Chapter 43

ADRIAN'S POV

Six years ago

I was eating the chicken sauce Natalie had prepared, biting and swallowing comfortably when I found her staring at me in an odd manner. I almost threw up. She was scrutinizing me, staring at me with the same eyes everyone at work seemed to be carrying, and I wondered if she knew.

“Mr Ravenford called me while I was at work, Adrian.”

The silence was deafening. She knew already, and I felt as if I was going to throw up. I held the table for dear life, praying that she wasn't going to start nagging.

“He says embezzlement is punishable by law and you might go to jail, Adrian. When you began spending your illegal wealth, what did I tell you, boo? Didn't I tell you to not do anything that was going to hurt our daughter? Didn't I tell you to not do anything that was going to destroy the happiness we shared as a family?”

I averted my eyes, my head bent. I had not known peace of mind since the day Mr Ravenford had seemed to discover about the embezzlement and the fac