shoulder, completely secure in the knowledge that we had won the war.
I was no longer the discarded, invisible wife; I was the most important person in Garrett Corbin's world.
We stood there in perfect silence, finally at peace with the beautiful life we had built together.
But then my phone buzzed with an incoming text from a completely unknown number.
I casually pulled the phone from my purse, expecting a routine update from the estate's security team.
Instead, the screen displayed a recent photograph of my terrible former mother-in-law, Florence, smiling warmly.
She was standing arm-in-arm with Garrett's mother, Evelyn, outside a very expensive coffee shop in downtown Atlanta.
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Below the chilling picture was a single, terrifying sentence that made my blood run completely cold.
"Did you really think we would let you take everything from our sons so easily?"
