Married For His Grandmother’s Last Wish のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 41 - チャプター 50

Winning required strategy. They started with the lawsuit.Daniel's legal team had been playing defense, responding to Vanessa's claims with denials and technical motions. Now they shifted tactics."We're filing a countersuit," Daniel's lead attorney announced. "Harassment, malicious interference with business relationships, intentional infliction of emotional distress. We're documenting every incident, every planted story, every calculated appearance.""Will it work?" Mira asked."It'll make her defense very expensive and very public. She'll have to produce evidence that her actions were legitimate business activities rather than stalking. That's difficult when we have timestamps showing her at your gym minutes after you arrived, at restaurants Daniel frequented the same nights he had reservations, outside your house during hours no legitimate businessperson would be in the neighborhood.""She'll claim coincidence.""Once, maybe twice, coincidence is plausible. Twenty-seven documented

The board meeting was brutal.Seven of the twelve board members wanted Daniel to step down as CEO immediately. The scandal was too damaging, they argued. The company needed fresh leadership untainted by deception."The deception wasn't about business," Daniel countered. "It was about my personal life. Which should be private.""Nothing is private when you're the face of the company," board member Harrison said. "You made your marriage part of our brand strategy. Now that marriage is proven to be a lie.""It's not a lie. It's complicated.""To the public, complicated looks like lying."The arguments continued for three hours. Daniel defended himself eloquently but the votes were splitting badly.Finally, Eleanor's former business partner—a woman named Catherine who rarely spoke in meetings—raised her hand."I'd like to share something," Catherine said. "Eleanor spoke to me before she died. About Daniel, about his marriage, about her hopes for his future."Everyone fell silent."She tol

The cabin was exactly what Mira needed—quiet, isolated, away from everything. Just her, Eleanor's journals, and time to think without constant interruptions.She'd been there three days when Isabella Laurent showed up.Mira answered the door to find Vanessa's younger sister standing on the porch, looking nervous and exhausted."How did you find me?" Mira asked."I followed Daniel's security team. I needed to talk to you. Privately.""If this is another one of your sister's schemes—""It's not. Vanessa doesn't know I'm here." Isabella looked over her shoulder. "Can I come in? Please? It's important."Against her better judgment, Mira let her inside.Isabella sat on Eleanor's old couch, hands twisting in her lap. "Claire's accident wasn't random. I know because I know who ordered it."Mira's blood ran cold. "Who?""My father.""Your father? Why would your father—""Because Vanessa asked him to. She didn't do it directly, didn't get her hands dirty. But she manipulated our father into be

The peace lasted exactly eleven days.Mira woke to Daniel already dressed, phone pressed to his ear, his expression dark."What's wrong?" she asked.He held up a finger. "I understand. Send me the details." He ended the call. "Vanessa's out.""What? How?""Her lawyers found a procedural error in the plea agreement. The judge vacated it. She's free pending a new trial."Mira's stomach dropped. "When?""She was released an hour ago.""Where is she now?""Unknown. But my security team is looking."They'd survived months of harassment, a criminal trial, finally achieved peace and now Vanessa was free again."She'll come after us," Mira said quietly."Maybe. Or maybe she's learned her lesson.""You don't actually believe that.""No. But I'm hoping."Hope felt naive. Vanessa had orchestrated attacks on innocent people, manipulated her own father, destroyed lives without remorse. A procedural error wouldn't transform her into a different person."What do we do?" Mira asked."We prepare. Secu

Normal lasted three weeks.Mira should have known it wouldn't last longer.The call came at 6 AM. Daniel's mother, cold as always."We need to meet. Today. It's about Daniel's father.""What about him?""He's dying. Daniel needs to know."The call ended before Mira could respond.She found Daniel in his home office, already awake, already working."Your mother called."He didn't look up. "What did she want?""She says your father is dying. Wants us to meet today."That got his attention. "Did she say what's wrong with him?""No. Just that it's urgent."Daniel was quiet for a long moment. "It's probably a manipulation. Another scheme to contest Eleanor's will or gain access to the company.""Maybe. But what if it's real?""Then he's dying and I still don't care."The words were harsh, but Mira understood. Daniel's parents had abandoned him, challenged his grandmother's legacy, made his life difficult at every turn. Why should their medical emergencies matter?"You should still go," Mir