Jacob Whirlpool Death Novels & Stories

Reporters swarmed forward like vultures, circling round her without mercy. “Miss Bellington! Is it true the board plans to remove you today?” “Do you have any comment on hiding the cofounder’s lineage?” “How did Julia Vale die? Was there an autopsy to show that he wasn’t murdered by your father?” That last question instantly stopped her in her tracks. Eyes wide, body stiff. Julia Vale died of a heart disease, and it was many, many years after he was ran out of the company. But even that truth stabbed like a betrayal.

"So, it was you who reported me? Valerie, you're ruthless. I can't fathom why you would do this after everything we shared, after all we've been through as husband and wife." "Husband and wife?" I scoffed. "Max, when you planned to fake your own death to escape and leave me drowning in debt, did you think about what being husband and wife meant?" His eyes widened, shock rippling through him as he finally processed my words. "You know everything?" I let out a cold laugh. "Oh, I know, Max. If I hadn't seen through your little act of faking your death, I would have found myself in a dire situation.